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Medium: Paper
"Great Blue IV" (2024) By Lee Andre, Original Charcoal Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Great Blue IV" (2024) by Lee Andre is a beautiful charcoal illustration of a crane mid-flight.
Born in Korea and adopted at age five by a family in Minnesota, Lee Andre's early pen...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Le combat des poissons "Pencil study with annotations , cm. 30 x 20 1940 ca
By André Masson
Located in Torino, IT
André Masson ( 1896-1987)
Pencil study with annotations on the right side, acquired by the previous owner from Luis Masson son of Andrè Masson
Category
1940s Surrealist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Landscape With Blooming Trees
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Landscape with Blooming Trees
Paul-Emile Pissarro 1884-1972 French
Paper size 9.5x12.5 under glass framed 12x16x1 signed, very good condition. The backi...
Category
1940s Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Untitled
By Fred Nagler
Located in Dallas, TX
Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his prof...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Watercolor
Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse Inspired Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse-like Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante
2024
pastel and collaged vintage Penny Magazines and chalk
23.75 x 24.50 inches unfram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Le Phare, Original Oil Pastel, Contemporary Landscape, Sea Scape, French coast
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Le Phare (Title - FR)
Work : New Original Drawing, Handmade artwork and Unique Work.
Medium : Oil Pastel and Oil pencils on archival Fine Art paper. The work has been tre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
“Rocky Mountain Meadow”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a Rocky Mountain Meadow by the well known American artist, Werner Drewes. Signed lower right. Titled and dated 1956 on verso of sheet. Con...
Category
1950s American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Infanta XLVIII (Abstract Figurative Graphite Drawing in Antique Pewter Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract graphite drawing on paper in vintage pewter frame
5.75 x 4.5 inches
This abstract figurative graphite drawing on paper was inspired by academic...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Cubist Factory" American Scene WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Cubist Factory" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Mid 20th Century Industrial
Herbert Heyel (American 1907-2000)
"Cubist Factory"
14 x 20 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1933
S...
Category
1930s American Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Moss Beach, California, San Francisco, West Coast Landscape, Ocean Shore
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ernest William Christmas (Australian, 1863-1918)
Signed: E. W. Christmas (Lower, Left)
" Moss Beach, Ocean Shore, Cal. ", 1915
(California)
Watercolor on Paper
20" x 25 3/4"
Hou...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
HORSE AND RIDER - Ink drawing signed Marino
Located in Napoli, IT
Indian ink drawing on paper inspired by the works of Marino Marini, embellished with a beautiful frame, mis. est. cm. h.37x32x2.
Category
1970s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
MB 809 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Seated Male Nude Models)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
21.5 x 28 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two seated male nude models was made ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Frammento, Drawing, large size, Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Frammento Casa di Famiglia
Title: Fragment
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Dimensions:
Artwork: 70x110 cm
Frame: 80x120 cm
Description:
This is an original, non-reproducible piece by Mar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful floral still life by American artist Jane Piper (1916-1991) . Pastel, oil crayon and pencil on tracing paper. Image measuring 13 x 15.5 inches in ...
Category
1980s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Pencil
'Maine Coast', American Watercolor Society, Museum Fine Arts, Boston
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial watercolor on Arches paper showing a house nestled on a bluff overlooking the variegated blue-grey waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Signed lower right, "L. Sisson" for Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015) and dated 2002.
Inscribed lower left with dedication to the artist's son, David Sisson.
The youngest artist ever to be elected to membership of the American Watercolor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Cart with Oxen - Original Pencil and Watercolor on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cart with Oxen is an original modern artwork realized in the half of the early 20th Century.
Original mixed media artwork: tempera, watercolor, china ink and pencil on cardboard.
V...
Category
20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Tempera, Paper, Watercolor
Girl and Horse - Watercolor by Marie Laurencin - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed.
Sketch realized in 1924 for the invitation to "Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev".
Published in the same invitation in June 26th, 1924.
Ref. Mimì, Anna Laetitia Pecci...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Gouache Fashion Sketch - Paris Street Fashion
Located in Houston, TX
French gouache fashion sketch of a casual day outfit, circa 1980.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of ...
Category
1970s Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A Clever Watercolor and Ink on Paper Drawing Titled "The Sea" by Richard Taylor
Located in Chicago, IL
An eye-catching watercolor and ink on paper drawing titled "The Sea" by artist Richard Taylor. Image size: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2". Framed size: 15 1/4" x 17 1/4. Provenance: Wakefield ...
Category
1950s American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Geometric Composition. Second half of the 20th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Abstract Geometric Composition
Date: Second half of the 20th century
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: H 50 cm x W 65 cm approx.
Description: Modular geometric structure with ove...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Shah Jahan taking tea with a concubine. Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sca...
Category
19th Century Rajput Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Ultramarine Male Nude - Contemporary Abstract Ecolina Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Windows - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Windows is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing.
The work h...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
17, Modern Abstract Acrylic on Paper Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 17
Year: 1986
Medium: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Intersecting Magic Square
Located in New York, NY
Charmion von Wiegand
Intersecting Magic Square, ca. 1963
Gouache on paperboard
Signed and titled on the back of the artwork. The signature shown on the frame back is a photo of the actual signature on the artwork itself.
Frame Included: elegantly floated and framed in hand made white wood museum frame with UV plexiglass
This work is signed and titled on the back of the artwork itself. The signature shown on the back of the frame is a photo of the actual signature, since the actual pencil signature and title is on the artwork itself, which can't be seen within the frame
Measurements:
Frame:
21 x 17 x 1.5 inches
Artwork:
18 x 14.25 inches
The Estate of the celebrated artist Charmion Von Wiegand has been represented exclusively by Michael Rosenfeld...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil
"Almond blossom" ( almond trees blossom inspired by Vincent va Gogh)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features almond trees which are coming into full flower: big branches of white and light pink almond blossom against a blue sky. In these flowering trees, I wanted to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Original handwritten Letter of thanks, hand signed by Keith Haring on letterhead
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring
Original Handwritten, hand signed Letter, ca. 1987
Ink on Haring's Private letterhead Stationery, Hand written and hand signed by Keith...
Category
1980s Pop Art Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
'Monterey Coast', California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and breezy view of the much-loved Pinnacle Point in Monterey painted with the artist's characteristic freshness and vigor and dating to the 1920's. Initialed lower right, 'G....
Category
1920s Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist
Subject: Figures
Medium: etching, watercolor paint
Surface: Paper
This is hand signed lower right.. there does not seem to be an edition size although th...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
The Family - Original Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Family is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Ink, pencil drawing and watercolor; hand signed on the left ma...
Category
1940s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
American Watercolor Atlantic City New Jersey Coast Beach Sunset Signed Date 1875
Located in Portland, OR
A fine and important painting by the celebrated American Hudson River School painter William Trost Richards (1833-1905), the painting depicting the coastline at sunset Atlantic City, NJ, signed and dated 1875.
This watercolor is fresh to the market from a private American collection, in the same family hands since the 1920's and housed in the original bronzed frame, condition is all original, we at Bloomsbury Fine Art had the work professionally remounted in archival acid free materials and UV glass. Condition is excellent.
Framed: 20.25" tall x 30.25" wide x 1" deep
At sight: 10.5" tall x 20.5" wide
William Trost Richards was born in Philadelphia and began to draw at a young age. At thirteen he was forced to leave school to support his family and found a job designing ornamental metal fixtures. He continued to study art, eventually taking classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and exhibiting his first work there in 1852.
In 1855 he made the first of several trips to Europe to look at art. An admirer of the great American landscape artists of his day, Frederic Edwin Church and John F...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
AN OLD TREE
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "AN OLD TREE" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of collage on panel. This piece measures 4"h x 4"w.
Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Panel, Paper
Rafael Mckenzie Soares, Wildlife artist, Horse or Equine portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming and beautifully executed study of a horse by this very talented artist. A most attractive picture of this noble creature in ready to hang condition
Rafael Mckenzi...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Tranquil landscape of a seaside farmhouse on the sand surrounded by coastal plants, in soft neutral watercolors. A distant ocean s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original 1930's Vintage Motor Car Racing Original Drawing Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful original pencil drawing depicting a vintage motor car racing scene from the 1930's.
The drawing is by - "K. B. White" - a British illustrator and motoring artist who was working in the 1930's.
The drawing perfectly capture the glamorous spirit of vintage...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Holy Fire, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique abstract expressionist pastel drawing by an unknown artist. Depicting a mans face as the focal point with what appears to be chu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
Palm Leaf Over Blue Sky, Handmade Botanical Cyanotype on Paper, Tropical Vintage
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a beautiful Palm Tree Leaf.
Details:
+ Title: Palm Tree Leaf Over Blue Sky
+ Year: 2025
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped a...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Cardinal Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
412
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cardinal
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ornette by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A muted color acrylic and oil pastel of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornette by African American artist Bai is an enigmatic portrait made on 15” x 11” etching paper. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Skyscapes Series - Large Scale Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Skyscapes Series - Large Scale Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored Dry Pastel abstract landscape by Aleah Koury (American, b. 1959). ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Sailboat Journey, Nautical Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper, Indigo Seascape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Misty Sailboat Journey" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying a daytime sailboat journey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Monotype, Photogram, Paper
Untitled (Standing Male Nude 1)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Lounging III - Figurative Watercolor Nude Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero, Nude Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero" by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper
Sheet size: 19.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Pink Flamingo Venus
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pink Flamingo Venus, 2020, watercolor, ink, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, pink, black, and white.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) - Vacations - 1953 - lithograph in colors on Rives pap
Located in Varese, IT
lithograph in colors on Rives paper, edited in 1953,
signed and dated in pencil by artist in lower right corner, numbered 10/20
excellent conditions
Image size: 17 x 25 cm
Paper size...
Category
1950s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Florentine Garden
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ricciardo Meacci (Italian, 1856 - 1938)
Signed: R. Meacci (Lower, Left)
" Florentine Garden "
Watercolor on Paper
7 1/2" x 15 1/4"
Housed in a 3" Frame
Overall Size: 19 5/8" x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Crosses
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Two Crosses" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor.
As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting.
Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...
Category
1960s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Master American Contemporaries
By Alex Katz
Located in Wien, 9
The art work is signed in the print at the lower left and numbered in pencil: P.P. II/IV
This special art piece "Master American Contemporaries" by Alex Katz (*1927) is a colour lit...
Category
1990s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Italy 1974 Post-Modern Abstract Print Fortunato Depero The Twins
Located in Brescia, IT
This Fortunato Depero wionderful serigraphy is a multiple of 250 specimens printed by the authorization of Museum of Depero in Rovereto (Italy).
This i...
Category
Late 20th Century Futurist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
MODERN EVE - nude by Paula Craioveanu - original art ultramarine blue
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper.
Shipped rolled in a tube. Shipping anywhere in the world. Registered airmail.
This piece, Modern Eve, is a striking and expressive work that beautifully captures the essence of Matisse’s influence while maintaining its own contemporary voice. The use of ultramarine tempera on paper creates a dynamic interplay between form and negative space, with the vivid blue standing out against the warm, neutral background.
The loose, fluid brushstrokes give the figure an organic, almost spontaneous energy, reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nudes series. The dripping paint and gestural lines evoke a sense of movement, reinforcing the sensuality of the pose.
The arching posture of the figure conveys ecstasy or release, with an elongated, exaggerated form that enhances emotional intensity. The simplification of anatomy aligns with Fauvist principles—prioritizing emotional impact over precise realism.
The choice of ultramarine is bold and effective. It has historical significance in art, often associated with spirituality and depth (as seen in Yves Klein’s monochromes), yet here it is used in a raw, expressive manner that makes the figure feel both powerful and ethereal.
The use of tempera adds a unique opacity and depth to the strokes. It gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as if the artist captured the moment in a burst of inspiration. The visible brushwork and drips make the process part of the final aesthetic, reinforcing a connection between artist and viewer.
The clear homage to Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude series is well-executed but doesn’t feel derivative—it builds upon his legacy while pushing it forward. The sensual yet modern representation of the female body echoes the freedom of early 20th-century modernists but with a contemporary edge. The piece also recalls the expressive, raw energy of Egon Schiele’s linework, albeit with a more fluid and painterly approach.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in color and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Orchids and Hydrangeas, Diptych. Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Paper
“Arc de Triomphe Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor and gouache on archival paper by French artist, Henri Grenier. Signed lower right. Circa 1925. Condition is excellent. The artwork is housed in its original ornate carv...
Category
1920s Fauvist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Watercolor
'Water Lilies', California Watercolor Society, SWA, Woman Artist, Zoltan Szabo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Beverly Fields' (American, 20th century) and dated 1988.
Accompanied by a copy of the artist's poster from the same series.
This listed California artist has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards. Beverly Fields first studied with Zoltan Szabo and later with Charles Reid...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Wonderful and evocative abstract expressionist ink drawing of a off-center standing male with slap-das...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Abstract Cityscape" NYC Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
"Abstract Cityscape" NYC Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Ashcan
Abraham Walkowitz (American, 1878-1965)
Abstract Cityscape
Sight: 6 1/4' x 8 1/2 inches
Mixed media...
Category
1910s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Cold Light, Winter Trees (Dark Charcoal Landscape Drawing of a Country Forest)
By Sue Bryan
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white landscape drawing of country forest with hints of green pastel
charcoal and carbon on Arches paper
8 x 10 inches un...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
1950s "Purple Head" Mid Century Oil and Pastel Portrait Original Drawing
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Purple Head"
c.1950s
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
13.75" x 17" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art Commission
Philadelphia Print...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper, Gouache
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947...
Category
1970s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wave - abstract painting, made in ultramarine blue, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a sty...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Train Station, " Max Kuehne, Industrial City Scene, American Impressionism
By Max Kuehne
Located in New York, NY
Max Kuehne (1880 - 1968)
Train Station, circa 1910
Watercolor on paper
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Private Collection, Illinois
Max Kuehne was born in Halle, Germany on November 7, 1880. During his adolescence the family immigrated to America and settled in Flushing, New York. As a young man, Max was active in rowing events, bicycle racing, swimming and sailing. After experimenting with various occupations, Kuehne decided to study art, which led him to William Merritt Chase's famous school in New York; he was trained by Chase himself, then by Kenneth Hayes Miller. Chase was at the peak of his career, and his portraits were especially in demand. Kuehne would have profited from Chase's invaluable lessons in technique, as well as his inspirational personality. Miller, only four years older than Kuehne, was another of the many artists to benefit from Chase's teachings. Even though Miller still would have been under the spell of Chase upon Kuehne's arrival, he was already experimenting with an aestheticism that went beyond Chase's realism and virtuosity of the brush. Later Miller developed a style dependent upon volumetric figures that recall Italian Renaissance prototypes.
Kuehne moved from Miller to Robert Henri in 1909. Rockwell Kent, who also studied under Chase, Miller, and Henri, expressed what he felt were their respective contributions: "As Chase had taught us to use our eyes, and Henri to enlist our hearts, Miller called on us to use our heads." (Rockwell Kent, It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1955, p. 83). Henri prompted Kuehne to search out the unvarnished realities of urban living; a notable portion of Henri's stylistic formula was incorporated into his work.
Having received such a thorough foundation in art, Kuehne spent a year in Europe's major art museums to study techniques of the old masters. His son Richard named Ernest Lawson as one of Max Kuehne's European traveling companions. In 1911 Kuehne moved to New York where he maintained a studio and painted everyday scenes around him, using the rather Manet-like, dark palette of Henri.
A trip to Gloucester during the following summer engendered a brighter palette. In the words of Gallatin (1924, p. 60), during that summer Kuehne "executed some of his most successful pictures, paintings full of sunlight . . . revealing the fact that he was becoming a colorist of considerable distinction." Kuehne was away in England the year of the Armory Show (1913), where he worked on powerful, painterly seascapes on the rocky shores of Cornwall. Possibly inspired by Henri - who had discovered Madrid in 1900 then took classes there in 1906, 1908 and 1912 - Kuehne visited Spain in 1914; in all, he would spend three years there, maintaining a studio in Granada. He developed his own impressionism and a greater simplicity while in Spain, under the influence of the brilliant Mediterranean light. George Bellows convinced Kuehne to spend the summer of 1919 in Rockport, Maine (near Camden). The influence of Bellows was more than casual; he would have intensified Kuehne's commitment to paint life "in the raw" around him.
After another brief trip to Spain in 1920, Kuehne went to the other Rockport (Cape Ann, Massachusetts) where he was accepted as a member of the vigorous art colony, spearheaded by Aldro T. Hibbard. Rockport's picturesque ambiance fulfilled the needs of an artist-sailor: as a writer in the Gloucester Daily Times explained, "Max Kuehne came to Rockport to paint, but he stayed to sail." The 1920s was a boom decade for Cape Ann, as it was for the rest of the nation. Kuehne's studio in Rockport was formerly occupied by Jonas Lie.
Kuehne spent the summer of 1923 in Paris, where in July, André Breton started a brawl as the curtain went up on a play by his rival Tristan Tzara; the event signified the demise of the Dada movement. Kuehne could not relate to this avant-garde art but was apparently influenced by more traditional painters — the Fauves, Nabis, and painters such as Bonnard. Gallatin perceived a looser handling and more brilliant color in the pictures Kuehne brought back to the States in the fall. In 1926, Kuehne won the First Honorable Mention at the Carnegie Institute, and he re-exhibited there, for example, in 1937 (Before the Wind). Besides painting, Kuehne did sculpture, decorative screens, and furniture work with carved and gilded molding. In addition, he designed and carved his own frames, and John Taylor Adams encouraged Kuehne to execute etchings. Through his talents in all these media he was able to survive the Depression, and during the 1940s and 1950s these activities almost eclipsed his easel painting. In later years, Kuehne's landscapes and still-lifes show the influence of Cézanne and Bonnard, and his style changed radically.
Max Kuehne died in 1968. He exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, and in various New York City galleries. Kuehne's works are in the following public collections: the Detroit Institute of Arts (Marine Headland), the Whitney Museum (Diamond Hill...
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1910s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
Located in Soquel, CA
An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W.
Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...
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1910s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Marino Marini (1901-1980) - Furia di danza - 1975 - etching and color aquatint
Located in Varese, IT
Pistoia 1901 - 1980
"Dance Fury" 1975
etching and color aquatint, e.g. 32/75
Work signed lower right and numbered lower left (in pencil on the sheet)
Printer Il Cigno, Rome
It is par...
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1970s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Etching
Un Rassemblement - Figurative Drawing
By Milo Quam
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully provocative sketch drawing of a gathering of men and women in pencil by outsider artist Mylo Quam (American, 1941-1996). Signed lower right. Presented in giltwood frame with black mat under glass. Image size: 8.25"H x 10.50"W.
A long-time Woodstock area resident, Mylo Quam was a self-taught painter and draughtsman whose provocative figural work has been compared to Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as to twentieth-century artists Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Quam was an avid reader who derived inspiration from such varied arenas as Shakespeare, the occult, the Bible, Eastern and Western mythology, politics, and popular culture. "I look at everything," the artist was quoted as saying in 1990. "I read the comic pages. Anything visual. There's very little I don't think is a subject for art."
Born in North Dakota, Quam studied Greek language and other classical subjects at Brandeis, Boston, and New York Universities, and worked as a translator of Greek plays while just 17 years old. After a successful career as an actor that included numerous Off-Broadway performances and a leading role in the 1968 Broadway production of Royal Hunt of the Sun, Quam turned his focus to painting.
His first one-man exhibition was at the Boatman Gallery, NYC in 1969 and was followed by twenty solo shows over the course of his career at venues including Gallery A, Flynn Gallery, CFM Gallery, Brewster Gallery, Imperial Gallery, Runyon Winchell Gallery and the Gallery of Erotic Art, all in New York City.
Quam's work was also exhibited at the John Pense Gallery in San Francisco, the Clark-Whitney Gallery in Massachusetts, the Barrett House and Desmond Weiss Galleries in Poughkeepsie, and for many years at the Ann Leonard Gallery in Woodstock.
Quam's paintings were exhibited internationally, as well, notably in a solo exhibition in Haiti-- the first by an American artist in that country. In addition, he was one of four artists to represent the United States in La Bienalle di Venezia, Italia of 1986. As a young man, Quam designed sets and/or costumes for the Actor's Playhouse in New York City, the Lucas Hovig Ballet Company, and the Opera Municipal de Marseilles, France. He also created illustrations for The Story of O...
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1970s Outsider Art Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Cocaine - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Cocaine is a satiric drawing realized by an Anonymous artist in the mid-20th century.
Watercolor and China ink on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is created...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Ephemeral composition Iv - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
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18th Century Rajput Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Elegant pastel composition of a nude woman by an unknown artist (20th Century). The model is laying on her back, with her hea...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Saguaro 14
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“City Snow”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache city snowscape attributed to the hand of Hans Peter Nelson. Signed lower left ”H. Nelson”. Condition is excellent. Circa 1940. Under glass. The art...
Category
1940s Ashcan School Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
1941 Watercolor of Chicago's Old Town, Titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1941 watercolor of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood that features an old car, titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin. Image size: 11 1/2" x 15 1/2". Framed size: 18"...
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1940s American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1924 Colored Pencil Drawing by George E Burr, Arizona Desert Storm Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage, original colored pencil drawing titled Untitled (Storm over Desert Landscape, Arizona) was created in 1924 by celebrated American artist George ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
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