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Medium: Paint
Fiesta en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame
By Edalinda Perez Velazquez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
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Artisan: Edalinda Perez Velazquez
Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper.
- Dimensions: 28" x 20" x 2" in or 72 x 51 x 4 cm
- ...
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2010s Folk Art Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Watercolor
Early 19th century French watercolor of figures in a wooded landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-drawn early 19th century French watercolor of a family in a wooded landscape.
Framed in an antique water gilded frame, which might be the original to the piece.
The quality o...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"SOMEWHERE ELSE #3", Watercolor on Sal Leaf Plate, Black Frame, White, Tan, Gold
By Eva Ennist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Eva Ennist, a mixed media and fiber artist, travels extensively through the Far East, gathering materials and techniques for her practice. The artwork "SOMETHING ELSE #3" uses materi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Organic Material, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated nude figure study by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges and is unfinished. No frame.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Civitavecchia - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Civitavecchia is a pen and watercolor drawingrealized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
$604 Sale Price
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Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin with holly and berries
By Ella Bruce
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality.
This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
Category
1970s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled, Nude
By June Felter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: June Felter (1919-2019)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1964
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 20 x 14.25 inches.
Framed size: 29.25 x 23 inches
Signature: Si...
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1960s Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1950s "Mark" Oil Pastel and Gouache Figurative Painting NYC Modern Mid Century
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Mark"
c.1950s
Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper
14x17" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Auguste Mayer (1805-1890) A seascape with a boat, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Mayer (1803-1890
A seascape with a boat
signed with the initials on the lower left
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
17.5 x 26 cm...
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1860s Romantic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Ballet Espagnol, Pilar Lopez
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ballet Espagnol Pilar Lopez" c.1955 referring to the famous Spanish Flamenco dancer, Pilar Lopez, 1912-2008 is a pastel and crayon on paper by noted French artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Figurative etching and watercolor of four men sitting, wearing coats and berets by San Francisco artist Margaret (Maggi) McEll...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
Category
1930s Expressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin standing on a garden fork handle
By Ella Bruce
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality.
This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
Category
1970s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"The Dance, " Ludovico Lipparini, graphite, gouache, mythological, classical
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"The Dance" by Ludovico Lipparini is a beautifully rendered work on paper in the classical tradition using graphite and gouache and created in the f...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social
John Ruggles (1907-1991)
Sight: 17 1/2 x 13 1/3 inches.
Framed: 22 x 18 inches...
Category
1930s American Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
German 19th century watercolor of children flying in a plane over a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Little Ballerina - Figurative Drawing in Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Little Ballerina - Figurative Drawing in Pencil on Paper
Delicate drawing of a ballerina from the back by an unknown artist (20th Century). With ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$540 Sale Price
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An English scene of a Donkey and Rabbits in a field, with wild flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night before Christmas..
This piece was drawn ...
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1990s Romantic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dominatrix Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Dominatrix Woman is a beautiful watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970s.
The artwork is hand signed by the artist.
Oil on panel.
Includes frame 48.5 x 35 cm
Min...
Category
1970s Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
$755 Sale Price
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John Frederick Tayler (1802-1889) - 19th Century Watercolour, Family at Rest
Located in Corsham, GB
A humble 19th-century watercolour depicting a young mother breastfeeding her infant child. An older woman cares for two other young children as the faithful family dog lies at their ...
Category
19th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Birch Mystery, trees, female figure, neutral tones, collage on archival paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and again, later, alone in the stu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing - Women On The Beach
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Ancient Persian Miniature - Original China Ink and Watercolour - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Persian Miniature is an original China Ink and Watercolour realized by an artist of 19th Century.
Good condition for a little brown ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Siegfried and the Bear
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Exhibitions
William Stout: South Pasadena and Nordic Myths at The Raymond, Pasadena, CA, November 2, 20Provenance
Acquire...
Category
2010s Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Christmas Winter English watercolor of two turtle doves on a snow covered tree
By Ella Bruce
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and an added level of quality.
This and the others from the collection were I'm sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
Category
1970s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
Blanche Grambs, Eagle
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson.
Her birds are masterful. Here an eagle, a majestic bird-of-pr...
Category
1970s American Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory-c...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
$310 Sale Price
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Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin on a holly bush
By Ella Bruce
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The whi...
Category
1970s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene mountain landscape by Margie Westcott (American, 1931-2018). The viewer stands...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fenzoni, Painting AND preparatorial Drawing, John the Baptist, Italy Renaissance
By Ferrau Fenzoni
Located in Greven, DE
The painting and the preparatory drawing are offered together.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany, Trier, c. 1980- 2013
Saint John the Baptist
Brown ink and wash over red chalk on oatmeal paper
31 x 20.5 cm
Inscribed: „Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque … imp. da Fran. Villamena …“.
bears the collector's mark of Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950; Lugt 2274a) on a tiny label glued to the verso
On the reverse is a partial drawing of a Pieta, pricked for transfer.
Provenance
New York, Doyle, 14. October 2015, No. 6
The painting and the preparatory drawing resemble the composition of an engraving after Ferraù Fenzoni by Francesco Villamena. Drawing, engraving and painting are almost identical, except for minor differences. Even the measurements nearly correspond: painting (32 x 25,5 cm), drawing (30 x 20,5 cm), engraving (31,1 x 23,5 cm).
Dr. Guiseppe Scavizzi confirmed the attribution of the present panting to Fenzoni and he dates it to c. 1590.
The inscription on the drawing reads “Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque. . . imp. da Fran: Villamena . . .”. The engraving’s inscription also lists place and date “Ferra Fensionius inventor/F. Villamoena sculpsit Rome/Aspectu fruitur… antra puer/cum Privilegio… 1613”.
Interestingly, the engraving is not mirrored as it is in most printing processes. Painting, drawing and engraving are not reversed but the same. It is remarkable to note that there are further paintings by Fenzoni which were engraved in the same order and not reverted. They also show strong parallels regarding the compositions and the measurements (see for example “Deposition of Christ” ).
Ferraù Fenzoni was an Italian painter mainly active in Todi. He is also called Il Faenzone after his birthplace (Faenza). He apprenticed in Rome during the papacy of Gregory XIII and contributed to numerous fresco cycles under pope Sixtus V, such as the Loggia della Benedizioni in the Lateran Palace, the frescoes on the walls and vaults of the Scala Santa of the adjacent Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, and the decoration in the Sistine library. His expressive canvases straddle the styles of Mannerism and Baroque. In 1594, he moved to Todi. A “Last Judgement” by him is housed in the cathedral of Todi. He returned to Faenza in 1599, where he decorated chapels in the cathedral from 1612 to 1616. In 1622, he completed a “Deposition”, now in the local Pinacoteca. In 1640, Fenzoni was named “cavaliere dello speron d’oro” by Cardinal Colonna and, on 25th April 1634, he was nominated vicar and “castellano of Granarolo”.
Fenzoni‘s style is characterized by a mixture of the Mannerism of the Northern Netherlands and the Italian Baroque.
Saint John the Baptist, Old Master, 17th Century, By Fenzoni, Religious Scene, Rome Art...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
Ferrau FenzoniFenzoni, Painting AND preparatorial Drawing, John the Baptist, Italy Renaissance, 1590
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Signed & Framed c.1890 Watercolour - Sailors at Dawn
Located in Corsham, GB
Distant ships traverse the rough sea as sailors gather at the rocky sea-face
The artwork is signed '..evil', with the beginning of the signature obscured by the mountboard.
Well pr...
Category
19th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$394 Sale Price
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W R Scarisbrick - Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Waterloo
Located in Corsham, GB
A refined late 19th Century nautical painting of the cargo ship, waterloo at full mast. Signed to the lower right-hand corner. Attractively...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$268 Sale Price
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Original Animation Cel from PIERRE, "I DONT CARE" (CBS 1970s)
Located in Surfside, FL
An original animation cel drawing from the CBS-TV broadcast of Sendak's "REALLY ROSIE" - (this was the first time "Rosie" appeared anywhere other than Sendak's original book) - this cel is from the PIERRE, "I DONT CARE" sequence. this is the original vintage acetate drawing/painting from the 1970s. it is from the estate of the film producer Dan Hunn. I cannot say definitively that it is by Maurice Sendak's hand. He definitely worked on this project and the provenance is impeccable. They are quite rare and unusual.
Maurice Bernard Sendak, June 10, 1928-2012
Dubbed by one critic “the Picasso of children’s literature” and once addressed by former President Bill Clinton as “the King of Dreams,” Maurice Sendak illustrated nearly a hundred picture books throughout a career that spanned more than 60 years. Some of his best known books include Chicken Soup...
Category
1970s Pop Art Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Red Creature - Original Watercolor by Frick Mueller - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Red Creature is an original watercolor drawing on paper realized by Frick Mueller.
With the stamp of the artist's atelier on the lower left.
Very good conditions.
Enjoyable artwor...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mother and Child
By Hendrik Maarten Krabbe
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Amsterdam in 1868, Hendrick Maarten Krabbe attended the Academie des Beauz-Arts d’Amsterdam where he studied with August Allebe. Krabbe was known for his genre paintings, por...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Villeneuve Cloister in Avignon - Drawing by Leon Boulier - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Villeneuve cloister in Avignon is a watercolor on paper, realized by Leon Boulier, 1941.
26 x 35 cm.
Titled lower left side.
Hand signed on the back.
Good conditions
Category
1940s Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$488 Sale Price
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Landscape - Drawing by Michel Cornille - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Artwork realized by the Artist Michel Cornille.
Drawing on paper, Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
The artwork is glued on cardboard. Total d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engravings of Sunflowers, Set of 4, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
A complete set of four hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of sunflowers from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in hand-made, parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame...
Category
18th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
'The Meet', English Edwardian Fox Hunting, Equestrian Watercolor, Horses, Beagle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T. Ivester Lloyd' for Thomas Ivestor Lloyd (English, born 1873) and painted circa 1900.
This Liverpool-born artist spent most of his life in and around Sheringt...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Yves in Tangier. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Acrylic
Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859).
The little artwork represents two poor men in the street.
Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm).
Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin.
Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival scene, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A carnival scene
21 x 16.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
Period frame : 35 x 30 cm (lacks in...
Category
1880s Academic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Mid Century Mazatlan Beach Catamaran Figurative Landscape Watercolor
By William A. Corbett
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant figurative seascape of a beach in Mazatlan, Mexico with several figures and a catamaran reflecting beautifully in the shallow water by William A. Corbett (American. 1914-1960). Titled "Beach- Mazatlan" on verso. Signed "William Corbett" in lower left corner. Presented in a simple wood frame, with a double mat of off-white silk and royal blue with plexiglass. Image size: 22”H x 14.75”L
William A. Corbett began drawing at an early age. He constructed signs and displays for theaters and nightclubs around Pittsburg. He studied art with Vincent Nesbert at the Pittsburg Art Institute and with Robert Gwathmoy, Roy Hilton, and Robert Laper at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He also studied painting and sculpture at the Louisville Art Center. Corbett was in the Army Engineers at Fort Knox, Kentucky where he studied, practiced, and had exhibits with army artists there from 1941-1943. He was very much interested in materials and technique, content and style in painting. His favorite Artists were El Greco, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Renoir, Burchfield, and Andrew Wyeth, Jr. He studied two years at Boston museum School with Karl Zerbe, Daivid Aronson and others. He later designed and did art work for General Outdoor Advertising Co. In 1943, he married Ruth Osborne of Louisville and they had one son, Michael. In 1951 he moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his family.
Exhibitions:
Army Art Show--- 1st Prize in Landscape, 1942
Kentucky & southern Indiana Exhibition-- Honorable
mentions for Fisherman's Curse 1949, Don Q...
Category
1960s American Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Tavern Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a lively tavern scene. Signed lower right and dated 1942 by the British artist, George Anderson Short...
Category
1940s Academic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$395 Sale Price
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Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
Category
1940s Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,200 Sale Price
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The Lovers "The Eyes Have It" Figurative Abstract Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Lovers "The Eyes Have It" Figurative Abstract Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
A whimsical figurative painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Pencil
Venus
Located in London, GB
Richard Westall, R.A. (1765-1836)
Venus
signed and dated ‘R. Westall 1794’ (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, with white heightening
image 11 ⅞ x 15 ¼ in. (30.2 x 38.7 cm.)
frame 22 ⅛ x 26 in. (56.3 x 66.1 cm.)
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Venus (1794) was produced during a highly creative and defining period of Richard Westall’s career and artistic development, when from 1790-95 the ambitious young artist was sharing a house at 57 Greek Street, Soho, with his friend Sir Thomas Lawrence, the future President of the Royal Academy.
Whilst lodging together, Lawrence became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1791, Westall the following year, and both were elected full-members in 1794 – the year Lawrence was appointed Painter-in-Ordinary to His Majesty King George III. Westall was to become Queen Victoria’s first Drawing Master, before her ascension to the throne.
It was in this very year, 1794 - as the two young artists became Royal Academicians - that the present watercolour was executed, and it is exciting to speculate that Lawrence would have examined and given his thoughts on the work.
Highly comparable to The Wallace Collection’s Nymph and cupids (c.1793, cat. P757), acquired by Francis Seymour-Conway (1777-1842), 3rd Marquess of Hertford, (who hung it in his bedroom), the mid-1790s saw Westall exhibiting and returning to similar subject-matter on a number of occasions. Two works with titles that could be applied to the present picture were exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1794 (no. 341 Nymph and Cupids) and 1795 (no. 620, A Wood–nymph and Cupids). However, a print after the watercolour, engraved by F. Screen, entitles the piece Venus.
Westall is regarded as a great virtuoso watercolourist, and Venus is evidence of the young artist’s mastery of the medium. Indeed, it is unusual to find a watercolour of comparable age so well preserved, and retaining such vibrancy - the superb condition providing an insight into his exceptional brushwork and use of colour.
Venus languishes luxuriously on her woodland bed, the trunk of a tree resembling a curtain, while three winged putti play beside her, seeming to gesture to someone in the woods. Cupid draws back his bow and aims an arrow of love, perhaps about to pierce the heart of a hunting nobleman, or unsuspecting woodcutter. The striking contrast between the almost luminescent nymph, with the deep, rich, luxuriant forest, gives the glade an alluring sense of mystery – perhaps an allusion to the mysteries of the heart, a pre-occupation with Romanticism, central to the emerging thought of the time. Westall can be classified as one of the great Romantic artists, and even painted Lord Byron’s portrait...
Category
1790s Romantic Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$25,686
Cavalry - China Ink and Watercolor by Theodore Fort - 1844 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalry is a beautiful watercolor on paper, realized in the mid-XIX century by Théodore Géricaul Fort (1810 - 1896).
Hand-signed in brown ink on the lower right corner.
A knight is portrayed in his uniform and galloping on a beautiful Arabian stallion, with the trumpet on his shoulders, ready to give the signal to attack to the cavalry.
In excellent conditions, with shiny colors, including a white cardboard passepartout (49.5 x 34 cm).
A very interesting artwork for a connoisseur of the militaria genre!
Theodore Géricaul Fort (1810 - 1896), Simeone Fort's son, belonged to the French school of the XIX century; Théodore Fort...
Category
1840s Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$2,043 Sale Price
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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)
Category
Early 20th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Nude - Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions.
Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter, engraver a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$355 Sale Price
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Landscape - Original Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a splendid colorful drawing in watercolor and pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century in 1950 ca.
Titled on the lower right and signed, illeg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
$266 Sale Price
25% Off
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
By Edward Nevil
Located in Riga, LV
Edward Nevil ( 1813 – 1901 )
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$606 Sale Price
71% Off
Angelic Ruth Cobb Watercolor, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Cobb (American, 1914-2008)
Untitled, c. 20th century
Watercolor and mixed media on paper
Sight: 19 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 33 1/2 x 41 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Signed lower right
Born ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
'Reclining Nude', Glasgow School of Art, Dundee, Post-Impressionist Figural
By Sydney Horne Shepherd
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Shepherd' for Sydney Horne Shepherd (British, 1909-1993) and painted circa 1960; accompanied by old exhibition label.
A lyrical watercolor of a woman reclining and gazing towards the viewer.
Born in Dundee and educated at Harris Academy, Sidney D’Horne Shepherd attended Dundee School of Art from 1924-1926 and then Glasgow School of Art...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
German late 19th century children flying in a plane in an early plane
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
A two-page spread in India ink pen and watercolor by Irene Pattinson (Ameri...
Category
1950s American Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Modern Figurative Surrealist Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'Prince of Innocence'
Located in Surfside, FL
Angelic boy with a devil figure.
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s.
Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States.
His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home.
Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.
San Diego Academy of Fine Arts
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA)
University of San Diego
San Diego Museum of Art
James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif.
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy
Centre de Arte Moderna
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France
Gordon Gilkey Collection
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or.
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
Category
1980s Surrealist Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
“Ski Style 1960”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original mixed media fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Signed with initials bottom right. Circa 1965. ...
Category
1960s American Modern Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
View of Henningsvaer Lofoten - Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1986
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
View of Henningsvaer Lofoten is an Original Watercolor realized by Armin Guther in 1986.
Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (50x40 cm).
Hand-signed and dated on...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paint Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$302 Sale Price
25% Off
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