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Period: Early 20th Century
1900's French Impressionist Watercolor Portrait Lady Overlooking Balcony Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden View French School, early 20th century signed with initials lower corner watercolour painting on artist paper, framed Glass covering framed: 13 x 10.5 inches board: 10 x 8...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Berthomme Saint-André, The Nap, Watercolor, 1925
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis Berthommé Saint-André, France, circa 1925 This exquisite watercolor by Louis Berthommé Saint-André, dating from around 1925, exemplifies the artist's mastery in ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

French Village Landscape Scene w/ Trees & Buggy, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Auguste-Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918) Untitled Landscape, c. 1910 Watercolor Signed lower right 14 x 16.5 inches 20 x 22.5 inches, framed Auguste-Louis Lepère was a French painte...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous gouache captures a majestic mountain vista, likely set in California’s Sierra Nevada (possibly Yosemite). Two broad granite peaks with sunlit faces dominate the backgro...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait of a Spanish Beauty, Conchita de Cadiz
Located in Cotignac, FR
Romantic French pastel portrait of a Spanish beauty by Louis Fortuney. The work is signed bottom right, titled to the back board and presented in a fine...
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Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy (The Road to Naudy) Signed lower left (titled on the verso of the sheet, but now hidden by the back of the frame) watercolor on paper...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Watercarrier, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right. In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"The Long Walk Home". Orientalist Gouache and Watercolor on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour on paper by Aiveill, signed bottom right. In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction ...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Magical Summer Dance at Dusk – Watercolor by Hilding Werner (1921)
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this poetic lakeside scene, Hilding Werner transports the viewer to a tranquil Scandinavian summer night at the turn of the century. Four couples dance gaily upon a wooden raft or...
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Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, early 20th century watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, c. 1923 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 15 x 19.5 inches 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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American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

1929 "Nude with Cubist Sculpture" Charcoal Female Nude Drawing UCBerkeley Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Collection Nude With Cubist Sculpture 1929 Charcoal on Paper 18.75"x24.75", unframed Dated in charcoal lower right Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University of California, at Berkeley. His collection included pieces by fellow student artists and professors at UC Berkeley including Fred Reichman...
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Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

“India, 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a busy street scene in India done in 1912 by the American artist, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall matte size is 12 by 16 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate. William Henry Drake Born: 1856 New York Died: 1926 Los Angeles Nationality: American Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York Known for: Painting, illustration Awards: National Academy Biography: Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet. Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk , Signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk, 18th century interior scene Pastel on paper Signed upper right 20.5 x 15.8 cm Framed under glass : 37 x 31.5 cm It is known that Guirand de Scevola was very interested in the Palace of Versailles and its Old Regime atmosphere, that he often painted it and that he participated in the Versailles Revival movement at the beginning of the century. This probably led him to paint scenes in the 18th century style, for which he was particularly well known and which are still sought after. What is striking is the modernity of the execution of our pastel, which obviously contrasts with its subject in the style of the 18th century. Guirand de Scevoal is a great colourist and he proves it here with eclat, by building up his composition with white pastel highlights, contrasting with brown and black. There is something of the northern painters in this treatment of light. All this, as always with him, is very subtle. The light radiating from the window is almost an abstract notation, but it gives meaning to this interior scene. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Couple of Deers - Original Pencil Drawing by Ernest Rouart - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Couple of Deers is an original drawing realized by Ernest Rouart in the early XX Century. Pencil on paper; signed on the lower right margin. The back of the artwork is sketched in pencil. Passepartout included (49 x 34 cm). Very good conditions. Very nice sketch representing a couple of little cute deers. The softness and the elegance of the contour lines reflect the great talent of Rouart, especially in the representation of animals. The proportions of the bodies are precise, clear, and simple. The artist realized many different sketches with deers and other animals in different poses. Ernest Rouart (Paris, 1874 – Paris, 1942) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver, and art collector. He was the son of Henri Rouart...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Fox Terrier (2) - Drawing by Sirio Tofanari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
A sculptor of animals, Sirio Tofanari (Florence 1886 – Milan 1969) is not inclined to the school discipline, he decides to learn and train as self-taught by travelling around Europe ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, (Colors, new tales follow...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, published in Le Mercure de France (Colors, new tales follow old things), 1908 Graphite and colored pencil, 1926 Signed in pencil l...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

1910's Art Deco Erte Gouache Painting Original Hand Signed Rare French Costume
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) . This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right. The piece is 20 by 18 fram...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

Frank Brangwyn Painting Mural Study Christ's Hospital West Horsham England 1912
Located in Portland, OR
FRANK BRANGWYN ( U.S./U.K./Belgium, 1867-1956) watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, "The Scourging of St. Alban," study for the mural painted for Christ's Hospital, West Horsh...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars, Magyar poems bears the monogram "M" on the lower left, titled in the upper right Ink on paper 29,8 x 19,8 cm in good condition, the sheet is slightly yellowed In a modern frame : 33 x 23 cm This is an illustration project by Felician Myrbach for François Coppée's work, "Poèmes magyars". He leaves the space to be occupied by the text blank on the sheet and arranges his composition accordingly. It is interesting to see the artist imagine his drawing with this constraint. Felician Myrbach (also Felicien de Myrbach, Felician von Myrbach, from 1919 Freiherr von Rheinfeld) was born on 9 February 1853 in Zalishchyky, he died 14 January 1940 in Klagenfurt He was an Austrian painter, graphic designer and illustrator. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and the director of the Applied Arts School in Vienna (now the University of Applied Arts Vienna), and was instrumental in the creation of the Wiener Werkstätte. Myrbach's father was Franz Myrbach (1818–1882), the Administrator of Bukovina in 1865–70. His older brother Franz Xaver (1850–1919) was an economist and professor at the University of Innsbruck. He attended the Theresian Military Academy in 1868–71, graduating as a Leutnant, then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under August Eisenmenger. In 1875, he joined the 19th Feldjäger Battalion, and in 1877 became an Oberleutnant in the Military Geographic Institute, then, after campaigning in Bosnia in 1878, he taught drawing at the Infantry Cadet School in Vienna. He continued his artistic studies under C R Huber. In 1881, he went on military leave and moved to Paris, retiring totally from the military in 1884 as a Hauptmann, 2nd Class. He stayed in Paris until 1897, working as an illustrator, including illustrating the works of Alphonse Daudet, Victor Hugo and Jules Verne. Myrbach was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897. In the same year, he became the a professor of the Applied Arts School at the Museum of Art and Industry; Arthur von Scala, another reformer Modernist, was made head of the Museum. In 1889, Myrbach became the director of the school. He brought an enthusiastic Modernist attitude and encouraged an integration between art, design and production. He added Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann to the staff, amongst other Secession artists. This would lead to the foundation of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. Myrbach leant more towards an aesthetic approach than von Scala, but both worked together to bring about their combined vision of successful, popular Austrian applied art. Myrbach was a voice for reform towards Modernist ideals in the School, which was started 1899 with the support of Alfred Roller, and completed by 1901.The reform of the school has been described as his "lasting merit". Ludwig Hevesi called Myrbach "probably the best [illustrator] in Vienna", partially for his work (with Moser) in the Secession magazine Ver Sacrum. Myrbach visited America on a state-funded study trip in 1904, part of which was to represent the Applied Arts School at the 1904 World...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Saint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11x15.2 cm. Saint-Tropez is a wonderful and important original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Signac in 1900 ca.. A marine view with sailing ships is incred...
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Pointillist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative VLADIMIR VASIL’EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967) "Workers" Gouache on paper Monog...
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Constructivist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

The Round Pond, Market at Concarneau, Brittany, France /// Female Artist Antique
By Beatrice Stella Pedder
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Beatrice Stella Pedder (English, 1875-1965) Title: "The Round Pond, Market at Concarneau, Brittany, France" *Signed by Pedder lower right Circa: 192...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne. Edition of 2...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne. Edition of 2...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Early 20th Century Painting of Josephine Baker by Master Illustrator Paul Colin
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Colin (French, 1892-1985) Josephine Baker, 1925 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 14 x 10 inches 27.25 x 23 inches, framed Paul Colin (27 June 1892 – 18 June 198...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Young woman seen from the back) Sanguine crayon, charcola and watercolor on paper, c. 1910 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 5169 lower left corner Provenance: Estate of ...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Girl and Horse - Watercolor by Marie Laurencin - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Sketch realized in 1924 for the invitation to "Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev". Published in the same invitation in June 26th, 1924. Ref. Mimì, Anna Laetitia Pecci...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Geometric Palace Interior - Mughal School, 20th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating orientalist art deco composition. Pen and brownish brown ink with gouache on cream wove paper, 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (245 x 190 mm), the full sheet. In good condition w...
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Rajput Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, India Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper

“Flapper Girl”
By Richard Emil Miller
Located in Southampton, NY
Bold and well executed charcoal on archival paper attributed to the American artist, Richard Emil Miller. Signed lower left “Miller”. Consistent with other known signatures of the a...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Chinatown, San Francisco
By Edward Wilson Currier
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Jazz Age Dancer Illustration by Broadway Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston Untitled, c. 1930s Watercolor and pencil on paper Sight: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Framed: 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston The first tidb...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

View of Tallinn, Estonia - Figurative Landscape Panoramic Charcoal Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A sweeping view of Tallinn, Estonia by an unknown artist (20th Century). This detailed charcoal landscape drawing shows a panorama of the beautiful coastal city on the Baltic Sea, complete with small figures walking on a pier, boats in the harbor, and the iconic Alexander Nevsky...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Nude - Original Pencil on Paper by André Meaux-Saint-Marc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an original pencil drawing realized by André Meaux-Saint-Marc (1885 - 1941). Pencil drawing on brown paper in good conditions.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

'Study for a Stained Glass Window', Devotional, Ecclesiastical, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn and highly-detailed study for a three-panel set of stained glass windows showing the ascension of Jesus by angels and mortals. Initialed, lower right, 'EB-J', an...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Venus - Original Pencil Drawing Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Venus is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous French artist in the first years of the Twentieth Century. Pencil on paper. Cardboard passepartout included (cm 49 x 34). Very good conditions. The artwork represents a standing Venus figure realized in pencil. The artists uses chiaroscuro to define the volumes of the statue. The lit parts of the statue are realized with a white pencil. The artwork reproduces an ancient classical female sculpture on a base. The artwork is an academic study to represent the female anatomy...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

James Joshua Guthrie - The Sower, Early 20th Century British Watercolour
Located in London, GB
JAMES JOSHUA GUTHRIE (1874-1952) The Sower Signed with monogram l.r., inscribed with title l.c. Watercolour, bodycolour and pen and ink 21 by 15.5 cm., 8 ¼ by 6 in. (frame size 39.5 by 33 cm., 15 ½ by 13 in. Provenanace: Pickford Waller...
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Pre-Raphaelite Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

La Questione di Fiume
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper. Image dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm Certificate of authenticity provided by the Galleria Russo. Provenance: Galleria F. Russo, Rome. Mario Sironi was an Italian paint...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Allegory of Water - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Allegory of Water is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Signed and dated on plate on the lower central margin (...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Commedia dell'arte – Four Character Studies in Watercolor, 1920s
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Unidentified artist, 'Commedia dell’arte' – four character studies (Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pantalone giovane, Tartaglia), watercolor and pencil, c. 192...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Sketch for a Sculpture - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketche for a Sculpture is an original Pencil and Pastel realized by Charles Moulin in early-20th Century. Good condition on a little brown paper. No ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Chalk

Summer Forest Landscape, 1915 / - The Forest Walk -
Located in Berlin, DE
Stanislas Warnie (1879-1958), Summer Forest Landscape, 1915. Watercolor, 31.5 cm x 45 cm (passepartout), 50.5 cm x 63.5 cm (frame), signed "S. Warnie" at lower left and dated "1915"....
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman, portrait drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman pencil on paper 29.5 x 22.5 cm (view) In good condition, except some traces of stains Framed : 55.5 x 41.5 cm (vintage frame...
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Symbolist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

A Ca. 1915 Portrait of a Gentleman by Artist Anthony Stuffers
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1915 portrait of a gentleman by artist Anthony Stuffers. This artist died at the age of 26--so this is a rare drawing, indeed! Image size: 19 1/2" x 14 3/4". The watercolor...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Architectural Drawing by Giuseppe Perotti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural Drawing is a modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Perotti in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions.
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Contemporary Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist Subject: Figures Medium: etching, watercolor paint Surface: Paper This is hand signed lower right.. there does not seem to be an edition size although th...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Etching

The Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth Rock Pen & Ink Sketch Figures & Animals Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pilgrim Fathers Landing at Plymouth Rock Anglo/ America School, early 20th century ink/ watercolor on paper stuck on board, framed - glass covered framed: 12 x 14 inches board : 6.5 x 8 inches Provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England Condition: very good condition The scene possibly depicts the Pilgrim Fathers landing in the 'New World', particularly at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The visual elements support this interpretation: The central figure in dark clothing and a wide-brimmed hat: This could represent a leader like William Bradford or John Carver...
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English School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Tirez les Premiers, Messieurs les Français - Impressionist Woodcut by Raoul Dufy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Raoul Dufy, French (1877 - 1953) - Tirez les Premiers, Messieurs les Francais, Year: 1915, Medium: Woodcut and Pencil Drawing, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 25/10...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Woodcut

Figure - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in carbon Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for aged...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Early 20thC Watercolor and Gouache. 'Gentlemen at the Races, Point to Pointing'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century watercolour of a gentleman on horseback with other riders in the background apparently signed or titled 'Count A de Monthaus'. Signed or titled bottom left. Presented in fine period gilt frame under glass. The artist has captured a moment of pause, the gentlemen rider in his fine clothes and bowler hat regarding his surroundings as his fellow riders continue the chase behind him, possibly a 'point to point'. Monthaus has captured the stance of the standing horse as well as the movement of the other horses. He has used white to give light and definition to the costume of the rider and the background. A lovely atmospheric and dynamic watercolour very much of its period and in the spirit of equine portraiture made famous by the likes of Sir Alfred Munnings. Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Walter Duncan (1848-1932) - 1904 Watercolour, Meeting at the Stile
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting two young lovers on a country walk under the disapproving watch of a steward, Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a decorative gi...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Ink Drawing on Card signed " Marc Chagall ", dated 1921
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Attributed to Marc Chagall – “L’Homme à la Lampe” Ink Drawing on paper/ card Documented History - Christie’s South Kensington Ltd Auction Estimate: £4,000 in April 2001 L’Homme à...
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Abstract Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Summer Days Impressionist
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edward Dufner is one of America's finest American Impressionists. This is an exceptional work by him. The technique is exquisite with the brushwork being refined and sophisticated,...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Henri Rapin, Gouache on Paper "Fructidor", 1924-1928
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
This gouache is a museal and historical piece. Gouache and charcoal on paper stuck on panel by Henri Rapin, France, 1924-1928. "Fructidor". With frame: 80x114x3 cm - 31.5x44.9x1.2, w...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

1940s Figurative Charcoal Drawing "Draped Hair"
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Draped Hair 1940s Charcoal on Paper 25"x19", unframed Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University o...
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Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Venir voir à Carnot, 35-40
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Stamped with the signature 'chAgAll' (lower left), inscribed '8 90-44 Passy.' (center left) and inscribed 'Carnot 35.40' (lower right) Pen and India ink on paper Executed circa 192...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pen

Maxwell Armfield - 20th Century British Theatrical watercolour
Located in London, GB
MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey" Amy Londoner, Ashcan School, Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Amy Londoner Beach at Atlantic City, circa 1922 Signed lower right Pastel on paper Sight 23 x 18 inches Amy Londoner (April 12, 1875 – 1951) was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. One of the first students of the Henri School of Art in 1909. Prior to the Armory Show of 1913, Amy Londoner and her classmates studied with "Ashcan" painter Robert Henri at the Henri School of Art in New York, N.Y. One notable oil painting, 'The Vase', was painted by both Henri and Londoner. Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12, 1875. Her parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880. In 1899, Amy took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues. By 1900, Amy was living with her parents and sister, Blanche, in the vicinity of Leadville, Denver, Colorado. While little was written about her early life, Denver City directories indicated that nineteenth-century members of the family were merchants, with family ties to New York, N.Y. The family had a male servant. Londoner traveled with her mother to England in 1907 then shortly later, both returned to New York in 1909. Londoner was 34 years old at the time, and, according to standards of the day, should have married and raised a family long before. Instead, she enrolled as one of the first students at the Henri School of Art in 1909. At the Henri School, Londoner established friendships with Carl Sprinchorn (1887-1971), a young Swedish immigrant, and Edith Reynolds (1883-1964), daughter of wealthy industrialist family from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Londoner's correspondence, which often included references to Blanche, listed the sisters' primary address as the Hotel Endicott at 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, NYC. Other correspondence also reached Londoner in the city via Mrs. Theodore Bernstein at 252 West 74th Street; 102 West 73rd Street; and the Independent School of Art at 1947 Broadway. In 1911, Londoner vacationed at the Hotel Trexler in Atlantic City, NJ. As indicated by an undated photograph, Londoner also spent time with Edith Reynolds and Robert Henri at 'The Pines', the Reynolds family estate in Bear Creek, PA. Through her connections with the Henri School, Londoner entered progressive social and professional circles. Henri's admonition, phrased in the vocabulary of his historical time period, that one must become a "man" first and an artist second, attracted both male and female students to classes where development of unique personal styles, tailored to convey individual insights and experiences, was prized above the mastery of standardized, technical skill. Far from being dilettantes, women students at the Henri School were daring individuals willing to challenge tradition. As noted by former student Helen Appleton Read, "it was a mark of defiance,to join the radical Henri group." As Henri offered educational alternatives for women artists, he initiated exhibition opportunities for them as well. Troubled by the exclusion of work by younger artists from annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, Henri was instrumental in organizing the no-jury, no-prize Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910. About half of the 103 artists included in the exhibition were or had been Henri students, while twenty of the twenty-six women exhibiting had studied with Henri. Among the exhibition's 631 pieces, nine were by Amy Londoner, including the notorious 'Lady with a Headache'. Similarly, fourteen of Henri's women students exhibited in the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913, forming about eight percent of the American exhibitors and one-third of American women exhibitors. Of the nine documented works submitted by Londoner, five were rejected, while four pastels of Atlantic City beach scenes, including 'The Beach Umbrellas' now in the Remington Collection, were displayed. Following Henri's example, Londoner served as an art instructor for younger students at the Modern School, whose only requirement was to genuinely draw what they pleased. The work of dancer Isadora Duncan, another artist devoted to the ideals of a liberal education, was also lauded by the Modern School. Henri, who long admired Duncan and invited members of her troupe to model for his classes, wrote an appreciation of her for the Modern School journal in 1915. She was also the subject of Londoner's pastel Isadora Duncan and the Children: Praise Ye the Lord with Dance. In 1914, Londoner traveled to France to spend summer abroad, living at 99 rue Notre Dames des Champs, Paris, France. As the tenets of European modernism spread throughout the United States, Londoner showed regularly at venues which a new generation of artists considered increasingly passe, including the annual Society of Independent Artists' exhibitions between 1918 and 1934, and the Salons of America exhibition in 1922. Londoner also exhibited at the Morton Gallery, Opportunity Gallery, Leonard Clayton Gallery and Brownell-Lambertson Galleries in NYC. Her painting of a 'Blond Girl' was one of two works included in the College Art Associations Traveling Exhibition of 1929, which toured colleges across the country to broad acclaim. Londoner later in life suffered from illnesses then suffered a stroke which resulted in medical bills significantly mounting over the years that her old friends from the Henri School, including Carl Sprinchorn, Florence Dreyfous, Florence Barley, and Josephine Nivison Hopper, scrambled to raise funds and find suitable long-term care facilities for Londoner. Londoner later joined Reynolds in Bear Creek, PA. Always known for her keen wit, Londoner retained her humor and concern for her works even during her illness, noting that "if anything happens to the Endicott, I guess they will just throw them out." Sprinchorn and Reynolds, however, did not allow this to happen. In 1960, Londoner's paintings 'Amsterdam Avenue at 74th Street' and 'The Builders' were loaned by Reynolds to a show commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, presented at the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE. In the late 80's, Francis William Remington, 'Bill Remington', of Bear Creek Village PA, along with his neighbor and artist Frances Anstett Brennan, both had profound admiration for Amy Londoner's art work and accomplishments as a woman who played a significant role in the Ashcan movement. Remington acquired a significant number of Londoner's artwork along with Frances Anstett Brenan that later was part of an exhibition of Londoner's artwork in April 15 of 2007, at the Hope Horn...
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