Ben Norris

Manoa Rainforest XXXVI: Forest Clearing 7

2001

Titled lower center: "Garden of Estombar, Algarve, Portugal"; signed and dated lower right: "Jason Berger 1988". From the estate of the artist.

Ben Norris’ vibrant landscapes teem with creeping vines, tropical flowers, and encroaching vegetation. His watercolors and paintings of tranquil gardens and lush rainforests transpor...

Florence Vincent Robinson, American (1874-1937), Garden with Fountain. Born in the Boston area in 1874, Florence Robinson was known for her vibrant watercolors depicting people, landscapes, and cities. The artist settled in Paris around 1890 and studied with Pierre Vignal, Henri Harpignies, Dagnan Bouveret, and James Abbott McNeil Whistler...

Signed and dated lower right: "(c) Norris '91". From the Estate of the Artist.

Signed lower right: "A. Lebourg".

This watercolor by Charles Demetropoulos depicts a classical French Academic-style building which was designed in 1862 by architect William G. Preston as the new home of the Boston Society for Natural History, which had been founded in 1830. In the 1860’s, many of Boston’s cultural institutions relocated here to the Back Bay, the elegant residential district being built on the tidal marshes behind the city. When the museum moved here in 1863, the new building dominated the western edge of the landfill. The classical design reflected its role as a “temple of learning.” The building was later renovated into a women’s retail store known as Bonwit Teller and later became home to Louis Boston...

Recto: ‘Cubist City Scene’ Verso: ‘Pineapple Still Life’ by Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper 14 ¼ x 27 ½ inches unfr...

Wiltshire , ' Winter Light', Salisbury Plain . Modernist/ traditional watercolor works by Andrew Gradwell. Gradwell generally paints on a large scale canvas in oils. . These studie...

'Amalfi, Italy'. Mixed media on paper . circa 2005. painting 41cm x 54cm glazed frame 62cmx 82cm Atmospheric view of the seafront topography and buildings of the famous coastal town...

This is a rare watercolor by Mykola Krychevsky - his first impressions when he arrived to New York in 1955. It is possible that this is the skyline he saw from Empire State Building....

A beautiful watercolor depicting Saint-Germain-des-Prés by Mykola Krychevsky. It is in excellent condition, in original frame.

(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan) Watercolor on paper, 14 x 21 inches unframed sheet, 24 x 30 inches framed, signed and dated lower right About the Artist: Born in 1909, Tom E. Lewis studied architecture at the University of Southern California. Beyond that training, Lewis was largely self-taught as an artist. He began watercolor painting during the late 1920s and focused on scenes of California. Lewis was an active organizer of the arts and exhibitor and aided the formation of the Progressive Painters of Southern California. Prior to World War II, the Treasury Section of Fine Arts awarded two commissions to Lewis, the first completed in 1938 for the Hayward California Post Office and the second completed in 1941 for the El Dorado County California District Attorney’s Office...