Paul J. Samuel

'Tropical Breeze, Madagascar' American School watercolor

1979

Signed lower right, 'Michael Schlichting' (American, born 1954) and painted circa 1980. A substantial watercolor and gouache collage showing the turbulent breaking of a wave as it approaches a rocky shoreline. A dramatic and animated work by this signature member of the American Watercolor Society and Vice-President of the National Watercolor Society...

Watercolor landscape showing a view of a tranquil Florida cove with sailboats at rest in the sand, and a man and young boy wearing vermilion shirts approaching the shoreline in the s...

Signed lower left, 'N. Olugemi Legall' for Neville Olugemi Legall (Barbadian, 20th century) and dated 1987. Neville Legall first attended the historic Alleyne School in Belleplaine and continued his formal studies at the Barbados Community College. He later participated in the Detroit Jazz Centre Artistic Exchange Programme where he studied with Harold Neal and Andrew Manier. A regular winner of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), Legall has exhibited widely and with success and has been the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards including the 'Spirit of Detroit' prize and a 'Best in Show, Architecture Award'. He has also served as President of the Barbados Art...

Signed lower right, "Robert Landry" (American, 1921-1999) and painted circa 1965. Watercolor seascape showing a view of a rocky inlet with sailboats on the ocean. Robert Landry attended high school on the East Coast then went into the service during World War II. After the war, he studied art in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis on the G.I. Bill. This led to work as a commercial illustrator for the United States Air Force Graphic Arts Division at the Pentagon, and as an art director for the Federal Aviation Agency and Convair Astronautics. After the late 1940s, he began a serious painting career and started exhibiting fine art watercolors...

Bright and airy watercolor of a figure in a small tropical village by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displaye...

Maurice Genis Tropical Dream Original watercolor, gouache and ink painting Handsigned in ink On paper, 33 x 26,5 cm (c. 12,9 x 10,4 inch) Excellent condition

Delightful watercolor of a Madagascar African fishing village by Stéphane Magnard, resident artist to the former French colony from 1950 to 1953. Original artwork on paper displa...

Vibrant and inviting watercolor of a busy city scene in Madagascar by French artist Stéphane Magnard, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bor...