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Period: 1940s
Ischia - Watercolor on Paper by Léopold Survage
Located in Roma, IT
Ischia is a beautiful watercolor on paper with soft eathly color tones of a glimpse into the town of Ischia. The piece was realized by Léopold Survage in 1947.
This unique piece is h...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Boots Mansfield Calf Roping" Tie- Down Roping World Champion
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown
(1926-1999)
Alpine Artist
Image Size: 9.5 x 9.25
Frame Size: 15.5 x 19
Medium: Ink Drawing
Dated 1942
"Boots Mansfield Calf Roping" Tie- Dow...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Wooden River Bridge"
By Shigesaburo Ishida
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1940
Signed lower left
Sight size 19 x 26 in
Overall 27.5 x 34.5 in original period frame
Category
Academic 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
59th Street Bridge, Pennsylvania Impressionist Watercolor Cityscape
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
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Military Tent City
Fortune Cover published, May 1941
17 1/2 X 15 in...
Category
American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Petit Dalles beach "Normandy France Gouache cm. 34 x 45 1940
Located in Torino, IT
Lanscape France,Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure,beach,cliffs, Normandy
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolesce...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
French Polished Brass Frame for Painting, Drawing or Mirror, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely 1940s French polished brass frame is perfect for paintings, drawings, lithographs, mirrors, or any creative decoration. The frame has a large proportion and can be hung i...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Brass
"Jim Whiteman Riding a Bull" Rodeo Champion Late 30s Early 40s
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown
(1926-1999)
Alpine Artist
Image Size: 9.5 x 13.25
Frame Size: 15.5 x 19
Medium: Ink Drawing
Dated 1942
"Jim Whiteman Riding a Bull"
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Artist's Easel in Beachside Town, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Artist's Easel in Beachside Town (P2.54), Year: 1947, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 8 x 11 inches, Size: 9 x 12 in. (22.86 ...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View of House from Docks, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - View of House from Docks (P2.60), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 10 x 13 inches, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38....
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Barile Boathouse, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Barile Boathouse(P5.35), Year: 1949, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 14 x 20 in. (35.56 x 50.8 cm), Description: Looking out over ...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Barile, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Barile (P5.2), Year: 1949, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.56 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's scenic wat...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Windmill on the Plains, 1940s Watercolor & Ink Mixed Media Modernist Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Windmill on the Plains" is a captivating watercolor and ink on paper painting by 20th century Colorado artist Jenne Magafan. Created in the 1940s, this work depicts a large windmill...
Category
American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
untitled (Mt. Desert Narrows)
By Greta Allen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Mt. Desert Narrows)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent
Image/sheet size: 11 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches
Regarding the ...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Claude Muncaster: 1948 City of New York Maritime Art watercolour ship steamer
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...
Category
Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lakeside Watercolor - Sailboats on the Lake
By Erika Schob
Located in Houston, TX
Classic lakeside watercolor of a small sailboats docked on a late afternoon by artist Erika Schob, 1941.
Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size frame....
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Farm
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful French ink wash painting of farm, circa 1940. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. ...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
House by the Water
By C. Groux
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century watercolor by French artist C. Groux, circa 1940.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-sized frame. Archival plasti...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolor - Le Guerzit Coastline
Located in Houston, TX
Relaxing watercolor seascape of the varied coastline along Le Guerzit, France by artist C. Querneville, circa 1940. Titled and signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displaye...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Center of the Peaks
Located in Houston, TX
Soothing watercolor of a small grassy area encircled by jagged mountain peaks by A. Siegris, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat f...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Breaking Up of the Penelope
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Breaking Up of the Penelope
watercolor on artists watercolor board, 1942
Signed and dated by the artist lower right (see photo)
Exhibitions:
Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, May 3 - June 11, 1944: "The 26th Annual Ehibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve," , (label on verso)
Youngstown OH, The Butler Insititue of American Art, 1943: "1943 New Year Show," , (label on verso)
"Ed Dobrotka was one of comic-book illustrator Joe Shuster's early assistants. In the studio, he worked on the 'Superman' series, inking the pencils of artists including Shuster, John Sikela, Leo Nowak and Wayne Boring.
Dobrotka did do some pencilling of his own, however he returned to inking exclusively in 1945. In the following years, he worked with Sikela on the 'Superboy' series until the 1950s. He has also work on the solo 'Lois Lane...
Category
American Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown
(1926-1999)
Alpine Artist
Image Size: 9 x 13
Frame Size: 16 x 20
Medium: Ink Drawing
Dated 1942
"Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days" Harry Hart W...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Irish Sea
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Irish Sea
Watercolor, 1947
Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 12 x 18 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
...
Category
American Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Hen Coop - 1940s Modern British watercolour by Pamela Spencer
Located in London, GB
PAMELA MARY SPENCER
(1924-2012)
The Hen Coop
Signed and dated 1946
Watercolour and pencil, unframed in conservation mount only
30 by 28 cm., 11 ¾ by 11 in.
Provenance:
The artist’s estate.
Pamela Spencer was the niece of Sir Stanley Spencer RA and Gilbert Spencer...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"A Poudre Lakes - Continental Divide - Milner Pass" Early Watercolor Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Purple tonal naturalistic watercolor landscape by Texas artist Harry Worthman. This watercolor is an early watercolor made by the artist. It is signed, titled, and dated by the artis...
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Roy Matthews Calf Roping" Famous 1930s/40s Rodeo Rider
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown
(1926-1999)
Alpine Artist
Image Size: 9 x 13
Frame Size: 15 x 18.75
Medium: Ink Drawing
Dated 1942
"Roy Matthews Calf Roping"
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French Townscape Landscape Study
Located in Houston, TX
A French landscape of a town study. The work is stamped by the artist.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection.
Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"I.R.A. WORLD CHAMPION SADDLE BRONC RIDERS"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown
(1926-1999)
Alpine Artist
Image Size: 19 x 15.5
Frame Size: 25.5 x 22
Medium: Ink Drawing
Jerry Ambler won National Champion 1946-47; 1947 T...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Landscape near Saint-Malo
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Gustave Bourgogne (1888-1968)
Landscape near Saint-Malo
Charcoal and gouache on paper,
12 x 20 cm
Signed and located
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, France
Gustave Bourgogne...
Category
Abstract 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
German Street Scene
Located in Austin, TX
German street scene by Gustav Likan in a sepia-esque tone.
5" x 8" Watercolor on Paper
Framed Size: 15" x 17.75"
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Gate - Drawing by Suzanne Tourte - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The gate is an artwork realized by Suzanne Tourte, in 1940s.
pen, black marker and pencil on paper.
Hand-sgned in the lower margin and artist writin...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing by Suzanne Tourte - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork realized bySuzanne Tourte, in 1940s.
Pen on paper, 25 x 33 cm.
Handsigned in the lower right part and stamp on the right margin.
Good conditions except fo...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Jean LE MAYEUR DE MEPRES (1880-1958), women in Bali
Located in Paris, FR
The work is typical of Le Mayeur de Merpres, a Belgian painter, who represented many scenes of everyday life in Bali in the 30s-40s, married to an Indonesian woman Ni Pollok.
Le May...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
View of Reichenau - Watercolour - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
View of Reichenau is an Original Watercolor realized by an unknown artis in 1945.
The beautiful artwork is in good condition included a yellowed cardboard passpartout (30x42 cm).
M...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bauhaus . Untitled (French Barque under Staysail)
Located in Miami, FL
Bauhaus Iconic work by the master or Cubism and Expressionism
Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles
Bonhams,
Exhibited: Moller Fine Art, "Precision ...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Landscape - Oil Painting by Robert Albert Genicot - 1940s
By Robert Albert Genicot
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Houses is an original artwork realize by Robert Albert Genicot (1890-1981) in 1940s.
Oil on cardboard.
The painting is in very good conditions, signed by the artist ...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Original Blue Pencil on Paper - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in blue pencil on paper realized in 1948 by an Anonymous Artist.
Dated by the artist on the lower right "27.08.48"
The state of preservation is very...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Fortress - Ink and Watercolor by Gustave Bourgain - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Fortress is an original ink and watercolor on paper realized in 1940 by Gustave Bourgain
Signed on the plate on the lower right.
The State of prese...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Beach - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1940
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Beach is an original drawing in pencil and pen on paper realized by Jeanne Daour.
The state of preservation is good except for some diffused foxings and stains.
Hand-signed and dat...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Vegetation - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1944
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Vegetation" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 26.3 x 17 ...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
CIM Glass Palace in Rome - Original Watercolor by A. Ciarrocchi - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
CIM Glass Palace in Rome is an original drawing artwork in watercolor on ivory paper realized by the Italian artist Arnoldo Ciarrocchi in 1948 ca..
Hand-signed on the lower right.
...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Street Life New York - Haunting Faces Windows Expressionism Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century artist Lawrence Kupferman paints a madly eerie New York street scene. An exaggerated upward view of two 19th-century walk-ups is split by a forced perspective of a downwa...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
'Man With Sailboat On Pier At Cedar Lake #756' original watercolor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 10-3/4"x 8-1/4"
Frame: 17-3/4"x15-3/8"
Watercolor, stamped signature
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
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Claude Muncaster: Storm, City of Exeter, Ellerman Line - Biscay 1948 watercolour
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...
Category
Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
WC Ives, The New Bodleian Building, Oxford (1946) pencil drawing
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
HANS HOFMANN Provincetown Drawing - Pen & Ink - 1942 - Massachusetts
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Title: "Provincetown Drawing"
Medium: pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 14 x 16 3/4 inches
Signed: Initialed and dated 1942
Provenance: Manny Silverman Gallery...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Exotic Dance: Peter Collins ARCA pencil sketch theatre ballet street performer
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, and our other Peter Collins works, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want.
Peter Collins ARCA (1923-200
Exotic Dancer...
Category
Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Pullman Railroad Cars Advertisement, published 1946
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original advertisement for Pullmain railroad cars, published in The Saturday Evening Post, 1946
The caption reads: "'All Aboard!' means 'Pleasant Journey' on cars built by Pullman-S...
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"View of Lambertville"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958).
One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Bauhaus . Untitled (French Barque under Staysail)
Located in Miami, FL
Bauhaus Iconic work by the master or Cubism and Expressionism
Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles
Bonhams,
Exhibited: Moller Fine Art, "Precision ...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"Pigs"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958).
One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Hotel Futura Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow” Advertising campaign for
The world’s incredible technological inventions that we take for granted today …..
Provenance: Edgar Bronfman Sr. former C...
Category
Futurist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Handsome Couple in Sailboat - Collier's Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Collier's Magazine Illustration
From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Work is framed in a period wood frame
Watercolor on board
Category
American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Two Soldiers with Machine Gun
Located in Miami, FL
Arnold Finkel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Heritage
Some slight fading. Mounted to illustration board, Could be Unframed - Not sure if it is framed but the frame is old with wear.
Reco...
Category
American Realist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"The Last of the School Builders" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post
By Peter Helck
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"The Last of the School Builders," by Alvin F. Harrow and illustrated by Peter Helck for the Saturday Evening Post, July 12, 1941.
Category
1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Board, Pen
Courses at Deauville, Original Modern Watercolor Painting by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deauville is a French coastal town that has been a popular travel destination since the 1800s. The resort town is home to a grand casino, golf courses, and—as depicted here by Raoul Dufy—horse...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Farmhouse with Windmill
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Farmhouse with Windmill 243
Year: 1949
Medium: Ink on paper, signed
Size: 8.5 in. x 11 in. (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
Category
Impressionist 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
New York Harbor
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman
"New York Harbor" c. 1940s
watercolor on paper
Signed
*This is fully illustrated in the book, "Dong Kingman An American Master" (see attached images).
Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches
Framed Size: approx. 33.5 x 40.5 inches
This is a wonderful painting by the legendary artist, Dong Kingman (1911-2000). Great period for the artist, with his bold color and whimsical approach.
The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist:
Dong Kingman, the world-renowned artist and teacher, died in his sleep on May 12, 2000 at age 89 in his home in Manhattan. The cause was pancreatic cancer.
Long acknowledged as an American watercolor master, he has received an extraordinary number of awards and honors throughout his 70-year career in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art Association First Purchase Prize, 1936; Audubon Artist Medal of Honor, 1946; Philadelphia Watercolor Club Joseph Pennel Memorial Medal, 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art Award, and the National Academy Design 150th Anniversary Gold Medal Award, 1975.
In 1987, the American Watercolor Society awarded Dong Kingman its highest honor, the Dolphin Medal, "for having made outstanding contributions to art especially to that of watercolor."
His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums and universities, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Des Moines Art Center, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Brooklyn Museum and Hirshhorn Museum.
Born in Oakland, California in 1911 of Chinese descent, Kingman moved to Hong Kong at age five. He studied art and calligraphy in his formative years at the Lingnan School. The painting master Szeto Wai had recently studied art in Paris and took a keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French Impressionist styles of painting. Kingman returned home to Oakland when he was 18 at the height of the Depression. He worked as a newsboy and dishwasher to make ends meet.
When he was employed as a houseboy for the Drew family in San Francisco, he painted every spare moment. In a year, he created enough pictures to have a one-man show at the Art Center. It attracted the attention of San Francisco art critics who raved about Kingmans unique style. Wrote Junius Cravens of the San Francisco News: "That young Chinese artist is showing 20 of the freshest and most satisfying watercolors that have been seen hereabouts in many a day Kingman already has developed that universal quality which may place a sincere artist work above the limitations of either racial characteristics or schools. Kingmans art belongs to the world at large today." Dong Kingman became an overnight success.
From 1936 to 1941, he was a project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two Guggenheim fellowships enabled him to travel the country painting American scenes. His first one-man show in New York at Midtown Galleries in 1942 was well received in the media, including Time, Newsweek, the New Yorker and American Artist. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco held a major exhibit of his watercolors in 1945.
In 1951, Midtown presented a 10-year retrospective of his work. Time Magazine wrote, "At age 40, Kingman is one of the worlds best watercolorists." Other retrospectives, including Corcoran in Washington,D.C. an d Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio, were held for the artist. Kingman moved to Wildenstein (1958-1969) where he had successful exhibits in New York, London and Paris. Hammer Galleries exhibited his paintings in the 70s, and then the artist expanded his venues to the West Coast and Far East.
During World War II, he served with the OSS in Washington, D.C. where he was a cartographer. After his honorable discharge, Kingman moved to Brooklyn Heights from San Francisco when he became a guest lecturer and then art instructor at Columbia University (1946-1958). Hunter College also appointed him instructor in watercolors and Chinese Art (1948-1953). His teaching career continued with the Famous Artists School, Westport, CT in 1953, joining such distinguished artists on the faculty as Will Barnet, Stuart Davis, Norman Rockwell and Ben Shahn.
He also became a teaching member for 40 years for the Hewitt Painting Workshops, which conducts worldwide painting tours. He taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, was a member of its board, and received an honorary doctorate from the Academy.
In 1954, the U.S. Department of State invited Kingman to go on a cultural exchange program tour around the world to give exhibitions and lectures and to meet local artists. When he came home, he presented the State Department with a 40-foot long report on a scroll, which later appeared in LIFE Magazine.
One of Kingman's most treasured experiences was his invitation by the Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China to exhibit in that country in 1981. He was the first American artist to be accorded a one-man show since diplomatic relations resumed. More than 100,000 visitors attended his exhibitions in Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou and the retrospective received critical acclaim from the Chinese press. Noted the China Daily Mail, "Just as the master painters of the Song Dynasty roamed about mountain and stream to capture the rhythm of nature, Dong Kingman traveled the world capturing the dynamism of modern lifefamiliar scenes have been transformed into a vibrant new vision of life through color schemes with rhythms that play over the entire surface of the picture. The wind swept skies which enliven his watercolors remind us of the pleinairism of the French Impressionists."
Kingman, who has been fascinated with movies since seeing his first film "The Thief of Baghdad...
Category
American Modern 1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper