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Medium: Paper
Botanical Experiment #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Botanical Experiment #1, 2025
Alcohol and watercolor inks on Yupo paper
14 x 11 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Pastis and Peaches on a Lace Tablecloth', Prismatic Modernist Still Life
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'R. Moscardo' for Ramon Moscardo Fernandez (Spanish, born 1953) and painted circa 1980.
A substantial and scintillating, watercolor and gouache still-life comprising a bottle of Anis (Pastis), peaches in a cut glass bowl and a vase of flowers refracting rays of prismatic light across the surface of a lace tablecloth...
Category
1980s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1903 Rocky Landscape Of Distant Mountains
By Karl Yens
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful 1903 impressionist fragment of a California landscape by Karl Yens (1868-1945, German). Watercolor on paper, created in 1903. Presented in...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Pencil Drawing on Paper
Located in Warsaw, PL
Siergiej Timochow, a Belorussian artist, born in 1960.
He studied at an art school in Minsk in 1979 before continuing to study at the Fine Arts Academy in Belarus.
His acrylic and ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Glimpse of a House - Original China Ink - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Glimpse of a House is an original china ink drawing on paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of mid-20th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed.
Image Dimensions: 14 x 10 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Song of Songs Illustration" Watercolor, Old Testament Story, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Song of Songs Watercolor" renders an important bibilical story that is celebrated during Jewish Passover. Song of Solomon, also called Canticle of Canticles, or Song of Songs, an Old Testament...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stem #28 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Stem #28 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Yupo - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Julietta - XXI Century, Watercolor Figurative Painting, Female Nude, Horizontal
By Maria Iciak
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARIA ICIAK
Polish painter and art historian. She creates mainly in the technique of watercolour, exploring subjects of formal nature, balancing between abstract and figurative art.
...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ocean Path Through Sand Dunes - Florida Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene landscape of a path to the ocean through sand dunes by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th century). Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. On verso is written "Gift painted...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
The Maze - Abstract Expressionist Miniature Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
An abstract expressionist miniature etching on paper depicting a numerous different insects following a line of arrows by R. Silvestrov (Russian). Si...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract expressionism vivid spiritual oil pastels on paper "Angel"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting "Angel", created in the style of abstract expressionism and spiritual symbolism, was done by French artist Natalya Mougenot during a challenging period in her life. She...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture, C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two in the supermarket. 2023, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two in the supermarket
2023, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Masquerade - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th century
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Masquerade is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida.
Original Pencil Drawing on paper.
The work is in very good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'Still Life of Roses', Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
An elegant and powerful work by this well-exhibited and well-listed California pai...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Graphite
Les fleurs du mal by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed 114.6 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Red Flowers Abstract Still Life
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted still life of a vase of red flowers and fruit blending into an abstract expressionist watercolor composition by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" l...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Widow - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Widow is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Georges...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cyrus Cuneo, Symbolist Fan Design With Couple, Cherubs & Garden
By Cyrus Cuneo
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful early 20th-century fan design by American-English artist Cyrus Cuneo ROI (1879-1916) depicts a couple with cherubs in an ornamental garden. Cuneo was an accomplished p...
Category
1910s Symbolist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
1950s "Star Ear" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Star Ear"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
Black wood frame 9.75"x17.25
Signed lower right in pencil
Came from artist estate
This striking piece of art is an original drawing by r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sea at winter. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 60, 5 x 85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sea at winter. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 60,5 x 85 cm
Sea with ice at the shore
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in pr...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice', Venetian Vedute, Grand Canal
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Danail Ochkov' (Bulgarian-American, born 1977) and dated 2003.
Born in Bulgaria, Danail Ochkov studied fine art at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University in Sof...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Postcard
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Sophie Dancing 2
Original Nude Drawing
Mixed Media on Paper
Sheet Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Botanical Study Autumn Grape Leaves #2
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful study of grape leaves in autumn with abstracted elements and a pink/magenta background by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the est...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Vestal Virgin', Danish Modernism, Art Deco Figural, Mythological, Neo-classical
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'F. Sedivy' for Franz Sedivy II (Danish, 1888-1973) and dated 1959.
A dramatic figural painting of a young woman, shown naked and hold...
Category
1950s Art Deco Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Cecilia Arrospide - DESCANSANDO II, Drawing 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
Engraving Intervened
My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do no find in other media. When w...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Aunque usted no lo crea. Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aunque usted no lo crea, 2010, by Alvaro Barrios
Watercolor on paper
Image size: 33 H cm. x 20 W cm.
Frame size: 38 H x 50 W x 5 D. cm.
Unique
Discover the captivating universe of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Beach Walk with a Friend Figurative
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful watercolor painting of high tide and overcast skies; the perfect time for a beach walk with furry friend, by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 19...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix, Landscape With Watermill, Mother & Child
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming 19th-century drawing by British artist Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix (1840-1916) depicts a mother and child standing by a mill pond before a rustic watermill.
De Poix was a gentleman artist descended from French nobility...
Category
1870s English School Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Automotive design for Alexis Kellner AG Berlin
Located in London, GB
Half-Limousine coachwork design for an Austro-Daimler.
Gouache and watercolour heightened with gum-arabic on very dark green card, annotated in pale ink with body type below, numbere...
Category
1930s Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
“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 ...
Category
1850s Academic Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
1960s "Leaning Over" Gouache & Oil Pastel Bay Area Figurative Movement
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
"Leaning Over"
c. 1960s
Gouache and charcoal on newsprint
Unsigned
18" x 12" framed silver bamboo frame black mat 19.25"x25.25"
Gloria...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
"Icy Pond" Winter Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene winter landscape by Grace Eichholz (American, b. 1927). Signed "G. EICHHOLZ" in the lower left corner. Artist info and title on verso. Presented in a double mat of cream and w...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Blue Flowers and Colored Threads - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Woman Profile - Drawing In Pencil and Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman profile is a drawing in pencil and watercolor realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents the profile of a woman within a well-balanced composit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
black and white abstract expressionist
By Michael Loew
Located in Greenwich, CT
This sensitively rendered though powerful ink on paper was created in 1946 shortly after Loew returned from active duty where he served at the US Naval airbase on Tinian Island, the ...
Category
1940s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper
HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper)
Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed.
This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel
'A Young Lady', Flapper, Roaring 20's, Figural, Portrait of a Woman, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted in the style of Frederick Appleyard. Initialed lower left, 'FR.A' and created circa 1925. Bearing signature, verso.
An elegant and psychologically-penetrating pastel study of a fashionable young brunette with gray-green eyes, shown standing and gazing to the viewer's left.
This notable British landscape and portrait artist attended Scarborough School of Art where he studied under the genre and landscape painter Albert Strange. He then proceeded to the National Art Training School at South Kensington and from there, on the recommendation of the artist John Sparkes, to the Royal Academy. At the Royal Academy, he was met with immediate success, first receiving the Turner Gold Medal, followed by the Creswick Prize and the Landseer Scholarship.
Frederick Appleyard was a painter of landscapes, portraits and allegorical compositions of the decorative kind frequently associated with English Impressionism. Over the course of a long and storied career, he received a number of prestigious public commissions that included mural decorations for the Royal Academy of Art. He exhibited for many years at the Royal Academy (1900-1935), the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. From 1918-1950, he was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal West of England Academy of which he was elected a full member in 1926.
Appleyard's work is well-represented in private and public collections including in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery which holds 'A Secret', a Chantrey Bequest purchase from the Royal Academy Exhibition...
Category
1920s Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
"Personaggio con fiore" by E. Wenk, 2020-22 - Watercolor and Marker, Figure
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Character with flower"
Watercolor and marker on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy.
This is part of an album.
It's been drawn in one go, with ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
"Cubist Figure Lounging" Original Ink Drawing South West Artist John Rosa
Located in Arp, TX
John Rosa
"Cubist Figure Lounging"
2000
Ink on paper
11"x8" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Calm Before - Text Based Contemporary Abstraction, Red and Black
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Calm Before," is a text based contemporary abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece is built with washes of ink layered up leaving detailed forms through the piece inviting viewers to take it in up close. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. This piece is currently unframed, but framing options are available. For more works follow our storefront at Gallery 1202.
"As a painter, I often work on large, raw canvas. My abstract paintings merge formal painting and “bad” craft to challenge the high-low separation of materials (and related gender hierarchies) that have traditionally been present in the art world. The monotypes are like a calligraphic practice. I use them as a warm up to allow me to feel confident with a gesture before committing it to a larger scale. I work in layers, often sewing or incorporating fabric into the finished piece, and incorporate chance into each stage of my process. The text/titles often come from song lyrics, local radio commercials, and news headlines. I edit these snippets and piece them together to reflect my interpretation of current politics and social norms, especially as they relate to gender.
Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture.
Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Liddell’s work has been featured in solo and curated exhibitions throughout the United States, including at the Wiregrass Museum of Art, the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2019 she had two solo exhibitions of her “Men” series at the Versa Gallery in Chattanooga and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, with a review of the Versa exhibition in BURNAWAY and was recently picked by Berlin curator Tina Sauerlaender as a featured artist on Foundwork. Liddell hosts a podcast (Peachy Keen) as an extension of her art practice, interviewing women on art and the South. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Spray Paint, Ink, Monotype
Pencil Skirt - 5"x7", Black & White, Pencil Skirt, Original Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. It can be moved around easily and is a great way to build up an art collection. Using paint and pencil, this black and white cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
"Morning Dew"
By Doris Howard
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and vibrant depiction of a spider web by Doris Howard (American, b. 1935). Signed "Doris Warner" in the lower left corner. Tag on verso from the "Harvest of Colors" exhibition at Roberts Field...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
'Pink Palms, Rainforest Beach', Hawaiian Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Tremewen' for Ian Tremewen (Australian, born 1954), additionally signed, verso, dated 1993 and titled, 'Poster Idea, #9328, Pink Palms, Rainforest Beach'
A watercolor and gouache study for a gallery exhibition at the Village Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.
Ian Tremewen began showing his watercolors with Village Gallery in 1976 while living on Maui. Born in Montreal and now based in Australia, Tremewen has spent much of his life in the Caribbean and Hawaiian tropics. Tremewen's work reflects the interest he feels for light, space and shadow working in sculpture, contemporary glass and textiles. His abstract interpretation of the amorphic shapes of nature, coupled with his design and composition enable him to present his work with a view that is distinctly his own.
Artist's Statement: "As an artist, I can experiment with many aspects and combinations. I've always been fascinated by the psychedelic colours hidden in rainforests. For me, these elements invite abstraction, where a shape, along with colour and texture, defines an object. There now appears to be a refreshing openness emerging in the art world. I feel there is a freedom to stretch and explore ideas and alternatives like never before using mediums and concepts that are expanding the world of art and design.”
Solo Exhibitions:
Napua Gallery, USA
Village Gallery Contemporary, USA
Karratha Art Centre, Australia
Metro Arts, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Grand Orbit, Australia
Paperworks Gallery, Canada
Corporate Art West, USA
Budds Beach Gallery, Australia
Pandanus Art, Australia
Tremewen@Marine, Australia
Group Exhibitions:
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Australia
Ritz-Carlton, USA
Contemporary Art Gallery, USA
Parliament Building, Australia
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
Nordstroms, USA
Tattersalls Club, Australia
Honolulu Academy of Art, USA
Federation...What About the Nation? Museums and Galleries Foundation, Australia
Selected Awards:
Hui Noeau, USA
Suncorp Biennial, Australia
S.O.S. Festival, Australia
Hawaii Watercolour Society, USA
Heritage Art Festival, Australia
R.E.I.Q. Bicentennial, Australia
Woven Image, Australia
Art Maui, USA
Courier Mail Art Prize, Australia
Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Paradise Art Award, Australia
Commissions:
Sydney Airports Corporation, Australia
Lloyds Of London...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Nude - XXI century, Figurative drawing, Pencil
Located in Warsaw, PL
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bronze and silver. He specializes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"New York City Skyline View from the East River, " Lionel Reiss, Jewish Artist
By Lionel Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988)
New York City Skyline View from the East River
Watercolor on paper
13 x 19 inches
Signed lower left
In describing his own style, Lionel Reiss wrote, “By nature, inclination, and training, I have long since recognized the fact that...I belong to the category of those who can only gladly affirm the reality of the world I live in.” Reiss’s subject matter was wide-ranging, including gritty New York scenes, landscapes of bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seascapes around Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, it was as a painter of Jewish life—both in Israel and in Europe before World War II—that Reiss excelled. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, noted that Reiss was “essentially an artist of the nineteenth century, and because of this he had the power and the courage to tell visually the story of a people.”
Although Reiss was born in Jaroslaw, Poland, his family immigrated to the United States in 1898 when he was four years old. Reiss's family settled on New York City’s Lower East Side and he lived in the city for most of his life. Reiss attended the Art Students League and then worked as a commercial artist for newspapers and publishers. As art director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he supposedly created the studio’s famous lion logo.
After World War I, Reiss became fascinated with Jewish life in the ‘Old World.’ In 1921 he left his advertising work and spent the next ten years traveling in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish life in Poland prior to World War II. He later wrote, “My trip encompassed three main objectives: to make ethnic studies of Jewish types wherever I traveled; to paint and draw Jewish life, as I saw it and felt it, in all aspects; and to round out my work in Israel.”
In Europe, Reiss recorded quotidian scenes in a variety of media and different settings such as Paris, Amsterdam, the Venice ghetto, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and an array of shops, synagogues, streets, and marketplaces in the Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Ternopil, and Kovno. He paid great attention to details of dress, hair, and facial features, and his work became noted for its descriptive quality.
A selection of Reiss’s portraits appeared in 1938 in his book My Models Were Jews. In this book, published on the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a great deal of diversity within and between Jewish communities around the world. Franz Boas...
Category
1940s American Modern Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in a Green Shirt -San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a woman in profile by San Francisco artist William Kirchner (20th Century). Signed and dated "W. Kirchner 67" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new charcoal grey mat with foam core backing. Paper size: 18"H x 12"W.
Exhibitions, San Francisco 28th Annual Arts Festival 1974, Capricorn Asunder Gallery 1974, Nevada City...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
At Baltic sea. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 63x94 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At Baltic sea. Watercolor, paper, 63x94 cm
Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private ...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in blue ink, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (343 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
Category
19th Century Rajput Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Imaginary View of an Italian Port, a signed and dated drawing by Jacobus Storck
Located in PARIS, FR
In this finely executed pen and wash drawing, Jacobus Storck presents us with an imaginary view in an Italian port. The splendor of the buildings (the large sculpted fountain surmoun...
Category
1680s Old Masters Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Pen, Ink
Blue Hour (blue, floral, flowers, vessels, textured, pastel on paper)
Located in New York, NY
28.25 X 25.75 Inches framed
This piece is featured in A’Court’’s 2024 solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”.
Artist Biography:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing - Women On The Beach
Located in Surfside, FL
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Thinking by Tamara de Lempicka
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tamara De Lempicka
1898-1980 Polish
Thinking
Signed “Lempicka”(bottom right)
Pencil on paper
This enchanting pencil on paper by Tamara de Lempicka radiates Art Deco's signature b...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Carnegie International
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and watercolor on paper
Signed in black ink, l.c.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes framing.
Jack Balas...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway
Located in New York, NY
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway.
10 x 7 1/2 inches. Graphite on paper. Signed, titled "42nd Street" and dated July 26, 1923, lower l...
Category
1920s American Realist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nude Figures - China Ink drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Figures is an original China Ink drawing on paper glued on cardboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1958, included a Passepartout. In very good conditions, with some sign of hum...
Category
1950s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Red Rock Country" - Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic desert landscape by Betty Jenkins (American, 20th Century). Red rock formations stretch across the center of the composition, executed with skil...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper.
Graphite on paper
6 x 8.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City...
Category
1940s Contemporary Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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