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Style: American Impressionist
"Untitled 11, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 11" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Hoping for One More Cut
Located in Denver, CO
Open field with tree and building
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner b...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Coastal Scene with Figures"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Coastal Scene with Figures" c.1970 in a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Wayne Carl Lacom, born 1922. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.25 x 21.5 inches, framed is 20.35 x 28.75 inches. It is custom framed in original wooden silver brown frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist:
Wayne La Com...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Daniel Garber Original Drawing, from Artist's Estate
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958)
Balderstons, c. Early 20th Century
Pencil on paper
7 x 9 in.
Framed: 12 x 4 x 1/2 in.
Titled and initialed lower right: Balderstons, D.G.
Proven...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Seating Nude
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 21.25 x 17.85 i...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Abandoned Train Car
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Abandoned Train Car" c. 1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted Californian artist Dan (Daniel Stookey) Lutz, 1906-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 14 x 20.75 inches, framed size is 27.35 x 33.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Daniel Stookey Lutz was born in Decatur, Illinois on July 7, 1906 to Florence Stookey and Samuel Milton Lutz, who owned a music store in Decatur. His father was a noted violinist and his mother a fine watercolorist and occasional painter. He came of age in the 20s but he matured, as the country did, under the pressures of the Great Depression. He was twenty-three when the stock market fell in the fall of 1929. Fortunately for Lutz, he had already commenced his studies at Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) when the panic of Black Thursday occurred.
After four years of studies at the AIC, Dan Lutz...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Man in a Flannel Shirt in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man in a Flannel Shirt in Ink on Paper
Expressive line drawing of a man by Shirley Pittman (American, 1929-2013). He is sitting, cross legged, with a drink and an asht...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Turn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860, by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954). Portrait c.1900. Signed "Marion...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jane Burnham, 1926-2016. It is signed at ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Peking Bell Tower
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant scene of visitors arriving by camels at the Peking Bell Tower by William Clothier Watts (American 1967-1961). This piece is unsigned, bu...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by San Francisco Bay Area artist Hilda Kider, 1921-2017. It i...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clown with a Hat (Clown Portrait #9)
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed.
Marjorie May Gulley Blake w...
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1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monterey Wharf - Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed figurative watercolor landscape the Monterey Wharf with figures and boats by Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Skerce" lower le...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"North of Turku" Finland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "North of Turku" Finland, c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Scarecrow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Scarecrow" 1933 is a watercolor on paper by noted Kansas artist Robert Ivan Lockard. It is signed an dated at the lower right co...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Dramatic sunset landscape by notable watercolorist Douglas W. Trowbridge (American, b. 1960).
Signe...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Nude Reading" c.1970, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Girl with Umbrella
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Girl with Umbrella" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed and dated at...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Colon [Panama]
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal painted this watercolor entitled “Colon” [Panama] in the spring of 1923. The paper size of this painting is 7 x 10" (17.7 x 25.3 cm). It is signed, titled, and dated ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
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California Landscape with Farm
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Landscape with Farm" 1943 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower r...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Newbury Street, Boston [Louis Boston / Bonwit Teller Building]
Located in Boston, MA
This watercolor by Charles Demetropoulos depicts a classical French Academic-style building which was designed in 1862 by architect William G. Preston as the new home of the Boston Society for Natural History, which had been founded in 1830. In the 1860’s, many of Boston’s cultural institutions relocated here to the Back Bay, the elegant residential district being built on the tidal marshes behind the city. When the museum moved here in 1863, the new building dominated the western edge of the landfill. The classical design reflected its role as a “temple of learning.” The building was later renovated into a women’s retail store known as Bonwit Teller and later became home to Louis Boston...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton
Detailed nude drawing by Paul "Garth" Garfield Benton (American, 1940-2012). Po...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
"Untitled 14, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 14" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto scene of individuals grouped together.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
Graphite on paper, 1913
Signed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Titlted "Lizzy Young" in pencil upper left (see photo)
Lizzy was a modle that Paxton depicts numerous times.
The painting that this drawing is related to, is illustrated in Lee & Krause, William McGregor Paxton, 1869-1941, Plate 32, text on page 132. The painting was formerly in the collection of Victor Spark and the Honorable Paul Buchanan. It is currently in a Texas Collection.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida
William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American painter and instructor who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a co-founder of The Guild of Boston Artists. He taught briefly while a student at Cowles Art School, where he met his wife Elizabeth Okie Paxton, and at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston. Paxton is known for his portraits, including those of two presidents—Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge—and interior scenes with women, including his wife. His works are in many museums in the United States.
Early life
He was born on June 22, 1869, in Baltimore to James and Rose Doherty Paxton. William's father moved the Paxton family and established a catering business in Newton Corner, Massachusetts, in the mid-1870s.
Education
Paxton attended Cowles Art School on a scholarship he attained at the age of 18. He studied with Dennis Miller Bunker...
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1910s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Blacksmith house
By Guy Lipscomb
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " The Blacksmith House" c.1965, is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Guy Lipscomb, 1917-2009. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 12.5 x 17.25 inches, framed size is 20 x 25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden brown frame, with grey/beige matting and brown fillet. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it has minor scratches
About the artist:
Guy Fleming Lipscomb, Jr. (April 11, 1917 — December 31, 2009) was a business owner, chemist, civic leader, philanthropist, artist, author, teacher, and star collegiate athlete. In his later years, he became a noted painter working in acrylics and watercolors and was both a member of the Southern Watercolor Society and a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society.
Lipscomb was born in Clemson, South Carolina. He won numerous awards in his lifetime including the Order of the Palmetto presented by Governor Richard Riley and the 1982 Elizabeth O’Neil Verner...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionis...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled 8, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 8" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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"Untitled 13, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 13" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto scene of individuals grouped together.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Schooners on the Coast with Rocks Tide Pools and bird by Howard Garfield Gray
Located in Soquel, CA
Schooners on the Coast with Rocks Tide Pools and bird by Howard Garfield Gray
Schooners in the mist by artist and illustrator Howard Garfield Gray (American, 19th-20th C). Watercolor...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Nomad Camp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Edwin Dawes Teague (American, 1897-1991)
Title: Nomad Camp
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 10 x 15.25 inches
paper size: ...
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Day At The Lake - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
A Day At The Lake - Original Watercolor on Paper
Original watercolor on paper depicting a day at the lake by Ken L. Stephens (. The viewer looks on as two women can be seen painting...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Felt Pen
Alcatraz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Alcatraz
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size:12 x 15.90 inches
...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled 6, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 6" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face with a blue background.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Bali Beach
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bali Beach" 2004 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at the lower right cor...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled 9, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 9" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Saint Emilion
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "St Emilion" c.1970, is a watercolor by American artist Wayne Ensrud, b.1934. It is signed at the lower right side by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 24 inches, framed size is 22.75 x 27.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden ornate gold frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:.
Wayne Ensrud was born in Minnesota where he received his BFA from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. As a student he met Oskar Kokoschka, the artist-in-residence at the Institute, who profoundly influenced Ensrud's work and has remained his friend and mentor ever since.
When Pablo Casals conducted his Master Class Series at Berkeley. Wayne Ensrud had the honor ot being invited to execute drawings of the great cellist during those sessions. and this year when the New York Chamber Society celebrated its 10th anniversary.Ensrud was asked to sit in on rehearsals and sketch the world famous violinists ltzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Actress Jayne Mansfield, novelist Alex Waugh, wine connoisseur Alexis Lichine are among others who have been portrayed by Ensrud.
Mr. Ensrud has been a free-lance art director and animator for ABC, CBS, and IRM IBM contracted him to he the series, "Computer and the Mind of Man", which has been translated into 18 languages and won several international awards. For ABC he created the film animations for the Gemini Space Programs. He taught film animation at Pratt Institute for tour years. Ensrud was Art Director at the University of California at Berkeley for the Department of Motion Pictures and Television and he was Executive Art Director of Channel 13-TV, New York City. Mr. Ensrud has art directed over 30 films and lust completed a film for television starring Richard Basehart. He has illustrated the writings of Odgen Nash, John O'Hara, and John Fowles...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bursting
Located in Denver, CO
Storm on the horizon
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$3,200 Sale Price
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1985 Joan Collins Portrait by Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful 1985 pencil drawing of actress Joan Collins by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed. Image, 20"H x 16"L.
ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini
In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...
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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil
$680 Sale Price
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The Old Church
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Old Church" c.1970 is a watercolor on Strathmore panel by American artist James Hamil, 1937-2002. It is signed at the lower right corner b...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
State Capitol at Night, Sacramento, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "State Capitol at night, Sacramento, California" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he low...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist 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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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The "Cannonball", Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Marsh, American (1898 - 1954)
Title: The "Cannonball"
Year: 1936
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled, and dated l.r.
Size: 16.5 in. x 22.5 in. (41.91 cm x 57...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beachcomber with Clam Rake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Beachcomber - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A lone figure walks a shoreline carrying a tool towards a line of trees stretching towards the water. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting.
This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son.
Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 10"H x 13"W
Image size: 4.25"H x 7.19"W
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Portrait of George Arliss in Conte Crayon on Cardstock 1934
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately portrait of George Arliss by Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980). Mr. Arliss is depicted wearing his signature monocle, looking directly at the viewer. Although this piece appears to be done rapidly, there is a clear confidence in Opffer's work - he was an accomplished portrait artist - and the resemblance to the subject is unmistakable. George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932).
Signed and dated "Ivan Opffer 1934" in the lower right.
Titled "Mr. Arliss" in the lower left.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 22"H x 16"W
Art size: 17.5"H x 12"W
Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980) was born in Nyborg, Denmark, on June 4, 1897, to a family of Danish scholars and journalists. His brother was Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant seaman and journalist who was known for his relationship with American writer Hart Crane.
Ivan was raised in Mexico City and New York, where his anarchist father was the editor of a radical Danish-language newspaper. His involvement in painting and drawing began at an early age. At a summer workshop, he met and studied drawing with Winslow Homer, then went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.
When the US entered World War I, Opffer was one of the members of the American Army Camouflage Corps, headed by Homer Saint-Gaudens (whose mother was a relative of Winslow Homer), the son of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a camoufleur, Opffer served with other artists and architects, some of whom became well-known, including Barry Faulkner, Sherry Edmundson Fry, Kimon Nicolaides, Robert Lawson, Abraham Rattner, Kerr Eby, and others.
It was this same unit, while still in training in at Camp American University in Washington DC, that launched a camp newspaper called The Camoufleur. Only three issues were published before the unit’s deployment to France in late 1917. In the October 31 issue, a satirical portrait by Opffer of Homer Saint-Gaudens (titled “Our Boss”) was published on page 5.
After the war, Opffer returned to New York, where he became known for his caricatures of leading Modern writers, among them James Joyce, Edgar Lee Masters, Siegfried Sassoon, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Sandburg, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Mann.
In the years between the wars, Opffer married Betty à Beckett Chomley, and settled in Paris, where he was a student at the Academie Julliard. He also lived in London and Copenhagen, where his drawings were frequently published in newspapers and magazines. With the outbreak of World War II, he and his family returned to New York and lived in Greenwich Village.
Among his friends in that era were William Butler Yeats, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Postcard, Illustration Board
Odd Fellows No. 44 / watercolor framed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Family and friends cooling off in a lazy river on Odd Fellows Beach, from important Bay Area figurative contemporary artists Mary Robertson, who is associa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
On the Hunt - Early 20th Century Figurative Drawing with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative ink and wash drawing of beagles and a terrier leading the hunter to the quarry by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic black and bro...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$375 Sale Price
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Fishing Boats Along The Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Boats Along The Coast
Watercolor painting depicting two fishing boats and fishermen along the oceanside by Robert Wayne Daley (American, 1922-1999). Rocks make up a pathway along the beach, while fishermen pull boats along the shore. Blue skies, with the ocean and hilltops making up the near distance.
Signed "Robert W Daley...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$760 Sale Price
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Most Faithful Mirror
Located in Denver, CO
Clouds over horizon
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$3,200 Sale Price
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Landscape with Trail
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trail" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Gerald F. Brommer, 1927-2020. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The a...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Woman Figurative Portrait
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage watercolor portrait of a seated female figure with red robe in front of a plant by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" in the lower left corner. Presented...
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1970s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Watercolor
$600 Sale Price
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"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's"
Charcoal and watercolor on artist illustration board, 1900
Initialed and dated lower right: H.C.C. 1900 by the artist (see...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Landscape " 1939 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"The Abandoned Farm" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The abandoned Farm" c.1960 is a large watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signe...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Horse in the Fields - 1930's Watercolor Figurative Landscape
By John Stellman
Located in Soquel, CA
Horse in the fields, a figurative watercolor landscape by Louis John Stellman (American, 1877-1961), c.1935. Presented in a wooden frame with linen liner. Signed "Stellman" lower right. Image size, 15"H x 19"W.
Stellman moved to CA in 1901. By 1920 he had settled in San Francisco where he worked both as an artist and a writer for the Call-Bulletin newspaper. He later moved to the Monterey Peninsula where he remained until his death. Married to artist Edith K. Stellman (1877-1957). Works held: de Young Legion of Honor.
His books include:
Mate o'dreams and Other Poems
Mother Lode; The Story of California's Gold Rush
Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
Said the Observer
Sam Brannan, Builder of San Francisco; A Biography
That Was a Dream Worth Building; the Spirit of San Francisco's Great Fair Portrayed in Pictures and Words
The Vanished Ruin Eta; San Francisco's Classic Artistry of Ruin Depicted in Picture and Song
Stellmann was a protegé of Arnold Genthe...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Napa Vineyard
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Napa Vineyard" c.2000 is a color pastel on paper by noted American artist Reif Ray Charles Erickson, 1949-2015. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 12.25 x 19.25 inches, Framed size is 24.5 x 31.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with gold color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has very minor restorations, practically invisible.
About the artist:
Reif Erickson...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sitting Nude
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sitting Nude" 1949 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at t...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Kimono
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Kimono" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jane Burnham, 1926-2016. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clown Portrait #11
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown on heavy paper by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed.
Marjorie ...
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1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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