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Medium: Gouache
Hand Fan Project With The Goddess Diana The Huntress floating in the clouds
By François Flameng
Located in PARIS, FR
François FLAMENG Paris 1856 - 1923 Diana the Huntress floating in the clouds, fan project 1893 Watercolor and gouache on wove paper Signed and dated lower right 25 x 70 cm sheet (le...
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1890s French School Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Oxford all night party 1983 after a picture by Dafydd Jones, Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache, Paper

Framed Art Nouveau Period Painting A Greek Love Affair Theseus And Ariadne
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Follower of Antoine Calbet. French ( b.1860 - d.1944 ). Theseus and Ariadne, Circa 1890 - 1910. Mixed Media. Watercolour, Gouache & Pastel Image size 16.5 inches x 11.2 inches ( 42cm...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

l' Oeuf a Gober
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990) Title: l' Oeuf a Gober Year: 1958 Medium: Original gouache Paper: Canson Mongolfier Paper size: 14.2 x 10.65 inches Signa...
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Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Lady Driving A 2-Horse Tandem Hitch c1929 Gouache by H. W. Standing (1894- 1931)
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 12 3/4"H x 21 1/2"W Frame Sz: 18 3/4"H x 27 3/4"W Henry William Standing (British,1894 -1931)
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Early 20th Century Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

THE CHOSEN PATH, English School 19th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN EDWARD GOODALL 1853 - 1920 THE CHOSEN PATH Pencil, watercolour and gouache, signed lower right Image size: 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches (16 x 21 cm) Hand made gilt frame John Edward Goodall was the son of Alfred Goodall and Mary Palmer. Alfred was a brother to Edward A. and Frederick Goodall, both accomplished artists. He was most prolific during the period between 1877 and 1911. In the 1891 census he is shown as being married to Grace, manager of the Sommerville Club, London but by 1901 he is to be found with a woman named Annie. John associated with a bohemian art circle and tended to have a corresponding lifestyle. The work produced by Goodall is well executed and often in watercolour. He trained at art school in London and travelled extensively. He was not the prolific artist like his uncles and a lot about his life is still...
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19th Century Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Les travestis (The Transvestites) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso) Gouache on paper Erté’s costume...
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20th Century Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Art Nouveau Illustration Women and Children in the Woods
Located in Miami, FL
Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...
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1920s Art Nouveau Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Board

The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
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1920s American Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was the Master of the macabre, and most of his work is associated with Charles Addams. The beauty of a Gahan Wilson is that is a payoff pu...
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1960s Conceptual Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil

Study after Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment”
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in New York, NY
Italian School, 16th Century Provenance: Private Collection, New York This intriguing drawing is a study by an anonymous 16th-century Italian artist after a vignette in Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. The altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was already richly decorated when Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint his Last Judgment...
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16th Century Old Masters Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Wall 1" 1996 Original Signed Watercolor Acrylic Ink on Paper 9x12in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Pared-1', 1996 Watercolor, ink on paper 9.1 x 12.1 in. (23 x 30.5 cm.) ID: 1D199602 Hand-signed by author ___________________________________________...
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1990s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

The New Dreamliner: Biggest Baby News in Years!
Located in Miami, FL
Published Thayer Stroller advertisement, 1951 Watercolor and gouache on board Signed lower left
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1950s American Realist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile signed on the lower right Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper 19.5 x 13 cm Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle. There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives. He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius). A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...
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1860s Romantic Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. An elegant figural interior showing a young woman seated on a bed beside a table bearing a vase...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Eter Merkviladze - Acrobats’ Aesthetic
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on a watercolor paper Eter Merkviladze is a Georgian female artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from Robert Schuman European Schoo...
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2010s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Gouache

Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, watercolor and gouache
By Louis Gallait
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, Watercolor and gouache on paper, square white lines, 24 x 16 cm Stamp of the Louis Gallait Estate on the mount on the lower righ...
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1850s Romantic Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Jazz Panel #4 - gouache, 102x86 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Chez Maxim's
By André Meurice
Located in London, GB
'Chez Maxim's', pastel and gouache on fine art paper, by André Meurice (circa 1950s - 60s). The artist depicts the glamorous clientele at the entryway to...
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Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Gouache

Central Park Zoo with Sea Lions and Animals
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front of a packed audience. The...
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1940s Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now" Ralph Fasanella (1914-_1997) "Victory and After,” gouache on paper. Signed, titled...
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1940s Outsider Art Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway
Located in New York, NY
Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway. Boris Aronson (1898 – 1980) "Day and Night," 17 ½ x 13 inches. Gouache ...
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1920s American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Manner of Frederick Widgery (1861–1942) - 20thC Gouache, Overcast Coastline
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine coastal landscape in gouache in the manner of Frederick John Widgery (1861–1942). The painting is unsigned and presented in a gilt frame ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Church Interior
By Ray Quigley
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.
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1950s Realist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Ink

Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Carnival Night advertising poster design
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s) Original design for poster and flyer for Carnival Night at the King's Head 26x19 cm Gouache, 1937 Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of th...
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1930s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Wolf, are you there #1 ? Hélène Duclos Contemporary art drawing green nature
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and pencil on paper Unique work Hand-signed and entitled lower right by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Disappearances / Extinctions #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing landscape art
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris. The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
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2010s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite

homme rouge (red man) - gouache on paper, 49x34 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper. Stamped and signed. Not framed. Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at the G...
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1950s Abstract Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape Philip Goodwin (20th Century) "Times Square," 23 ½ x 17 ¼ inches. Gouache...
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1930s American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

'Three Young Beauties', Art Nouveau, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Musée Bordeaux
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, “Ch. Henrida” for Charles Henrida (French, 1854-1924) and painted circa 1900. Unframed and displayed in a beveled, ivory mat with gilt inner slip. Matted dimens...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972), gouache of a Burmese dancer
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...
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1920s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Nude Girl Epiphany Playboy Cartoon - Women's Liberation Moment
Located in Miami, FL
Richard Taylor is one of the great Cartoonists. He is celebrated for his dry sense of humor and skill in depicting people in subtle narratives. His instantly recognizable style is ...
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1960s Conceptual Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Siz...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Redheaded Model Purple Fashion Illustration for Women's Wear Daily
Located in Miami, FL
Redheaded model wearing Traina Sport by Kay Unger and Jesper Nyeboe. Illustration published on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, February 25, 1971. Gouache o...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 9'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and presumptions of human control are upended. The text-like marks on white vertical rectangles are deliberate, but indecipherable. They appear as if a poem, written in an ancient language, that honors this eternal cycle of destruction and regeneration. Winifred McNeill...
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2010s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a Slave Ship: 'Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
FRANÇOIS MATHURIN ADALBERT, BARON DE COURCY (1805-1839) 'Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne' Indistinctly signed lower left Titled on the mount Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper, 24.8 x 34.6 cm Literature: The present watercolour will be illustrated in: - Prof. Manuel Garcia’s projected book on the disease and the slave trade provisionally titled “Fighting the Yellow Demon of Fever: The Struggle against Disease in the Illegal Slave Trade”. - Prof. Micael Zeuske’s forthcoming Global history of slave trade. Exhibited: Mexico City, 1998, Palacio Virreinal, El Barón de Courcy, illustrationes de un viaje, 1831-1833, no. 108 Note: Baron de Courcy was in the Caribbean in late 1832 and early 1833, following his tour of Mexico in 1832, on the last leg of his “Grand Voyage...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Une Rue d’Assise
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. I...
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1960s Abstract Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

French School 19th century, Le Lavoir (The washing place), watercolor on paper,
Located in Paris, FR
French School, first half of the 19th century Le Lavoir (The washing place) Watercolor and pencil heightened with white gouache Bears a monogramm R P B on the lower left 21.5 x 33.5 cm Collector mark of Maurice Gobin on the back (Lugt L.1124a) In quite good condition: doubled on the back, a repaired tear on the upper border In a modern cardboard...
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1820s Romantic Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

"Summer games"Games, children, fairy tales, summer, fun Guache cm. 29 x 10, 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Children, Playing,Green, Blue,Russian art, 1970, Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art C...
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1960s Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889 – 1975) “Today Magazine” Cover ...
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1930s American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

L'Aurore boréale by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French L'Aurore boréale(The Aurora Borealis) Signed "Erté" (lower right) Inscribed ---- (en verso) Gouache on paper In this colorful gouache, Erté draws an enticing and unique fashion design on his model's elegantly elongated figure. Crowned by an elaborate headdress, the woman wears a daring gauzy caftan that drapes dangerously low, celebrating her nude form. EntitledL'Aurore Boréale" or The Aurora Borealis, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour for which the artist's designs are so beloved. This ensemble was inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire. As the name suggests, this creative design links the celebrated "fleur" orchids with one of nature's other great marvels, the Aurora Borealis. This refined piece of art radiates the essential luxury and theatricality that could only be accomplished by Erté, oft referred to as the "Father of Art Deco." First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Jazz Panel #5 - gouache, 111x283 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Orientalist - gouache on paper, 65x50 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper. Stamped. Frame dimensions: 63x78 cm Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at t...
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1950s Abstract Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance
Located in New York, NY
Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance. 22 1/2 x 16 inches. Signed lower left. Framed. BIO Hugó Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vienna. In 1898, to help support his family after they had returned to Budapest. He started working during the day, attending painting classes at the Commercial Art School in the evening. In 1900, he completed his studies. Scheiber showed an early interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. In 1915 he met Marinetti, who invited him to join the Futurist movement. Because Scheiber's paintings conflicted with academic style of the Hungarian art establishment, his work was virtually ignored in his own country. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádár held an exhibition organized by Hévesy in Vienna, which was a great success, so much so that the Budapest Art Museum purchased two of his drawings. In 1920, Scheiber returned to Vienna. A turning point in his career came in 1921 when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm...
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1920s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Capriccio Landscape View with Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Capriccio painting in a greek or Italian style with women around a river. Capriccio is a fanciful architectural landscape painting. It was popular in Italy in the 18th Century. Most ...
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Late 19th Century Baroque Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - In the Field
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache, pastel & oil on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi St...
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2010s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper, Oil, Gouache

Art Deco Costume Design - Eva
Located in Miami, FL
The paper in some of these photos looks overly textured due to the sharpness of the high-res digital camera. In person, with the human eye, the paper looks reasonably smooth with out blemishes. For this fashion illustration, Georges Lepape paints a stunning abstract pattern for the subject dress that is repeated in her hair. The work represents an early use of metallic paint, with silver metallic in the dress and bronze metallic in the blouse. Lepape's highly detailed drawing becomes more evident the closer you look. It's quite amazing how deftly he rendered facial feature on such a small scale. "Eva" 1918 Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper Signed and dated, lower right: '1918' Inscribed, verso: "Costume for L'enfantement du mort, (miracle en pourpre, et or.). Devised by Marcel L'Herbier and performed at the Théatre Edouard VII and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, 1919" Provenance: Ex-collection Lucien...
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1910s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Gouache

Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural
Located in New York, NY
Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Chemists 40 ½ x 31 ¾ inches Oil on paper, c. 1930s Signed lower right 49 x 40 ...
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1930s American Realist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951 Watercolor gouache on board Signed on the front Frame included: held in vintage modern frame Measurements: Framed: 11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75 Painting 4.5 inches by 6 inches Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City. Provenance Associated American Artists Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti. Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti. ADLOF DEHN Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968 Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art. In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art. If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques. Early Years, 1895 - 1922 For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1950s Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Vanity Fair Illustration proposal, c 1930’s 18 X 13 3/4 inches (sight) ...
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1930s American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Board

Mask, Surrealist Gouache and Pastel Painting by Paul Kohn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Paul Kohn - Mask, Medium: Gouache and Pastel on Paper, signed in pencil lower right, Size: 16.5 x 10.75 x 4 in. (41.91 x 27.31 x 10.16 cm), Frame Size: 20.25 x 15 inches
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Gouache

Jerusalem Old City Landscape, Expressionist Judaica Israeli Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting the artist uses gestural brushstrokes, which causes distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect. Andre Elbaz uses as his subject figures walking in old city Jerusalem. André Elbaz (born April 26, 1934, El Jadida, Morocco) is a famous Moroccan painter and filmmaker. Elbaz studied art and theatre in Rabat and Paris from 1950 to 1961. He started painting only at the age of 21, until which age he had been interested mainly in theatre. A few years later, he managed to combine his two passions into a new approach in art-therapy, inventing together with his wife, a psychiatrist, the Pictodrame, which brought him world recognition. His first exhibition, which was very successful, took place in Casablanca in 1961 and earned him an appointment as Professor at the Beaux-Arts school in Casablanca. Years later, in 1976, he exhibited his paintings at the Tel-Aviv Museum. In parallel to his career as a painter, Elbaz is also known as a filmmaker. He produced several short films in France, Canada and the United States. One of them, La nuit n'est jamais complète (The night is never complete), won a prize at the "5th Biennale de Paris in 1967". Among the themes chosen for the many films he produced, there was a short one about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as well as a series of drawings entitled Seuls (Alone), with texts written by both Elie Wiesel...
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20th Century Expressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Fear Not; Only Believe" Watercolor & Gouache on paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fear Not; Only Believe" is an original watercolor and gouache painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts two people walking through...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Mughal School, 17th century Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha, Agra
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. c 1690. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on light ...
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17th Century Rajput Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

French Gouache Painting of Acoma Pueblo Corn Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Acoma Pueblo Corn Dance in New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Si...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Profile Portrait of a Woman Sitting on a Chair
Located in Stockholm, SE
A finely tuned oval drawing by the Finnish artist Ester Helenius depicting a young woman in profile seated on a chair. The room is suggested only by a diffuse background. Signed and ...
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1910s Jugendstil Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Vielle Femme en Petite Cape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with stamp, J.V. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art 19" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Gouache

La Princesse Lointaine: Porteurs d' Eventails (original gouache on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original on Gouache on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled, dated with dedication on verso by Erte. Stamped "Composition originale". Frame size 29 x 24.5 inches. Artwork s...
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1920s Art Deco Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Early 20th Century French Gouache on Paper, The Frog and The Fisherman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French gouache and watercolour on paper of a fisherman by Louis Henri Magnat, The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a carved and gilt wood frame und...
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Early 20th Century Gouache Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

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