Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Provence Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour, mounted in a card frame card frame: 12 x 15 inches painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France cond...

Mary M. Johnsen Four Paintings, c. 1950s Watercolor Dimensions: 1. Mat: 18 x 21 1/4 in., page: 8 x 12 1/4 in. 2. Page: 14 7/8 x 22 in. 3. Mat: 15 x 19 in., page: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in....

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour and ink on paper, unframed painting: 13 x 18 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; the...

The Old Church Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour and ink on paper, unframed painting: 12.5 x 16.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very goo...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 17.75 x 25 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; there ar...

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...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Karl Hagedorn (1889 - 1969) The Villa Malcontenta, Venice Watercolour and ink 33 x 50 cm Signed and dated 1958 lower right (dated August 23rd to reverse). A watercolour of the Villa Malcontenta in Venice, nestled between willow trees. The River Brenta flows serenely in the foreground. Villa Foscari is a patrician villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It is also known as La Malcontenta ("The Discontented"), a nickname which - according to a legend - it received when the spouse of one of the Foscaris was locked up in the house because she allegedly did not live up to her conjugal duty. Karl Hagedorn was a painter and illustrator. He was educated in Berlin, and at the Manchester School of Technology, Manchester School of Art, and Slade School of Fine Art (where he later taught), before training in Paris under Maurice Denis. Hagedorn showed regularly at the Society of Modern Painters in Manchester, and then (from 1913 onwards), at the Royal Academy and the New English Art Club. He became a British citizen in 1914, and served in the British Army during World War I. During World War II, he sold pictures...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour, ink on paper, mounted in a card frame inscribed verso card frame: 12 x 16 inches painting: 9 x 13 inches provenance: the artists...

Le Quai des Strasbourg Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour, ink on paper, mounted in a card frame inscribed verso card frame: 14 x 17 inches painting: 9 x 12 inches...

Signed and dated "Allen Tucker 1930" lower left. Artwork measures 14" x 11 ¾" and framed 19" x 16 ½" x 2 ¼". Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switzerlan...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour, ink on paper, mounted in a card frame inscribed verso card frame: 15 x 19 inches painting: 8 x 9 inches provenance: the artists...

Provence Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour, ink on paper, mounted in a card frame inscribed verso card frame: 17 x 22 inches painting: 12 x 17 inches provenance: ...

Architectural Illustration of Cape Cod Style Barn House with Dormers in Gouache Detailed, idyllic illustration of a two story suburban house by F. Knowles (20th Century). A house wi...

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...

Peter Hurd (1904 - 1984) New Mexico Artist Image Size: 11 x 20 Frame Size: 25 x 33 Medium: Ink Wash Circa 1950s-60s "New Mexico Landscape" Biography P...

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...

Original mid-century illustration for the children's book "Good Work" by John G. McCullough, Young Scott Books, N.Y. It depicts a busy harbor filled with commercial and leisure traffic. Notice all the charming little people, busy at work - dotting the docks and boats. Ipcar masterfully designed the work so that your eye effortlessly travels from more prominent foreground elements to more minor elements in the distance. But her color scheme limited only to two colors sets "Harbor Scene" apart from the humdrum and elevates it to a sophisticated children's book illustration. The suspension bridge in the back of the composition is modeled after the Golden Gate. The illustration bears the hallmarks of modernism with its flat shapes and quick painterly style. "Harbor Scene" represents the artist's early style. By the '60s and '70s, her work began to take on a new direction with intricate patterns and depicting animals. Signed lower right with the artist's label on verso. Dahlov Ipcar...

Charles Kinghan: 1895-1984. Unlisted American artist with auction results over $2100. That’s fantastic watercolor of a beach in Corona Del Mar California was probably done mid 20th c...

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. In many ways Dehn’s later artistic achievement was clearly a reaction against the grinding rural poverty of his childhood. After graduating from high school in 1914 at the age of 19—an age not unusual in farming communities at the time, where school attendance was often irregular—Dehn attended the Minneapolis School of Art from 1914 to 1917, whose character followed strongly reflected that of its director, Munich-trained Robert Kohler, an artistic conservative but a social radical. There Dehn joined a group of students who went on to nationally significant careers, including Wanda Gag (later author of best-selling children’s books); John Flanagan (a sculptor notable for his use of direct carving) Harry Gottlieb (a notable social realist and member of the Woodstock Art Colony), Elizabeth Olds (a printmaker and administrator for the WPA), Arnold Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock group), Lucille Lunquist, later Lucille Blanch (also a gifted painter and founder of the Woodstock art colony), and Johan Egilrud (who stayed in Minneapolis and became a journalist and poet). Adolf became particularly close to Wanda Gag (1893-1946), with whom he established an intense but platonic relationship. Two years older than he, Gag was the daughter of a Bohemian artist and decorator, Anton Gag, who had died in 1908. After her husband died, Wanda’s mother, Lizzi Gag, became a helpless invalid, so Wanda was entrusted with the task of raising and financially supporting her six younger siblings. This endowed her with toughness and an independent streak, but nonetheless, when she met Dehn, Wanda was Victorian and conventional in her artistic taste and social values. Dehn was more socially radical, and introduced her to radical ideas about politics and free love, as well as to socialist publications such as The Masses and The Appeal to Reason. Never very interested in oil painting, in Minneapolis Dehn focused on caricature and illustration--often of a humorous or politically radical character. In 1917 both Dehn and Wanda won scholarships to attend the Art Students League, and consequently, in the fall of that year both moved to New York. Dehn’s art education, however, ended in the summer of 1918, shortly after the United States entered World War I, when he was drafted to serve in the U. S. Army. Unwilling to fight, he applied for status as a conscientious objector, but was first imprisoned, then segregated in semi-imprisonment with other Pacifists, until the war ended. The abuse he suffered at this time may well explain his later withdrawal from taking political stands or making art of an overtly political nature. After his release from the army, Dehn returned to New York where he fell under the spell of the radical cartoonist Boardman Robinson and produced his first lithographs. He also finally consummated his sexual relationship with Wanda Gag. The Years in Europe: 1922-1929 In September of 1921, however, he abruptly departed for Europe, arriving in Paris and then moving on to Vienna. There in the winter of 1922 he fell in love with a Russian dancer, Mura Zipperovitch, ending his seven-year relationship with Wanda Gag. He and Mura were married in 1926. It was also in Vienna that he produced his first notable artistic work. Influenced by European artists such as Jules Pascin and Georg Grosz, Dehn began producing drawings of people in cafes, streets, and parks, which while mostly executed in his studio, were based on spontaneous life studies and have an expressive, sometimes almost childishly wandering quality of line. The mixture of sophistication and naiveté in these drawings was new to American audiences, as was the raciness of their subject matter, which often featured pleasure-seekers, prostitutes or scenes of sexual dalliance, presented with a strong element of caricature. Some of these drawings contain an element of social criticism, reminiscent of that found in the work of George Grosz, although Dehn’s work tended to focus on humorous commentary rather than savagely attacking his subjects or making a partisan political statement. Many Americans, including some who had originally been supporters of Dehn such as Boardman Robinson, were shocked by these European drawings, although George Grocz (who became a friend of the artist in this period) admired them, and recognized that Dehn could also bring a new vision to America subject matter. As he told Dehn: “You will do things in America which haven’t been done, which need to be done, which only you can do—as far at least as I know America.” A key factor in Dehn’s artistic evolution at this time was his association with Scofield Thayer...

Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa. Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his relationship to art and to artists throu...

Signed lower left, 'Elizabeth Flynn' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965. A sunny, modernist view of California's Golden Gate Bridge viewed from Sausalito's Lime Point L...

Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa. Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his relationship to art and to artists throu...

A French watercolour on paper landscape by Roger Decaux. The work is signed and dated (as yet undeciphered) bottom right. Presented in a wood frame with cut card mount. A fresh and charming view of trees in a landscape. Decaux has used simple, fluid but strong strokes for this composition. One can feel the influence of 'abstraction of form' that was a part of his later work. The eye is drawn from the trees to the surrounding fields, the touches of colour to the right and then to the silhouette of the hills beyond. The use of watercolour at its best. Roger DECAUX was born in 1919 in Dombasle sur Meurthe in the Lorraine. He studied art in Paris with Gino Severini and Jan Brusselmans...

Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...

Raoul DUFY Normandy : Animated Beach and Sailboats in Saint Address Original pencil drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 30 x 42 cm at sight Presented in a golden baguett...

Yves BRAYER Provence : Small Village and Mountains Original watercolor Signed bottom right On paper applied on board 40 x 53 cm (c. 16 x 21 inch) PROVENANCE : Galerie Romanet (Pari...

Frederick Pomeroy "Napa Valley Landscape" c. 1960s Watercolor on paper 17"x14" brown wood frame float mount over linen mat Signed in paint lower ...

A stunning charcoal drawing by French artist Etienne Poirier (1919 - 2002). This work is a charcoal-on-paper composition depicting an interpretation of the famous Alhambra Palace in ...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) Puslinch House Pencil 55 x 77 cm An architectural drawing of Puslinch House, a fine Christopher Wren-style Georgian mansion in Devon. The estate was owned by the Poslylinch, Mohun, and Upton families before being taken over by the Yonge family in 1718, following the marriage of John Yonge and Mary Upton. The Queen Anne House mansion was built on the occasion of their wedding and an earlier medieval...

Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: watercolor Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 23.75" x 30.75" Maurice Freed (1911‑1981), a native of Pottsville, PA ...

Theodor Scheerbaum (1897 Reichenbach im Vogtland), Wind Dodgers at the Baltic Sea. Watercolor on strong yellowish grained paper, 44 x 56 cm, signed by hand "Th[eodor] Scheerbaum" at ...

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Landscape With Armenians is a Watercolor realized by Henry Ottmann in 1946. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner. Incl...

John Pellew: 1903-1993. listed English and American artist with auction results for watercolors over $1100. He was born in England but painted in Connecticut where this charming wate...

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Boris Vassiloff, Russian/American (1906 - 2000) Artist Boris Vassiloff was born on March 24, 1906 to Julia Nikolaevna and Boris Ivanovich Vassiloff in Russia. He died peacefully on D...

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This watercolor by Charles Demetropoulos depicts a classical French Academic-style building which was designed in 1862 by architect William G. Preston as the new home of the Boston Society for Natural History, which had been founded in 1830. In the 1860’s, many of Boston’s cultural institutions relocated here to the Back Bay, the elegant residential district being built on the tidal marshes behind the city. When the museum moved here in 1863, the new building dominated the western edge of the landfill. The classical design reflected its role as a “temple of learning.” The building was later renovated into a women’s retail store known as Bonwit Teller and later became home to Louis Boston...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) Puslinch House (c. 195...

A large scale French Mid Century watercolour painting of a stylish late 1950s villa and its garden in the South of France. This painting was acquired with another by the same artist...

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...

Original lithograph , artist signed and numbered. Very good condition. Paul Charlot French, act painter, landscape painter, abstract , and water color artist. This piece is from my p...

Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed and dated 47 From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed measu...

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

A detailed depiction of a large country house by listed British artist Edward Walker (1879-1955). The scene shows a mother and daughter on the front step of their grand country home ...

In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a scene of two young women relaxing on a dock in a lake. A dinghy floats beside them as other boats traverse the water. This drawing is reminiscent of the work done by her father Francesco, who is better known for landscapes in the Impressionist style. 12 x 9 inches, artwork 18.63 x 15.75 inches, frame Stamped with artist's signature, lower right 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...

This wonderful equine painting depicts three rides galloping through parkland in winter. The artist has signed and dated the contemporary looking scene to the lower right, and the wa...

Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) Signed original watercolour painting on board, unframed size: 10.5 x 14.5 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is norma...

Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original watercolour painting on board, unframed size: 9.5 x 14 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal f...

A charming watercolour scene depicting olive pickers in Monte Cassino region of Italy. The artist captures a blazing sunset with the pickers reaching up to the olive laden branches i...

A delightful watercolour scene showing the setting sun casting a warm pink glow over Venice. In the foreground narrow boats make their way towards the city's distinctive skyline, gli...

An accomplished watercolour by the well-listed Italian artist Eugenio Benvenuti. The scene depicts an evening view in Venice, with gondola travelling along the canal. Benvenuti's sen...

An accomplished watercolour by the well-listed Italian artist Eugenio Benvenuti. The scene depicts an evening view in Venice, with gondola travelling along the canal. Benvenuti's sen...

In this piece the artist choice of colors is vibrant, and there is minimal blending of them. The artist takes a naive, Folk Art approach at rendering the subject simplifying the figu...

AUSTIN TAYLOR (1908-1992) View Down River from Vauxhall Bridge, Low Tide Signed l.r.: Austin; bear’s artist’s studio stamp and inscribed with title on the reverse Watercolour Unfra...

Well presented in a white-painted frame. Signed and inscribed. On board.

Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original watercolour painting on board, unframed size: 7 x 9 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for ...

An interesting study depicting the roof of a car with industrial buildings beyond. The slightly surreal elements of this composition create a unique and almost otherworldly feel to t...