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Period: Early 20th Century
"Birthdays For Everybody" Original humor illustration for Life magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration to accompany the article “Adventures in Growing Older: Being the Last of a Series of Adventures in Living” by Helen Ring Robinson for Life magazine, published 1915. Hele...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Witte Arrives
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration for Elias Tobenkin's 'Witte Arrives'. The story of a family of Jewish immigrants, especially of the youngest, Emil, who works his wa...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Contemplation"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Thanksgiving
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Sight Size 6.00" x 8.00"; Framed 13.00" x 15.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Likely done either for a magazine cover or for a postcard.
Rev...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
"Lilian"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dolly Dingle in Spain
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 18.00" x 13.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Shaw Barton Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 24.00" x 20.0"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
An Argument in the Park; Shaw Barton Calendar Illustration
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Real Hell Raisers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Pastel on Board
Dimensions: 18.25" x 15.75"
Signature: Unsigned
The Real Hell Raisers, Photoplay magazine cover, June 1927
A copy of t...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
Travelers in a Gondola, Venice, Original illustration for the book Jerry Junior
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Constance ripped the letter open and read it aloud." Illustration for the book Jerry Junior by Jean Webster (New York: The Century Co., 1907), illustrated page 149.
The illustratio...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Circus Fight
By Monte Crews
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Fashion Model Original Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9"H x 6'W
Frame Sz: 18"H x 14 1/2"W
w/ silver gilt frame
Watercolour
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Ginger Tom, Early 20th Century British Figurative Watercolour, Signed
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, initialled lower right
Image size: 15 x 13 inches (38 x 33 cm)
Acid free mount and hand made modern frame.
Little-known painter and etcher who studied at Goldsmith's c...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"A strange dog was sitting calmly among the ruins of the feast."
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Frontispiece for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott for the 1906 edition published by Little, Brown, and Company
The full caption reads: "A strange dog was sitting calmly among t...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Article Decoration, Saturday Evening Post, March 10, 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Free Trade and Protection in Great Britain - Past and Present" by Francis W. Hirst and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, March 1...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Self-Determination" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1921
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"Self-Determination," by Robert Lansing and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, April 9, 1921.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Capital on Strike" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1921
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Along Lower Edge
"Capital on Strike," by Albert W. Atwood and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, October 8, 1921.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
Decorative Illustration for Saturday Evening Post, April 17th, 1920
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Right
Originally published in Saturday Evening Post December 20th, 1919 issue. Repeated in April 17th, 1920 issue of Saturday Evening Post as an insert de...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"As Others See Us" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1924
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"As Others See Us," by Princess Cantacuzene and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, April 5, 1924.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"The Credit Trimmers, " Story Illustration for Saturday Evening Post, 1922
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Center Right.
"The Credit Trimmers," by Edward H. Smith and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, May 13th, 1922.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"The Big-Store Business" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1921
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"The Big-Store Business," by Edward Hungerford and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, November 26...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Writing for Print" Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"Writing for Print" by E. W. Howe and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, December 6th, 1919.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"How Shall Europe Be Set On Her Feet" Story Illustration for Saturday Evening P.
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"How Shall Europe Be Set On Her Feet," by Frederick S. Bigelow and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, August 9th, 1919.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Uncle Sam's Income" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Upper Center
"Uncle Sam's Income," an interview with Martin B. Madden and illustrated by Guernsey Moore, August 18, 1923.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
What is the Home Anyway
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper
Signature: Unsigned
Titled in pencil and inscribed "Blue print-Rush-/March" beneath the composition, identified in a printed label affixed to the frame ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
A Dangerous Landing, 1919
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Illustration for 'Aurélie' by Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Signature: Initialed Lower Left and Identified by a Label on Verso
The Harpers Monthly, August 1909
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Dolly Dingle's Nephew
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 21.00" x 15.00"
Signature: Signed Center
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Two Young Sports Fans in Barrels
By Monte Crews
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Ink, Charcoal and Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 20.00" x 30.00"
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Dolly Dingle in Switzerland
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 18.00" x 13.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dolly Dingle's Story of Pinafore
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Dolly Dingle's Story of Pinafore. Illustration possibly for children's booklet published by John H. Eggers Publishing Company, 1921. Watercolor on paper. 18 x 13 inches. Signed in lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dolly Dingle in Holland
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 18.00" x 13.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dora & John Bull
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Drawing
Dimensions: 6.63" x 8.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Center
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Thumped her right lustily on the back" Illustration for McClure's Magazine
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Land of Heart’s Desire” by Myra Kelly for McClure’s Magazine, published July 1904, illustrated page 243.
The full caption reads: "Thumped her right lusti...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Singing Woman
By Archie Gunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Dimensions: 23.00" x 14.25"
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Calendar illustration, image of woman singing.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Rooftops
Located in London, GB
LASZLO BARO MEDNYANSZKY 1852-1919
Beckó, Slovakia 1852-1919 Vienna (Hungarian)
Title: Rooftops, circa 1912
Technique: Original Hand Signed Pencil Drawing on Paper
size: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Figure Study For 'Science'
Located in New York, NY
This charcoal drawing is a preliminary study for the figure of Science, the subject that comprises the far right panel above the entrance to the library at the Museum of Fine Arts, B...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Studies for Medusa
Located in New York, NY
This is a study for the body of Medusa in Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa, 1922-25, the mural panel installed on the ceiling side aisle of the Huntington Avenue stairway at the Mus...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Study for Apollo and the Muses
Located in New York, NY
This is a figure and head study for the extreme right figure depicted in Apollo and the Muses, one of the magnificent ovals decorating the dome of the rotunda of the Museum of Fine A...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Golfers
Located in Missouri, MO
Golfers, 1928
Fred Conway (American, 1900-1973)
Signed and Dated Lower Right
18.5 x 24.5 inches
30.5 x 37 inches with frame
A member of the faculty of the Washington University Art ...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hanging by a Hair, Political Satire Illustration 1902
Located in Long Island City, NY
A political satire illustration “Hanging by a Hair” originally published in the The Philadelphia North American newspaper circa 1902, edited by Edwin A Van Valkenburg and pubilshed b...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Head Study, 1930
By John Sloan
Located in Missouri, MO
Head Study, 1930
John Sloan (1871-1951)
Signed Lower Right
10.5" x 9" Unframed
19" x 16.5" Framed
Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, John Sloan became one o...
Category
Ashcan School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
Berlin Street Scene
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Ink wash on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Close Competition
Located in Missouri, MO
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946)
"A Close Competition" 1905
Colored Pencil on Paper
Signed and Dated Lower Left
Site: approx. 35 x 36 inches
Framed: approx. 43 x 35 inches
Born at Le Havre in Normandy on 12th December 1871, Millière began his art education in his home town but soon transferred to l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied portraiture, life drawing and figure painting in the atelier of Leon Bonnat, whose pupils included Toulouse-Lautrec and Raoul Dufy. He also studied at l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. His skill as a draughtsman translated quickly into success as a cartoonist and illustrator and his brilliant interpretation of the "Modern Parisienne" soon became known as the "Petite femme...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Gentleman Napping in a Chair (Possibly for Ichabod Crane or other Illustration)
Located in Missouri, MO
Everett Shinn
"Gentleman Napping in a Chair" (Illustration)
Pen and Ink on Paper
Initialed "E.S." Lower Right
Displaying an early aptitude for drawing, coupled with a strong interes...
Category
American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
The Necklace and the Pot
Located in Missouri, MO
Gisella Loeffler
"The Necklace and the Pot" c. 1919
Gouache on Paper
Initialed Lower Left
Framed Size: approx 15 x 15 inches
In a village filled with colorful characters, few Taos artists were as colorful as Gisella Loeffler [1900-1977]. From her handmade Austrian clothing and hand-painted furniture to whimsical paintings and letters written in multicolored crayon, joyful color defined the artist, who early on chose to use simply Gisella as her professional name and was known as such to everyone in Taos.
In spite of her fame there—the Taos News once labeled her a Taos legend—Gisella is rarely included in scholarly discussions of the Taos Art Colony. This oversight is likely due to the naive quality of her work, in which children or childlike adults inhabit a simple, brightly colored world filled with happiness. The macabre, the sad, the tortured, the offensive—all have no place in Gisella’s paintings. Her naive style of work looks very different from that of the better-known early Taos artists. Yet both Gisella’s artwork and her interesting life command attention.
Born in Austria, Gisella came to the United States with her family in 1908, settling in St. Louis, MO. After studying art at Washington University in St. Louis, she became a prominent member of the local art community, joining the St. Louis Art Guild as well as the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. In addition to creating posters for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Gisella won prizes from the Artists Guild of the Author’s League of America in 1919 and 1920 and from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1923. She also began working in textiles, including batik, to which she would return later in her career.
In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic Edgar Lacher. A difficult character, Lacher may have chafed under Gisella’s success, for the couple divorced in the 1930s.
Having seen a local exhibition of paintings by Taos artists Oscar Berninghaus (who was from St. Louis) and Ernest Blumenschein, Gisella felt drawn to Taos, which reminded her of the villages of her native Austria. In 1933 the single mother with two daughters, Undine and Aithra, moved to Taos, where she lived off and on for the rest of her life. She traveled frequently, spending extended periods in Mexico, South America, and California, but always returned to New Mexico.
Gisella initially applied an Austro-Hungarian folk-art style to the Indian and Hispanic subjects that she found in New Mexico. In her early work she covered her surfaces with decorative floral and faunal motifs, and her images were flat with no attempt at rendering traditional one-point perspective. Eventually, though, Gisella developed her own style, often using children or childlike figures as subjects. Still, the influence of her native country’s folk art remained evident in her New Mexican, Mexican, and South American images.
In 1938 Gisella moved briefly to Los Griegos, north of Albuquerque, to be closer to medical facilities for her eldest daughter, who was suffering from rheumatic fever. Two years later, she moved to California to participate in the war effort, painting camouflage and decals on airplanes for Lockheed.
In California, Gisella broadened her range of artistic pursuits. She taught art privately, created illustrations for Scripts Magazine, and did interior design for private homes. She also designed greeting cards, a practice she continued after her return to New Mexico, where she created a series of Christmas cards.
Gisella began illustrating children’s books in 1941 when she collaborated on Franzi and Gizi with author Margery Bianco. Eventually she wrote and illustrated her own book, El Ekeko, in 1964. She also designed ceramics—her Happy Time Dinnerware, marketed by Poppy Trail...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Going for a Stroll
Located in Missouri, MO
Gisella Loeffler
"Going for a Stroll" c. 1919
Gouache on Paper
Initialed
Framed Size: approx 17 x 13 inches
In a village filled with colorful characters, few Taos artists were as colorful as Gisella Loeffler [1900-1977]. From her handmade Austrian clothing and hand-painted furniture to whimsical paintings and letters written in multicolored crayon, joyful color defined the artist, who early on chose to use simply Gisella as her professional name and was known as such to everyone in Taos.
In spite of her fame there—the Taos News once labeled her a Taos legend—Gisella is rarely included in scholarly discussions of the Taos Art Colony. This oversight is likely due to the naive quality of her work, in which children or childlike adults inhabit a simple, brightly colored world filled with happiness. The macabre, the sad, the tortured, the offensive—all have no place in Gisella’s paintings. Her naive style of work looks very different from that of the better-known early Taos artists. Yet both Gisella’s artwork and her interesting life command attention.
Born in Austria, Gisella came to the United States with her family in 1908, settling in St. Louis, MO. After studying art at Washington University in St. Louis, she became a prominent member of the local art community, joining the St. Louis Art Guild as well as the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. In addition to creating posters for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Gisella won prizes from the Artists Guild of the Author’s League of America in 1919 and 1920 and from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1923. She also began working in textiles, including batik, to which she would return later in her career.
In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic Edgar Lacher. A difficult character, Lacher may have chafed under Gisella’s success, for the couple divorced in the 1930s.
Having seen a local exhibition of paintings by Taos artists Oscar Berninghaus (who was from St. Louis) and Ernest Blumenschein, Gisella felt drawn to Taos, which reminded her of the villages of her native Austria. In 1933 the single mother with two daughters, Undine and Aithra, moved to Taos, where she lived off and on for the rest of her life. She traveled frequently, spending extended periods in Mexico, South America, and California, but always returned to New Mexico.
Gisella initially applied an Austro-Hungarian folk-art style to the Indian and Hispanic subjects that she found in New Mexico. In her early work she covered her surfaces with decorative floral and faunal motifs, and her images were flat with no attempt at rendering traditional one-point perspective. Eventually, though, Gisella developed her own style, often using children or childlike figures as subjects. Still, the influence of her native country’s folk art remained evident in her New Mexican, Mexican, and South American images.
In 1938 Gisella moved briefly to Los Griegos, north of Albuquerque, to be closer to medical facilities for her eldest daughter, who was suffering from rheumatic fever. Two years later, she moved to California to participate in the war effort, painting camouflage and decals on airplanes for Lockheed.
In California, Gisella broadened her range of artistic pursuits. She taught art privately, created illustrations for Scripts Magazine, and did interior design for private homes. She also designed greeting cards, a practice she continued after her return to New Mexico, where she created a series of Christmas cards.
Gisella began illustrating children’s books in 1941 when she collaborated on Franzi and Gizi with author Margery Bianco. Eventually she wrote and illustrated her own book, El Ekeko, in 1964. She also designed ceramics—her Happy Time Dinnerware, marketed by Poppy Trail...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
The Flirtation
By Allesandro Battaglia
Located in Missouri, MO
Allesandro Battaglia (1870-1940, Italian)
"The Flirtation" 1906
Watercolor on Paper
Signed "A. Battaglia, Roma 1906"
Site Size: 30 x 20 inches
Framed Size: approx 41 x 33 inches
Son of Clelia Bompiani and Ercole Battaglia, he was trained by his grandfather Roberto Bompiani...
Category
Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Les Amie
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original pastel on paper by Fernando Luziarte.
"Les Amie" is an original pastel, signed, dated 1924, with an image dimesnion of 19 x 25 inches, offered in good origi...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Daydream
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An original watercolor by Hungarian artist Gertrude Klaris. Klaris worked in oils but pramrily in mixed media works on paper, much of her style is akin to her love of stained glass.
...
Category
Symbolist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Shadows
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media watercolor by Hungarian artist Bela Kadar.
Bela Kadar was a historically important artist, is work was included as part of the degenerate art movement of Nazi Germany. His works appeared illustrated in the famous German arts magazine Der Sturm...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Femme et Chien
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional Art Deco original pastel by Spanish artist Fernando Luziarte.
"Femme et Chien", is an original pastel, signed, dated 1924, with an image dimension of 19 ...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
