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Period: Early 20th Century
Portrait of a Young Girl Writing
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Girl Writing', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - man...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
red ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red Ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament"
Crayon on paper, c. 1920
Unsigned
Condition: three vertical folds created by the artist to transport the drawing from the tennis match ...
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Ashcan School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Pair of Illustrations from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Two illustrations from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses (New York: Scribner's, 1905), for III: "To Auntie", Page 116
Two charming line illustrations by Smith from...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Girl With Teddy Bear
By Archie Gunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921
Medium: Colored Pencil on Canvas
Dimensions: 22.50"x 16.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Image of seated girl holding a teddy bear.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil
Rhymes of Real Children
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1903
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Sight Size 18.00" x 15.75", Framed 24.50" x 22.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Betty Sage, Rhymes of Real Children, New York, 1903, illustr...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
La Dame Queteuse
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
La Dame Queteuse
Ink on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below)
10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Three Young Beauties', Art Nouveau, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Musée Bordeaux
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, “Ch. Henrida” for Charles Henrida (French, 1854-1924) and painted circa 1900.
Unframed and displayed in a beveled, ivory mat with gilt inner slip.
Matted dimens...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sketch of a Hand - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch Of a Hand is a Drawing in pencil on paper realized by Gaspard Maillol in the early 20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft and rapid strokes b...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Football Game Brooklyn Eagle's Sunday Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Provenance: Illustration House, New York, Framed in a simple and modest frame.
This is a brilliant post-Cubist work by Dutch-American illustrator Charles Verschuuren...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Large Watercolour Painting Depicting Turkish Scholars by A. Rosati
Located in London, GB
Large watercolour painting depicting Turkish scholars by A. Rosati
Italian, Early 20th Century
Panel: Height 36cm, width 52cm
Frame: Height 72cm, width 89cm, depth 4.5cm
This sensational watercolour painting depicts two Turkish scholars, who recline in a typical Orientalist interior as they study and discuss the Quran. The figures are beautifully rendered in a sketched, painterly style that harks back to Impressionism, dressed in bright Orientalist robes with ornate detailing. The two men are imbued with contrasting characters, the left-hand figure engaged and leaning forward in discussion, whilst the right reclines in thought.
Their setting is marked with Orientalist signifiers, such as the incense lamp and palm plant in the top right-hand corner. Particularly fine detail has been given to the Persian-style rug, which catches the viewer’s eye with its vibrant hues and repeating geometric motif border. Further geometric designs can be seen on the back wall, which utilises circular and zig-zag mosaic patterning. These motifs are replicated in the beautiful frame. A later addition, the frame complements not only the colour palette of the painting with a bright red base, but also the intricate motifs of the painting with gilt foliate decoration.
The painting is by the Italian artist Alberto Rosati...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Standing Woman in Profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Woman in Profile
Pen and ink drawing, c. 1900
Unsigned
Estate authentication verso by Frances Frieseke Kilmer (Mrs. Kenton Kilmer, 1914-1998) (see photo)
Condition: Excellen...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Oh if brother would only let me have the key."
Located in Miami, FL
Signed "Violet Moore Higgins" in right-center image. Taped to board and matted.
Story illustration for unknown publication.
Though unconfirmed, it is possible this illustration was produced for The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) (Chicago: Albert Whitman Co., 1927, chapter VII).
Violet Moore Higgins, born Violet Idelle Moore, attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children's books and magazines. She has illustrated books like 'Pinocchio', 'Heidi', 'Hans Brinker' and 'The Three Bears'. In the 1910s she made 'Picture Puzzle...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Les Élégantes by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Les Élégantes by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
15.8 x 11.1 cm (6 ¹/₄ x 4 ³/₈ inches)
Signed with initials lower right...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
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...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Siam Royal in Candle Headdress - Classic Hollywood Cecil B. DeMille
Located in Miami, FL
The present work is a character concept sketch by Natacha Rambova for Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 movie, "Fool's Paradise." The wildly outrageous design features lit candles on the fron...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
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...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
Spring - American Cubism
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Cubist influence mixed with soft warm colors is on full display in this charming work.
Signed twice.
6 Gallery Tags on verso
Sotheby's
Kennedy Galleries
Barbara Mathes Gallery
Sid Deutsch Gallery
The Downtown Gallery
University of Arizona Art...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sketches - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist, early 20th century.
Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper.
Not signed.
This artwork represents two sketches ...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
$251 Sale Price
40% Off
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...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Early 20th Century French Gouache on Paper, The Frog and The Fisherman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French gouache and watercolour on paper of a fisherman by Louis Henri Magnat, The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a carved and gilt wood frame und...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cliffs near Paramé, France, c. 1926-7
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
11 x 14.5 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". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Conversation
By George Brehm
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Dimensions: 20.00" x 24.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
As a Special Privilege the Zealot Bore it in Blazing
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1903
Medium: Mixed Media on Paper
Sight Size 24.25" x 15.50", Framed 31.35" x 22.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Scribner's Magazine story illustration, November 1911, 1903
...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Two Women on a Paris Street
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink and Wash on Paper
Dimensions: 19.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Two Women on a Paris Street, Illustration
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
The Vanishing Men
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1919
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Dimensions: 15.20" x 18.50"
"The Vanishing Men," November 29, 1919.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Charcoal
The Working Man's Choice
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper
Signature: Inscribed and Signed
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
A Self Portrait
Located in Storrs, CT
A Self Portrait. c. 1932. Ink drawing on wove paper. 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 (sheet 10 x 7). Provenance: the artist's daughter. Unsigned. A unique silhouette housed in an archival French doubl...
Category
Renaissance Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Study for a Figure - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1928 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1928 ca.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Conquest of Porto Arturo - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Ink, tempera, watercolor and white lead realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1904.
Hand signed in the top right corner.
Published on "L'Asino" in 6/3/1904.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
'Steeplechase', Boston, Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Beagle, Horse
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is recognized for his turn-of-the-centur...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, c. 1926
Watercolor on board
Signed lower right
21.75 x 28 inches
30.5 x 36.5 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Belgian Automobile Troops Fighting German Dragoons, Collier's Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Ink, Watercolor, Gouache on Paper laid to Paperboad
Signature: Inscribed Collier's Cover Weekly/Sept. 1914/Belgian Automobile Troops/Fighting German Dragoons (on the reverse)...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, 1929
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lowe...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'London to Brighton Coach', Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Horses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Vancouver Girl', Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920.
George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board
“There’s nothing like a motor for giving me ideas for new dance steps" cartoon
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
“Yes, I find there’s nothing like a motor for giving me ideas for new dance steps.”
Humorous illustration for Life magazine, published December 31, 1914
Signed lower left
Lowell ...
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
The Confession - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
Ink, tempera, watercolor and white lead realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1900s.
Hand signed in the lower right corner.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Tempera
The Way we Want it - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Ink, tempera, watercolor and white lead realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1904.
Hand signed in the lower right corner.
Published on "L'Asino" in 27/3/1904.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. C. Wiboltt' for Aage Christian (Jack) Wiboltt (Danish-American, 1894-1952) and created circa 1925.
Framed dimensions: 33.25 x 1.5 x 28 inches
A substantial, e...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Nude of Little Girl - Original Pencil and Pastels on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of little girl is an original pencil and pastels drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the Early 20th Century.
In very good condition...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
20th Century Watercolour Painting - At the Fish Market
Located in London, GB
William LEE-HANKEY (1869-1952, British)
At the Fish Market
1904
pencil, watercolor, bodycolor w/gum arabic
20 x 20 inches, inc. frame
Provenance: The Swan Gallery...
Category
Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right
Sotheby's New York - The work has recently been elegantly framed with a high end frame and archivalled matted and looks wonderful in person.
Arth...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
'Mother and Child', Académie Julien, Paris Salon, Amsterdam, Maternity, Infant
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Mother and Child' by Carel Eugene Mulertt, circa 1900.
Académie Julien, Paris Salon, Amsterdam, Maternity, Infant
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Signed lower left, 'Carel Mulertt' for Carel Eugene Mulert...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Showgirl (Chorus Girl drawing)
By Elmer Pirson
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elmer Pirson (1988-1935). Color pencil and paint on paper. Sheet measures 10.5 x 14 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Estate stamp on verso. Excellent condition.
An American Illustrator and painter, Elmer William Pirson was born in 1888 in New York.
Artistically, he is known to have studied under George Bridgman and James Earle Fraser...
Category
Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
The Couple
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "EJB." at lower right
21 3/4 x 17 inches including frame
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"She stepped to her place and fired without taking her usual careful aim.”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
She stepped to her place and fired without taking her usual careful aim.” Illustration for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, for the 1906 editio...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Passageway North Africa, street scene
Located in New York, NY
Passageway North Africa was executed during Walter’s extensive travels throughout Spain, Northern Africa, and the Dalmatian coast. These works are magnificent snapshots –pictorial po...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Between Hope and Doubt
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1919
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Dimensions: 24.00" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Story illustration, image of a young woman confiding in elderly religious man.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Abraham Walkowitz, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7), pencil, 1918. Signed and dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spon...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1922
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
22.5 x 27.75 inches
27.75 x 34.5 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Roman Countryside - Drawing by Robert Werner - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman countryside is an original modern artwork realized by Robert Werner in the early 20th Century.
Mixed colored ink and watercolor on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
In...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters)
Located in London, GB
SERGE FERAT 1881-1958
(Le Comte Sergueï Yastrebzov) Moscow 1881-1958 Paris (Russian/French)
Title: Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters), circa 1926
Technique: Original Pencil D...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Collection of Girl Portrait Studies
Located in Houston, TX
Collection of girl portrait studies that are signed and dated by the artist. The papers are not framed.
The dimensions are of the larger work, the small...
Category
Naturalistic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Art Deco Flapper Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002).
The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Mother Nursing Her Baby
Located in London, GB
'Mother Nursing Her Baby', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$663 Sale Price
20% Off
Young Lovers at the U.S Naval Academy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache Painting
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Contact for exact dimensions.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Landscape with Trees
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trees" 1909 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Frederick Leo Hunter, 1858-1943 It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 9.5 x 14 inches, framed is 18.5 x 22.35 inches. It is framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Frederick Leo Hunter was born in New York City in 1858. He was known for street scene paintings and etchings of...
Category
American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circus Lot at Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Circus Lot at Toledo, c. 1920
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 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 was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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