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West Gouldsboro (Looking Across Mt. Desert Narrows)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
West Gouldsboro (Looking Across Mt. Desert Narrows) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches Regarding the Maine subject matter of her watercolors, we know that Allen taught art in West Gouldsboro, ME, located near Arcadia National Forest. This watercolor was most probably done in that vicinity. A local Maine newsletter mentions “the artist Greta Allen’s house” as artist residing in West Gouldsboro, Maine in a house formerly owned by James Hill. West Gouldsboro is located just east of the Mt. Desert Narrows, across Frenchman Bay from Mt. Desert Island and Arcadia National Park. Please see attached images for detailed information about the artist's life and time in Maine. Greta Allen, who is sometimes listed under her married name Dietz, was born in Boston in 1881. At the Massachusetts Normal Art School she took elementary lessons from Joseph R. DeCamp, then Frank Benson was her teacher at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although her work seems to be only in private collections today, Allen exhibited at the Boston Art Club, at the Copley Society...
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Horace Tuck (1876-1951) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Mid-Wales Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming landscape scene of rural Mid-Wales depicting the rolling hills against a cloudy sky. Signed to the lower right. On wove laid to card .
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Valley 1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Valley 1969, paper, watercolor, 18x31 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cour...
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1960s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Joseph Kirkpatrick (1872-1936) - 1893 Watercolour, Spring Time, Conway Valley
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful springtime scene depicting two figures making their way up a country path. Signed and dated to the lower left. Inscribed on the slip. Presented in an ornate leaf and ber...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Hillside Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully idyllic watercolour with pen and ink detail. The artist has captured a small farm on a hill, with cattle resting in the grassy meadows before the cottage. Very well pre...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Oscar Andreae: Kiosk on the Bosphorus drawing 1866
Located in London, GB
This is from a series of Andreae's sketches of European tourist destinations from the 1860s, to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all...
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1860s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

J. Johnson - 1863 Watercolour, Stepping Stones
Located in Corsham, GB
An idyllic rural landscape depicting a mother having just carried her child across the stepping stones on the nearby river. Presented on a cream mount with watercolour detailing and ...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

VFD 1, watercolor, California, Industrial building, architecture, fire training
Located in Riverdale, NY
VFD #1 is a watercolor painting of a California industrial site where fire training drills take place. It is 11x8 unframed. Ferdinanda Florence was born in Washington, DC, and grew...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century c. 1930s
Located in New York, NY
American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Oil Terminal Lamp Magazine, published, c. 1930s. 15 3/4 X 12 inches (image) 18 X 14 inches board Gouache on board Signed lower right unframed BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Zebra and Eggs
Located in Bozeman, MT
Adonna Khare is an America Artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California State University Long Beach. Her work has be...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

David Thomas - 1998 Watercolour, Summer In The Hills
Located in Corsham, GB
A continental landscape in watercolour showing a church, hidden away in the greenery of lush hills. The artist has signed and dated to the lower left corne...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Iris VIII, original work, floral art, contemporary, original drawing, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Ellen Williams Iris VIII Original Drawing Coloured Pencil on A4 150gsm Paper Image Size: H 29.7cm x W 21cm Signed Sold Unframed This drawing is one in a series of botanical...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

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Pencil

Claude Muncaster HMS Ganges from a Naval Helicopter 1956 maritime art watercolor
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Munca...
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Rev. Joseph Arkwright - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Country Ravine
Located in Corsham, GB
An imposing landscape in watercolour showing a river running through a rocky ravine, with meadow either side. The painting has been presented in a gilt frame with beaded strap work a...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

La place du Tertre
Located in Paris, FR
Frank Will 1900-1951 French La Place du Tertre Watercolor on vellum paper Signed lower right and titled lower left Paper: 19 1/2" high x 24" wide Fr...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Vellum

John Shapland (1865-1929) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Mountain Range
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic mountain landscape with sheep grazing in the foreground. Presented in a blue mount with gold detailing and a gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower-right corner. On waterc...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

J.W. Oddie (fl.1882-1886) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Herding Sheep
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Signed. On watercolour paper.
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Attrib. Alexander Coutts Fraser (1868-1939) - Watercolour, Cool Dawn
Located in Corsham, GB
A landscape beside a cottage on a cool morning. Two figures can be seen walking along a path in the background. Presented glazed in a cream mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden ...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Attrib. Alexander Coutts Fraser (1868-1939) - Watercolour, Lakeside Town
Located in Corsham, GB
A view of a lakeside town in the mountains, possibly painted on the artist's tours of France and Italy in the 1890s. Presented glazed in a beige mount a...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Osmond Hick Bissell ARWA PS - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Mountainous Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel drawing by the English artist Osmond Hick Bissell. The scene depicts a mountainous landscape view. Signed to the lower right-hand corner and inscribed to the lower ...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Morning 1965, paper/watercolor, 15x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning 1965, paper/watercolor, 15x21 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cour...
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1960s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Peri Taylor, Racing Yawls, Salcombe, Sailing Art, Affordable Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Peri Taylor Racing Yawls, Salcombe Watercolour and Ink on Paper Size: H 39cm x W 49cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

'Venice', French Impressionist, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Venetian Vedute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Bonnaure' for Alain Bonnaure (French, born 1941) and painted circa 1995. When he was a young artist, Alain Bonnaure's work was purchased by the renowned French p...
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1990s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache, Laid Paper

In the heyday of summer. 1988, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x63, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the heyday of summer. 1988, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x63,5 cm Summer landscape with blooming meadow Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional educatio...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Where Eagles Dare - Modern Atmospheric Mountains Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Winter landscape 1965, paper/watercolor., 20.5x27.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter landscape 1965, paper/watercolor., 20.5x27.5 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many...
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1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

America's Cup - 1967. Wing Mark, Intrepid and Dame Pattie.
Located in New York, NY
AMERICA'S CUP - 1967. WING MARK. INTREPID - DAME PATTIE [AUS]. This Joseph Webster Golinkin watercolor of the 1967 America's Cup depicts the...
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1960s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Salzburger Berge
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Jurmala 1965, paper/watercolor, 19.5x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jurmala 1965, paper/watercolor, 19.5x35.5 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military courses. In 1933 he graduated from the Arts Academy of Latvia, Graphic workshop under the guidance of R. Zarins. He participated in the exhibition since 1924. He painted mostly military themes. And also painted landscapes and compositions with oriental motives in watercolors technique. He drew sketches for the plates painting to porcelain factory of Kuznetsova and faience factory. One of the first drawer of Latvian journeyman army in 1922. He i san author of Viesturs Order sign...
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1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Beautiful day at the Sea. 2018. Paper, watercolor, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Beautiful day at the Sea. 2018. Paper, watercolor, 21x30 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections i...
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2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Leicester Square, London, Max Panks, Original Watercolour Painting Cityscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Leicester Square, London By Max Panks [2021] original Watercolour on Paper Image size: H:24.5 cm x W:16.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:29 cm x W:1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Fear Not; Only Believe" Watercolor & Gouache on paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fear Not; Only Believe" is an original watercolor and gouache painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts two people walking through...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Plage Normande (Normandy Beach)
Located in Chicago, IL
Studio stamp of Gromaire, lower center Provenance: Atelier of the artist Notes: A typical Normandy beach scene, perhaps near Deauville or Trouville.
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1920s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Crash Course, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Crash Course, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. This modern impressionist seascape features a square co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

A Striking 1960s Mid-Century Modern City Rooftops View, Painted from a City Bus
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of European City Rooftops, Painted from a City Bus. Rudolph Pen was fond of these innovative city rooftop compositions completed whil...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor, Board

untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert) Watercolor, 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Cond...
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Woodes Rogers Expedition 1708 Naval Historical Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Woodes Rogers Expedition 1708 Naval Historical Watercolour Painting by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 2.5 ...
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20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Avignon Watercolor of Pont Saint-Bénézet and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Avignon Watercolor of Pont Saint-Bénézet and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper Size: 11.25...
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Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen

Autumn Cotilion - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. My particular favorites are the Tanchos which can be identified by the distinct red spot on their heads. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman dating back the mid 1800's. I then tint the images using watercolor. In each piece I hope to translate a sense of movement to give the viewer a sense of calm one might experience watching the living versions lazily meandering around a serene pond. —Jeff Conroy Several koi swim in a circle while autumn leaves fall on the surface of the water in this Gyo-tako method of painting by artist Jeff Conroy. After inking and taking impressions of the koi, the artist then uses watercolors to enhance their beauty. By using marbled mulberry paper to print on, he has created the illusion of water with the swirls of the mulberry paper. The paper itself has a soft hue and slightly wavy texture adding the overall feel of the artwork. This artwork is unframed. Contact gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Autumn Cotillion sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 25h x 37w in 63.50h x 93.98w cm JEC103 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression. It is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Gyotaku is a Japanese method of printmaking that traditionally utilizes fish, sea creatures or similar subjects as printing "plates" in its process. The literal translation of the word is "fish stone rubbing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper

France 19th century, A Set of 5 drawings, landscapes and farms, Ink wash
Located in Paris, FR
France middle of 19th century A set of 5 drawings Landscapes, farms and ruins Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper, Black ink and black ink wash on paper Dimensions vary : A big fa...
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1840s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

7-28-22, Impressionist, abstracted landscape drawing with colored pencil
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield brings her magical abstracted landscapes to a new medium in her recent colored pencil drawings. Loose, delicate lines scramble over one another, bringing a diffuse, ...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Sails II, 2020. Paper, watercolor, 23 x 14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, Sweden, Australi...
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2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Pizza Shark 2 v 2
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
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2010s Conceptual Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Tempera, Permanent Marker

Eve Nethercott, "Fall", New England Landscape
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fall (P6.8) Eve Nethercott American (1925–2015) Date: 1951 Watercolor on Paper Size: 18 x 22 in. (45.72 x 55.88 cm)
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sails I, 2020. Paper, watercolor, 24 x 18, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, Sweden, Australia and Germany. He is a member ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Watercolor of the Oak Tree by Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Landscape watercolor by Allen Tucker of an oak tree. This piece, along with several others, was gifted to Una Brage, a friend of the artist in the 1930s. More about this artist: Allen Tucker, was an architect and painter so influenced by Vincent Van Gogh that he was called "Vincent in America". (Gerdts 291) Robert Henri and Maurice Prendergast were also credited as having an influence on Tucker's brushwork and compositions, the latter decisively. However, as his painting evolved, he did not fit into any tidy slot for description and was known as an individualist not easily categorized in American art history. Tucker was born in Brooklyn in 1866 and graduated from the School of Mines of Columbia University with a degree in architecture and took a job as an architectural draftsman in the architectural firm of McIvaine and Tucker, his fathers business. During that time, he studied painting at the Art Students League with Impressionist John H. Twachtman, but it was not until around 1904, when he was 38, that Tucker became a full-time painter, leaving architecture behind. Many of his early canvases were classically Impressionistic with poplar trees resembling those of Van Gogh and haystacks and corn shocks...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

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Paper, Watercolor

Clouds Above the High Desert - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Clouds Above the High Desert - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Giant cumulous clouds...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Saving Grace, Original Contemporary Impressionist Pastel Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Saving Grace, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020 12" x 16" (HxW) Pastel on Paper A pastural landscape is depicted with soft strokes of pastel in shades of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Provence Watercolor of Old Stone Houses and Archway in Bonnieux
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Watercolor of Old Stone Houses and Archway in Bonnieux by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper Size: 12.25 x 1...
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Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen

Twilight on the river. 2019. Watercolor, paper, 46, 5 x 30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Twilight on the river. Watercolor, paper, 46,5 x 30 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in La...
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2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Reflections On St. Martin's Ln, Charing Cross, London, Max Panks, Original, Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Reflections on St. Martin’s Ln, Charing Cross, London By Max Panks [2021] original Watercolour on Paper Image size: H:24.5 cm x W:16.5 cm Complete Size of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Watercolor

New York Street Movement and Figure - Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
This work by John Marin depicts an image of lower Manhattan which was Marin's more iconic subject matter. The work has a stellar provenance as well. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries Richard York Gallery ACA Galleries...
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1920s American Modern Mixed Media

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Crayon

Norwegian Pine Grove - The inner glow of the trees -
Located in Berlin, DE
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Noel Leaver Original Watercolor, circa 1920's, Orientalist Subject
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Watercolor by British artist Noel Leaver (1889-1951). Beautiful Orientalist subject in excellent condition - framed. Measures: 11" H x 15" W. Frame: 19 3/4...
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1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1930, this abstract yet representational biomorphic charcoal work by African American Artist Charles Henry Alston prefigures his ...
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1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Evening 1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening 1960, paper/watercolor, 14x18.5 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military c...
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1960s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Lake 1 (kayak), post-impressionistic landscape drawing
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield finds the consummate marriage of medium and subject in her latest enchanted landscapes. She narrows her focus to lake scenes, creating an almost palindrome-like comp...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Synthetic Paper, Color Pencil

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