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Landscape Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1970s
Machias Seal Island Light
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Wolf Kahn was commissioned by the Smithsonian to design a postcard for them. He made four designs and they selected a singular one. This drawing here is one of the few rejected desig...
Category
19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Luxor - Marker Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Luxor is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook
No signature, titled and dated on the lower ri...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Follower of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) - Watercolour, Little Mischief
Located in Corsham, GB
This illustrative watercolour has been painted in the delicate style of renowned genre artist, Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899). The scene carefully depicts a mother teasing a mischie...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Venetian Lagoon, 1899, Venice, Italy, Realist, Watercolor
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Lower Austria in 1844, Rudolf Bernt was a painter and architect. He studied at the Vienna Technical University as an architect, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna unde...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x49.5 cm).
Signature and date...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Samuel Gillespie Prout (1822-1911) - Watercolour, Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite Belgium street scene in Ghent, featuring the imposing St Nicholas' Church surrounded by market stalls and bustling figures. Painted by the highly collectable English pai...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
IPSWICH SHANTIES
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ARTHUR WESLEY DOW (American 1857-1922)
IPSWICH SHANTIES ca. 1892
ink wash on paper, 13 7/8 x 11 inches (sheet). Signed lower left “Arthur W Dow”. Ex. co...
Category
1890s Tonalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache
Located in PARIS, FR
Neapolitan gouaches appeared in the eighteenth century when tourism in the Naples area was developing: the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii made this city a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy Europeans to complete their education.
Generally small in size for ease of transport and affordable in price, these gouaches were the ideal travel souvenir that these tourists of the early days were bringing back to capture the idyllic landscapes they had discovered during their journey and to share them with family and friends upon their return at home.
The Bay of Naples and the eruptions of Vesuvius are the favourite themes of these views. Here we have a view of the Ovo Castle, which was rebuilt on the island of Partenope, in the middle of the Bay of Naples and about a hundred metres from the shore by the Normans in the 12th century on antique ruins...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Landscape - Ink Drawing by Auguste Bigand - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Auguste Bigand (1803-1875).
Good condition included a green and white cardboard passpartout (50x65 cm).
Stamp Signed on the l...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
George Hodgson (1847-1921) - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Cottage Lane
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene by artist, George Hodgson, depicting a village lane with thatched cottage. A local farmer can be seen offering fresh milk from his pail to a young girl. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellow cardboard.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le H...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Farm Scene with Figures c. 1870 a watercolor by Irish artist working in the US
Located in Philadelphia, PA
John Faulkner
(Irish, c. 1830-1888, active United States c. 1870-80)
Farm Scene with Figures, c. 1870
Watercolor on paper, 20 x 28 inches (sight)
FRAMED: 31 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches
Sign...
Category
1870s Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Academic master drawing: Allegorical Scene artist in Musée d'Orsay
Located in Norwich, GB
A fascinating allegorical scene by French master Paul-Louis Delance (1848–1924), an artist known for the allegorical and history paintings. His grandfather was the Count Joseph van R...
Category
1870s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Seascape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature, dated on the lower right corner.
Reynol...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
“Portland Harbor in 1910”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the well known Maine artist Bill Paxton. The watercolor depicts what Portland harbor in Maine looked like in 1910 with sailing vessels of the era moored in the harbor. Signed lower right by the artist. Titled verso. Circa 1975. Condition is excellent and is finely matted and framed. The artwork is matted and framed in a thin gold leaf custom gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 17.5 by 21.75 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate.
William (Bill) Paxton 1930—2007
William Paxton, born August 5, 1930 in Lewiston, was one of Maine’s top selling artists. He had a passion for painting and from a young age he was known for his talents in sketching. Paxton captured many popular Maine scenes with watercolor, acrylic, and oils. His work also includes historical scenes he referenced in books from as early as the 1920’s, painting locomotives, aircraft, and war scenes. Paxton’s art is sold all over the world.
As a student at Bridgton Academy, he was featured in his yearbook. It states, “When artist Bill picks up his pen, we all stand at attention, for his remarks and pictures are certainly worth mention.” He wanted to pursue a career selling his art, but it was during the time of the Great Depression.
Also in his younger years, Paxton had an interest in skiing and won a medal for Second Highest Ski Jump. From there he went to flying and received a certification for Second-in-Command, to fly alongside the captain in a C-46F type of aircraft. He then joined the Air Force in the 40’s, although his passion and talents for art were constant throughout his life.
Paxton quickly became the front line military sketch...
Category
1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
“Near Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original pastel on archival paper by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas Brewerton. A Northern California scene near Mount Shasta. Signed lower left and dated 1876. Recently professionally matted and framed in new antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Condition is excellent. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector.
George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a black Marker Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little white paper.
No signature, dated on the l...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Paper
Village - Drawing by Nishimura Nantei - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Village is a Black Ink Drawing attributed to Nishimura Nantei in the Early 19th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Early 19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
James W. Milliken (1865-1945) - Watercolour, The Marketplace, Furnes Belgium
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful evening scene depicting a busy market place in Furness, Belgium. Women buy and sell produce from the quaint market stalls and a nun can be sc...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circle of Paul Marny (1829-1914) - 19th Century Watercolour, Hotel D'Allyon
By Paul Marny
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century architectural watercolour showing an impressive view of the Hotel Allyon in Spain. Bears signature to the lower left corner and the painting has been pre...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mountain
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Category
1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Attrib. Thomas Miles Richardson (1784-1848)- Watercolour, Passing at the Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
Attributed to Thomas Miles Richardson (1784-1848)- This wonderfully watercolour depicts a scene from the early 19th century, delicately painted with additional graphite details. In the centre of the scene sits all the action, with a mother carrying an infant passed the local farmer and bull at the village bridge...
Category
Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Marny (1829-1914) - 19th Century Watercolour, Nideck, Alsace
By Paul Marny
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th Century view of Nideck, Alsace in France. The artist has wonderfully captured the complex architecture and bustling nature of the town. The artist has signed to the l...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Signed Roman Religious Giordano Bruno Drawing Paper Painting 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
This small drawing (watercolors on paper 11.5 x 13 cm, with the painted wood frame 42 x 50 cm) is the draft of a painting depicting the martyrdom of Giordano Bruno...
Category
Mid-19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
James W. Milliken (1865-1945) - Watercolour, Market Place, Bethune France
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful depiction a a busting market place in the town square of Bethune, France. Crowds of women buy and sell produce from market stalls in their ap...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Ferns and Mushrooms', Art Students League, CCAC, San Francisco Art Association
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'L. Macouillard' for Louis Macouillard (American, 1913-1987) and painted circa 1975.
Louis Macouillard was born in San Francisco, CA on Sept. 8, 1913 of French descent and first graduated from Polytechnic High School and the CCAC (1934) before further study at the Art Students League in NYC. Returning to San Francisco, he became art director for the Velvetone Poster Company and maintained a studio on Hotaling Place. He began painting scenes of San Francisco in watercolor during the 1930's and also worked in mosaics and as a muralist. He exhibited with success including at the Oakland Art Gallery (later the Oakland Museum) 1934, and at the San Francisco Art Association (1935). During WWII, he served in the Navy in the South Pacific and produced many artworks of that area which were featured in a six-page spread and cover of the October 1943 issue of Life magazine. As well as fine art, his work included book illustrations and the designs for two U.S. postage stamps (Daniel Boone...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Cityscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a China Ink Drawing and Watercolor realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
No signature, titled and dated ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Street - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Street is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature, dated on the lower right corner.
Reynold ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Seascape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Kiev - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Kiev is a Watercolour and Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition and vivid colors on a sheet of a notebook.
No Signature, ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Watercolor, Paper
“View of Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original pastel on archival paper of Mount Shasta in Northern California by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas. Signed and dated 1874 lower right. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally matted and framed in a antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector.
George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Leningrad - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Leningrad is a Color Markers Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No signature, date...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
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...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an pen drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little white paper.
No signature, dated on the upper right corner..
Re...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
By Edward Nevil
Located in Riga, LV
Edward Nevil ( 1813 – 1901 )
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
William Woodhouse (1857-1939) - Framed 1889 Watercolour, Oxen in the Desert
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisite eastern watercolour depicts a native cattle farmer, leading his two haltered oxen to feed in a barren desert landscape. The painting has been signed and dated to the l...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
David Woodlock (1842-1929) - Framed Watercolour, Shelling Peas
By David Woodlock
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour by British artist David Woodlock (1842-1929), depicting a lady shelling peas in her kitchen garden. In the foreground a mother hen and inquisitive chicks can...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View of Constantinople
Located in Middletown, NY
A bright and beautiful Orientalist landscape by a master of the genre.
Watercolor and graphite on cream laid paper, laid down to archival board, 14 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (374 x 170 m...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Attrib. John Varley (1778-1842) - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Lakeside Cows
By John Varley
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a simple black frame. Signed. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sunset 1970, paper/watercolor., 20x24 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunset
1970, paper/watercolor., 20x24 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School ...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Caucasus 1969, paper/watercolor, 29x40.5
Located in Riga, LV
Caucasus
1969, paper/watercolor, 29x40.5
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School ...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Landscape 1970., paper/watercolor., 25x30.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1970., paper/watercolor., 25x30.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet S...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sunny day in the forest. 1977, cardboard, oil, 21.5x26 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunny day in the forest. 1977, cardboard, oil, 21.5x26 cm
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in di...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
John Edmund Buckley, Victorian scene of maidens under an oak tree
Located in Harkstead, GB
An enchanting scene of maidens conversing under the shade of an oak tree with lovely detailing and good strong colour.
John Edmund Buckley ( 1824-1876)
Maidens under an oak tree
Sig...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cityscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a Pencil and Watercolour Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Franc...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Paper
Landscape - Drawing by Paul Huet - 19th Century
By Paul Huet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a Pencil Drawing realized by Paul Huet.
Good condition included a grey cardboard passpartout (32.5x50 cm).
Stamp signed on the lower right corner.
Paul Huet (3 October 1803 – 8 January 1869) was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He studied under Gros and Guerin. He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington in the studio of Gros, where he studied irregularly from 1819 to 1822. Bonington's example influenced Huet to reject neoclassicism and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature. The British landscape paintings exhibited in the Salon of 1824 were a revelation to Huet, who said of Constable's work: "It was the first time perhaps that one felt the freshness, that one saw a luxuriant, verdant nature, without blackness, crudity or mannerism."[4] Huet's subsequent work combined emulation of the English style with inspiration derived from Dutch and Flemish old masters such as Rubens, Jacob van Ruisdael...
Category
19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Benjamin J. M. Donne (1831-1928) - Framed Watercolour, The Theatre of Marcellus
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful architectural study by British artist Benjamin J. M. Donne (1831-1928), depicting the magnificent theatre of Marcellus with peasant gathere...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape 1970, paper/watercolor., 30x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1970, paper/watercolor., 30x42 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet Scho...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bridge to Brooklyn #382
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Bridge to Brooklyn #382, watercolor, 10.5 x 14 inches (Framed size: 18 x 21 inches), $1,750
Waldo Midgley (1888-1986) had a fruitful career spanning eig...
Category
1970s Ashcan School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Landscape - Drawing in pencil on paper by Joseph Dumas Descules-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Landscape is a drawing in pencil and white lead on paper realized by Joseph Dumas Descules (1813-1885).
Applied on a Passepartout 30 x 41 cm, with a cutting at the top of the Pa...
Category
19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jean Baptiste Georges Gassies (1829-1919) - Watercolour, Stork by a River
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene of a stork standing by the river looking out over the woodland landscape. Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Follower of Myles Birket Foster RWS (1825-1899) - Watercolour, Children Fishing
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th century painting by a follower of the prolific Victorian watercolourist, Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899). In this endearing scene children are pictured together on the back of a makeshift sledge, pulled along by a patient ploughing horse...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beloretsk 1970., paper/watercolor, 20x28.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Beloretsk
1970., paper/watercolor, 20x28.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Adolphe Appian (1818-1898) Les Bords de l'Ain (Shores of Ain), signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Adolphe Appian (1818-1898)
Les Bords de l'Ain (Shores of Ain),
signed lower left
charcoal and white chalk on paper
36 x 45 cm
In quite good condition : foxings in the upper part (...
Category
1860s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
In the forest of Durlach - Quiet ripple in a secret place -
Located in Berlin, DE
Franz Xaver Graessel (1861 Oberasbach/Baden - 1948 Emmering). In the forest of Durlach. 1881. Pencil drawing, heightened with white, on grey-green paper. 33 x 41.7 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist himself: 'Franz Graessel. Durlach, 12 April 1881".
About the artwork
The drawing depicts a view of the woods which, as if sharpening the visual focus, remains diffuse at the edges and does not allow the viewer to locate himself in the picture. As a result, the landscape appears to be an apparition, but at the same time it is given real substance by the solidity of the massive arched bridge made of quarry stone. As the main motif of the painting, the bridge, which blends in with nature like an archaic relic, also acts as a visual guide, drawing attention to the white, raised waters of the stream and the surrounding vegetation. The diffusion of perception that takes place there, however, draws the eye back to the bridge and thus to the overall view. This movement initiating a constant alternation of diffusion and concretion, which is the specific tension of the painting that brings the landscape to life. The materialisation and dematerialisation, however, does not take place solely through the eye's wandering through the picture; it is simultaneously linked to the viewer's approach to and distance from the picture, which loses its richness of detail precisely in the close-up, only to reconfigure itself with increasing distance.
In this work, which dates from Graessel's studies in Karlsruhe, the artist reflects on the emergence of pictorial objectivity. Here, however, nature is more than a mere motif. The real connection between culture and nature is symbolically expressed by the choice of green paper.
The drawing is an impressive testimony to Graessel's mastery of the sprezzatura with which he skilfully applies the most abstract of strokes, which visibly merge towards the centre of the picture. The signature and the exact date prove that Graessel gave this work more than the character of a mere sketch.
About the artist
Franz Graessel grew up in an environment that was to nourish his later key motifs: his parents' house was a mill. After attending the Karlsruhe Academy of Art from 1878 to 1884, where he studied under Carl Hoff, Graessel continued his training at the Munich Academy from 1886 to 1890 as a pupil of Wilhelm von Lindenschmidt. Trained primarily in genre and portrait painting, he initially portrayed the life of Black Forest farmers. From 1894 he turned increasingly to animal painting, concentrating on the depiction of ducks and geese, which earned him the nickname 'Enten-Graessel'. Graessel's work thus parallels that of Alexander Koester...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Ruins by the Mountain
Located in Corsham, GB
Mountains shadow castle ruins in this fine mid-century watercolour. The peaceful scene has been beautifully presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with acanthus leaf mouldings and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
C. Rouse - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Busy Street with Cathedral
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating watercolour painting with gouache details, depicting a busy street scene with a cathedral in the background. Signed to the lower right-hand corner. There is an illegibl...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School, circa 1800 Georgian watercolor, The Sailor's return
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delightful rustic scene dating to circa 1800 with the sailor returning to his thankful wife and the domestic idyll of his country cottage. The harbour with sailing ships ferrying c...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Watercolor
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