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Landscape Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Twilight at Öland Heath – Swedish Pastoral by Nils Kreuger
Located in Stockholm, SE
This tranquil view shows Öland’s rolling green heath at dusk, with grazing sheep and a lone windmill on the far horizon. The broad sky streaked with soft gold and blue underscores Kr...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Henry Moore - Late 19th Century British Marine Watercolour
By Henry Moore 1831-1895
Located in London, GB
HENRY MOORE, RA, RWS
(1831-1895)
Evening, East Coast
Signed and dated 1892; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label attached to the backboard
Watercolou...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mystic Louisiana Marsh Landscape in Blue Tones, Limited Edition Cyanotype Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Exquisite landscape of a "Mystic Louisiana Marsh".
Details:
+ Title: Mystic Louisiana Marsh
+ Year: 2025
+ Edition Size:...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
"Vacation City #3" Abstracted Cityscape Painting with Drawing Elements
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Vacation City #3" is an original artwork by Miriam Singer. The artist used a mix of acrylic, pencil, and marker on paper to create this artwork, which is a combination of painting a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Color ...
Costa Rica Beach Foam, Shoreline Seascape, Minimal Blue, Limited Edition Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a Sandy Shore with Foam.
Details:
+ Title: Sandy Shore with Foam
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped and Certificate of Aut...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Emulsion, Monotype, Paper
Jardin Exotique de Monaco Viewpoint Vintage French Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jardin Exotique de Monaco Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 16.75 x 12.75 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'La Cloture, Hiver', Monet, French Impressionist, Salon des Indépendents, Paris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Paulemile Pissarro' (French, 1884-1972) and created circa 1935; titled, verso, 'La Cloture en Hiver' (The Fence in Winter). Formerly in the collection of Katia Pi...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Scene with Boats and Greenery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Scene with Boats and Greenery
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 7 x 5.25 inches (He...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Venice Beach Seascape, Long Wave, Nautical Scene in Blue Tones, Limited Edition
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This beautiful cyanotype is titled "Long Wave in Venice Beach" and it shows an outstanding wave in one of the most iconic ...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Emulsion, Watercolor, Engraving, Etching, Monotype
Azure Clouds, Blue Tones Cyanotype Print Landscape, Contemporary Skyscape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Azure Clouds" is an cyanotype of the semi-abstract patterns of clouds in the sky, showing shades of blue.
Details:
+ Tit...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Bright Pine Trees Overlooking the Bright Blue Sea of Mont Boron, Nice Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mont Boron, Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
Titled verso
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Northern Vision in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisitely detailed drawing by Swedish artist Oscar Lycke captures a rustic settlement nestled in the golden highlands of northern Sweden, most likely depicting the traditional...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Amarillo By Morning - Desert Landscape Nature Painting on Handmade Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michaela Jean is an accomplished painter, devoted gardener, and mother from Southern California (USA). Her lifelong passion for art and nature began in childhood, inspired by her gra...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
Blue Mountains, New Mexico
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this luminous landscape study, Carl Oscar Borg captures the serene beauty of the New Mexican high desert, likely looking toward Mount Taylor, a sacred peak that rises above the su...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
David Cox Jr ARWS (1809-1885) - 1851 Watercolour, Bouloton Abbey
By David Cox
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of Boulton Abbey from a distant meadow. Signed and dated to the lower right below the mount. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
St. Ives Harbor, Cornwall, England — British Post-Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
An early 20th-century Hayley Lever watercolor depicting fishing boats docked at the St. Ives Harbor, Cornwall, England. A fine, spontaneous rendering on watercolor paper, with fresh ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
First Of Winter’s Snowfall On A Kentish Farm Framed Kent Landscape Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Rowland Hilder.
British ( b.1905 - d.1993 ).
The First Of Winter’s Snowfall On A Kentish Farm.
Watercolor On Paper.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 14.8 inches x 21.3 inches ( 37.5c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Crestone Peaks, Southern Colorado Field Sketch, 1910 Plein Air Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
This rare, original circa 1910 graphite drawing by renowned Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942) captures the dramatic beauty of Crestone Peak, one of Colora...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Fishing Boat
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract fishing boat by California artist Virginia Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004). Signed "Hughins" lower right. Unframed. 9.5"H x 11.5"L.
Hughins was a...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1930's French Impressionist Pretty Provencal Hill Top Village Blossom Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Blossom
French School, circa 1930's
signed watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
painting: 10.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
provenance: private collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need to introduce Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1988). Often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, her
work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Muscarelle Museum of Art, and The Phillips Collection. I am proud to present an original watercolour painting by the artist which dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a father who became the first African-American to earn a law degree from Suffolk Law School. Jones's parents encouraged her to draw and paint using watercolors during her childhood. She held her first solo exhibition at the age of seventeen in Martha's Vineyard.
He career began in the 1930s and she continued to produce art work until her death in 1998 at the age of 92. Her style shifted and evolved multiple times in response to influences in her life, especially her extensive travels. She felt that her greatest contribution to the art world was "proof of the talent of black artists". Her work echoes her pride in her African roots and American ancestry.
In 1937, Jones received a fellowship to study in Paris at the Académie Julian, bringing her to France for the first time. The French were appreciative of her paintings and talent and Loïs Mailou Jones was thrilled at the country’s racial tolerance, so different from her reality in the United States.
She summered in France annually from 1945 to 1953, sharing studio with her lifelong friend Celine Marie Tabary in Cabris, France.
It was during one of these sojourns that the lovely work presented here was created.
Our painting depicts the village of Tourettes sur Loup, just north of Nice, in the Provence Cote d'Azur region, about 14 miles from Cabris.
Please note its similarities with her painting "Arreau, Hautes-Pyrénées" in the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Her portrayal of the picturesque village nestled in a valley evokes landscape paintings by Paul Cézanne, a stylistic influence she acknowledged.
Over the course of the following 10 years, Jones exhibited at the Phillips Collection, Seattle Art Museum, National Academy of Design, the Barnett-Aden Gallery, Pennsylvania's Lincoln University, Howard University, galleries in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1952, the book Loïs Mailou Jones: Peintures 1937–1951 was published, reproducing more than one hundred of her art pieces completed in France.At the Barnett-Aden Gallery, Jones exhibited with a group of prominent black artists, such as Jacob Lawrence and Alma Thomas. These artists and others were known as the "Little Paris...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
“Rocky Mountain Meadow”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a Rocky Mountain Meadow by the well known American artist, Werner Drewes. Signed lower right. Titled and dated 1956 on verso of sheet. Con...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Miniature Landscape Called Birch Trees Reflected in a Stream by Oskar Bergman
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present this rare miniature landscape by the artist Oskar Bergman. Measuring just 5.5 x 4 cm, this exquisite piece comes with its original frame and gold passepar...
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Compelling Landscape of Morocco with Standing Shrouded Figure by Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, Mid-Century Modern Landscape of Morocco with Standing Shrouded Figure by Andre Delfau (Fr./Am. 1914-2000). Gouache on paper, dating circa 1948.
Artwork size: 5 x 2 3/...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Fields of Pink" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting of Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Fields of Pink" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with large trees and pink flowers.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artis...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Village Landscape Scene w/ Trees & Buggy, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Auguste-Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918)
Untitled Landscape, c. 1910
Watercolor
Signed lower right
14 x 16.5 inches
20 x 22.5 inches, framed
Auguste-Louis Lepère was a French painte...
Category
1910s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
Category
Early 1900s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
19th C. American Impressionist Gouache of Colorado Mountains in Spring
Located in Denver, CO
This original circa 1910s plein air field study by renowned Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams captures the serene beauty of the Rocky Mountains in a masterful display...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Park Pond with Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Park Fountain
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over c...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"Chimneys at Dusk", Small Pastel San Francisco Abstract Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Bay Area skyline against a pink sunset creates beautiful and soft geometries in this small pastel urban landscape by San Francisco artist Chris...
Category
1990s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Historic Toll Bridge at Bathampton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Historic Toll Bridge at Bathampton
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 3.75 inches (height) x 4.25 inches (width)
Condition: Very good and highly presentable
Provenance: From a large private collection of this artists work in Bristol, England.
Description:
This evocative watercolor by Jack Grunwell captures the Bathampton Toll Bridge, a charming historic landmark nestled along the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bath, England. Bathampton, a picturesque village, is known for its scenic waterways, Georgian heritage, and tranquil rural charm.
Grunwell’s use of warm golden hues for the tollhouse and the reflective shimmer of the water creates a sense of nostalgia and serenity. The architecture, with its distinctive red roof and Georgian-style windows, showcases the character of 18th and 19th-century buildings that once served as essential river crossings for travelers and traders.
Bathampton is steeped in history, with connections to Jane Austen, the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the grandeur of Bath’s Georgian architecture. This scene perfectly encapsulates the timeless beauty of the English countryside, making it an ideal piece for collectors who appreciate historic British landscapes, waterways, and heritage architecture.
Key Features:
Historical Significance: Depicts Bathampton’s Toll Bridge and historic tollhouse, an important local landmark.
Rich Color Palette: Warm ochres, deep greens, and soft blues create a beautifully balanced composition.
Architectural Charm: The traditional riverside building with Georgian influences adds to its period authenticity.
Tranquil Setting: A peaceful riverside view, ideal for lovers of English countryside art...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Surreal intimate scene, green and blue, boat and fashion magazine
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
March Sea - Small Detailed Seascape, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Frothy waves fill the foreground and meld into a turbulent sky in this small, intricate watercolor by artist Christina Haglid. She is able to achieve a detail rarely seen in waterco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Beverley Peter Meyers (1949-2016) - 1983 Pastel, The Mountain Peak
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study depicting mountain peaks in an expressive style. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame. Watermarked paper. On paper.
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sur la plage de Deauville - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Eugene Boudin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed watercolour on paper landscape circa 1865 by French impressionist painter Eugene Boudin. This work depicts an artist painting a portrait of an elegant couple on the beach at D...
Category
1860s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fishing Village, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Fishing Village, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Castle Overlooking Green Forest Village Watercolour Painting
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clinton Hill, Firenze (Florence, Italy), 1952, drawing, landscape/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images. This abstraction references Florence, Italy, where he studied in the early 1950s.
He lived in SoHo, New York, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"Summer" - nature, green, naturalism, oil painting, botanical
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 33 by 27 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism. Her work is often heavily...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Mid Century Modern Painting American interior table scape Framed Red Stripe B&W
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo
Still Life with Striped Wall
Acrylic on panel
Framed dimensions: 24 in. H × 26 in. W
Contemporary black frame
Dorothy Rivo’s Still Life with Striped Wall distills the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lull in Summer Rain
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York;
DC Moore Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Ireland, until 2012
Exhibitions
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield Paintings, 19...
Category
1910s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous gouache captures a majestic mountain vista, likely set in California’s Sierra Nevada (possibly Yosemite). Two broad granite peaks with sunlit faces dominate the backgro...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les Bateau Rouge et Jaune, Impressionist Pastel Drawing by Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Emile Pissarro, French (1884 - 1972)
Title: Les Bateau Rouge et Jaune
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Pastel on paper, signed lower right
Size: 10 x 11...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
19th Century Watercolour - Cattle by the Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral scene captures the rustic charm of a countryside landscape, with a weathered windmill as the focal point against a warm, hazy sky. The painting's composition skilfully ...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
J.L. Williams - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Post Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric watercolour painting with gouache details by the artist J.L. Williams. The scene depicts the famous Clapper bridge in Postbridge, a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in ...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sunlit Coastal Path in Monaco with Vibrant Cactus and Blooming Flowers Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Monaco Street Scene
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
inscribed verso
painting : 13 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Old Town - Original Vibrant Abstract Neighborhood Landscape Collage Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painte...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Antique Impressionist Painting "Spanish Peaks" Colorado Mountain Landscape 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive American Impressionist watercolor & gouache painting, "The Spanish Peaks" Colorado mountain landscape scene, by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942), circa 1900.
Thi...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Falaise d'Aval"
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), "Falaise d'Aval", Pastel on Paper, 1960, signed lower right, titled to verso, wood frame. Image: 30" H x 22" W; frame: 32" H x 24" ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Les lavandières au milieu des vaches
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Condition no retouching under UV light. Minor scratch lower center. Frame is original XIXth - medal plate Daubigny. Oil on wood panel.
In 1848, Charles-François received a second class medal for one of his paintings exhibited at the Salon. The first class medals go to Corot and Delacroix.
Then he received his first order from the State: an etching. A few years later, in 1852, when he was increasingly noticed at the Salon, the State bought two paintings from him. One of them, “La Moisson”, is now at the Musée d’Orsay.
Charles-François Daubigny then fortuitously met Corot, whom he only knew through his work, and the understanding was immediate although the latter was almost twenty years his senior.
In 1853 Charles-François and Marie-Sophie had their third child, Bernard.
Rewarded by numerous prizes and medals, Charles-François sees...
Category
1850s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Walter Anderson ( American, 1903 - 1965)
Hydrangeas, circa 1950
Mixed media on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Acquired from the estate of the above, 2021
Walter Anderson firmly believed that quality art was an important part of life and should be made available to everyone. As he said, "There should be simple, good decorations, to be sold at prices to rival the five-and-ten." Noticing that only poor quality art was available in stores and little was available for children, he resolved to make art which could be reproduced easily and sell inexpensively — linoleum block prints. This technique enabled him to provide affordable, quality art.
The technique of linoleum block printing is a simple concept; however, it requires much skill and talent to actually produce memorable art. Anderson purchased surplus "battleship linoleum," thicker than ordinary linoleum with a burlap backing for better support, to create his blocks. During the mid-1940s, he created almost 300 linocuts working in the attic of the sea-side plantation house, Oldfields, his wife's family home in Gautier. Masses of linoleum chips accumulated at the foot of the attic stairs as he often worked night and day. He began with sketching out a design directly on the linoleum. Once he had carved the image into the surface, he used the back of faded, surplus stock wallpaper that a friend sent him, laying long strips on top of the inked linoleum. A roller made of sewer pipe filled with sand served as his press. When the print was completed, he often colored it by hand with bold strokes and vivid colors. The prints were sold at Shearwater Pottery, the family business, for a mere dollar a foot.
But "what about a well-designed fairy tale for a child's room?" he asked himself. Since there was a lack of affordable art for children, much of his work with linoleum blocks focused on subjects for children. He depicted fables and fairy tales ranging from Arabian Nights, to Germany and the Grimm Brothers' Rapunzel, to the French story of The White Cat, to the Greek tales such as Europa and the Bull, and to tales from China, India, and other cultures. Anderson also created "mini" books featuring the alphabet and Robinson Cat. The blocks are not only alive with the story being depicted, but they are also filled with designs taken from Best-Maugard's Method for Creative Design. Swirls, half-circles and zig-zag lines fill every available space on the linoleum block making them come alive and capture their audience.
But fairy tales, children's verses and the "mini" books, consisting of about 90 blocks, were not the sole subject of Anderson's linoleum block prints. In total, he created approximately 300 linoleum blocks with subjects ranging from coastal flora and fauna, coastal animals, and sports and other coastal activities. Anderson even created linoleum blocks to be used to print tablecloths and clothing, some worn by his own children. Color and subjects of the linoleum block prints were not the only things that got them noticed.
In 1945 when Anderson was creating these prints, the standard size of linoleum block prints was only 12 by 18 inches. These small dimensions were due to the common size of the paper available and the restrictions made by national competitions. Since Anderson used wallpaper...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Fine Antique French Impressionist Fishing Boats Anchored at Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: Sunset at Sea
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card,...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Clinton Hill, Paris, Oct., 1951 (France), mid-century abstract gouache drawing
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images.
He lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor.
Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Red Landscape, Original Drawing on Paper , One of a kind Large size
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
Mineral Oxide on Paper
(Canson Paper Montval 300gr)
70x100 cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pigment
A Colorful, Door County, Wis. Harbor Scene by Noted Chicago Artist Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Vibrant, Mid-Century Modern Great Lakes Harbor Scene by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This charming watercolor, completed in the early 1950's, depicts a wonderfu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ballet Folklorico Festival, Pastel Drawing by Kamil Kubik
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ballet Folklorico Festival - San Antonio, TX by Kamil Kubik, Czech/American (1930–2011)
Pastel on Paper, signed l.r.
Size: 19.5 x 25.5 in. (49.53 x 64.77 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Set of Four Architectural Engravings Ancient Greek Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Four Architectural Drawings
each drawing : 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Description: This set of four engravings show...
Category
19th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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Landscape drawings and watercolors show the world through the lenses of different cultures and perspectives. They were also incredibly important for displaying natural scenes before the invention of photography.
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Watercolor landscapes have a rich history dating back to ancient China, where they dominated painting genres by the late Tang dynasty. Ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and by the Renaissance, watercolors had made their way to the West and into European culture, becoming a staple of decorative art.
It wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that watercolor paints became more widely available and embedded in fine arts. Despite their broad distribution today, some artists have chosen to revive the old craft of preparing their own watercolor pigments, paying homage to the medium’s roots.
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