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'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...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, A City Street Scene
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France: A City Street Scene
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
unsigned
watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed
sheet 9.75 x 12.25 inches
Very nicely execu...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
A Striking 1940s Classical Landscape Watercolor with Arches and Rooftops, Mexico
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1940s Landscape Watercolor with Classical Architectural by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 a...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Watercolor Painting American Modern Impressionist Landscape Framed 1940 colorful
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo
Lakeside Picnic, c. 1940s–50s
Watercolor on paper
Framed dimensions: 30 in. H × 24 in. W
Presented in a contemporary gold frame with archival mat
Brimming with light an...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Watercolor Painting American Modern Cubist Landscape Boats Mountains Blue White
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo
Untitled (Boats and Peaks)
Acrylic on panel
Framed dimensions: 22 in. H × 28 in. W
Contemporary black frame
In Untitled (Boats and Peaks), Dorothy Rivo renders a mariti...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, Back Streets of Paris
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed and double sided
watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed
sheet 12.5 x 15.5 inches
Nicely executed study over ...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century 1948 Paris Place de la Concorde
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Place de la Concorde looking towards Rue Royale
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right and dated for 16th September 1948
watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet:: 9.5 x 12.25 inches
Very pretty painting by the highly regarded painter, Henri Miloch. It depicts Place de la Concorde with a cyclist making their way through the traffic. The artist was seated immediately by the fountain closest to Hotel de la Marine...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Garden by Lake Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gertrude A. Larter (1878-1954).
Old Fashioned Garden by Lake Landscape. ca. 1920-40
Pastel on sandpaper sheet. Measuring 9 x 11 inches
Signed lower right. Unframed.
Gertrude A...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Charles Culver Landscape Winter Road Watercolor Signed & Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this country scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Winter Road)” is a quiet country scene depicting a road leading into the distance either going to or coming from a local farm. The snow does not particularly seem fresh suggesting a melt and the coming of spring.
This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservator glass.
In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.”
Charles...
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Naturalistic 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lake Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gertrude A. Larter (1878-1954).
Lake Landscape. ca. 1920-40
Pastel on sandpaper sheet. Measuring 9 x 11 inches
Signed lower right. Unframed.
Gertrude A. Larter was born in New...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
1941 Watercolor of Chicago's Old Town, Titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1941 watercolor of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood that features an old car, titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin. Image size: 11 1/2" x 15 1/2". Framed size: 18"...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Maples in Autumn Foliage
By John Marin
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
John Marin’s long and prolific career is best marked by his fervent love of painting and abiding belief that art must relate to lived experiences. His best work strikes a delicate ba...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Stonehenge - Mid 20th Century Modern British Landscape Charcoal Drawing
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful charcoal drawing on paper depicting Stonehenge, by modern British artist Vivian Bewick.
Excellent quality study if the mysterious Bronze Age landmark. Inscribed with dat...
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1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur, the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right
watercolour and gouache painting on ar...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
“City Snow”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache city snowscape attributed to the hand of Hans Peter Nelson. Signed lower left ”H. Nelson”. Condition is excellent. Circa 1940. Under glass. The art...
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Ashcan School 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century City Architectural Winter Scene
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: City Winter Scene
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
watercolour and gouache painting with charcoal on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: 9.75 x 13.5 inches
Intriguing painting by the...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Charcoal
Maine, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Maine (P6.41), Year: 1947, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.26 cm), Description: Looking out over a group of...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Horses Leaving the Barn
Watercolor on paper, 1940
Signed and dated lower left corner (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image: 14 1/2 x 21”
Frame: 25” x 31”
Provenance; Associated American Artists, New York (see photo of label)
Mamdouha and Elmer Holmes Bobst
Displayed in an original wormy chestnut frame with OP3 Acrylic. Most probably from the AAA Dehn watercolor exhibition of 1940. Vintage original framing chosen by the artist.
Note: Elmer Holmes Bobst (1884–1978) was an American businessman and philanthropist who worked in the pharmaceutical industry. His wife, Mamdouha, was also well known philanthropist.
Bobst was born in Lititz, Pennsylvania. He aspired to become a doctor, but instead, he taught himself pharmacology. After his wife Ethel composed his interview letter, he became manager and treasurer of the Hoffman-LaRoche Chemical Works by 1920. When Bobst retired from the company in 1944, he was one of the nation's highest paid corporate executives. In 1945 he took charge of the ailing William Warner Company (later Warner–Lambert) and he remained board chairman until his retirement.
Bobst had close connections to President Dwight Eisenhower, but was also a close friend of President Richard Nixon.
Note: In 1940, the year of this watercolor, Dehn and Elizabeth Timmerman visited Waterville, MN on their way to Colorado Sprint, Colorado where Dehn was to teach lithography and watercolor. This watercolor is obviously a view of the area around Waterville.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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American Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting
By Thelma Fike Rodehorst
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting
Beautiful mid-century 1940's watercolor of a bucolic farmhouse scene - sunset, undul...
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American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
A ca. 1940s Graphite on Paper Mural Study of a City Scene by Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1940s graphite on paper mural study of a Chicago city scene by notable Modern artist Rudolph Weisenborn. Artwork size: 12 1/2" x 9 1/4". Archivally matted to 18" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Provencal Plane Trees in Winter
Located in London, GB
'Provencal Plane Trees in Winter', gouache on art paper, by Max Escalon de Fonton (1946). The plane trees found in Provence in the South of France are a hybrid of the Asian and Ameri...
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1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Gouache
Design for Décor, Ballet Set Decoration
By André Derain
Located in Greenwich, CT
In addition to his very well-respected career as a major Fauve and Post -Impressionist, André Derain’s skill as a ballet set decorator also emerged, beginning in 1919 and continuing ...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pair of Paintings Notre Dame Paris River Seine
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Two Views of Notre Dame Cathedral
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
both signed lower right
two watercolour and gouache paintings on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: each measure 9....
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
View of the Fjord Blick auf die Förde - Landscape Fjord Germany
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 42" [1942] in the lower right image.
It is also hand titled in pencil “Blick auf die Förde” in the lower ri...
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Expressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Snow in the Forest, 1945
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right
19 x 23.75 inches
24 x 29 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook C...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pont Alexandre III
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Pont Alexandre III
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right
watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet:: 13 x 9.75 inches
Charming painting by ...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P5.52), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15.5 x 21 in. (39.37 x 53.34 cm), Description: Moored along the wate...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gloucester, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Gloucester (P5.10), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38.1 cm), Description: Looking out over the s...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P3.28), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11 x 16.5 in. (27.94 x 41.91 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's wate...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Strolling along the Seine, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
The artwork is double matted with an antique style contemporary gold leaf gallery frame in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 24 by 31 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.
Guy de Neyrac was born in France in 1900 and is widely known for his impressionistic watercolor and pen drawings of Paris...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P5.48), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 17 x 20 in. (43.18 x 50.8 cm), Description: This view of Rockport, M...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
1940s WPA Era American Modern Colorado Mountain Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original watercolor painting by American artist Edgar Britton captures the serene beauty of a Colorado mountain landscape. Created in 1946, this piece showcases soft, airy tones...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage French Landscape - Peacock Pond
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil drawing of splendid peacocks resting peacefully beside a glistening pond and willow tree. Signed and dated 1942 lower right.
Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and ...
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1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P5.54), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 18 x 20 in. (45.72 x 50.8 cm), Description: This view of Rockport, M...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P6.39), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 16 x 11 in. (40.64 x 27.94 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's unique...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seaside, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Seaside (P5.6), Year: 1947, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 13 x 20 in. (33.02 x 50.8 cm), Description: The versatility of Eve Net...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P6.38), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 12 x 18 in. (30.48 x 45.72 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's portra...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Yellow House, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Yellow House (P6.44), Year: circa 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm), Description: Situated on a s...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View from Docks, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - View from Docks (P2.50), Year: 1947, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 7 x 9.5 in. (17.78 x 24.13 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P4.5), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 12.5 x 15.5 in. (31.75 x 39.37 cm), Description: Lining the beaches o...
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Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Country House Landscape
By Rene Weaver
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid watercolor of a country house and grove of trees in a rural landscape of rolling green hills, with farm animals in the distance, by California artist Rene Weaver (American, 189...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Geneva's landscape; Villa in front of the Salève by Goetz - Drawing 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mediterranean Coast
Located in Houston, TX
Dazzling watercolor landscape painting of a small town lining the sparkling mediterranean coast by artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950.
Original ...
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1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Toiler's House Drawing
By George Demont Otis
Located in Soquel, CA
Significant 1940s work titled "Toiler's House" by George Demont Otis (American, 1879-1962). Titled "Toiler's House on the bottom left and signed "George Demont Otis" on the bottom right. Presented in a black wood frame. Image size, 12"H x 18"W.
Otis was born in Memphis, Tennessee where he was orphaned at age six and was raised by his grandmother in Chicago...
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American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Brooklyn Bridge, 1940, Signed and dated Reginald Marsh May 1940 (lr), Watercolor over traces of pencil on paper , 15 x 22 inches sight.
Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, France in 1898, the child of artist parents. He was born over a small cafe on Paris' Left Bank. He was brought to the United States in 1900 and was drawing before he was three. He studied art at Yale University and the Art Students League, during which time he worked primarily as an illustrator for New York newspapers and magazines. After studying in Paris in 1925 and 1926, he turned seriously to painting. In 1929 he was introduced to the egg-tempera medium, which he used extensively the rest of his life.
Marsh's gusto for painting the bottom crust of society contrasted curiously with his background. His parents, both well-known artists, were steeped in academic traditions. He attended Lawrenceville Academy and Yale; perhaps this elite background made it possible to paint the earthy people he did with a journalist's objectivity.
An admirer of Rubens and Delacroix, he disliked modernist art; indeed, his lifelong preoccupation was with people - enjoying themselves at beaches, at amusement parks, or on crowded city streets. Marsh was a second-generation Ash Can School painter and printmaker, best known as an urban regionalist. He spent his days sketching in small notebooks...
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American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor', Moscow, French Militaria
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900.
Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscription and newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times' review of Hoffbauer's 1949 Legion of Honor Exhibition.
Mat dimensions: 12.75 x 13.5 Inches
An exceptionally fine and detailed, cabinet-sized gouache showing members of the Napoleonic guard relaxing in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor during France's brief occupation of Moscow during the fall of 1812.
Born in Paris in 1875, Charles Hoffbauer studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau and, during his studies, became acquainted with Matisse, Rouault, and Marquet. He was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including an Honorable Mention in the Salon of 1896, and prizes at the Salons of 1898 and 1899. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 and, in the same year, a French government scholarship, the Prix National du Salon, that allowed him to travel and study in Italy, Greece and Egypt. In 1902, he won the Prix Rosa Bonheur. At the Salon of 1904, the French government purchased 'Champs de Bataille' for the Musée du Luxembourg and Hoffbauer was elected a member of the Legion of Honor.
Hoffbauer served in the French Army as an official war artist during the first world war, winning the Croix de Guerre and acting as liaison officer to the American camouflage section. On the recommendation of the mural painter, James Wall Finn, Hoffbauer received the 1935 commission to paint the murals for Battle Abbey, the Confederate memorial in Richmond, Virginia. He revisited America to accept a commission for the mural in the Missouri State Capitol, and was appointed to membership of the jury of the 1937 International Exposition. Two years later, he became an American citizen and settled in Rockport, Massachusetts. Charles Hoffbauer's work may be found in the permanent collections of numerous national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1585; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 17/18, p. 246; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 7, p. 105; Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002, Bob Creps, Dealer’s Choice Books, Inc. 2002, Vol. 1, p. 643; Steen, James T. "The Story of a Painting," Carnegie Magazine 31/32 (February 1957): 57-59; Charles Hoffbauer (1875-1957). Drawings, Temperas & Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Somerville, MA: Gropper Art Gallery, 1977; Glueck, Grace. New York: The Painted City. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books...
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Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'St Mark's Square, Venice', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Charlottenborg Palace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and titled, 'Venedig' (Venice).
Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a young age...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
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Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
By Greta Allen
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...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Family - Original Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Family is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Ink, pencil drawing and watercolor; hand signed on the left ma...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
'Early Queenstown', New Zealand Plein Air, Queen Elizabeth II Collection
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'D. Badcock' for Douglas Badcock (New Zealander, 1922-2009) and painted circa 1948.
Preferring to paint en plein-air, Douglas earned a reputation as one of New Ze...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003)
Good Health Week
10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches
Oil on pape...
Category
American Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
William Sanderson, Fascists
Located in New York, NY
Latvia-born William Sanderson became a contributor to the New Yorker and New Masses magazines during the 1930s. He was drafted into the Army during World Wa...
Category
American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Blooming Apple Tree on Union Street - Finnish Landscape in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Blooming Apple Trees on Union Street - Finnish Landscape in Charcoal on Paper
Lovely drawing of a country street by Finnish surrealist Otto Makila (1904-...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Regionalist Landscape'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Cailliet' and dated 1940; additionally inscribed verso, 'Marcel Emile Cailliet, Los Angeles'.
A softly-painted, Regionalist landscape showing a woman standing in the shade of a tree beside a path leading to a rural, clap-board house.
This listed member of the California Watercolor Society, emigrated from Dijon, France to New York...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)
By Greta Allen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955
Signed by the artist lower left (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Condition: Excellent
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Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Port Of Terragon. Watercolor. Circa 1940-1950.
Located in Firenze, IT
The port of Terragon.
Watercolor on paper.
Circa 1940-1950.
Painted on rough watercolor paper, Canson & Montgolfier, old French paper manufacturer.
The chromatic range is played in ...
Category
Neo-Constructivist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
