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Art Subject: Plant
Fauvist Pastel on Paper, "Lunch in Provence", After Henri Matisse
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist pastel on paper of a Provençal lunch. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in a white frame under perspex. A charming, highly colourful and ...
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Late 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy (The Road to Naudy) Signed lower left (titled on the verso of the sheet, but now hidden by the back of the frame) watercolor on paper...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil

'The Garden, Mandelieu-la-Napoule', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Benezit, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'L'escalier du Jardin (Mandelie '. From 1947,...
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1980s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

"Dahlias" Chiura Obata, Japanese American, Red and Blue Delicate Floral Work
Located in New York, NY
Chiura Obata Dahlias, 1940 Signed, dated and stamped lower right Watercolor on paper 15 x 9 5/8 inches Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...
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1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Summer Forest Landscape, 1915 / - The Forest Walk -
Located in Berlin, DE
Stanislas Warnie (1879-1958), Summer Forest Landscape, 1915. Watercolor, 31.5 cm x 45 cm (passepartout), 50.5 cm x 63.5 cm (frame), signed "S. Warnie" at lower left and dated "1915"....
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1910s Art Nouveau Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Pine trees in a river valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains - American School
Located in Middletown, NY
An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac River valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. Watercolor on board with...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Watercolor, Board

"Nasturtiums" Chiura Obata, Japanese American, Red and Blue Delicate Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Chiura Obata Nasturtiums, circa 1940 Signed and stamped lower left Watercolor on paper 15 x 9 5/8 inches Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...
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1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Whispers and Porcelain, Aquarel by Hector Caffieri
Located in Gent, VOV
In Whispers and Porcelain, Hector Caffieri unveils an intimate world of silence, beauty, and refinement. Two young women inhabit a richly decorated interior, surrounded by houseplant...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Winding river. Watercolor, Realistic, Landscape, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary watercolor painting on paper by Polish artist Wlodzimierz Karczmarzyk. Landscape painting depicting river and woods. Main colors are green and blue. Artwork's style is s...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed signed lower left Watercolor on paper, 15.5 x 23.5 cm Framed : 25.5 x 33 cm This is a particularly original work by Paul Lecomte. It shows his ...
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1880s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Clematis 4, Iris 4 and Iris 5 Triptych
Located in Deddington, GB
Clematis 4, Iris 4 and Iris 5 Triptych Overall Size cm : H90 x W60 Clematis 4 [2021] original Coloured pencil on 150gsm paper Image size: H:29 cm x W:21 cm Co...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

IN THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN FS II.86-105
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete book comprising of 20 offset lithographs and cardboard cover, all hand-colored with watercolor. From the edition of unknown size. All 20 sheets bound (as issued). Minor ti...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Designers Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn, NY. watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

L'Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel, Post-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
L' Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and...

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Pastel

"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with tall trees and a river running through it. Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Flowers 2 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'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...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Snow in the Forest, 1945 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 19 x 23.75 inches 24 x 29 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook C...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Fontainebleau #15 by Yann Bagot - Ink drawing, forest, black & white, nature
Located in Paris, FR
Fontainebleau #15 is an India ink and salt on paper drawing by the French contemporary artist Yann Bagot, dimensions are 70 × 100 cm (27.6 × 39.4 in). The artwork is signed, sold un...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo - China Ink - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo is a drawing realized in the mid-20th Century. China Ink on paper. Good conditions except for small cuts on the margins. The artworks represent the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Untitled (Coastal Scene)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (Coastal Scene)" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 10 x 28 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 35.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some minor rubs and scratches. About the artist: Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85). She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections. Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines. STUDIES: Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73 Mt. Allison University, 69-72 SELECTED SOLO SHOWS: 25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews. Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999. Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue) Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991 New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987. Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988 Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982 SELECTED GROUP SHOWS: "A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog "Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs "Moku Hanga Travelling Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cala Lily, Watercolor on paper. Sill life Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, an autumn landscape signed lower left Watercolor on paper, 29,3 x 22.5 cm In its original vintage frame : 46 x 39,5 cm titled on t...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Alfred W Cooper, Young girl by a bridge, Victorian watercolor
Located in Harkstead, GB
Alfred W Cooper, 19th Century Waiting by the weir Signed with initials Watercolour with touches of gouache 6¾ x 9¾ inches 12 x 16 inches with the frame A delightful Victorian scene...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Futile, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang. Medium : Watercolor on Archival paper Artist : Deniz Bayav Subject : Futile (Title) Signature : T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

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Watercolor

"Possibilities of a New Day" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Possibilities of a New Day" (2023) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape. Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celebrated for her pl...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut

Birch Mystery, trees, female figure, neutral tones, collage on archival paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage Paper charcoal collage These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and again, later, alone in the stu...
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2010s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a pen drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a little white paper. No signature, dated on the lower right corner.. Rey...
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1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Blanche Grambs, (Young Bird with Ferns)
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson. Her birds are masterful. This charming piece places the yooun...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Window onto the Sea, Original Drawing, Contemporary Landscape, Architecture
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. The work has been treated with UV-resistant varnish and it is not framed. Medium : Watercolour, Soft Pastel and Oil based col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Color Pencil, Watercolor, Pastel, Archival Paper

French Modern
Located in Houston, TX
French abstract aquatint etching of robed figure and aircraft, 1978. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic slee...
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1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Aquatint

Sunlit Red Roof Charming Villa Retreat Mid Century French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper Size: 7 height) x 9 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Provenance: All the pa...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

The Rat - Original Pastel by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
The Rat is an original drawing in pastels on paper realized by Leo Guida in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil and dated on the lower right. The state of preservation is good except for ...
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1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Sunday in the Park - Tempera on Cardboard by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sunday in the park is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970's. Colored tempera on cardboard. Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin. The artwork represen...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

"Tree at the Edge of the Field, Springs" Nell Blaine, 1967 Abstracted Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Nell Blaine Tree at the Edge of the Field, Springs, 1967 Signed and dated lower left Watercolor on paper 14 1/2 x 20 inches Nell Blaine was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1922. She ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sole Tree - Drawing by Mareal Abougit - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Sole Tree is a drawing realized by Mareal Abougit (1903-1985) in 1974. Pencil, pastel and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower left. Good conditions with slight...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor

Winter Night in Canmore, black and white charcoal drawing of trees and sky
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal on paper drawing by Toronto-based artist Katherine Curci. Framed. Katherine Curci began this series of charcoal drawings, premiered in This L...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

French Countryside - Original China Ink Drawing and Watercolor - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
French Countryside Landscape is an original China Ink drawing and watercolor realized by a french artist of the 20th century. Good condition on a brown paper. Illegible signature.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Mountains - Original Drawing by Jean-Raymond Delpech - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Mountains is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1944. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of preservatio...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Flower Study (Calla Lily) - Watercolour Botanical Flower Still Life, 1969
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Flower Study (Calla Lily)
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20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Flowers - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an artwork realized by an unknown in the early mid-20th Century. Ink, pastel and watercolor on cardboard. 11 x 10 cm ; 30 x 29 cm. Good condition!
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

"SOMEWHERE ELSE #3", Watercolor on Sal Leaf Plate, Black Frame, White, Tan, Gold
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Eva Ennist, a mixed media and fiber artist, travels extensively through the Far East, gathering materials and techniques for her practice. The artwork "SOMETHING ELSE #3" uses materi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures

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Watercolor, Organic Material, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

The Forest - Original Ink by R. Fontene - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is an Original ink drawing realized by Robert Fonténé. The artwork is in good condition glued on cream-colored cardboard. Hand-signed on th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape - Original Ink Drawing by Socrate Foscato - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original china ink drawing on paper realized by Socrate Foscato. Hand-signed, on the lower right. Cachet of the Artist's Atelier, on the lower left. Good conditions.
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Pine neighborhood. Watercolor, Realistic, Landscape, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary watercolor painting on paper by Polish artist Wlodzimierz Karczmarzyk. Landscape painting depicting trees from pines woods. Artwork's style is sketch-like but realistic ...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Autumn - Original Drawing by Jean-Raymond Delpech - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Autumn is an original is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1958. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Landscape - Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is a drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 15 x 23.5 cm. The ar...
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Biker - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The biker is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by the artist Mino Maccari. Mixed colored china and watercolor drawing. Hand signed by the artist on the lower...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Norwegian Pine Grove - The inner glow of the trees -
Located in Berlin, DE
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black & Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages 'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024 pastel on collaged vintage book pages 27.5 x 29...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Cactus (Mexico), Early 20th Century Cubist Still Life by Woman Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Cactus (Mexico), 1930 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right, titled and dated on label verso 15.25 x 13.25 inches 25 x 22.5 inches, framed A gradu...
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1930s Cubist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Conceptual Realist Drawing Floral Wheat Delicate Detailed American female artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary graphite drawing by American contemporary female artist Amanda Besl. Diana's Field 2, 2018 Graphite on paper 34 × 24 in 86.4 × 61 cm This work was created ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Untitled (Angel, Gabriel)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Angel, Gabriel) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Peony
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencils on paper mounted on panel Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenage...
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2010s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

A forest bridge. Watercolor, Realistic, Landscape, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary watercolor painting on paper by Polish artist Wlodzimierz Karczmarzyk. Landscape painting depicting view from woods with . Artwork's style is sketch-like but realistic a...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Fear Not; Only Believe" Watercolor & Gouache on paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fear Not; Only Believe" is an original watercolor and gouache painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts two people walking through...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Mountain Landscape - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 14.8 x 23.4...
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1980s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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