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Medium: Watercolor
Gregoire Est Mort! - Original Lithograph by E. J. Pigal - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gregoire Est Mort! is an original hand-watercolored lithograph on ivory paper by Edmé-Jean Pigal.
In excellent condition.
Hand-signed on the lower right margin. Titled on the botto...
Category
19th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
"Capri" Emily Sargent, Impressionist Sunlight, Southern Italian Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Emily Sargent
Capri, circa 1900
Watercolor on paper
18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Provenance
The artist
Family of the artist by descent
Adelson Galleries Inc., New York
Collection of John ...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Portland, OR
Important Russian-French Impressionist Gouache & Watercolor paining by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus (Пётр Александрович Нилус in French Pierre Nilouss (1869– 1943), signed circa 1925.
N...
Category
1920s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Possibilities of a New Day" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Possibilities of a New Day" (2023) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celebrated for her pl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 12 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characterfu...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
La Princesse Lointaine: Porteurs d' Eventails (original gouache on paper)
By Erté
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...
Category
1920s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Nude of Woman - Mixed Media by Marino Marini - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink, pastel, tempera and watercolor on paper realized in the 1930s. Hand Signed lower right. Includes certificate of authenticity by the Fondazione Marino Marini signed by Maria Teresa Tosi. Archived in the Marino Marino...
Category
1930s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
Designers Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn, NY. watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Art Deco, 20th Century, fashion, dress design for 'Estelle'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (Russian / French 1892 – 1990)
A dress design for Estelle
Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Inscribed ‘Estelle’ (upper left) with other notations...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Early Street Art - New York Urban Factory Scene - Mid Century - Factory X
By Dong Kingman
Located in Miami, FL
This early work from 1955 by Dong Kingman N.A. is as surreal as it is a document of a place. The artist effectively captures a slice of American urban life but constructs the compo...
Category
1950s Surrealist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
"Where the River Runs" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Where the River Runs" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a dead tree next to a creek on a stormy day.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based ar...
Category
2010s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
FRAMED Nude on a Sofa original sepia ink watercolor by PAULA CRAIOVEANU
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my "Nude in Interior" series.
Sepia Ink, Pencil and Graphite on Paper. Original sepia ink drawing on watercolor paper.
Size is 48x33cm /19x13in. Size in mat and framed 70x5...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) A landscape by the river, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877-1950)
Landscape by he river
Signed lower right
watercolor on paper
11.5 x 13.5 cm
Framed : 23 x 29 cm
Paul Emile Lecomte particularly excelled in small-...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1930's Milford, CT Landscape -- First Church of Christ Congregational
Located in Soquel, CA
1930's watercolor figurative landscape depicting the First Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut by J. Nolan of Providence, Rhode Island (American, 20th Century). S...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Boats - Watercolor by French Master - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boats is an original painting in watercolor by an anonymous French artist of the XX century. The state of preservation is good and aged with signs of time on it, with two small holes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cup - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Cup" is an original China ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous French Artist of the Late 20th Century.
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 23.5 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Berlin - Original Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1986
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
Berlin is an original colored watercolor realized in 1986 by Armin Guther.
Good conditions. Includes passepartout (50 x 60 cm).
The artwork is hand-signed and dated on the lower ri...
Category
1980s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Le Croates en Allemagne (French Army)-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel.
He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
Category
1940s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Coastal Scene with Figures"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Coastal Scene with Figures" c.1970 in a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Wayne Carl Lacom, born 1922. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.25 x 21.5 inches, framed is 20.35 x 28.75 inches. It is custom framed in original wooden silver brown frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist:
Wayne La Com...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paige Koosed - 1994 Watercolour, Cottage Cats
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) and painted circa 1935.
This early twentieth-century painter, lithographer, muralist, author, poet and ill...
Category
1930s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
Lauren in Balenciaga. 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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Walking Tall (Respect) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Construction
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
In a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Archibald Russell.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Archibald Russell. 1935. Pencil and watercolour on watercolour board. 20 7/8 x 28 5/8. Mat line from a previous mount; otherwise excellent condition. Signed and dated in ink, low...
Category
1930s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
The Palace. Gouche, ink and watercolor on paper painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
'Abstracted Figure', Sydney, Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Bonorat' and painted circa 1980
An elegant, modernist figural painting and early work by this Sydney-based Mexican artist who studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City (1982-84) and, subsequently, at the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1986).
STUDIES
1982-1984 Painting and Drawing Ateliers – National School of Fine Arts, Mexico City
1985-1986 Artistic Experimentation – Carrillo Hill Museum, Mexico City
1986 Metal Engraving – Museum of Modern Art Sao Paulo Brazil
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1986 Art Gallery of Santos Municipal Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1988 Art Gallery of Porto Alegre Municipal centre, R.S. Brazil
1991 Gallery Casa de la Cultura, Morelia Mexico
1994 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1996 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1996 Michael Burke Gallery, Brisbane
1997 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Golden Trinity’, Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Continuous Thread, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1985 Mail Art Network Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto Japan
1987 Banespa Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo Brazil
1988 IV National Contest of Fine Arts, Cubatao Brazil
1992 NCA Gallery, Sydney
1994 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1994/5/6 Selected for the “Fisher’s Ghost” Art...
Category
1980s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled (Figures in a park)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Figures in a park)
Watercolor on paper, 1991
Signed lower right of image (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 10 3/16 x 14 1/16 inches
Provenance: David Anderson Ga...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Trial - Ink and Watercolor - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trial is the original ink and watercolor on paper realized by Anonymous artist of the XIX Century.
The state of preservation is good.
Sheet dimension: 24.5 x 31.5
Image Dimensions:...
Category
19th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Landscape - Drawing by Juan André Perroud - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Juan André Perroud in the mid-20th century.
Watercolor on paper.
Stamped on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized through b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Alan Halliday: "Villa Oasis", Hand-painted frame, 2019
Located in Richmond, GB
The Villa Oasis is the property in Marrakech that was owned by the late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé. It is attached to the Jardin Majorelle (developed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Nude of Woman - Watercolor by Anastasia Kurakina - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a watercolor realized by Anastasia Kurakina in March 2016.
The little artwork is in good condition and with vivid colors.
Hand signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vogue Magazine Illustration Turn of the Century - Woman Illustrator
By Helen Dryden
Located in Miami, FL
Early in the artist's career most likely for Vogue Magazine. Signed lower left. Helen Dryden (1882–1972) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1...
Category
1910s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Gouache
Nude of a Woman - Watercolor by Anastasia Kurakina - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is a watercolor realized by Anastasia Kurakina in 2018.
The little artwork is in good condition and with vivid colors.
No signature.
Anastasia Kurakina was bor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School, 19th Century, Victorian rustic scene, Thatched cottage
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delightful rustic scene from the Victorian period with figures chatting outside a thatched cottage
English School, mid 19th Century
Figures conversing by a cottage and stream
Wat...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
WPA Mural Study Mid-Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study Mid-Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Workers
Anton Refregier (1905-1979)
Mural Study, Untitled
7 ¾ x 22 inches (sight)
Gouache, pencil, and charcoal on board, c. 1940s
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of Seymour Fogel, noted verso
Thomas McCormick Gallery...
Category
1940s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache, Board, Pencil
Rough Weather at Blatchington Pulling in the Fishing Nets on the English Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Drypoint etching rawing of a coastal scene with figures drawing a net or boat form the sea by Sir Francis (Frank) Job Short (British, 1857 - 1945)
Sir Frank Short, Royal Academy*, was a printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint* and aquatint* engraving, and also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public.
Signed "Frank Short" lower right with monogram in the print "S within a shield"
Titled lower left "Rough Weather at Blatchington"
Lower left "Trial Proof"
Image, 8.5"H x 10.88"W
Mat, 16"H x 20"W x 0.13
Professionally cleaned and ph nuetral washed by our paper conservator. (new images posting)
Francis Job Short was born on 19 June 1857 in Britain, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was educated to be a civil engineer.
He was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin Latham in connection with the Parliamentary Inquiry into the pollution of the river Thames. In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Having worked at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art*, in 1883. He also worked at the life class under Professor Fred...
Category
1870s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Gouache
Ferdinand Heilbuth, Woman lying on the shore, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Born German, Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826-1889) made most of his artistic career in France and specialized in outdoor genre scenes. This gouache watercolor depicts a young woman lying in...
Category
1880s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Daydreams
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, Pastel, and Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 16.00;" Framed 28.00" x 25.00"
Category
20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Board
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
"Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
Category
17th Century French School Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, Victorian blacksmith
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming study of a blacksmith puffing on a clay pipe at the forge door.
Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Junr (1823-1875)
Village Blacksmith Patterdale, Aug 1848
Signed, in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Composition - Drawing by Henry Wormser - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a drawing realized by Henry Wormser in the Mid-20th Century.
Watercolor.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
1950s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Down in Mexico Way
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Down in Mexico Way" 1955 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Stanley M. Long 1892-1972 It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 13.25 x 18.5 inches, framed is 23.5 x 28 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver color spacer. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist:
Stanley M. Long spent his childhood on a ranch in Napa where he broke wild horses. He began sketching when quite young and at 15 enrolled at the San Francisco Institute of Art. He continued at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he was awarded a scholarship for further study at Académie Julian in Paris.
He served in the camouflage corps in both world wars. Long taught art in San Francisco at Mission High School and for 17 years at Polytechnic High School. His western illustrations were featured in Sunset Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. Having worked with horses all his life, they were to become the main theme of his paintings.
Long died in San Carlos, CA on March 29, 1972.
Member: Society of Western Artists, Napa Valley Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Houses - Drawing by Lacones Lestnille - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Houses is a drawing realized by Lacones Lestnille in the Mid-20th Century.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Portrait of Minister Scelba - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1954
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1954, and depicting the former italian Prime Minister Mario Scelba.
Hand signed.
Very good condition
Category
1950s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
This finely detailed watercolor painting captures a serene countryside setting with an old stone church, a rustic hous...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Queen Camilla, Watercolor Portrait 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
'Horizon Rise', American Figurative Abstraction, Native American
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Vigil' for Veloy Vigil (American, 1931-1997).
Previously with: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Born in Denver, Colorado,...
Category
1970s Abstract Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"A Kind of Paradise" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"A Kind of Paradise" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape in the foothills with the focus being on a river.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Conne...
Category
2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Les Croates (French Army in 1812-13)- Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Les Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines ...
Category
1940s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
Category
1830s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur interrupting the playing of his pan pipes to cast a speculative eye towards a dancing nymph. Datin...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
“The Race”
By Henry Alken
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor attributed to the well known British artist, Henry Thomas Alken. Circa 1825. Unsigned. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London, 1993. Matted but presently unframed.
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square.
Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...
Category
1820s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Pity June 4th. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pity, June 4th by Celso Castro
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper.
Image size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
2018
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
19th Century Landscape -- Cape Ann, Gloucester Harbor
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century delicate watercolor of the harbor at Cape Ann, Gloucester, Massachusetts depicting rocks in the calm water along with seagulls and sailboats in the distance, by 19th century artist and Reverend William George Puddefoot (American, 1842-1925). Signed "W.G. Puddefoot" lower left. Titled on verso, "Cape Ann Scenery / Near Gloucester, Sunset". Presented in a carved giltwood frame and off-white mat.
Reverend William George Puddefoot [1842-1925] (also known as W C Puddefoot) was an artist, traveler, lecturer and the field secretary for the American Home Missionary Society [1826-1893]. For his work, Puddefoot traveled all over the US, lecturing and doing missionary work, including: Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana Pennsylvania, California and Connecticut. He was known for being an extremely colorful character especially in his sermons and lectures. Puddefoot wrote the book Minute Man...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Whimsical Illustration Skiing Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being a Skiing scene, a boy and a girl on skis. signed W. Steig
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
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1930s Naturalistic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 20 inches
20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...
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1920s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
'Odalisque', French Watercolour of a Female Nude.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century watercolour on paper of a naked female figure before an open window. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in carved, white painted wood frame.
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Politician - Watercolor and Ink - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Politician is an original china ink and drawing watercolor realized in 1923 by an Artist of expressionist school.
Fair conditions (yellowing of paper and tears).
Unreadible signat...
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1920s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Portrait - Watercolor by Anastasia Kurakina - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 2019 is an original and beautiful watercolor realized by Anastasia Kurakina in 2019.
The picture is in good conditions, on a brown paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the ...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
The General - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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1940s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Duel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1935
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Duel is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1935.
Monogrammed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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1930s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Vintage Fashion Sketch - Pocket Dress & Coat
Located in Houston, TX
Graceful gouache fashion sketch of a dress suit and simple winter coat, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve ...
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1950s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Paper
"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x 14 inches. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1938. Signed...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Elizabeth Reading, circa 1940 - 20th Century Interior Watercolour Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Rowland Suddaby was a painter and illustrator, mainly of landscapes. Suddaby was born in Kimberworth, Yorkshire, and studied at Sheffield College of Art from 1926, winning a scholars...
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Mid-20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache
"Balanced Rock" in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO.
By Ted Lewy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Balanced Rock" in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Ted Lewy, 1912-1963. It is hand signed at the...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor, Drawing - "You Must Die For Yours"
Located in Surfside, FL
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Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surr...
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1980s Surrealist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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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...
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1840s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Flowers - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
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Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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The Carpet Seller 19th Century Orientalist Antique Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance
John Welles Hollenback, New York
The Painting is Signed FBartolini Lower Right
Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861 - 1908)
Description:
Federico Bartolini was a renowned ...
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19th Century Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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