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Medium: Pastel
Fauvist Pastel on Paper, "Lunch in Provence", After Henri Matisse
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist pastel on paper of a Provençal lunch. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in a white frame under perspex.
A charming, highly colourful and ...
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Late 20th Century Fauvist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
$814 Sale Price
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Untitled #3
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #3" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 21.75 x 16.75 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Charles Hinman, Minimalist Drawing, Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Signed
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman
Untitled Minimalist Drawing (Mid-Century Modern), 1980
Pastel on off-white wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated by the artist on the lower-right front. Jeffrey Fuller...
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1980s Minimalist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Original Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper I (1987)
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper I (1987)
Example of 1980s vintage Latin American School abstract expressionist art of a minimalist portrait by California-based La...
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1980s Post-War Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
$800 Sale Price
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David
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Signed and titled (lower right)
49cm × 76cm (62cm × 89cm framed)
Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period...
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1980s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Erwin Steinhauser (1939-2023) - 1999 Pastel, Study of Waterlilies
Located in Corsham, GB
In the style of Monet. Signed and dated. Presented in a white painted wooden frame. On cardboard.
Category
20th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, Framed Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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1990s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Paper
Seated Nude
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Signed and titled (lower right)
51cm × 38cm (63cm × 49cm framed)
Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the p...
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1980s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wifredo Lam, Cuban (1902 - 1982)
Title: Untitled - I
Year: 1957
Medium: Crayon and Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Paper Size: 22 in. x 26.5 in. (55.88 cm x 67.31...
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1950s Surrealist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$150,000
The Figures Sketches - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in pencil and pen and pa...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pen, Pencil
The Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Burkhardt
1904 - 1994
Hans Burkhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1904, emigrating to New York in 1924.
Upon his arrival to New York, he became associated with the pio...
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1960s Cubist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$1,788 Sale Price
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1950s Mid Century Abstract Contour Drawing 1
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry and Ruth Opper
Abstract Expressionism Contour Drawing 1
c.1950s
Ink and Pastel Contour Drawing
18" x 12", Unframed
Signed in ink lo...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pastel
"La Siempre Habana #69" 1994 Original Signed Acrylic Charcoal Cardboard 12x15in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'De la serie La Siempre Habana 69', 1994
pastel, acrylic on paper
11.9 x 15.8 in. (30 x 40 cm.)
ID: 1D199404
Hand-signed by author
___________________...
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1990s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Varnish, Charcoal, Pastel
Koi, golden fish, pastel drawing water, nature, abstract reflection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1983-84 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing obs...
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2010s American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Brutalist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bold and evocative pastel on paper by British artist John Alfred Begg (1903–1974), this striking Cubist nude study reflects the artist's Brutalist sensibility through angular forms...
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1950s Cubist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro". The framed piece measures 20 1/2 x 25 x 2 3/4 in.
Camille Pissarro was born on July 10th 1830 on the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas. He live...
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1870s Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
Portrait Of An Indian Soldier, Signed, Large Pastel
By Willem Delsaux
Located in PARIS, FR
Willem DELSAUX
Ixelles 1862 - 1954 Gimbergen
Profile portrait of « Allah Dita »,Indian soldier of the British Indian colonial army
Pastel on p...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
A 1950s Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for you hockey enthusiast! A 1950s pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted size: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the Artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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1950s American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Dark Green Field, Signed Pastel on Paper by Oliviero Masi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dark Green Field
Oliviero Masi
Italian (1948)
Date: 1980
Pastel on paper, signed lower right
Size: 17.5 x 17.5 in. (44.45 x 44.45 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
CLAES-THOBOIS Albert. Statue. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929.
Located in Paris, FR
CLAES-THOBOIS Albert
Statue. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929.
Provenance : Collection of the mistress of the artist.
Born in Ixelles in 1883, Claes-Thobois studied at the Academy of Brussels under Constant Montald...
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1920s Cubist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
La Femme Muse /// Allegorical Symbolism Romantic Old Masters European Drawing
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Unknown (Likely French, 18th Century)
Title: "La Femme Muse"
*No signature found
Circa: 1780
Medium: Original Pastel Drawing on heavy laid paper
Frami...
Category
1780s Old Masters Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
78% Off
Summer, Iceland #5
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Bartlett
Summer, Iceland #5, 2000
Pastel on paper
30 x 44 1/4 inches (sheet)
Unsigned
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Ken Symonds (1927-2010) - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Nude on Patterned Rug
Located in Corsham, GB
A soft and diffused nude study by the Newlyn School artist Ken Symonds. The scene depicts a female figure lying comfortable on a colourful rug. The pastel has been signed by Symonds ...
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20th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Samantha Haring "Opaque - Chalk Pastel on Paper
Located in New York, NY
"I make quiet paintings in a noisy world. My work is an intimate meditation on humble objects and the detritus of studio life. I aim to promote a reengagement with the mundane while ...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Abstract Geometric Terracotta Jugs, Mid Century Modern Abstracted Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold mid century modern abstracted pastel on paper still life of several terra cotta jugs and vessels distilled down to their most basic shapes and ar...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Summer landscape by Whistler's French artist friend Delâtre, Barbizon connection
Located in Norwich, GB
An atmospheric landscape in the last glow of the evening sun by a rare 19th Century master , Auguste Delâtre.
Delâtre (1822-1902) was a pioneering pri...
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Claudio Verna Signed and Certified Pastel on Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Verna pastel on paper signed and dated 1980 registered and certified by the Claudio Verna Archive.
The drawing was analyzed by the Claudio Verna Archive directly.
Based on ...
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1980s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna)
By Larry Rivers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna)
Pastel, charcoal and colored pencil on paper, 1970-1975
Signed lower right in pencil: Larry Rivers
Inscribed on the rabbit of the ...
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1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Vito Tomasello. Portrait of Wayne Herman, 1971. Pasel on paper, 18 x 24 inches. Signed and dated upper left.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello is best known for his male nude draw...
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1970s Realist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory-c...
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1980s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of the famed fishing village (and renowned surfing locale) of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen. Painted in the 1960s, this vivid waterco...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor
Wanderer's Pizza
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Wanderer's Pizza" is an original paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, and tubing artwork by Drew Leshko measuring approx. 11.5"h x 7.25"w x 0.75"d.
Drew Leshko is a P...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Wire
December 4
Located in New York, NY
Rocio Rodriguez
December 4, 2020
Pastel and charcoal on paper
11 x 14 in.
(rodr054)
Rocio's work represents an exploration of the transient and temporal and a process of creating a ...
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2010s Abstract Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Modern Dancers
By Mick Micheyl
Located in London, GB
'Modern Dancers', pastel, ink and gouache on fine art paper by French artist, singer and sculptor, Mick Micheyl (1964). Two elegant young men are depicted in a graceful dancing pose, arms outstretched, their lithe bodies so agile and limber. Perhaps one of the dancers was her friend, Philippe, to whom the painting is dedicated on the bottom. The dedication says: 'For you Philippe, all my friendship'. Signed: 'Mick Micheyl'. The work has been newly framed and glazed after having been acquired in the S. of France. It is in fair vintage condition commensurate with age showing minor blemishing on the paper. Upon request a video of the piece can be provided.
Dimensions with Frame:
H 75 cm / 29.5"
W 61 cm / 24"
Dimensions without Frame:
H 56 cm / 22"
W 42 cm / 16.5"
About the Artist: Mick Micheyl (1922 - 2019) was born in Lyon and had a busy and rewarding artistic career as a singer, producer, reviewer, metal sculptor, artist. After having received training at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon she became a painter and decorator in the theatre but then commenced a career in the musical activities of a theatrical troupe. She won the ABC competition in Paris in 1949 with a song, Le Marchand de Poésie, which she composed herself. She then performed in many cabarets: L'Échelle de Jacob, Harlequin and Liberty's. In the 1950s she was one of the most important French cabaret singers of that period. One of her titles, 'Un Gamin de Paris', became one of the French standards and also performed by Yves Montand and Robert Clary...
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1960s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Gouache
Still Life with Flowers and Platter, Pastel on Paper by Adela Smith Lintelmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Adela Smith Lintelmann, American (1902 - 1996) - Still Life with Flowers and Copper Platter, Medium: Pastel on Paper, Size: 19.5 in. x 25 in. (49.53 cm x 63.5 cm), Frame Size: 30 x ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Reclining Nude Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priva...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Unique signed pastel & graphite work Geometric Abstraction Minimalist painting
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman
Untitled Geometric Abstraction (Hand Signed), 1980
Pastel & Graphite painting on Paper
Signed and dedicated to "Michael and Rene" in graphite by the artist on the fron...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
Impressionist scene of sheep grazing in an open pasture
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really atmospheric impressionistic image of sheep grazing in an open pasture with wonderful effects of light and shade.
John Robert Keitley Duff (1862-1938)
Sheep grazing
Signed w...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$219 Sale Price
20% Off
"Mass Study III", Layered paper and drawing collage, architectural, dimensional
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper collage and drawing artwork titled "Mass Study III" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
19th Century Pastel - Portrait of Lizzie Ornsby
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait depicting Lizzie Ornsby, daughter of Captain Dalgairns. The artist depicts her in the grounds of a grand house. She leans on a stone pillar as she sketches a flow...
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19th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Green Symphony, Abstract Expressionist Pastel Drawing by Souleymane Keita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Souleymane Keita, Senegalese (1947 -2014) - Green Symphony, Year: 1982, Medium: Pastel on J Perrigot Arches Special MBM, signed and dated in pencil ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Landscape - Drawing by Ardengo Soffici - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Ardengo Soffici in 1930s.
Pencil on paper.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes frame.
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1930s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
"Study for TH" Diana Kurz, Mid-Century Push And Pull Abstract Expressionist Work
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Study for TH
Pastel and gouache on paper
21 1/2 x 20 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
'Cancan b'. Contemporary Fauvist Pastel Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary abstract expressionist pastel on paper of a Provençal landscape 'Cancan b' by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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 Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$2,120 Sale Price
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London Bridge on Thames View - Drawing by Herbert John Finn- 1927
Located in Roma, IT
London Thames View is a modern artwork realized by Herbert John Finn (1860-1942).
Mixed colored ink, pastel and watercolor on paper.
Includes gileded frame
Hand signed and dated o...
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1920s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Ink
Drawing Portrait Sarah Bernhardt red hair woman French late 19th monogram
Located in PARIS, FR
French school from the end of the 19th century
Drawing
Pencil and pastel
40 x 29 cm (55 x 46 cm with cardboard support)
Collector's stamp or workshop stamp at the bottom right ? “A.D.”
Category
Late 19th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$478 Sale Price
38% Off
Mary Frank Original Charcoal and Pastel 1984 Figure Drawing
By Mary Frank
Located in New York, NY
Mary Frank (British/American, b. 1933)
Chant, 1984
Charcoal and pastel on paper
41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
Framed: 46 1/2 x 34 1/4x 2 in.
Signed and dated lower right: Mary Frank 84
Midtown Payson Galleries Label Verso
Mary Frank is known for creating stoneware sculptures that have the appearance of terra cotta fragments dug up at an archaeological site. Sometimes a half-finished relief head...
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1980s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Original French Pastel Expressive Mid-Century Sketches with Detail
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Sketches
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 12.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: pri...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
19th Century Grand Tour Impressionist View of Santo Stephano, Liguria, Italy.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th century Impressionist view, in pastel, chalk and crayon, in the style of Turner, of Santo Stephano, Imperia, Italy by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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Mid-19th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Modern British pastel study Still life on blue by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Still life on blue
pastel on paper
signed ‘B. Myers’ (lower left)
24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame)
From the estate of Bernard My...
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20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
20th century landscape pastel drawing colorful grass path hills sky signed
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Study for Connecticut at Putney' is an original pastel drawing by American artist Wolf Kahn. The landscape is an exploration of color and light: it is rendered in cool blues and purples with fields of subtle yellow, the pastels treated with the same gesture as Kahn's paintbrush on a canvas. Indeed, this pastel was a study executed en plein air for a painting – the painting now sometimes called 'Bend in the River' – that he later created in the studio. This process of creating studies, selecting the best of the studies, and then recreating them as paintings was typical of Kahn's studio process and makes this pastel a significant example of the artist's creative output.
9 x 11 inches, artwork
15.5 x 18.13 inches, frame
Signed 'W. Kahn' lower right
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting. Housed in a gold finish wood moulding.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Wolf Kahn, the youngest of four siblings, was born into a well-to-do artistic family. His father was the conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Symphony, and his mother came from a family of art collectors.(1) During 1938, Kahn took his first art lessons, but most of his initial drawings were of military or historical events. The next year Kahn was sent to England for safety following the ascendancy of Hitler to power, and in 1940, he immigrated to the United States.
In 1942, he entered New York's High School of Music and Art, and while there, he was employed by a commercial art firm doing illustrations. After a stint in the Navy, Kahn entered Hans Hofmann's school, and among his fellow students were Neil Blaine, Jane Freilicher, Allan Kaprow and Larry Rivers. His initial results were done with a dark palette and abstracted forms, and although Hofmann's style of teaching was difficult, Kahn has consistently praised him for teaching him the value of control and understanding.(2)
Kahn's first exhibition was a 1951 group show in a loft with several other artists in lower Manhattan. From this impromptu show, a group effort evolved called the Hansa Gallery Cooperative.(3) In 1953, Wolf Kahn had a one-man show at this gallery, which was reviewed by Fairfield Porter, and at this same time bolder, more vivid colors began to appear in his work. By the mid-1950's, on a summer trip to Provincetown, Kahn's paintings indicated a new direction of softening warm colors in the manner of Bonnard. He was included in Meyer Shapiro's seminal exhibition, The New York School: The Second Generation at the Jewish Museum, and by the end of the 1950s, he had developed his abstracted landscape style for which he is best known.
In 1966, he made his first "barn" painting on Martha's Vineyard that reduced the complexities of detail of the architecture to a more basic shape, a stylistic convention that is evident in the Museum's painting. Kahn has since commented frequently on his use of color as a unique and specific component of each work as the situation demands, where the gradual buildup of the colors resembles the beauty and translucent nature of pastels.(4) Since then Kahn has had one-person exhibitions at the Kansas City Art Institute, Chrysler Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art and the Columbus Museum, among others. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums throughout the United States.
Footnotes:
1. Much of the biographical information is drawn from Justin Spring, Wolf Kahn (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).
2. Spring, 21. Wolf Kahn draws this from a 1973 address to the College Art Association.
3. This group included Jane Wilson...
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1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
The Countryside and Mediterranean Sea at Beaulieu, Cote d'Azur, South of France.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th century Impressionist view, in watercolour, in the style of Turner, of Beaulieu, South of France, by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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Mid-19th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Recordando el gran artista Alberto Riano "Mangos" Marzo, Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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1990s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Paper
Fruit by Alphonse Mucha
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alphonse Mucha
1860-1939 Czech
Fruit
Signed "Mucha" (lower left)
Pastel on paper
"Art only exists to communicate a spiritual message." —Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha's distincti...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
In Isolation Series VI
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VI" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Portrait of Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman With Knees Up by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman With Knees Up"
Pastel & Ink on Paper
24” x 18”
34" x 31" inches framed
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Landscape - Mixed Media by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame 36x27 cm.
Very good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March...
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1960s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Watercolor
Self-Portrait In Pastels - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Drawing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame.
Ksenya Istomina made...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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