Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Boats at the Dock
By Stephen Seymour Thomas
Located in Dallas, TX
gouache with pen and ink
signed "Seymour Thomas" at lower right
Category
20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Auf dem Lötschpass (1919) by Albert Nyfeler - Watercolor on paper 26x36 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on art paper
framed and signed
Total size with frame: 52x40 cm
Albert Nyfeler (September 26, 1883 in Lünisberg, † June 14, 1969 in Burgdo...
Category
1910s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Paris Hotel de Ville , Watercolor signed Signed E. Galien Laloue, circa 1920
Located in Paris, FR
View of Paris: The Hotel de Ville banks and the statue of Etienne Marcel under Snow
Watercolor
Signed E. Galien Laloue, circa 1910-1920
Appraisal by Mr Noé Willer.
(Will figurate in...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Architecture Sketches Study Drawing, Romane Church in France by Maurice Lambert
Located in Atlanta, GA
Architectural Study for the Restoration of Saint-Pierre Church in Avon, France.
This unique architectural study was created as part of a church renovation project in a suburb of Pari...
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Late 19th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Archival Paper
Early 19th Century English watercolour of woodland near Croxdale Hall
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship.
William Nicholson (1781-1844)
Near Croxdale Hall
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823
Pen, ink and grey wash
11 x 8 inches, image only
17 x 13 inches without frame
The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...
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Early 19th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Watercolor by A. Chaudet - The village church
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame. The total size with frame is 53x45,5 cm
Signed A. Chaudet
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“View of Bay of Naples 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper by the Italian artist, Maria Ada Gianni. Signed lower left. Condition is excellent. Circa 192...
Category
1920s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
“Provincetown Harbor”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original watercolor of Provincetown Harbor in first light by the well known artist John Cuthbert Hare. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The watercolor is hou...
Category
1950s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Cherry Blossoms 1, Mary Reilly, Black & White Tree Graphite Drawing
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
"Since my early childhood, nature has had a profound affect on me in ways that I cherish. The state of mind that is instilled within me when walking through the woods, or on a seclud...
Category
2010s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
20th Century British watercolour of Cowdrey ruins, West Sussex by Muncaster
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Claude Muncaster (British, 1903-1974)
Cowdray ruins, West Sussex
Pencil and watercolour
12.1/2 x 9 in. (31.7 x 22.8 cm.)
Provenance: Garton & Cooke, New Bond Street, London
Exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
“House by the Lake”
Located in Southampton, NY
Finely executed watercolor and gouache landscape with figures by the Swiss artist, Louise Clauseau (Swiss). Signed under the mat by the artist and dated June, 1852. The watercolor ...
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1850s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
“Waves along the Rocky Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful watercolor and gouache painting of waves crashing on the rocks along the shore by the renowned American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed lower left and dated 1908. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in its original art nouveau frame recently restored. Under UV glass. Overall framed measurements are 21.75 by 33.75 inches.
Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910)
Edmund Darch Lewis was born in Philadelphia on October 17, 1835 to a successful, wealthy, well-connected family. He studied with Paul Weber...
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Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
At the market by Jean Ducommun - Drawing 30x42 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
“Dutch Harbor”
By Anthony Andreas de Meijier
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper by the Dutch artist, Anthony Andreas Meijiers. Signed lower right. Condition: Excellent. Unframed.
Anthony Andreas de Meijiers or Meyer was a Dutch active in...
Category
1840s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
'Venice, Bacino di San Marco', Venetian Vedute, St. Mark's Place, Santa Maria
By Félix Ziem
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Attributed to Felix Ziem and painted circa 1900.
Bearing signature, lower right, 'F. Ziem' for Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem (1821-1911)
Framed dimensions: 13.75 x 18 x .75 ...
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Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Fire's Boat
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
“Dockside Serenity”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed original watercolor by the American artist, Erhard Ericson. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is excellent. The waterc...
Category
1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Jules Coignet (1798-1860) Lago di Guarda, 1837, fine drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Coignet (1798-1860)
Lago di Guarda, 1837,
Inscribed "Lago di Guarda 9 8bre 1837"
Graphite on paper
24 x 35 cm
Framed : 37 x 48 cm
Provenance : Galerie Paul Prouté, Autumn 1...
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1830s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Geneva countryside and Lake Bienne, Switzerland by Pierre Desaules drawing 20x29
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1960s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Academic master drawing: Allegorical Scene artist in Musée d'Orsay
Located in Norwich, GB
A fascinating allegorical scene by French master Paul-Louis Delance (1848–1924), an artist known for the allegorical and history paintings. His grandfather was the Count Joseph van R...
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1870s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
View of old Lausanne by Ch. François Villermet - Work on paper 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
48 x 64 x 1 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
"On the Vaudoise cost, Switzerland" by René Zwahlen - Watercolor 44x57 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on Arches paper 640g
Sold with a silver frame without glass
Total size with the passe-partout and the frame 65x78 cm
René Zwahlen was a Swiss watercolor artist and pai...
Category
20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape in Provence Watercolor Painting by Francois Pascal
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely watercolor painting on Arches paper features a landscape view in Provence. This typical Mediterranean country house in the south of France has a veranda and the Saint Victoire...
Category
1940s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early English watercolour of cottage on lane in Pirbright Constable Contemporary
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive view of a rural lane in Pirbright by this highly collectable artist who was a contemporary and friend of John Constable.
Dr William Crotch (1775-1847)
Mr Pear's House at Pirbright from the Turnpike
Signed with initials on reverse and inscribed as title and additionally " Thunder about/ 1 pm"
watercolour and pencil
4 x 6½ inches without frame
11 x 13 inches with frame
William Crotch (5 July 1775 – 29 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the British musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotch was "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most distinguished English musician in his day.
Crotch was a professional musician, becoming the first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
“Cape Neddick Light”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of the Cape Neddick Lighthouse in York, Maine. Signed lower right. Circa 1950. Condition is very good. Several tiny spots of foxing. The wa...
Category
1950s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Stella Maris and Down Patrick Head
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Omnibus in Paris - Handsigned Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Paris, IDF
Francis GARAT
Omnibus in Paris
Original watercolor painting
Handsigned in ink
On vellum, 30 x 40 cm (c. 11,8 x 15,7 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“View of Bay of Naples”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper of a group of figures on an overlook viewing the Bay of Naples by the Italian artist, Maria Ada Gianni...
Category
1920s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Landscape by Paul Mathey - Pencil on paper 30x43 cm
By Paul Mathey
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Night Fishing at Saint Maurice
By Emile Noirot
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "Emile Noirot 1893" at lower right
overall dimensions, including frame, are 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
Category
1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Town Hall Square By Barthélémy Marc Bodmer - Engraving
Located in Geneva, CH
Engraving on paper
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
62 x 50 x 2 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Engraving
Stone Steps by the River - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Stone Steps by the River - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Dramatic and detailed landscape by Lucy Ellen Cooper (British, 1853-1929). On the right side of the composition, a set of t...
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1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Cottage”
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor on paper stock drawing by the Russian Federation artist, Carl Ivanovitch Kollmann. Circa 1830. Condition: Good. Actual drawing diameter is 6.5 inches. Impr...
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1830s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
“Portland Harbor in 1910”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the well known Maine artist Bill Paxton. The watercolor depicts what Portland harbor in Maine looked like in 1910 with sailing vessels of the era moored in the harbor. Signed lower right by the artist. Titled verso. Circa 1975. Condition is excellent and is finely matted and framed. The artwork is matted and framed in a thin gold leaf custom gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 17.5 by 21.75 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate.
William (Bill) Paxton 1930—2007
William Paxton, born August 5, 1930 in Lewiston, was one of Maine’s top selling artists. He had a passion for painting and from a young age he was known for his talents in sketching. Paxton captured many popular Maine scenes with watercolor, acrylic, and oils. His work also includes historical scenes he referenced in books from as early as the 1920’s, painting locomotives, aircraft, and war scenes. Paxton’s art is sold all over the world.
As a student at Bridgton Academy, he was featured in his yearbook. It states, “When artist Bill picks up his pen, we all stand at attention, for his remarks and pictures are certainly worth mention.” He wanted to pursue a career selling his art, but it was during the time of the Great Depression.
Also in his younger years, Paxton had an interest in skiing and won a medal for Second Highest Ski Jump. From there he went to flying and received a certification for Second-in-Command, to fly alongside the captain in a C-46F type of aircraft. He then joined the Air Force in the 40’s, although his passion and talents for art were constant throughout his life.
Paxton quickly became the front line military sketch...
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1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
English Mansion by the Cemetery - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
English Mansion by the Cemetery - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Dramatic and detailed landscape by Lucy Cooper (British, 1853-1929). A large home is shown on the left, with a red r...
Category
1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Summertime
Located in Dallas, TX
“Anne Weary, who grew up as a Texas cowgirl, is at home in the outdoors and knows its ways and its language. There is a sort of very quiet but very powerful mysticism in her work, a ...
Category
2010s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
Untitled (Ship at Sea)
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist Signature, "Untitled: Ships at Sea", Landscape/Seascape Pencil Drawing on Paper, 4.50 x 8 (10 x 13.50 Framed), Mid to Late 20th...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
North African Orientalist Scene, Original Watercolor on Paper by Giulio Rosati
Located in Long Island City, NY
North African Orientalist Scene (Horseman and Nomadic Traders)
Giulio Rosati, Italian (1857–1917)
Date: circa 1880
Watercolor on Paper, signed lower righ...
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1880s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Warwick Castle”
Located in Southampton, NY
Exquisite original watercolor of Warwick Castle by the famous British artist, Edmund John Niermann. Signed lower right. Circa 1850. Condition is very ...
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1850s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
“Hayingen, Germany”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very fine graphite on archival paper drawing of a typical mountain side house in the town of Hayingen, Germany by the prominent artist, Johannes Kleinschmidt. Signed in ink lower le...
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1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
'The Old Oak Tree, Bushey School of Art, British
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Laurence Bell' (British, died 1916) and painted circa 1910.
Bell studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire in England. H...
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1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Harvest Time', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors.
Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter...
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1930s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
"Royal Mail Steam Packet Thames"
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1880
Unsigned
Thames was commissioned in 1842
Overall size with frame 8 x 11 in.
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1880s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"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
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1940s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Portrait of the Black Ball Clipper Montezuma"
By William Minshall Birchall
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper by William Minshall Birchall of the black ball clipper ship, the Montezuma. Titled and signed W. M. Birchall lower left in pencil. Findlay Gallery label verso.
0riginal frame and mat with normal wear due to age.
The American packet ship...
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Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
British 19th Century watercolour of haystacks near the Cuckmere vallery, Sussex
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
An exquisite and tranquil portrayal of haystacks amidst the idyllic 19th Century Sussex countryside in the southeastern region of England. This enchanting watercolour captures the es...
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19th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
France early 20th century View of the Grosbois castle and head study, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school early 20th century
View of the Grosbois castle and a portrait study.
Black ink, black ink wash and watercolor on paper
Signed lower right (indistinct, see photo)
27 x ...
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1910s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
At Paulette's by M. Opériol - Drawing 32x41 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canton paper
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1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
"View of Chequers Court, " Pencil & Ink by F. Trotman from Rothschild estate
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"View of Chequers Court" is an original pencil, pen, and ink drawing by Fiennes Trotman. This drawing was part of the Rothschild collection, and it fea...
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Early 1800s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Pen, Pencil
Daniel Ricketson House, New Bedford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Alber...
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Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fête de Neuilly by Eugène Galien-Laloue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Eugène Galien-Laloue
1854-1941 I French
Fête de Neuilly
Signed "E. Galien-Laloue" (lower left)
Watercolor, graphite and gouache, heightened with white, on paper, mounted on board
...
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20th Century Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Graphite
Academic landscape drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic landscape drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add landscape drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including and Anne C. Weary. Frequently made by artists working with Chalk, and Conté and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic landscape drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.25 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $26,629, while the average work sells for $1,525.