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Sitges beach Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Francesc Ferret Farreras ”Bruno” (1921-2000) - Sitges Beach - charcoal
Measurements drawing 44x59 cm.
Frame measures 65x79 cm.
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Dante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1952
Original watercolor
Signed in lower center
Dated 1952
On vellum lined on thin board 42 x 30 cm (c. 17 x 12in)
REFERENCES :
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Category
Surrealist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Port of Le Havre
By Fred Pailhès
Located in London, GB
'The Port of Le Havre', pencil on art paper, by French artist Fred Pailhès (circa 1950s). Le Havre was only a fishing village until 1517, when Francis I h...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Tomorrow Afternoon - Drawing by Erté - 1951
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Tomorrow afternoon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1951 by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "1...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award, LACMA, Guggenheim Museum
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Initialed lower right, 'DJ', for Dorothy Jeakins (American, 1914-1995) and dated 1957. Titled, 'Look Homeward, Angel' and 'Eugene Grant, Anthony Perkins'. Inscribed with costume designer notes and bearing costumer's fabric swatches. Costumes for this production were mostly undertaken by Motley Design Group (Margaret Harris, Audrey Sophia Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery). Jeakins was a close personal friend of Perkins and would likely have designed this costume as a personal favor to the actor
Premiering on November 28, 1957 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, 'Look Homeward, Angel' ran for a total of 564 performances, closing on April 4, 1959. Directed by George Roy Hill, written by Ketti Frings, and based on Thomas Wolfe's 1929 largely autobiographical novel of the same title, the cast starred Jo Van Fleet...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Graphite, Watercolor
Posing Nudes - Charcoal Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Nudes is a drawing realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Charcoal on paper.
Good Conditions.
The artworks are represented through strong deft strokes and nudes whil...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Nude - Pen on Ivory Paper by Fausto Ghia - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pen on ivory paper realized by Fausto Ghia.
Hand-signed on the lower left with dedication.
The state of preservation is very good.
Included a Passep...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Gwen Verdon "Redhead" Original Caricature Drawing NY Times Published Tony Awards
Located in New York, NY
Gwen Verdon "Redhead" Original Caricature Drawing NY Times Published Tony Awards
Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003)
Gwen Verdon in "Redhead"
Sight: 14 1/2 x 19 inches
Ink on board
Signed l...
Category
Performance 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Ink
"L'intrus" - Satirical French Illustration - Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). A doctor is giving a shot to a female patient, while a nurse tries to prevent a man from barging in.
Pencil signed "G Ho...
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Alexander Calder, Handwritten, signed letter, from Sache near Tours, France
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder
Handwritten, signed letter, 1956
Ink on paper: 2 page handwritten and hand signed letter
Hand signed by Calder at the end of the letter on the second page.
Unique
11...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1958
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1958.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Horses - Drawing by Domenico Purificato - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is an original drawing realized by Domenico Purificato in 1952.
Black and white pen drawing.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right.
Th...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, verso, for VIctor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Landscape - Mixed media on paper by Sirio Pellegrini - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera, white lead and watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1950s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 78.5x58.5
Category
Contemporary 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study-Standing Male- Torso by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to: 24" x 30". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Es...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Original Judy Garland Get Happy Drawing. Legendary Star. Caricature. Not a Litho
Located in New York, NY
Original Judy Garland Get Happy Drawing. Legendary Star. Caricature. Not a Litho.
Al Hirshfeld (1903-2003)
Judy Garland at the Palace
Ink on board, 1955
Sight: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inche...
Category
Performance 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Scenography - Pencil Drawing by Eugène Berman - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Scenography is an original drawing in pencil on creamy paper, realized by Russian scenographer Eugène Berman in 1950s.
Monogrammed at the bottom: E.B.
In good conditions.
The artw...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Alfred Bendiner, Santa Fe Cowhands (New Mexico)
Located in New York, NY
Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing!
In this scene of a young 'cowgirl' is working a lasso while an 'old cowhand' looks on -- clutching a cigaret of...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gerald Holding His Knees
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivalled influence on artists and image-making.
...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Can Can Dancers - British Art Deco drawing Burlesque women dancers VG provenance
By Frank G. Howes
Located in London, GB
A large, detailed Art Deco pencil charcoal impressionist depiction of Can Can dancers which was executed circa 1956 by Frank G Howes. Excellent provenance.
Signed lower right.
Prov...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Rome. 1956, paper, mixed media, 44x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rome. 1956, paper, mixed media, 44x34 cm
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Mixed Media
Cernay Passage - Drawing by André Gallaud - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by André Gallaud in 1959.
Titled, dated and signed in pencil in top right side.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Jonas by Marc Chagall - School of Paris, Russian Artist
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
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Jonas by Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Indian ink on paper
35.6 x 26.9 cm (14 x 10 ⅝ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
A 1951 Ink on Paper Figure Study of a Conversation by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ink on paper figure study by artist Harold Haydon depicting a conversation. Artwork size: 12" x 9 1/2". Archivally matted to 14" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Haro...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779.
Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure.
Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953.
As James Lord...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
1951 Ink on Paper Figure Study of a Conversation by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 ink on paper figure study by artist Harold Haydon depicting a conversation.
Artwork size: 12" x 9 1/2". Archivally matted to 14" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the artist....
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Lovers - Original ink and pencil drawing, 1953
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN
Lovers, 1953
Original ink and pencil drawing
Signed by artist stamp
On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch)
Good condition, one small tear on the right edge an...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Charcoal
1950s Charcoal Female Nude Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Henry Woon
Female Nude Statue
c. 1950's
Charcoal on Strathmore Charcoal Paper
19 1/2"x25"Unframed
Unsigned
His large portfolio of charcoal drawings was acquired on the island of Ala...
Category
Abstract 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Over Head
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Race Car
Located in Houston, TX
Subtle French ink wash in shades of black and blue of a race car, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Debonair Man Cuts his Mustache in Front of Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
Welcome to the wonderfully delightful mind of Ludwig Bemelmans.
With a few quick lines, Bemelmans captures the essence of a subject. In this work, the artist portrays a distinguished...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Violinist (Portrait of Young Man with Violin)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a Violinist, 1950.
Charcoal on paper, sheet measures 13 x 19 inches.
Signed lower left.
A ...
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study of a Standing Male by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2".
Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
A Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
For your hockey enthusiast! A ca. 1950s, pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted to: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
Pencil, coloured pencil and chalk on paper, titled (lower left), signed (lower right), 31cm x 46cm, (51cm x 68cm framed).
John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an impo...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
An atmospheric and psychologically penetrating figural drawing, sho...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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
Surrealist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Landscape verso Forest interior / - Landscape as a space of imagination -
Located in Berlin, DE
Herbert Seidel (1906 Berlin - 1974 Rüdersdorf), Landscape verso Forest interior, around 1950. India ink on grained, bleached paper, 40.5 x 58 cm, signed “Herbert Seidel” in pencil on...
Category
Abstract 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
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 ...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Expressionist Color Drawing Cobalt Glass Vintage Frame Modernist Ben Zion WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist ink and pastel crayon drawing of flowers in vase.
Framed in a vintage cobalt blue glass original frame
Hand signed and dated
Framed it measures 13.5 X 10.5
The actual ...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night
By June Wayne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JUNE WAYNE (1918 - 2011)
A WINTER - SEEMING SUMMER'S NIGHT, 1957 From the John Donne Series. (Conway 122, Basket 106: Gilmour 50)
Lithograph signed, title...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper Image of a Boy by Margo Hoff, Titled Sun Child
By Margo Hoff
Located in Chicago, IL
A brightly colored, Mid-Century, watercolor and charcoal on paper image of a boy by notable artist Margo Hoff, titled "Sun Child". Image size: 31" x 22". Framed size: 34" x 25". ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Un chapeau de Paille d'Italie - Original China Ink Drawing by Flor David - 1951
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 55.2 x 32.3 cm.
Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie is a superb original pencil and ink drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor David in 1951, as it is reported i...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
1950s Pastel Drawing of a Young Boy by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s pastel drawing of a young boy by artist Francis Chapin. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Image size: 16" x 15". Artwork is not matt...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A charming illustration, by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows a woman with a...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
The Entertainment, 20th century American family scene watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Entertainment, c. 1955
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
20 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1955 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art
"The first district schools were log houses...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
PROFIL DE FEMME
Located in Aventura, FL
Original pencil and crayon drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Visible image size 25.6 x 19.7 in. Frame size approx 32.25 x 27 in. Artwork is in excellen...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Houses in Paris - Drawing by Orfeo Tamburi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and Watercolor on paper realized by Orfeo Tamburi in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 37x43.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
1950s Vintage Charcoal Female Nude Study by Henry Woon
Located in Arp, TX
Henry Woon
Charcoal Female Nude 2
c. 1950's
Charcoal on Strathmore Charcoal Paper
25"x19 1/2"Unframed
Signed in ink H Woon lower right
His large portfolio of charcoal drawings was ...
Category
Cubist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Forest - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a drawing realized by an anonymous french artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor on paper.
Good condition.
Poetic and beautiful drawing with harmonious colors.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Two Lovers - 1957 Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Lovers - 1957 Original Watercolor on Paper
Original 1957 watercolor depicting two nude figures, a man and a woman, laying together by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). The m...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Boy with a White Cat', Philadelphia Woman Artist, Moore College of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Anne Jenkins' (American, 1923-2023) and dated 1958.
An elegant and psychologically penetrating study of a young boy, shown seated and holding a white cat.
Born...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper
A 1950s Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for you hockey enthusiast! A 1950s pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted size: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the Artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A man lazes in a lounge chair, book still in hand, as he dozes off with a content e...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
1951 Figure Study of a Standing Male- Torso by Artist Harold HAydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 graphite on paper, black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
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
Modern 1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
