1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
to
31
93
37
23
7
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
80
967
5,159
1,880
96
87
161
234
237
372
367
280
237
235
60
34
34
27
5
2
1
1
111
48
2
67
35
31
27
23
16
15
15
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
6
5
5
5
112
111
63
33
20
12
4
4
3
3
91
13
100
61
Period: 1920s
L'eglise de Mézy-Moulins, Pastel 19thC French Landscape, Signed and dated 1921
Located in London, GB
Pastel on mounted canvas, signed and dated '1921' lower right
Image size: 20 x 24 inches (51 x 61 cm)
Original gilt frame
This scene depicts the church of Mézy-Moulins in Northern ...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Laid Paper
Scène de rivière, près de Lyons-la-Forêt by Paulémile Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Scène de rivière, près de Lyons-la-Forêt by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Watercolour and crayon on paper
31.5 x 48.3 cm (12 ³/₈ x 19 inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile - Pissarro...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
"Lion on the move", 19th Century watercolour by German painter Wilhelm Kuhnert
Located in Madrid, ES
WILHELM KUHNERT
German, 1865 - 1926
LION ON THE MOVE
signed "Wilh. Kuhnert" (lower left)
Watercolour on cardboard
6-1/2 X 10-1/2 inches (16.5 X 26.5 cm.)
framed: 14-1/4 X 17-3/4 inches (35.8X 44.8 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Munich, Germany
Private Spanish Collection, Madrid
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (September 18, 1865 – February 11...
Category
Naturalistic 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Les Andelys by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour and Ink on Paper Painting
Located in London, GB
Les Andelys by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952)
Watercolour and ink on paper
28 x 38 cm (11 x 15 inches)
Inscribed, dated and signed lower left, Les Andelys 1927 Ludovic Rodo
Thi...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Fenway Park, Boston' — New England Post-Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hailey Lever 'Fenway Park, Boston', watercolor, c. 1920. Signed and titled in pencil, lower left. A fine, spontaneous work, with fresh, undiminished colors...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Attributed to Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) A Provence landscape, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
A Provence landscape,
watercolor on paper
24 x 32 cm (view)
In a modern frame : 45 x 55.5 cm
When unframed it appears the work is larger (...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Honfleur
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Frank Myers Boggs dit Frank BOGGS (1855 – 1926)
Honfleur, 1921
Aquarelle et pastel sur papier
Dimensions de l'aquarelle : 39 x 25 cm
Signée et datée en bas à gauche
En parfait éta...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
CASTLE ROCK - SANTA MONICA, CA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HILL McKAY (1875-1941)
ARCH ROCK - SANTA MONICA, CA c. 1925-30
Watercolor, signed lower right. Sheet 14 x 18 inches.. Additional full sheet study on verso.. Generally good c...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Broads, 20th Century Original British Transport Poster
Located in London, GB
Pastel and watercolour, signed lower right
Image size: 24 ½ x 19 ½ inches (62 x 49.5 cm)
Art deco style hand made frame
Transport posters of the past created some of the most visua...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Antique Drawing "View from the Charles Riverin Boston"1927
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5125 Antique charcoal drawing of a landscape as viewed from the Charles River in Boston from 1827
Signed J.G.Berry
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cliffs near Paramé, France, c. 1926-7
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
11 x 14.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, c. 1926
Watercolor on board
Signed lower right
21.75 x 28 inches
30.5 x 36.5 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Joseph Arthur Powell - A Sussex Farm - Early 20th Century British watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL
(1876-1961)
A Sussex Farm
Watercolour
Unframed
28 by 38 cm., 11 by 15 in.
(mount size 41 by 50 cm., 16 by 19 ¾ in.)
Born in London he was the son of the succ...
Category
Realist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century, Cleveland
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, c. 1929
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
13.75 x 20 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chicago Skyline
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
c. 1929/30
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 14 1/8"
Mat: 15 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
Brookdale, New Jersey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brookdale, New Jersey
Graphite on paper, 1922
Signed with the artist's initials l.l., and dated 1922 (see photo)
Annotated "Brookdale" front and back of sheet
Condition: Excellent
Ar...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
A 1921 Watercolor on Paper Landscape of Lake Forest, IL by Louis H. Reiss
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1921 Watercolor on Paper late summer landscape of Lake Forest, IL in its original frame by Louis H. Reiss. Image size: 11 1/2" x 22 1/2". Framed size: 21 1/4" x 32".
Reiss was...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Watercolor Painting - Bay of Cannes
By Gaston Coursaget
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful watercolor and pencil painting of sailboats in the bay of Cannes by French artist Gaston Coursaget, 1927. Signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a wh...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Vintage French Pen & ink Drawing - French Courtyard
Located in Houston, TX
Playful pen and ink line drawing of a small garden courtyard by artist Jean Charles Lauthe, circa 1930.
Original artwork on paper displayed o...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, by Charles Burchfield, circa 1925
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield, 1893-1967
Wallpaper Design No.2, 1922-28
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 20 inches
20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Pencil Drawing of Tree
Located in Houston, TX
French pencil drawing of tree, circa 1920. The artist's perspective lends a sense of upward movement to this piece, as the tree's branches seem t...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Vintage Italian Watercolor Landscape - Tuscan Coast
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional watercolor painting of a sunlit scene of the inviting Tuscany coast, circa 1930. Unsigned.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold b...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Summertime”
Located in Southampton, NY
Great example of the the artistic excellence of William J. Kayla and his mastery of the watercolor. Circa 1925. Signed lower left. Condition is very go...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Watercolor Antiquities Ruins
Located in Houston, TX
Pleasing watercolor of antiquities ruins, circa 1920. Artist unknown.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-sized frame. Archiva...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The "Hair Pin" Road, and Studies of a Well Head and Candleholder, Capri
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Annotated with title under the landscape
Provenance:
James Bakker, Boston
James Bergquist, Boston
Two images on one sheet: horizontal "Hair Pin" Road; vertical: studies
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Roman Remains : Bridge in Provence - Original Ink Drawing, Signed
By André Lhote
Located in Paris, IDF
André LHOTE (1885-1962)
Roman Remains : Bridge in Provence (Le Pont du Gard), c. 1925
Original Indian ink drawing
Signed in the bottom right corner
On paper 16 x 26 cm at sight
Pre...
Category
Cubist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Charentonneau
By M. Balastié
Located in Houston, TX
Serene watercolor of a figure headed down a winding path leading to a small farmstead in the distance by M. Balastié, 1925. Titled, "Charentonneau", dated and signed lower...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"The Winding Road"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed pastel on paper by John Fabian Carlson. Signed lower right and mostly likely done in the 1930's...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Stevedores, Ohio River, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Stevedores, Ohio River, c. 1920
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
21.5 x 29. 5 inches
"The trip Otto Ege and I made from Pittsburgh to Marietta by riverboat and then by train to Mammoth Cave, was the next high spot in my artistic explorations. We saw something of the Old Southern river life on the way - the roustabouts, the showboat and river town life at Point Pleasant, and then to the sombre tonal mysteries of the Cave. These sights added much to my pictorial vocabulary..." - Frank Wilcox
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1920s Big Sur "Coastal Scene"- "John O'Shea and Friends" Exhibition, 1993
By John O'Shea
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century watercolor seascape of the Carmel coast by California artist John O'Shea (American, 1876-1956), c.1940s. Signed "John O'Shea" lower left corner. Exhibition label on verso from 1993 Carmel Art Association Exhibition, John O'Shea and Friends, with artist name and title "Coastal Scene". Displayed in custom giltwood frame. Image, 18.50"L x 24"W.
Provenance: John O'Shea estate; Gerry Byrne Collection; Steven Hawk Gallery Collection; Robert Azensky Fine Art Collection.
This piece is listed in the 1993 exhibition catalog, "John O'Shea and Friends" (not pictured) and will be included gratis in purchase. (A note about the catalog: there is a typo in the catalog which in error states the size of the piece is 16" x 20").
Artist Bio:
John O’Shea was born in Ireland and immigrated to New York at the age of 16 where he studied at the Adelphi Academy and the Art Students League. O’Shea moved to the Monterey Peninsula circa 1917 where he was busy in the local art community, serving as the President of the Carmel Art Association. O'Shea was a versatile artist painting in oil, watercolor and charcoal, his bold, vibrant paintings...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Roger VAN GINDERTAEL. Paris street view. Charcoal drawing. Signed / dated 1928.
By Roger Van Gindertaal
Located in Paris, FR
Paris street view. Charcoal drawing. Signed and dated 1928.
This drawing is from the best period of this interesting artist.
Roger van Gindertael was a...
Category
Expressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
“A Norman Peasant’s Home”
Located in Southampton, NY
"A Norman Peasant's Home," (Near Caudebec -en-Caux, Seine, France); and also identified as, "Peasant's Doorway." by Hezekiah Anthony Dyer. This area would be considered Normandy hence the title. Watercolor and gouache on archival paper. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Included with the purchase is dated 1925 correspondence between the artist and purchaser of the painting with apologies from the artist for the painting not being shipped from Newport on time. Recently professionally custom double matted and framed under glass. Overall framed measurements are 19.25 by 15.5 inches. Provenance: Rhode Island collector.
H. A. Dyer
1872 - 1943 Historical Rhode Island artist Hezekiah Anthony Dyer, son of Elisha and Nancy Anthony Dyer , was born into a prominent Rhode Island family, having both his grandfather and father serve as governor of the state. A descendent of the Hoppin family, known for their own artistic inclination, Dyer inherited both an interest in the arts as well as his father’s interest in public affairs. He fulfilled his destiny by becoming a notable figure in Rhode Island politics and public service as well as an accomplished artist.
Dyer attended boarding school at St. Paul’s Church in Concord, New Hampshire and then went on to attend Brown University. Following his graduation from Brown in 1894, Dyer became serious about pursuing an art career and made the decision to travel abroad to Holland, Italy and France where he focused on refining his watercolor technique. Following his initial trip to Europe, Dyer returned to Providence and attended classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. By 1919 he received an Honorary Masters of Arts Degree from Brown University.
Throughout his life, Dyer traveled to Europe for several months of each year to paint. He had a particular affinity for European seascapes and landscapes, as well as for picturesque scenes of old European villages. Dyer’s travels took him throughout the continent including Belgium, Brittany, Normandy, England and both the Swiss and Italian Alpine regions. Hezekiah was heavily influenced by the English School of painting, and in the early years of his career as a painter, worked exclusively in a deliberately realistic style. During this time, Dyer also began showcasing his paintings in exhibits that consisted of only his own work and which were very successful. As his painting progressed, Dyer allowed himself to experiment more in the field of watercolor. He developed a technique of painting on grey or tan paper and would paint everything lighter than the paper using an opaque gouache, and everything darker than the paper in transparent washes of color. This technique allowed Dyer to represent a great deal of detail not usually found in watercolor paintings. It also resulted in wonderfully vibrant colors that would not fade when dry.
H. A. Dyer was a prominent member of both the art community and of Rhode Island public life. While he never held an office, Dyer became very involved in politics and from 1916 to 1919 was president of the Republican Club of Rhode Island. At the beginning of the First World War, Hezekiah was made chairman of the speaker’s bureau for the Food Administration of Rhode Island, and was later made chairman of the speaker’s bureau for the Council of Defense. Dyer also became a chairman for a philanthropic organization called Rhode Island of the Fatherless Children of France. In 1922, France presented both Hezekiah Dyer...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Provence : the Shepherds' refuge - Original Ink Drawing, Signed
By André Lhote
Located in Paris, IDF
André LHOTE (1885-1962)
Provence: the shepherds' refuge, c. 1925
Original drawing in brown ink
Signed in the bottom right corner
On paper 16 x 26 cm at sight
Presented in a lacquere...
Category
Cubist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
“View of Bay of Naples”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper of a group of figures on an overlook viewing the Bay of Naples by the Italian artist, Maria Ada Gianni...
Category
Academic 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Gritty Street Scene with Parked Cars - Roaring Twenties New York
Located in Miami, FL
A gritty New York City street scene with period Roaring Twenties Cars and stuffed metal garbage cans is depicted by female artist Ruth Light Braun. ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
“Aiguebelette, Savoie”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original early modernist india ink drawing with brushwork by the well known American artist, Adolf Arthur Dehn. Signed by the artist, titled and dated 1925 lower right. Dehn spent his early career traveling and working in Europe during the three year time period 1922 to 1925 when this drawing was done in France. The Chateau d’Auguebelette build in the fourteen century as a fort sits high on the mountain range to the left. Condition is very good. Light toning of paper consistent with age. Under glass, not examined out of frame. The artwork is housed in a antique style silver leaf contemporary frame 16.25 by 22 inches.
Adolf Dehn, painter, printmaker, author, illustrator and teacher, was born Adolph Arthur Dehn in Waterville, Minnesota on November 22, 1895. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at Waterville High School and attended the Minneapolis School of Art between 1914 and 1917. Dehn studied for a year at the Art Students League in New York beginning in 1919. While in New York he met Boardman Robinson who introduced him to the master printer, George Miller. The first exhibition of Dehn's lithographs was held at the Weyhe Gallery in New York City in 1921 and the Weyhe Gallery mounted his first solo exhibition in 1923.
Throughout is life Dehn was a frequent visitor to Europe, staying for various periods of time. Upon his return from a three-year stay in Europe in 1925, he changed the spelling of his first name to Adolf.
In 1934, Dehn established the Adolf Dehn Print Club and was one of the founder-member artists of Associated American Artists in New York. He was selected by Prints magazine as one of the ten best printmakers in the United States in 1936 and the following year he worked in the graphic arts division of the Federal Art Project. He taught summers at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri (1938) and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (1940-1942).
For his lithographs, Dehn worked with the finest printers including Meister Schulz in Berlin, Edmond Desjobert in Paris, and George Miller, Grant Arnold...
Category
Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Staten Island
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Staten Island
Watercolor on paper, c. 1928
Signed with the Estate stamp lower left
Sheet size: 19 1/8 x 23 7/8 inches
Titled on verso
Part of small series of watercolors done of the ...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circus Lot at Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Circus Lot at Toledo, c. 1920
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, c. 1920
Watercolor and graphite on board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
"Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris" - Watercolor Drawing of French Street Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
"Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris" - Watercolor Drawing of French Street Scene
Vintage sketch of a 1920's Paris street scene by E. (Elizabeth) (Elisa...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
'The Doge's Palace, Venice'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Tapie' for Viva Flower Tapie (American, 1897-1993) and painted circa 1925.
Viva Flower Tapie was born in Sibley, Iowa and lived in Oakland, California where she exhibited with success at the Oakland Art...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard, Pen
Village - Original Watercolor and Pen by Paul Albert Moras - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Village is an original drawing in watercolor and pen realized by the French artist Paul Albert Moras in 1926. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
The state of preservation is very good.
Included a Passepartut: 27.5 x 37.5 cm.
The artwork represents a brilliant landscape, created through soft and precise strokes with poetical hatching which made the village picturesque, with delicate coloring and lighting. The artwork characterized by a well-balanced drawing of houses...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Turkeys in the Trees, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape Watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Turkey in the Trees, c. 1922
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
22 x 29 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a mast...
Category
American Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“The Pool of London”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original watercolor on archival paper of the busy port of London, England with tugs and ships by the British artist Douglas Ian Smart. Signed lower left. Titled...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Horses - Ink Drawing by Ildebrando Urbani - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a China Ink drawing realized by Ildebrando Urbani in 1926.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Ildebrando ...
Category
Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Jack Escapes the Giant - 1920s British Children's illustration by Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
FRANK WATKINS
(1863-1929)
Jack Escapes the Giant
Pen and ink, unframed, in conservation mount only
24 by 29 cm., 9 ¾ by 11 ½ in.
(mount size 40 by 44.5 cm., 15 ¾ by 17 ½ in.)
Frank Henry Watkins was born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and comic illustrator in the early 20th century, drawing for many children’s stories including Dolly Twoshoes (1901); The Wonder and Dolly Daydream (1902); Illustrated Chips and Dick and Daisy (1919-1921) and also for Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael (1909); The Sun’s Babies by Edith Howes (1910); The King Who Never Died: Tales of King Arthur by Dorothy Senior (1910) and Fairy Rings...
Category
Realist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Arts and Crafts Illustration of Women in Yellow Dress in Foliage
Located in Miami, FL
This is an elegantly rendered and designed work with fine lines and flat colors by an accomplished female illustrator.
Signed lower right Framed in an old simple wooden frame with...
Category
Art Nouveau 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Woodcut
Early 20th Century Peking Bell Tower
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant scene of visitors arriving by camels at the Peking Bell Tower by William Clothier Watts (American 1967-1961). This piece is unsigned, bu...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
London Bridge on Thames View - Drawing by Herbert John Finn- 1927
Located in Roma, IT
London Thames View is a modern artwork realized by Herbert John Finn (1860-1942).
Mixed colored ink, pastel and watercolor on paper.
Includes gileded frame
Hand signed and dated o...
Category
Modern 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Ink
Paris, view of the Pantheon, 1926, charcoal
Located in PARIS, FR
André MANTELET MARTEL (1876-1953)
View Of The Pantheon, Descartes street, Paris Ve area, 1926
Charcoal on paper
Signed, dated and located lower left
60 x 44 cm
Provenance; former Jac...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
“Waterfall with Birches”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of a waterfall with birch trees on illustration board by the well known American artist, William Paskell. Signed lower left. Condi...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Gate - Pencil on Paper by Werner Epstein - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Gate is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1925 by Werner Epstein.
Hand-signed on the lower left and dated on the lower right in pencil.
The state of preservation is very goo...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
California Golden Poppies and Blue Oaks - Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Golden Flowers and Blue Oaks - California Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Vibrant landscape by listed California artist Marie Williams (American, 1878-1969). Yellow flowers c...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cityscape - Charcoal Drawing by Jean Chapin - Early 1900
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a charcoal drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the XX century.
Signature stamp of the artist on the lower right margin. The drawing is detached from a notebook.
The ar...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Farm and Farmers - Charcoal Drawing by Jean Chapin - Early 1900
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Farm and Farmers is a charcoal drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the early XX century.
Signature stamp of the artist on the lower right margin. The drawing is detached from a note...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Green Landscape - Watercolor by Jean Chapin - 1920s
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Green Landscape is a watercolor drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the 1920s.
Signature stamp of the artist on the lower left margin
The artwork represents a beautiful landscape.
...
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"undergrowth" forest, trees, greenery 1929 watercolor cm. 36, 5 x 26, 5
Located in Torino, IT
watercolor, forest, green
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patroniz...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
