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Art Subject: Modern Art
Untitled 106 (Contemporary Abstract Landscape Pastel Drawing on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Pastel on paper
Paper size is 5 x 7 inches
10 x 13 inches framed in white stain wood molding, 8 ply mat, non-reflective glass
Vince Vella’s landscapes are the work of a spontane...
Category
1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Fallen Trees
Located in Houston, TX
Kristin Musgnug
Fallen Trees, 2015
oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches unframed
25 x 33 framed
(framed in white washed maple, with OP3 glazing)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Rag Paper, Oil
Young Ash Trees
Located in Brecon, Powys
A plantation of young Ash trees growing in Wales.
Mounted ready for framing
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
August Garden
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very pretty floral watercolour from this normally strong coloured abstract artist.
Matted and in perfect condition
Image 11.5" x 14.5" Matted 18" x 22"
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Richly-Hued Oil Pastel Drawing - Boats in the Harbor
By E. Bachmann
Located in Houston, TX
Richly-hued oil pastel drawing of boats docked in a European harbor by artist E. Bachmann, 1955.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pla...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Casbah
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French gouache and watercolor of peaceful and serene scene of North African Casbah, circa 1950. Signature and title lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a...
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1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
Rainy Day - Near Paris, France
By Bart Forbes
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rainy Day - Near Paris, France" is a watercolor on Canson Aquarelle French cold press watercolor paper. The price does not include a frame. The overall paper size is 6 x 9 inches.
In addition to being one of America’s foremost illustrators, Bart Forbes creates paintings and watercolors for himself. This private and very personal work, is painted from his mind’s eye. Forbes’ oil paintings express a time of day or a mood through his use of color, texture, and composition.
Forbes moved to Dallas in 1967, after completing graduate study at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, following his BFA in art from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Forbes was the official artist for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. His public works include the cover of Time Magazine; 19 commemorative stamps for the US Postal Service, including the Ronald Reagan stamp; and official artworks for the Kentucky Derby, Indianapolis 500...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Red Barn
Located in Dallas, TX
In her work, Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience.
Gildersl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Paper
French Watercolor Landscape - Hilltop Village
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and bright watercolor landscape of a village perched atop a hillside in Madagascar by French artist Stephane Magnard (1917-2010), circa 1950. Signed lower left.
Stéphane Magna...
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1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
'Lakeshore Drive, Chicago', Modernist Cityscape, Woman Artist, Crocker Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century, Modernist view of Chicago, seen in the evening with the lights of numerous buildings reflected in the still waters of Lake Michigan.
Signed lower right "M. Backman" f...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Birch Grove
Located in Houston, TX
Exquisite ink and watercolor landscape of a birch grove rich in autumn colored foliage by J. Rottin, circa 1960. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displa...
Category
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
French Watercolor Forest Landscape
By M. Guillaumey
Located in Houston, TX
Autumn-hued watercolor of a forest landscape by French artist M. Guillaumey, 2002. Signed in pencil lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on pa...
Category
Early 2000s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Watercolor Landscape - Forest of Light
Located in Houston, TX
Splendid Peruvian watercolor of a forest surrounding a mountain peaks in warm hues of orange, yellow and green, 2011. Signed and dated lower left....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Mid-century Townscape Watercolor
By Thelma Chait
Located in Houston, TX
Festive and bright watercolor of town bordering a shimmering body of water by Thelma Chait (1918-2009), circa 1960. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of art on...
Category
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Paris Gardens
Located in Houston, TX
Soft and soothing watercolor of autumn colored trees lining a path in the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris by French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1960.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork ...
Category
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Watercolor Landscape - Venice
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist style watercolor of a early evening scene along the canals of Venice, Italy, circa 1990. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a w...
Category
1990s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Vintage French Watercolor - The Cavalcade
Located in Houston, TX
Captivating watercolor of a procession of people following a park path using a multitude of bright hues, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Historic House, Mandeville
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architect and artist, Grover Mouton utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Mouton's drawings were initially created as part of the design process in a series of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
XiaoZhaZhen Tower, Shanghai 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architect and artist, Grover Mouton utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Mouton's drawings were initially created as part of the design process in a series of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Heidelberg Bridge
Located in Houston, TX
Brightly rendered watercolor of the Karl Theodor bridge located in Heidelberg, Germany, 1950. Signed lower left, artist unknown.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
XiaoZhaZhen Street Scene, Shanghai
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architect and artist, Grover Mouton utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Mouton's drawings were initially created as part of the design process in a series of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Jardins du Luxembourg, Paris
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage French watercolor in a playful and colorful take on the famed Luxembourg Gardens of Paris by artist Madeleine Scali (1911-2000), circa 1960.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Trader's Market
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and bright watercolor of merchants gathered to trade cloth by French artist Stéphane Magnard, circa 1950. Magnard was the resident artist in Madagascar then a French possessio...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
French Pastel - Desert Terrian
Located in Houston, TX
Large French pastel landscape of vividly colored terrain depicted in bright and bold hues, circa 1970.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archiv...
Category
1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Lazy River
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful French watercolor of a glassy river lined with vivid green grass and trees dotted in fall colors from 1911.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white...
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1910s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Fence Line
Located in Dallas, TX
In her work, Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience.
Gildersle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic
Linda Cunningham, 'Still Structures II', 2011, Pastel, Ink
Located in Darien, CT
Unexpected materials, found and manufactured, perch precariously on torn edges and bifurcated sheets of large paper. Here, fluid calligraphic lines are posed against the veracity of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Woodblock no. 2 (Yellow Trees on Blue)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist's Statement: The contemplative nature of my work reflects both my practice of Eastern philosophy and my immersion in the history of modern and contemporary painting. The subje...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Wood
"Enchanting forest"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism.
This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France and...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
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
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Old Dehli
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
Old Dehli
By Dong Kingman (American, 1911-2000)
Unframed: 15" x 22"
Framed: 23" x 30"
Born in Oakland, CA on March 31, 1911. When Kingman was five, his family moved to Hong Kong where he grew up and attended Lingnan Grammar School. The headmaster of the school, Szetu Wei, had studied painting in Paris and recognized his budding artistic talent. For several years he trained young Kingman in both oriental and occidental approaches to painting. Returning to San Francisco in 1929, Kingman became active in the local art scene and began painting scenes of the city. His first solo show at the San Francisco Art Center in 1936 brought immediate recognition. During the 1930s he spent five years working on commissions for the Federal Public Works of Art Project. During WWII he created maps and charts for the O.S.S. After the war Kingman settled in NYC and taught at Columbia University. His paintings were used as backdrops for the movie "Flower Drum Song...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Spring in Normandy: Sunlight in the Apple Trees - Original watercolor, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Camille Hilaire
Spring in Normandy: Sunlight in the Apple Trees
Original watercolor painting
Signed bottom left
On vellum 56 x 76 cm (c . 22 x 30 in)
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Le Sentier
By Paul Cézanne
Located in London, GB
Paul Cézanne
Le Sentier
ca. 1890
Watercolour and pencil on paper
34.6 x 51.5 cms (13 5/8 x 20 1/4 ins)
PC16325
Provenance:
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Ju...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Assisi - 20th Century, Drawing on prepared card by Ben Nicholson
Located in London, GB
Pencil on artist's prepared card
Inscribed verso 'Assisi / Oct 8-55 / Ben Nicholson'
Blind stamped 'REEVES BRISTOL BOARD' (upper right)
Nicholson's work in Italy, although closely related to the central concerns of his art, is a special category in his oeuvre, which demonstrates his appreciation of Italian architecture and landscape. He visited Italy...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Home
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are premiering the paintings of a just discovered French artist Jade Bocquillon.
A gifted artist living in Provence in the South of France, The work of Jade Bocquillon evokes dee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"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 ...
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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
City of Night (Cruising in the Park)
By Bill Rice
Located in New York, NY
Ink and watercolor on paper
13.5 x 7.5 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Bill Rice was considered by such luminaries as Rene Ricard to be one of the most important painters of urban life from his generation. Rice’s depictions of inner city gay men...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, 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
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
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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