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Period: Mid-20th Century
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village
Located in Soquel, CA
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village by Manuel Remigio S.
In this scene, people are working in a village. Interspersed throughout th...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Lanvin of Paris Flower Girl Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Original advert watercolour for Lanvin of Paris depicting a flower girl by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
c1950s
Art Sz: 12"H x 7"W
Frame Sz: ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Storm Cove Lighthouse
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Storm Cove Lighthouse" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Nat Levy 1896-1984. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The a...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original Lanvin Paris Advert Artwork "Fun 'n Sun" by Alexander Warren Montel
Located in Bristol, CT
Original advert illustration c1950s Fun 'n Sun artwork for Lanvin of Paris Place Vendome to promote their suntan lotion by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-20...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
1966 Original Comic Strip
Located in San Francisco, CA
A bit of a mystery as far as who did this original comic strip art. It was done in 1966 and measures 17 inches wide by 6 1/4 inches high.The frame is a...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Landscape - Drawing by André Léveillé - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by André Léveillé (1880-1962) in the early 20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is reali...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
1958 NBC-TV Western, "Buckskin"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1958 NBC-TV Western `Buckskin`, starring child actor Tom Nola...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Happy Walker with Backpack
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Happy Walker with Backpack
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.25 (width)
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Marjorie Sherlock (1897-1973) - 1950 Watercolour, Irish State Coach
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant watercolour captures the pageantry of a royal procession along a tree-lined avenue, with crowds of onlookers flanking the route. The artist skilfully balances the grand ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Miss Twisty: Back to the City - Mid-Century Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Miss Twisty is a story of a young girl who leaves the big city to spend time in the country. The book is filled with insight and humor. This work is a deftly rendered black-and-wh...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Romantic Angels - Original ink and pencil drawing - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Demetrios GALANIS (1879-1966)
Romantic Angels
Original ink and pencil drawing
Signed with the blue stamp signature of the artist
On vellum 16 x 15 cm (c. 6 x 6")
Very good condit...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Fish & Underwater Flowers 2 — Hopei Folk Art, 1950s Chinese Cut Paper Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Fish & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 13 x 10 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seascape - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a drawing in watercolor, attributed to the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1960s.
In good condition.
Antoine Mayo (Port Said, Egypt 1905 - Seine Port 1990). Gre...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Charcoal Portrait of a Thoughtful Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 26 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Acrobats - Drawing by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on paper realized by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli in 1963.
Hand signed and dated .
Very good condition.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Bird & Flowers 1 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Bird & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 14 x 11 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fashion Illustration with Two Leggy Models in Monochromatic Greys
Located in Miami, FL
Two elegant and leggy models are rendered and meticulously designed in this illustration for Geoffrey Beene. Miyake's composition is one model as two or two models as one. We see th...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Carbon Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Stunning French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper, unframed
size: 18 x 20.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Butterfly & Flowers 1 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Butterfly & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 14 x 11 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Studi della picola Simonella
Located in Storrs, CT
Studî della piccola Simonella (Sketches of little Simonella). August 28, 1942. Pencil drawing. 5 1/8 x 7 13/16. Rubbing to the corners, irregular sheet edges, otherwise good condition. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Housed in an archival French mat and a 14 1/4 x 16 1/4-inch black and gold leaf frame. A charming set of studies of a sleeping child, probably the artist's daughter.
Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. His first exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He is best known for his dreamlike Surrealist and genre works.
He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show. In 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco.
In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had numerous exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953), and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy. He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001.
Exhibitions:
Galerie Herve, Parigi 1950.
Associated American Artists - New York 1952.
James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953.
Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960.
Antologica, Tokyo 1965.
Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969.
Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970.
Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971.
Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972.
Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974.
Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975.
Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977.
Galleria Robert Philip...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
1950s Charcoal Drawing Bay Area Artist Female Nude
Located in Arp, TX
Henry Woon
Hand on Hip
c. 1950's
Charcoal on Strathmore Charcoal Paper
19" x 25", Unframed
Signed Woon in pen on lower right
Mid Century, c. 1950's, charcoal, standing, female, nude...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Three Versions Caricatures of Shirley Booth as NBC's "Hazel"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen & Ink, (2) Color Comps on Illustration Board
Signature: Unsigned, Lower Left and Lower Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 14.00" x 9.50."
Includes two different color versions in watercolor on board, preliminary sketch. Includes original copies of the magazine.
(3) Versions Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Shirley Booth...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Mermet. Mid-Century Design for a Sculpture. Acrylic and Crayon on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid-century design for a sculpture, signed or titled Mermet bottom left corner. Presented in period metal frame.
A very strong image which is almost certainly a design for a sculpture due to the three dimensional nature of the piece accentuated by the lines of the image extending beyond the subject itself showing the different planes to be worked.
This extremely energetic and forceful application of the crayon and the extension of the lines is highly reminiscent of the work of the expressionist Bernard Buffet who lived and worked in Tourtour in the South of France. The angular features of the figure and the dark intense lines are particularly in line with the style of his work. Expressionism was a form of art less interested in the correct anatomical representation of the subject but more in portraying the feelings and emotions that the subject evoked.
The model appears to be for a sculpture quite possibly inspired by African art as the image is reminiscent of African fetish...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic
Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions except for consumed margins and some foxings.
Jean-Ray...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Kutschen (carriages); Group of four designs for hansom cabs.
Located in Middletown, NY
Four pencil drawings, each with hand coloring in watercolor, each 6 3/4 x 10 inches (sheet) (172 x 254 mm), full margins. Each with inscriptions and notations by the artist in the up...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"At The Longchamp Races", Gouache on paper by Spanish Artist Roberto Domingo
Located in Madrid, ES
ROBERTO DOMINGO FALLOLA
Spanish, 1883 - 1956
AT THE LONGCHAMP RACES
signed and located "R. Domingo, París" (upper right)
gouache on paper
10-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches ( 26.5 x 33.4 cm.)
f...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Est...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
THE MIND BEATENS (ORIGINAL DRAWING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original color drawing on paper. Hand signed lower front by Roberto Matta. Image size 12 x 16 inches. Frame size approx 23.25 x 27.5 inches.
Artwork is in overall excellent co...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.25 (width)
S...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Red Wind - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Red Wind is an artwork realized by the Contemporary an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century French Illustration of a Seated Nude Woman Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Illustration of a Seated Nude Woman Drawing
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Siz...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act - Drawing by Erté - 1948
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act is a modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "9893" on the back.
Includes frame
Provenance :
- Erté personal collection.
- Serge Leeman collection.
Erté is responsible for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
In the Tavern - Mixed Media by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965.
Hand signed in the lower left.
Includes a wooden frame 32x37 cm.
Very good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Fish & Underwater Flowers 1 — Hopei Folk Art, 1950s Chinese Cut Paper Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Fish & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 13 x 10 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Constructivist Scandinavian Mid Century Drawing of 'The Conversation'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Swedish drawing of two men in conversation by Birger Lindberg. The work is signed and dated top left.. presented in plain wood frame with card mount.
A charming view of ...
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Constructivist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Autumn Tree Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on card
size: 19 x 10.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atel...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Nude of Woman - Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Of Woman is a charcoal drawing on brown paper. Unsigned. Good conditions except for some folds and some rips on the corners.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mid Century French Study of a Smiling Mythical Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Study
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 19.5 (height) x 13 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Goo...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: E...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Sickness - Charcoal Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sickness is an original charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, on a yellowed worn paper.
Mino Maccari was an Itali...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Farmhouse View, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Farmhouse view
Pencil sketch
18 x 25 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ', color pastel, c. 1957. Unsigned. A fine, atmospheric rendering, on warm gray charcoal paper; a reinforced crease (1/2 inch) across the bottom left sheet corner; otherwise in very good condition. Image and sheet size 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Writer - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Writer is an Original China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mayo (1905-1990).
Good condition included a cardboard passpartout (50x35 cm).
Hand signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Provenance: Private Collection, Paris.
Antoine Mayo (Port Said, Egypt 1905 - Seine Port1990)
Greek painter naturalized French citizen, active from 1924 in France, was a Surrealist artist and a polyhedric artist: painter, decorator, costume, designer, illustrator and much more. His father was Greek and his mother French, friend of Prévert and Desnos, he is also known for his work as a decorator and costume designer of masterpieces such as Les Enfants du Paradis, Golden helmet or Hiroshima my love.
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Monogrammed on the lower right
Black China ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foldi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
View of the Village Church, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
View of the village church
Pencil sketch
13 x 18 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mini...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Black China ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Drawing By Lucien Coutaud - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Lull Between Raids - Second World War drawing by Cecil Keeling
Located in London, GB
Cecil Keeling
Prisoner of War Camp
Pen, ink and wash
22 x 16 cm
Initialled lower right
This poignant work depicts a quiet moment between raids. Three soldiers sit in a row at ease. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Four Gloucestershire Cottages, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Four Gloucestershire Cottages
Pencil sketch
28 x 38 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the m...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Chez Maxim's
By André Meurice
Located in London, GB
'Chez Maxim's', pastel and gouache on fine art paper, by André Meurice (circa 1950s - 60s). The artist depicts the glamorous clientele at the entryway to...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Posing Male Nude - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Male Nude is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the mid-20th century.
Black ink on paper.
Signed by the artist, illegible.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Expressionist Ink, Pastel, Crayon Drawing Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist ink and pastel crayon drawing of beans (carobs, flowers?) in pods
Hand signed.
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual wo...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Do Bee Book of Manners
By Art Seiden
Located in Miami, FL
Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration, Art Seiden was a top children's book illustrator in the 1950' - 1060's Work comes in two parts that are butted together by the artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Ink, Paper
Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
John August Groth (American, 1908-1988)
"Wrestling Match,"
Watercolor painting, hand signed upper right and inscribed upper left, "Las Palmas Canary Islands Lucha Canary Wrestling".
Framed Size: 21'' x 29'', 53 x 74 cm (sight); 28.5'' x 36.25'', 72 x 92 cm (frame).
Depiction of a wrestling match in a city square.
John August Groth (1908 - 1988) was an illustrator and art teacher. He gained recognition as a war correspondent-illustrator. He studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and at Art Students League with Todros Geller, Robert Brackman, Arnold Blanch and George Grosz.
He was a member: Society of American Etchers; American Newspaper Guild; Society of Illustrators; Associate Member of the National Academy of Design; American Water Color Society.
Positions : Art Director at Esquire 1933 - 1937, Parade Publications 1941 - 1944; War Correspondent for Chicago Sun 1944; American Legion Magazine 1945; Artist-Correspondent in Vietnam 1967.Teacher at Art Students LeagueHe was the first art director of Esquire Magazine and taught at the Art Students League, the Pratt Institute, and the Parsons School of Design.
In 1940, he was included in an exhibition at MOMA, titled, "PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter." The exhibition included Philip Guston, Reginald Marsh, John Tworkov, John Heliker, Adolf Dehn, and Chet La More.
Groth began sketching intently during the Great Depression after studying at the Art Institute of Chicago. Following the advice of an editor, he penned 100 sketches a day for years. He learned to increase his speed by listening to sports on the radio and sketching the action as fast as he could. "I would listen to the games on the radio at night, and sketch the plays. It made me very quick." His break came when Arnold Gingrich, an editor for Esquire magazine, approached him at an art show in Chicago and offered him a position. "The way (Arnold Gingrich) told it," John Groth says, "he found this barefoot, bearded kid in the park, and the next day made him art director of the world's leading men's fashion magazine. But I swear I was wearing shoes." Groth went on to work as a correspondent and illustrator for the Chicago Sun, Collier's, Sports Illustrated, and The Saturday Evening Post.
He developed a passion for war zones. He covered six different wars and was one of the first correspondents in Paris after its liberation. "It is only at war that I feel complete... There, you meet all sort of men -- farmers, mechanics, college professors. It rains on them and it rains on you. The shells burst in the air, and you are there, too." He would make a splash when he beat out friend and rival, Ernest Hemingway, into Paris in 1944. Hemingway was writing for the Chicago Tribune and Groth for the Chicago Sun. Groth was in the first jeep into Paris and got the scoop. His headline read, "Yanks are in Paris!" Hemingway would later write about Groth's technique. “None of us understood the sort of shorthand he sketched in. The men would look at the sketches and see just a lot of lines. It was a great pleasure to find what fine drawings they were when we got to see them.
Groth went on to illustrate such classic books as: A Christmas Carol, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Grapes of Wrath, The War Prayer, and Gone with the Wind.
Deborah Churchman described Groth's work in a 1980 Washington Post article: "Groth's pictures center on the day-to-day life of people caught in terrifying circumstances -- armies occupying cities, soldiers sweeping roads for land mines, bullfighters facing death." Bernie Schonfeld, a photographer for Life Magazine said of Groth, "John is one of the gentlest people in the world, and he always gets himself into the wildest hell hole." He joined the First Congress of American Artists Against War and Fascism in 1936, along with Stuart Davis, Peter Blume...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Antique French Sketch Study of Facial Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique French Sketch Study
signed pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition with some damages shown due to age
Description: "This antique sketch...
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French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Color Pencil
Cottage View, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Cottage View
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village of L...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Deco Femme
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and profes...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media, Paper
