Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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Style: Impressionist
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clown Portrait #8
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower left corner. Unframed.
Marjorie May Gulley Blake wa...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil
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...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$375 Sale Price
21% Off
Waves Over Rocks Seascape and Seagulls
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor seascape of waves over rocks by Donald Swyner (American, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic wood frame. Shipped without glas...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$780 Sale Price
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Boats in Tunisia - Drawing Ink on Paper Unique Post Impressionist, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Albert Marquet
Boats in Tunisia, ca. 1920
Ink on paper
7 7/10 × 5 3/10 in l 19.5 × 13.5 cm
Hand-signed by the monogram lower right
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French 19th century Pen and Ink River landscape with boat from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century River landscape with boat sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color.
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris wh...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Mid Century Figurative Charcoal Line Drawing, "Girl Walking Away"
By Mariellen Ehlers
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century figurative nude charcoal line drawing of a girl walking away by Moni (Mariellen) Ehlers (American, 1926-2007). Charcoal on...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Blind Beggar
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Blind Beggar" 1959 is a watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board by noted California artist Frank Moss Hamilton, 1930-1999. It is signed and dated at t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Relaxing at the Beach Landscape
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun watercolor of figures enjoying a sunny day on the California coast by listed artist Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 15"...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on Paper
Beautiful modern figure drawing of a nude woman by Bay Area Artist George Wishon (A...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Color Pencil, Laid Paper
Landscape with House, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Landscape with House, California" is a watercolor on paper by California artist Ralph Ledesma, 1910-1993. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland" c.1940 Is a watercolor on paper by noted British artist William Lyons Wilson, 1892-1981. It is signed at the lower right co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
London Lodge
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "London Lodge" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Henry Waltermar Doane, 1905-2002. It is signed by the artist at the lower right corner. The art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
California Gold Town, Small-Scale Vintage Figurative Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming small-scale watercolor painting of figures sitting outside an old building in a small California gold town by R. E. Baker (American, 20th Century). The warm color palette of...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork 'Landscape" c.1950, is a watercolor on paper by noted British/Canadian artist Hilda Stewart, 1892-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with Boat and House, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Boat and House, California" is a watercolor by California artist Catherine Rubino Eaton Baca, 1907-1978. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 17 x 23 inches, framed size is 25 x 31 inches. Framed in original dark wood and gold frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist:
Born in Oakland, CA on Jan. 18, 1907. Catherine Rubino studied at the CCAC and with Phil Paradise...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Abstract Landscape s" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the lower rig...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seashore with Boats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seashore with Boats" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sketch of a woman's head in profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sketch of a woman's head in profile
Graphite on paper, c. 1900-1910
Unsigned
Condition: Excellent
Tiny tear upper right near hinge (repaired and bearly visible)
Sheet size: 4 5/8 x 3...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Flowers Bouquet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers Bouquet" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/Canadian artist Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, 1894-1954. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"CHORES" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 8.75 x 7
Frame Size: 13.5 x 11.5
Medium: Watercolor
"Chores"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at the...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Ballerina, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Seated Ballerina (P6.62), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Seated with her ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Duck Hunter
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Duck Hunter" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back....
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Old Barn
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Old Barn" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back. The i...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Barn and Carriage
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Barn and Carriage" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back. The image size is 6 x 7.75 inches, framed is 13.35 x 14.65 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn group of French late 19th-century landscapes sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color.
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a young Mexican girl by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. This piece is on hea...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$945 Sale Price
30% Off
California Coast with Cypress Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: California Coast with Cypress
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 16 x 18.75 inches
paper: 16...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three Old Oaks by Cornelia Fitzroy, Landscape, Nature drawing, Botanical
Located in Deddington, GB
Three Old Oak by Cornelia Fitzroy [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Pastel on Paper
Image size: H:23 cm x W:28 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:23 cm x W:28 cm x D:0.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Three Old Oaks is an original pastel drawing on paper by Cornelia Fitzroy. Cornelia FitzRoy is a Norfolk landscape plein air...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Earl Scwaiger's Barn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Earl Scwaiger's Barn" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by American artist W. Ralph Murray, 1932-2009. It is signed at the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fall Courtship
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1845, 19th century impressionist Vicente García de Paredes studied at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, in Madr...
Category
1870s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
A sleepy village sits under the shadow of the Matterhorn in this Swiss-style painting by an unknown artist. A handful of lights illuminate w...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant portrait of an art student at work by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. No frame.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
On the Road
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "On the Road" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Henry Waltermar Doane, 1905-2002. It is signed by the artist at the lower ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Gazebo
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Gazebo" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is signed and dated at the middle right corner by the artist. The image size is 14 x 17 inches, framed is 22.75 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Misty Dunkeld Scotland Hills w. Sheep, Late 19th Century Scottish Landscape W/C
By H. L. Radford
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning late 19th century landscape of misty purple hills dotted with small sheep in the Scottish highlands near Dunkeld by Boston artist Miss H. L. Radford (19th Century). Signed a...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Young Woman', Figural, Chicago, Illinois, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E Gatechair' for Eileen Stigall Gatechair (American, 1916- 2010) and dated, lower left, October 1986.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Eileen Stigall attended the Un...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Graphite
THE BERLIN BEAR.Peter Kuhfeld RP, NEAC British contemporary Artist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Peter Kuhfeld was born in Cheltenham 1952 and studied painting at Leicester College of Art and The Royal Academy Schools under Peter Greenham. He was created Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painters/Stainers 1978. He has won a number of art prizes including the David Murray Landscape Prize 1978-79, Royal Academy Silver...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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 Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bridge over the Canal - Landscape
By Elizabeth Stiles
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed watercolor by Elizabeth Stiles (20th Century). Signed "Elizabeth Stiles" in the lower left corner. Presented in a new antuque white mat. No frame. Image size: 11"H x 15.25"W
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$280 Sale Price
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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...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,275 Sale Price
35% Off
Figures on the Beach, Mid Century East Java Indonesia Coast Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century landscape watercolor of figures on a beautiful beach in Indonesia, and early work by Sufi artist Amang Rahman Jubair (Indonesian, 1931-2001). Four tall palm trees tower o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Seated Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Figurative piece with a nude model by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is seated, with one leg bent ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Pioneer Mountain Landscape with Horse and Buggy, Multi-Color Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid pastel depicting a figure on horseback with horse and buggy traversing a vast landscape by an unknown artist. A steep cliffside illuminated with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure with Rose
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid century figure study in pastel on brown paper depicting a seated nude woman with a hat and rose, by by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed Nadalini upper right. Presented in a simple wood frame, with new mat and new foam core backing. Image size: 29"H x 19.5"W. Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed.
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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 Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Turn of the Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful turn of the century figurative landscape by F.S. Mediary (American, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "F.S. Mediary" lower right....
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
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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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Coastal Landscape with Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Coastal Landscape with Child" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by noted Filipino artist Teresita (Tessie) Duldulao. It is signed and dated...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tending the fields - Windmill - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Tending the fields - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Artist's Board
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Cardstock
Portrait of a man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The man is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutral expression. He has white hair and a mustache, and is wearing a brown suit with a red tie.
Signed "Honora Berg" in the bottom right corner.
Stamp from Miller Fine Art on verso
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Initialed and numbered "HB 117" on verso
Unframed.
Board size: 20"H x 15"W
Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
"Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" - Figurative Drawing of Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W.
A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s.
Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Still Life with Watermelons and Cantaloupes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Watermelons and Cantaloupes" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. I...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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