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Andrée Ruellan, Spring on Bleecker Street (Greenwich Village, NY), drawing 1938
Located in New York, NY
Spring, Bleecker Street, Ruellan's conté crayon drawing from 1938, shows young people out in the world. And their world is Bleecker Street, New York City. The heart of Greenwich Vil...
Category
Ashcan School Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Les Nénuphars à Sorel by Paulémile Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Les Nénuphars à Sorel by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Watercolour and crayon on paper
32.5 x 50.3 cm (12 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Sorel le 8 juillet 1931 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
"The Swimming Pool"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Surrealist Nude Female Figure
Located in Miami, FL
This is an important work that is loaded with Surrealist iconographies. The shape of her hands is echoed in the shape of her hair. Tiny man and woman figures...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Biplanes In Flight
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left "John Lavalle 1930"
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"At The Longchamp Races", Gouache on paper by Spanish Artist Roberto Domingo
Located in Madrid, ES
ROBERTO DOMINGO FALLOLA
Spanish, 1883 - 1956
AT THE LONGCHAMP RACES
signed and located "R. Domingo, París" (upper right)
gouache on paper
10-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches ( 26.5 x 33.4 cm.)
f...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Cattle Market, 20th Century Signed English Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed lower right
Image size: 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (31 x 31 cm)
Hand made frame and mount
James Bateman was an English painter and engraver specialising in agricultural topics, rural subjects and pastoral landscapes.
Bateman was born in Kendal, the son of a blacksmith. During World War One he served with the Northumberland Fusiliers, the Machine Gun Corps...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
S.S. Arankola in Rangoon, Early 20th Century British Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Frank Henry Mason
1875 – 1965
Steamship in Asia
Gouache on paper
Image size: 8 x 15 inches
Acid free mount and hand made gilt frame
Original artwork for a carriage print for steam...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
View from Latin Convent, Jerusalem, Graphite and Watercolour Signed Artwork
Located in London, GB
Graphite and watercolour on paper, signed lower right
Orignial mount
Image size: 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 (31 x 22 cm)
Richard Phené Spiers
Spiers (1838 – 3 October 1916 London) was an Engli...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
"Woman in Dress & Fancy Hat" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza takes influence from the Fauvist works of Henri Matisse, especially his famous 1904 composition "Luxe, calme et volupté." This influence is more pron...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
"Ebb and Flow" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this pastel drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a rhythmic view resembling waves and rolling hills. The colors of the repeating patterns and softness of the undulati...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote, " Original Floral Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote" is an original watercolor painted by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstracted desert landscape is rendered in strata of pure bright ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Landscape with Sand Dune, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Sand Dune" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted landscape.
6" x 8 5/8" art
17 5/8"...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Sunlit Shore, " Original Seascape Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts the shore of a lake.
10 5/8" x 14 3/4" art
19 1/2"...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Downtown District of Manhattan
Located in Bristol, CT
Fabulous vintage c1938 colour map of Manhattan's historic district drawn by A. Zaidenberg in a bronze metal frame!
Art Sz: 37-1/2" x 24-3/4"
Frame Sz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Baghdad Military Mystery Espionage Illustration Colliers , Saturday Evening Post
By John Pike
Located in Miami, FL
21.25 x 28 in. (54 x 71.1 cm.)
Magazine illustration most likely for Colliers or The Saturday Evening Post
Title : The One Behind Him, by Charles B . Child
Work is unframed
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Bus Stop"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mediterranean Sailboats and Sleeping Sailors
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right. Work is unframed. Very Slight fading commensurate with time but presents very well
Biography Walt Louderback
Walt Louderback (1887-1941)
The illustrations of W...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Grazing"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
"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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Études sur Titu by Paulémile Pissarro - Study drawing, 1938
Located in London, GB
Études sur Titu by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
33.5 x 23.6 cm (13 ¹/₄ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower middle Paulémile-Pissarro- and inscribed upper...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Moulin Vardon près Gournay, Graphite on Paper by Paulémile Pissarro, circa 1934
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Moulin Vardon près Gournay, Graphite on Paper by Paulémile Pissarro, 1934
Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile-Pissarr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Spanish Geranium
Located in Bristol, CT
Stylish advertising artwork promoting Lanvin's perfume 'Spanish Geranium' featuring a flower cart in front of trellis arches
Art Sz: 12 1/2"H x 19"W
Frame Sz: 19 1/4"H x 25 3/4"W
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Service Vehicles, 20th Century Art Deco Style Artwork
By Reginald Shuffrey
Located in London, GB
Coloured inks on paper
Image size: 18 x 14 inches (45.75 x 35.5 cm)
Modern handmade frame
Shuffrey was an important pre-war artist who did advertisements and worked for The Motor a...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Route de Village, Original Impressionist Painting by Maurice Vlaminck
Located in Long Island City, NY
This scene by French artist Maurice Vlaminck features a regular subject of the artist's practice. Rendered in gouache, acrylic, and India ink on paper, Vlaminck shows a solitary snow...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Lake And Monument By Laurence Stephen Lowry
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in London, GB
Lake And Monument
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976) was an English painter known for his distinctive depictions of industrial landscapes and urban scene...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Price Upon Request
The Other Farm
By Arthur Dove
Located in London, GB
This quaint and reflective work features delicate and inky lines depicting a farmhouse nestled within a cool-toned watercolour landscape. Muted red brick, almost silver bluish greys,...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
The Cathedral, Frascati, 1952 - Edward Bawden (Watercolour)
Located in London, GB
Edward Bawden
The Cathedral, Frascati, 1952
Signed and dated 'Edward Bawden/1952' (lower right); further signed, titled and dated 'The Cathedral/Frascati/Edward Bawden/1952' (on she...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Preparing the Picnic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Preparing the picnic" c.1950, is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist John Cuthbert Hare, 1908-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner by the arti...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Market Street, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Market Street, San Francisco" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
"Trinity Flares" Modern Blue Toned Fishing Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern watercolor seascape painting by renowned sporting artists John P. Cowan. The work was originally created by Cowan to be used by Schlumberger as part of their fishing schedule calendar. Signed in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a gold frame with a cream matting. Provenance includes a framed letter...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Village Fete, Signed Watercolour 20th Century British Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper, signed bottom left
Image size: 9 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This is a bright and vibrant work that depicts a populated village fête - an event that many considered to be an archetypal feature of rural British life.
Fairs have been a feature of life in Britain since medieval times, and were originally a marketplace for the buying and selling of stock, and the hiring of men. Many counties still hold these fairs, which have gradually evolved into agricultural shows...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
EDWARD HAGEDORN (AMERICAN 1902 – 1982)
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS, ca 1935
Tempera, Unsigned. Image 18 x 24 inches. See also 1stdibs item LU411312750272 for another example form the follow...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Price Upon Request
PLUNGING COMET
Located in Santa Monica, CA
EDWARD HAGEDORN (AMERICAN 1902 – 1982)
PLUNGING COMET - Large Ink and graphite drawing. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. Image, 16 x 22, Sheet 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
See also ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
Price Upon Request
VOLCANO
Located in Santa Monica, CA
EDWARD HAGEDORN (AMERICAN 1902 – 1982)
VOLCANO c. 1935
Thick tempera, SIGNED at the upper right corner,. Sheet & image 18 1/2 x 25 inches.
Provenance: Hagedorn estate, Around the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Price Upon Request
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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Price Upon Request
Chinese Theater, Los Angeles
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman
"Chinese Theater, Los Angeles" 1965
Watercolor on Paper
Sheet Size: 15 x 22 inches
Framed Size: approx 19 x 26 inches
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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
"Gold Dredgers" Sacramento, Watercolor by Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - )
Title: "Gold Dredger" Sacramento
Year: circa 1956
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Signature: Signed and titled in pencil
Image Size: 9 x 20.5 ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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 Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Price Upon Request
Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman (American 1911-2000)
"Old Mission Station" c. 1950
watercolor on paper
Signed
*Fully illustrated in the book "Dong Kingman, Portraits of Cities"
Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches
Framed Size: 32.5 x 40.5 inches
The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist.
DONG KINGMAN (1911-2000)
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...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Summit of Montmartre
Located in Fairfield, CT
Ogden Minton Pleissner is known for his landscapes of the American West, as well as images of the Canadian Maritimes and New England. Growing up, Pleissner spent summers in Wyoming w...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
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Hollywood Boulevard: Grauman's Chinese Theater
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California.
“Hollywood Boulevard: Grauman's Chinese Theater...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Clouds in Culver City
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948.
"Clouds in Culver City...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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San Pedro Harbor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948.
"The Red Boxcar...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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Rooftops of Los Angeles
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Rooftops of Los Angeles", is an original mixed media watercolor, signed c.1946, a stunning depiction of Los Angeles architecture...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Long Way Home
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. As with many artists, his earliest style was more academic realistic imagery, transitioning due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life.
This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993.
“Long Way Home...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Elevated Train Tracks
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Elevated Train Tracks...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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