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Great Tit, bird, Watercolor Art Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
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Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Great Tit...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Renaissance Hand Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Hand Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
DREAM - Female Nude - by Paula Craioveanu - original art
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Dream" - original unique female nude drawing. Part of Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Untitled. Still Life.
Located in New York, NY
This gouache painting by Werner Drewes was created in 1942. Signed with a pen in the lower right. Cypher and date are just under the signature. Painted to the papers edge - the pap...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches - blue square
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 19.5 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
PROVE...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Chalk, Cardboard, Pencil
Spring day Watercolor painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A watercolor painting with flowers of apple tree.
A bright, juicy watercolor painting filled with the warmth of the spring sun. The lush petals of a blooming apple tree grow against ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Drawing n°22 by Julien Dinou - Pastel A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Abstract drawing on paper without frame
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Renoir's House in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Renoir's House in Cagnes-sur-Mer"
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
1940s Figurative Charcoal Drawing "Draped Hair"
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers
Draped Hair
1940s
Charcoal on Paper
25"x19", unframed
Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers
John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University o...
Category
Early 20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"How Do You Win" - Figurative work on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel.
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figurative (stained glass style)
Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper
Hand signed lower left
Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974)
Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.
During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States.
Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920.
Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art.
Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover.
The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Red splendor"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life.
This painting is called "Re...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Untitled Modernist Portrait, Woman in Ink on Archival Paper- Manuel Angele Ortiz
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modernist portrait was realized by the esteemed artist Manuel Angele Ortiz in Spain, circa 1950. The work realized in a style influenced by the work of Pablo Picas...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sketch - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a black market drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
"Woman in a green dress" (contemporary painting of a woman)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This compelling artwork "Woman in a green dress " is a striking example of modern expressionist portraiture.
Dominated by bold, purposeful brushstrokes, the painting depicts a soli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Alone & Cornered - Original Abstract Yellow Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Contemporary impressionist still-life fruits watercolor painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This still life painting "One green apple and two red apples" features a blue jar with lid, a blue cup, two red apples, and a green apple on an orange-red surface.
This piece eman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude from the Back - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Nude from the back is a pencil drawing attributed to Paul Grain and realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Included a Passepartout: 41 x 51 cm.
The artwork represents a nude wom...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Maddern - Late 19th Century Pastel, Soft Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
An unusual pastel portrait of a Victorian lady in a white blouse. Indistinctly signed and dated in the upper right. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Nude Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and confident sketch of a nude model by an unknown San Francisco Bay Area artist (20th Century). A woman is lying down on her back, with her arms above her head and legs up on ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Laid Paper
'After the Storm' — Coastal Brittany, Post-Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hayley Lever, 'After the Storm', also 'Sunny Afternoon', watercolor on watercolor paper, the full sheet, the image extending to the sheet edges; in very good condition. Signed 'Hayle...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pablo Picasso 'Visage d'homme vers la gauche' Drawing' 1914
Located in Miami, FL
Drawn in 1914 by Picasso, this fine piece of work is a recognizable mark of his unique style. "VISAGE D'HOMME VERS LA GAUCHE", 1914 is pencil on paper, created in Avignon. Claude Pic...
Category
1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Cat - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
Signature by pencil.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). On the ...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Beached Wreck of a Boat Coastal Scene British 20thC Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original gouache painting on board, unframed
size: 11 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unfram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Frankford + York
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Frankford + York" is original artwork made from acrylic and screenprint on panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 6"h x 6"w.
Miriam Singer grew up in Buffalo, New York, In 2000 she received her BA from Brandeis University, and in 2003 her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2004; Miriam Singer has exhibited at James Oliver Gallery. Stanek Gallery, LG Tripp Gallery, Woodmere Art Museum, Space 1026, Friends of the Print and Picture Collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Drypoint
Cairo Citadel Palm, Cyanotype on Paper, Desert Botanical Tree in Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This cyanotype shows a desert palm tree located in the majestic mediterranean city of Cairo, Egypt.
Details:
+ Title: C...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Photographic Pa...
Prada Men's Fall Fashion show and Olivier Rousteing and His Collection, Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Vito Tomasello. Portrait of Wayne Herman, 1971. Pasel on paper, 18 x 24 inches. Signed and dated upper left.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello is best known for his male nude draw...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape with Village
By Irene Fowler
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Village" c.1940, is a watercolor on paper by noted Colorado artist Irene Fowler, 1884-1967. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The siz...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bright Idyllic Watercolor Landscape of a Lakeside Village with Canoeists
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Idyllic Watercolor Landscape
original watercolour painting on artist paper
signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 9.5 x 12 inches
In good condition...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy print, Hand Signed by Koons
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy poster (Hand Signed), 2000
Drawing done in silver marker on offset lithograph
Hand signed by Jeff Koons in marker on t...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
The Forest - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a drawing realized by an anonymous french artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor on paper.
Good condition.
Poetic and beautiful drawing with harmonious colors.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Female and Male Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Female and Male Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Antique Pencil Study of a Classical Female Bust Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique Pencil Study
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Pop Flower 48 - Contemporary Yellow Orange Geometric Flower Mandala Brown, 2017
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Pop Flower 48 is a predominately golden yell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Dorothy Dehner, (Poster Design), mid-century, for Willard Gallery
Located in New York, NY
This (Poster Design) was made for the exhibition 'Dorothy Dehner, Sculptures and Watercolors,' at the Willard Gallery, May 7 through 31, 1957.
It's a perfect mid-century American i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Finely Detailed British Watercolor of a Landscape with Trees and Bushes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 7 inches (height) x 9.75 inches (width)
Signed: Yes
Condition: Sound condition
Provenance: Private collection
Description:
This watercol...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Open Window - Drawing by Roberto Cuccaro - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Open Window is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 21st Century by Roberto Cuccaro.
Original Gouache on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower right corner: Cuccaro.
Total ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Hilltop View Overlooking Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Hilltop View Overlooking Village
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
FRIDA KAHLO, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece of artwork made it on 50x60cm canvas with acrylics. Is ready to hang without frame it. It's a beautiful idea to decorate in your living room,dining room,bedroom,office p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Andre Dunoyer De Segonzac (French, 1884-1974) Pen & Ink "Chickens" C.1930's
Located in San Francisco, CA
Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac (French, 1884-1974) Pen & Ink "Chickens" c.1930's
Original pen and ink by listed French artist Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac.
A mother hen with her babies. A ...
Category
1930s Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Mid Century French Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.75 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condi...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Lieutenant (#1899)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
India ink and watercolor on paper
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Watercolor figurative woman painting on paper "What the future holds for me"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork, "What the Future Holds for Me", showcases a powerful and abstract representation of a woman seated in contemplation, wearing a flowing blue gown as she sits on ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
My Table with View on the Roofs of Paris - Original Watercolor & Gouache, Signed
By Jean Dufy
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Dufy
My Table with View on the Roofs of Paris
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed at the top right
On paper 53 x 40 cm at view (c. 21 x 16 in)
Presented in a golden wood fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Gouache
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Mount Kenya in Kenya
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 14 inches (height) x 10 inches (width)
Signed: Yes
Condition: Sound condition, with some minor signs of foxing visible
Provenance: Privat...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Etude Deux Chenaux sur Quinze, Guillaume Azoulay
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Guillaume Azoulay (1949)
Title: Etude Deux Chenaux sur Quinze
Year: 2004
Medium: Ink drawing on archival paper
Size: 14 x 16.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Garden - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Garden is a drawing on paper realized by an anonymous in the early 20th Century.
Mixed media on paper.
Fair condition with missing pieces of paper on the margins.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
Study of a Seated Figure from Behind Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Study of a Seated Figure
pencil drawing on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.25 inches
double sided
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Horses Leaving the Barn
Watercolor on paper, 1940
Signed and dated lower left corner (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image: 14 1/2 x 21”
Frame: 25” x 31”
Provenance; Associated American Artists, New York (see photo of label)
Mamdouha and Elmer Holmes Bobst
Displayed in an original wormy chestnut frame with OP3 Acrylic. Most probably from the AAA Dehn watercolor exhibition of 1940. Vintage original framing chosen by the artist.
Note: Elmer Holmes Bobst (1884–1978) was an American businessman and philanthropist who worked in the pharmaceutical industry. His wife, Mamdouha, was also well known philanthropist.
Bobst was born in Lititz, Pennsylvania. He aspired to become a doctor, but instead, he taught himself pharmacology. After his wife Ethel composed his interview letter, he became manager and treasurer of the Hoffman-LaRoche Chemical Works by 1920. When Bobst retired from the company in 1944, he was one of the nation's highest paid corporate executives. In 1945 he took charge of the ailing William Warner Company (later Warner–Lambert) and he remained board chairman until his retirement.
Bobst had close connections to President Dwight Eisenhower, but was also a close friend of President Richard Nixon.
Note: In 1940, the year of this watercolor, Dehn and Elizabeth Timmerman visited Waterville, MN on their way to Colorado Sprint, Colorado where Dehn was to teach lithography and watercolor. This watercolor is obviously a view of the area around Waterville.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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