Arthur Irwin Riley

'Coastal Breakers', Mid-century California, American Watercolor Society, CWS

Circa 1960

Signed lower right, "Johnston" and dated 1981. Bearing exhibition label from 17th Pacific Grove Annual Watercolor Competition. A vibrant Modernist watercolor brimming with color and compressed energy. Born in California on May 26, 1907, Lucille Johnston settled in Glendale in the 1930's. She exhibited widely including at the California Watercolor...

Watercolor landscape showing a view of a lake with grasses and trees growing at its edge and reflected in the water, with cloudy skies overhead. Signed lower left, "Marge Stevens" a...

Signed lower left, 'D. Badcock' for Douglas Badcock (New Zealander, 1922-2009) and painted circa 1948. Preferring to paint en plein-air, Douglas earned a reputation as one of New Ze...

Signed lower right, 'H. Booth' for Harold Booth (American, 1931-2007) and painted circa 1975. Harold Booth first studied art at the University of Missouri and obtained his M.A. degree at San Jose State University. For many years, he taught art in the California Bay Area and, upon his retirement, took took up painting full time. He was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards and his watercolors and murals can be found in the the Fremont Niles Library and several Bay Area historic homes. Booth exhibited widely and with success, including throughout the Bay area and west coast, and his teaching took him to Southern France and Mexico. Exhibitions: Main Street Gallery, Pleasanton, California Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, California Contemporary Arts Gallery, Berkeley, California Parks Gallery, San Jose, Califronia Ohlone Arts Gallery, Fremont, California Adobe Art...

Certification of Authenticity stamped verso; titled verso, 'San Anselmo' and dated 1956. Muriel Backman exhibited widely and with success from the 1930's ...

A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a semi-abstracted colorist background. Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Pr...

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Untitled (Cars), 1940, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right, 15 x 18 1/2 inches, ...

Signed and dated "Allen Tucker 1930" lower left. Artwork measures 14" x 11 ¾" and framed 19" x 16 ½" x 2 ¼". Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switzerlan...

John Whorf captures one of the thrilling moments of fishing in this watercolor – when the fish is on the line, but still trying to escape. One of the fastest fish in the world, marlin fishing...

We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain), which could pair well or make group sets if buyers so desired. Designed t...

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right Solman was a pivotal figure in the development of 20th century American art. He ...

Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x 14 inches. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1938. Signed...