Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Laurence Sisson
Tending the fields - Windmill - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper

late 20th Century

About the Item

Tending the fields - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Two figures bent over the field cast long shadows. A road splits the fields in two and leads the eye to a windmill on the horizon between several other farm buildings. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Copy of signed letter of authentication included. Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 10"H x 13"W Image size: 4.25"H x 7.19"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes with abstract and surrealist elements. Laurence Sisson spent 50 years living in both areas of the United States yet he notes the most influential place for his artistic development was the time he spent in Japan as a young man. Laurence Sisson was been a talented painter as a child and attended art classes at the Worcester Art museum in Massachusetts. Sisson painted professionally while in his early twenties though he had not decided to devote his life to art. While serving in the military during the United States occupation of Japan after War World II he was assigned to decorate the general's residence in Yokohama. This assignment forced him to learn all he could about the land and culture of Japan and by the time he left he was changed as an artist and man. Sisson describes this period of his painting as when he began "designing nature." His work appears to be a response to traditional Asian landscape painting, his Yankee sensibility and western art training at Yale summer school. His landscapes of both Maine and the southwest are inspired by real locations, but are in fact imaginary landscapes. Sisson was the youngest member of the Watercolor Society of America.
More From This SellerView All
  • Beachcomber with Clam Rake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
    By Laurence Sisson
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Beachcomber - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A lone figure walks a shoreline carrying a tool towards a line of trees stretching towards the water. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 10"H x 13"W Image size: 4.25"H x 7.19"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
    Category

    Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Permanent Marker

  • "Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
    Located in Soquel, CA
    "Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Serene mountain landscape by Margie Westcott (American, 1931-2018). The viewer stands...
    Category

    Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Watercolor

  • 1930's Milford, CT Landscape -- First Church of Christ Congregational
    Located in Soquel, CA
    1930's watercolor figurative landscape depicting the First Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut by J. Nolan of Providence, Rhode Island (American, 20th Century). S...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Laid Paper, Watercolor

  • Ships at the Harbor - Nautical Seascape with Seagulls in Charcoal on Paper
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Ships at the Harbor - Nautical Seascape in Charcoal on Paper Detailed and layered harbor scene by Maude Folmar Ramsey (American, 1908-1993). The viewer is looking out at the harbor, across the water from the docks, buildings, and ships. The pillars, buildings, and masts are jumbled together in a pleasing manner that is almost abstract. Despite the simplified shapes, this piece is full of detail. This piece is executed in a rectilinear style frequently seen in American mid-century modern compositions. Signed in the lower right corner "Maude Folmar" Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 25.25"H x 29.25"W Image size: 17"H x 21.5"W Maude Love (Folmar) Ramsey (American, 1908-1993) studied at the School of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the director of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum from 1968-1972. Ramsey was one of the charter members of the “Waterloo...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Charcoal

  • Rowboat Outing - Fall Landscape with Rowboats in Watercolor on Paper
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Rowboat Outing - Fall Landscape with Rowboats in Watercolor on Paper Serene lakeside landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Two birch trees with bright yellow leaves are gro...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Watercolor

  • Blue Mountain Landscape and the Boat Races Watercolor on paper Double-Sided Art
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Blue Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, Double-Sided Art A pastel watercolor landscape with a distant snow-capped mountain, by California artist, Lucile Marie Johnston (1907-1994, American). Double-sided watercolor with modernist sailboat image on back in primary colors. Signature, "Lucile Johnston '70" at the bottom left. Presented in a new cream mat with foam core backing. Mat size: 20"H x 24"W Paper size: 13.75"H x 18.5"W Born in Santa Rosa, California on May 26, 1907, Lucile Johnston settled in Glendale 1930-1939, later moving to Carmel and then Pacific Grove in Monterey County, California where she remained. she managed Marsh's Oriental Antiques Shop...
    Category

    20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Watercolor

You May Also Like
  • Mother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
    By John Costigan
    Located in Hudson, NY
    Painting measures 22" x 28" and framed 26" x 32" x 2" Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan NA 1952" lower left. About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by h...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Watercolor

  • 59th Street Bridge, Pennsylvania Impressionist Watercolor Cityscape
    By Walter Emerson Baum
    Located in Doylestown, PA
    "59th Street Bridge" is a 22" x 30" watercolor on paper cityscape of the Brooklyn Bridge and city skyline, painted by Pennsylvania Impressionist and...
    Category

    1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Watercolor, Archival Paper

  • "Milkweed Pod I #528" Original Charcoal Drawing
    By Sylvia Spicuzza
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a dark, subtle view of two milkweed pods, bursting forth with cotton. Examples like this show the ability of Spicuzza to draw in a naturalistic style, where most of her work is usually in a highly stylized, graphic mode. The richness and depth of the black charcoal makes for a moody image. 8 x 5 inches, artwork 18 x 14.5 inches, frame Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Charcoal

  • "Still Life with Fruit" original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
    By Sylvia Spicuzza
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a dark, subtle view of two apples, still clinging to their leaves. Examples like this show the ability of Spicuzza to draw i...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Charcoal, Paper

  • "Untitled 1, " Watercolor Painting
    Located in Denver, CO
    Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 1" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an urban landscape with human silhouettes.
    Category

    2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paper, Watercolor

  • Most Faithful Mirror
    By Natasha Isenhour
    Located in Denver, CO
    Clouds over horizon
    Category

    2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Pastel

Recently Viewed

View All