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Size: Miniature
A 1920s Caricature of Author Lennox Robinson by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Lennox Robinson, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of “The White-Headed Boy” etc." Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archiva...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Norman Barr, Coney Island (large), 1940
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
Norman Barr recorded his beloved New York City from the Bronx, to Coney Island, to the Fulton Fish Market.
In this period he was on the New Deal's Mural ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, India Ink
Mid Century French Expressive Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Expressive Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9 (height) x 13 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Good
Provenance: All the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artist's estate
Description: This expressive ink drawing by Josine Vignon features a study of two female faces, each rendered with bold, confident lines that capture the essence of the subjects. The larger face, positioned in the lower portion of the composition, is depicted with sweeping, fluid strokes that convey a sense of movement and intensity. The smaller face above is drawn with more delicate lines, offering a contrasting depiction of serenity and poise. Vignon’s mastery of ink is evident in her ability to convey depth and character with minimal strokes.
This drawing would be a valuable addition for collectors interested in portrait studies and the exploration of expression through line work. Josine Vignon’s art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
New York City #10 Original Signed Work Japanese Paper Color Pastel Charcoal Ink
Located in Miami, FL
Bernardo Navarro Tomas (Cuba, 1977)
'New York City #10', 2017
mixed media on japanese paper
12.3 x 17 in. (31 x 43 cm.)
ID: NAA-310
Hand-signed by author
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Cliff - Drawing - 1861
Located in Roma, IT
Cliff is a drawing realized in 1861.
Pencil on paper.
Hand-Signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
1860s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sea Turtle, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Suren Nersisyan displays an impressionist portrait of a charming red sea turtle. He pictures the shelled reptilian swimming under the refreshing ocean. Blades of kelp float along the background creating points of light green complements. In its natural habitat, it appears beautiful and harmonic.
About the Artist
Suren is an impressionist painter eloquently capturing nature, landscapes, and cityscapes in paint. His body of work reflects several different stylistic approaches. Suren’s scenes in oil are inspired by Impressionist masters Monet and Van Gogh, while his watercolor series of flowers and birds are influenced by Eastern styles of painting and the colors of the Middle Eastern environment. Suren believes his role as an artist is to remind viewers that we all are part of the same natural universe.
Words that describe this painting: sea turtle, sea turtle gift, turtle lover gift, turtle artwork, turtle painting, children room, kids wall art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with tall trees and a river running through it.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Keith Haring drawing 1989 (Keith Haring 1989)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring (untitled) 1989 drawing:
This original 1980s Keith Haring drawing was executed by the artist on the occasion of Art Cologne Germany 1989. The w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Permanent Marker
French Mid 20th Century Lady in a Striped Bathing Suit and Sunhat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid century
The Bathing Suit
unsigned
watercolour painting with gouache,
on paper (two-layers affixed together), unframed
sheet: 18 x 14 inches
Eye catching paintin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Fleurus Airship French Army
Located in Middletown, NY
A portait of the first Allied airship to perform a bombing raid from the sky by a celebrated artist whose work hung on the Titanic.
Watercolor and ink on heavy wove watercolor paper, 10 5/8 x 15 inches (270 x 380 mm). Signed in black watercolor in the lower right image area. In very good condition with minor surface soiling on the verso. Titled "Verdun" in pencil on the verso in the artist's hand. Adhered on the verso to matboard at the extreme margins with non archival tape. Presented handsomely in a simple, period maple frame. Titled, dated, inscribed and initialed by the artist on a label on the frame back.
Born in Cambridge in 1898 and educated at Southsea School of Art, Norman Wilkinson is known for his graphic art, specifically his British Railway poster images, and also for something quite incredible; Wilkinson revolutionized the art of naval camouflage. Having been assigned to submarine patrols in Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Gibraltar during WWI as a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Wilkinson was deeply troubled by the unprecedented success the German submarine fleet had torpedoing British ships. He hoped to find a solution to this gaping vulnerability, and in a lightning bolt moment, he had an epiphany that would change everything. Wilkinson says in his autobiography, A Brush With Life (Seeley, 1969), that he realized a ship could be painted to hide its shape against the sea and sky. In his own words, Wilkinson states that the hull of a ship could be camouflaged "not for low visibility, but in such a way as to break up her form and thus confuse a submarine officer as to the course on which she was heading." After some preliminary testing, the theory Wilkinson called "dazzle camouflage" was accepted by British Admiralty and Wilkinson was placed in charge of the naval camouflage unit. The unit, which was headquartered in the basement of the Royal Academy of Arts, consisted of Wilkinson and about two dozen "camoufleurs;" they were artists, students, model makers and consultants, including a zoologist. The dazzle schemes were tested on models and then distributed to artists who were stationed at the docks, where the ships would be painted. At the end of the war Wilkinson was formally declared the inventor of dazzle camouflage and awarded for his contribution.
Wilkinson went on to enjoy a long and celebrated career as a painter of maritime scenes, naval vessels, and warships. He served as the president of the Royal Institute of Painter in Water Colours (RI) from 1936 until 1963 (having been elected a member in 1906); he was elected Honourable Marine Painter to the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1919, and he was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1918 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and a Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1948. In January 1920 he was appointed knight (chevalier) of the Belgian Order of the Crown.
Among the many notable points of interest regarding Wilkinson's career is that his painting Plymouth Harbour, which was commissioned by Cunard White Star Lines for the first class smoking room of the RMS Titanic, was lost at sea when it perished with the ship. Wilkinson had also created a comparable painting entitled The Approach to the New World, which hung in the same location on the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Soul Flowers 61 The Plan, Spiral, Staircase, Black and White Flower Pattern
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Waves of Elegance: A Symphony in Blue and Gold Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper
unframed
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Bouquet of flowers in a vase "Love me tender" (impressionist painting on paper )
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life.
This painting of a bouquet of flowers in a v...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours y Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
set of 2
watercolour on paper, unframed
top painting : 4.5 x 7 inches, signed bottom right
bottom painting: 4....
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British 19th Century chalk drawing of Christ in Glory by G F Watts
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Frederic Watts (British, 1817-1904)
Christ in Glory
Red chalk in an arched mount
Inscribed verso, including a signed letter verso from R H Jefferies, Curator of The Watts Ga...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink on paper
Size: 4.75 (height) x 7.25 (width)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of a Mogul Garden in Pakistan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 10 inches (height) x 14 inches (width)
Signed: Yes
Condition: Sound condition, with some minor signs of foxing visible
Provenance: Privat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Triumph of Constantine the Great
Located in Chicago, IL
Inscribed on the verso: EE 27/10
Category
16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Pen
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good and impressive
provenance: all th...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"Scarecrow" (2019) By Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden, Graphite Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Scarecrow" is a beautiful collaboration between fantasy masters Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden, done with graphite on mixed media paper, and measuring at 14 x 11 in. in its frame,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - The writer
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a writer.
17 x 25.5 cm, with passe-partout.
Pencil drawing on paper, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly lower left (under pas...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Colorful miniature landscape by California artist Jeanne Rosen Sofen (American, b. 1954). This piece has various California wildflowers...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Soul Flowers 47 Floating Land, Forest Life, Tree, Roots, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
Through a window, a small outlined figure can be seen walking up a staircase in a meticulously rendered tree with tiny leaves and windows and doorway portals peeking out from the bra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
My dreamy beach of the south of France ( contemporary seaside landscape )
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary seaside artwork "My dreamy beach of the south of France " celebrates my love for the beach, sea, sand and summer vacations spent in the south of France.
I explore ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Forest, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Forest (P2.59), Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Description: Leaning to the left, the a...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gloucester, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Gloucester (P5.10), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38.1 cm), Description: Looking out over the s...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Rye, Sussex
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 10 inches (height) x 14 inches (width)
Signed: Yes
Condition: Sound condition, with some minor signs of foxing visible
Provenance: Privat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bugatti Type 57C Atalante Concept Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 7.5 inches (height) x 9.75 inches (width)
Signed: No
Condition: Good condition, with small tear on the edges
Provenance: From the artist's estate
Desc...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming, early 19th century portrait of a young maiden carrying a basket of flowers. The face is beautifully painted with a slight blush to her cheeks and striking touches ...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
"Sea cliff" ( Seaside coast painting inspired by Claude Monet)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism.
This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France and in particularly, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
John Lear Male Nude American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Gay Male Nude
Located in New York, NY
John Brock Lear, Jr., an American Modernist artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, the D...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom left. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Gino Hollander Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gino Hollander: 1924-2015. Well listed American artist with Auction results over $14,000. He lived in California, Colorado, and Spain. This fabulous mixed media measures 11 1/4 inche...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Wild Gooseberries On Vine Plant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
"Under construction", Original painting with concrete on paper, Black and White
Located in Carballo, ES
This new series of works by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña) shows us a completely unique dynamic. In these works he uses the concrete of the construction as picto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Arte Povera Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
'Santa Barbara Landscape', Paris, Académie Julian, LACMA, Pasadena, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'J. W. Nicoll' for John W. Nicoll (American, 1865-1943), titled lower left, 'Santa Barbara' and painted circa 1925. Sheet dimensions: 9 x 12.75 inches.
A luminous, early twentieth-century landscape showing a picturesque view of a Spanish style cottage set in a lush garden with a view beyond towards the Santa Ynez Mountains rising towards clouded, blue skies. An unusual and elegant view of old-time Santa Barbara that retains much of its crispness and freshness of color.
Born in New York, John Nicoll first studied with his uncle, the landscape painter, James Nicoll. He subsequently moved to Paris where he furthered his education for three years under Bouguereau and Ferrier at the Académie Julian. He then continued on to Seville where he studied for three years at the Academia Real, spending his winters traveling and painting in North Africa.
By 1899, Nicoll had settled in Pasadena where he painted, exhibited and taught drawing at the College of Fine Arts from 1906-1935. Upon his retirement, he moved to San Diego where he continued to paint and exhibit until his death in 1943. Over the course of a long career, James Nicoll exhibited widely and with success including at the Stickley Building, Pasadena, 1899; Blanchard Hall, Los Angeles, 1899; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis, 1904; the Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, 1904; Lewis & Clark Expo Portland, 1905 (Bronze Medal); the Painters Club, Los Angeles, 1906-09; the Nicholson Gallery...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nature morte au pot
Located in Ottikon, CH
Provenance:
-Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (stock number 09874, photo number 30356 according to the label on the back)
-Finarte auction Milan, March 9, 1971, lot 81
Purchased by the f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Paradise Lost Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of drawings is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
1. Paradise Lost (But His Doom)
Crayon on paper, 17 ½ x 12 ½ inches (image), 22 x 15 inc...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
View from Docks, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - View from Docks (P2.50), Year: 1947, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 7 x 9.5 in. (17.78 x 24.13 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Hierba Costera Nochebuena'. Nature drawing, earth, air, fire water beach ocean
Located in Penzance, GB
'Hierba Costera Nochebuena'
Original Artwork (Unframed)
Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt laden crisp coastal grasses; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing scr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Nobadeer, " Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This small original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a palette that combines washes of varying blue and turquoise tones. It ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Watercolor
The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Vase of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Vase of Flowers (P3.15), Year: 1960-61, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 13 x 17 in. (33.02 x 43.18 cm), Description: Filled with l...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vase of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Vase of Flowers (P3.25), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 17.5 x 13 in. (44.45 x 33.02 cm), Description: Cast aga...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vase of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Vase of Flowers (P3.19), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 17 x 13 in. (43.18 x 33.02 cm), Description: This stunning di...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vase of Pink Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Vase of Pink Flowers (P3.22), Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 17.5 x 13.5 in. (44.45 x 34.29 cm), Description: A uniqu...
Category
1950s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Orientalist Interior" Watercolor by Philippe Jullian Ex- D.D. Ryan Estate
Located in Bristol, CT
Elegant & fabulously rare, original Philippe Jullian (1919-1977) (ink signed LR) watercolour depicting a lavish Moorish opium salon interior with a reclining nude portrait on the wall and two monkeys with their turban clad handler.
Sagittarius Gallery, NY label inscribed Jullian No. 18 on verso
Art Sz: 8 3/4"H x 11 1/8"W
Frame Sz: 16"H x 18"W
w/ Hermes orange mat & antique bamboo frame
Provenance: The estate of D. D. Ryan (1928-2007), noted fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, an associate of Halston and a regular on best-dressed lists! Another widely appreciated achievement is her association with the creation of Eloise, the fictional little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel.
Eloise began as a character that Kay Thompson, a cabaret singer, portrayed to amuse her friends, of whom Ms. Ryan was one. Ms. Ryan urged her to write a book, put her together with Hilary Knight, the illustrator, and never stopped pushing her to finish the job. The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its popular sequels.
“The book would never have existed without D. D. Never,” Mr. Knight said in an interview Thursday. “She would have just dropped it and gone on to something else.”
Beyond her historic Eloise moment, Ms. Ryan thrived at the crossroads of New York’s fashion and artistic worlds, seeming to make a statement every time she dressed, almost always in clothes she made herself, always recognizable with her famous precisely stylized eyebrows.
Her first job in Manhattan was as an assistant to the photographer Richard Avedon; she was photo editor at Harper’s Bazaar under the legendary editor Diana Vreeland, and she designed the costumes for Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Broadway musical “Company.”
Her social circle included Cole Porter, Andy Warhol, Mr. Sondheim and Truman Capote. When she recommended a new pair of sandals or a piece of costume jewelry — only “really good costume jewelry...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cherry Pie
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cherry Pie' original watercolor painted in 2022 by Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Bukovnik’s art ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
March Hares Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Pair Of Heart Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Forever Love''
by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary)
signed on front and to the reverse
watercolour/acrylic/oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches unframed
provenance: private collector, U...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Watercolor
Forest, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Forest (P2.62), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 9.25 x 11 inches, Size: 11.5 x 13.5 in. (29.21 x 34.29 cm), Desc...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mounts Bay Mood. Contemporary limited edition etching
By Ian Laurie
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mounts Bay Mood. Limited Edition etching from the well collected studio of Ian Laurie. Signed and numbered 14 of 50. Each one of the 25 is slightly different in tone and color
Image...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P4.5), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 12.5 x 15.5 in. (31.75 x 39.37 cm), Description: Lining the beaches o...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting
Artist Signature - Riley Sunrise (1914-2006) Quoyavema “Another of the earlier Hopi artists, Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema) worked with Fred Kabotie and Waldo Mootzka in illustrating John Louw Nelson’s Rhythm for Rain. He is also known as Quoyavema or Kwayeshva, according to Nelson. His paintings are comparable to Fred Kabotie’s, with some of them showing more action and most of them revealing less detail. Sunrise is represented in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, Gilcrease Institute (Tulsa), and the Southwest Museum. The Museum of the American Indian in New York has an extensive collection of his paintings of native Hopi dances.” (Clara Lee Tanner: Southwest Indian...
Category
1940s Tribal Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th century pastel of a river scene, The Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of the Chapel Bridge and river Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. The work...
Category
1860s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
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