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Period: 1940s
Medium: Watercolor
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, A City Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France: A City Street Scene by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) unsigned watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed sheet 9.75 x 12.25 inches Very nicely execu...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Children Snow Sledding in Central Park - New Yorker Cover Study
Located in Miami, FL
Hungarian/American artist/illustrator depicts a charming scene of sledding in the snow in Central Park. The work is abstract in its design as it's functional in its narrative - Unpublished New Yorker...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Modernist Trees, 1940s Framed Modernist Landscape Watercolor Painting, Red Green
Located in Denver, CO
Modernist painting of trees, interior forest scene by Colorado artist, Richard Sorby (1911-2001). Painted in dark colors of green, blue and black with brown, orange and white. Water...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Old Athens Plaza Landscape Watercolor 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3869 Old Athens watercolor landscape on paper Part of a series of 10 Greek watercolors on our site
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

French Landscape - Watercolor by Robert Albert Genicot - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
French Landscape is an original artwork realize by Robert Albert Genicot (1890-1981) in 1940s. Watercolor. The painting is in good conditions, signed by the artist on the lower mar...
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1940s Contemporary Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Landscape - Original Drawing by Paulette Humbert - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in Pen and China Ink realized in 1940 by Paulette Humbert. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composi...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

"Untitled (Dock Scene)" Watercolor on Paper, Local Scene, Buildings, Water
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this local dock scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Dock Scene)” is typical of a small town dock scene from Michigan where Culver lived or from places as far away as Maine, but what makes it important is its easy familiarity: water, gulls or terns, slanting wood shanties, scruffy dirt patches and course grasses. It is not idealized, but does set the tone of fresh air, the scream of birds and the sun on water. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and museum glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...
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1940s Naturalistic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

La Nina Desnuda, Gouache Painting by Raul Anguiano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Raúl Anguiano belongs to the “Third Generation” of post-revolutionary painters, with Juan O’Gorman, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado, Alfredo Zalce...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Tempera

In the Countryside - Watercolor by Antonio Vangelli - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
In the Countryside is an original watercolor, realized by Antonio Vangelli in 1944. Fair conditions with repaired riping. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and s...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Richard De Menocal Vogue Watercolour Of Turban Clad Theatrical Lady
Located in Bristol, CT
Pencil signed w/ artist stamp on verso 539 East 88 St. New York City Lolas Gallery De Menocal (1919-1995) graduated from the school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. During his ...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Richard De Menocal Vogue Watercolour Of Lady Croquet Player Nov 15 1947
Located in Bristol, CT
Pencil signed w/ artist stamp on verso Commissioned for Vogue Magazine Nov 15, 1947 Page 102 539 East 88 St. New York City Lolas Gallery De Menocal (1919-1995) graduated from ...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'by Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower center, 'for Ruth' and painted circa 1945. Additionally signed and titled verso 'Navajo Fa...
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1940s Art Deco Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor

Bauhaus . Untitled (French Barque under Staysail)
Located in Miami, FL
Bauhaus Iconic work by the master or Cubism and Expressionism Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles Bonhams, Exhibited: Moller Fine Art, "Precision ...
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1940s Expressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Paris: Atelier Studio French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Atelier Rue Alain Chartier by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) unsigned but inscribed by Miloch verso watercolour and graphite painting on artist's paper, unframed sheet: 11 x 14 inc...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Watercolor

Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage" Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament. "Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage". Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988. Bio Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy. During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...
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1940s Abstract Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

'Fremantle Harbor, Perth, Western Australia', Post Impressionist, SFAA, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Byron' for Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999) and dated 1947. Born in Tacoma, WA on Oct. 23, 1918. Randall was in Salem, OR during the 1930s. He created artwork...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper, Gouache

“After the Hunt”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa 1940. ...
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1940s Academic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Abstract in Three Dimensions
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper Jo Aarons Gallery Label en verso Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

St John’s College Cambridge Wren Bridge Ludwig Lund Watercolour Painting
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Ludwig Lund (1908-2003) St John’s College Wren Bridge Watercolour 26 x 21 cm Born in Odense, Denmark, he showed an early aptitude for painting and drawing, being encouraged from a young age by his aunt, an artist. He moved with his family to the United States in 1920. Stationed in the UK during the Second World War, he was official army illustrator for the 2nd Air Division...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mykonos Greece Landscape Watercolor 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3866 Mykonos watercolor village view Part of 10 watercolors of Greece on our site
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century British Cubist watercolour drawing by John Sutton
Located in London, GB
JOHN SUTTON (20th Century) Still Life with Fruit Signed, inscribed and dated: 10/5/42 Watercolour, chalks and pen and ink, unframed 25 by 31.5 cm., 10 by 12 ½ in. (mount size 40 ...
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1940s Cubist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Chalk

Fishing Boats at Shore, 1940's Seascape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century small-scale watercolor landscape of fishermen with their boats on the shore by unknown artist. Signed lower left corner illegibly. Circa 1940's. Unframed. Image...
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1940s American Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Charles Culver Landscape Winter Road Watercolor Signed & Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this country scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Winter Road)” is a quiet country scene depicting a road leading into the distance either going to or coming from a local farm. The snow does not particularly seem fresh suggesting a melt and the coming of spring. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservator glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles...
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1940s Naturalistic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

The Weight on the Conscience - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
The Weight on the Conscience is an original Tempera and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in 1942. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed and dated by the artist with p...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

Lecon d' Amour - Original Ink and Watercolor - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Lecon d' Amour is an original artwork realized by Henry Marteau in 1940. China Ink and watercolor. Very good condition.
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

The Red Shoes (Erotic)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959) Title: Sex Scene in Red Shoes (Erotic) Year: circa 1940 Medium: Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper, signed Size: 17...
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1940s Expressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Farmer - Original Watercolor on Paper by J. Delpech after Millet - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
"Farmer" is an original drawing in mixed media on cardboard, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 17.3 x 17...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert) Watercolor, 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 14 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches Regarding the Maine subject matter of her watercolors, we know that Allen...
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1940s American Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

French Watercolour Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
White Roses in a Glass Stem Vase by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower left watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed sheet: 13.5 x 9.75 inches Very pretty still life pa...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xceron is described as having a reputation as an artist that has mysteriously fallen into obscurity---especially since he was reportedly quite prominent during his lifetime. However, a partial explanation of that omission is the fact that many of his papers and early records have been lost. He was a painter of biomorphic abstractions and did collages, which were influenced by Dadaism. Xceron was active in New York City when modernism was gaining influence. Of him during this period, it was written that his artistic role was "a vital link between what is commonly termed as the first-generation (the Stieglitz group, the Synchromists, etc.) and second-generation, the American Abstract Artists, the Transcendental Painting...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Greek Village Scene Landscape Watercolor
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3872 Greek Village scene landscape watercolor Part of a series of 10 Greek watercolors on our site
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

untitled (Mt. Desert Narrows)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Mt. Desert Narrows) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image/sheet size: 11 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches Regarding the Maine subject matter of her watercolors, we know that Allen taught art in West Gouldsboro, ME, located near Arcadia National Forest. This watercolor was most probably done in that vicinity. A local Maine newsletter mentions “the artist Greta Allen’s house...
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1940s American Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Parthenon Greece Watercolor landscape 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3867 Parthenon Greece landscape watercolor on paper Part of a series of 10 Greek watercolors on our site by the same artist
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches Regarding the Maine subject matter of her watercolors, we know that Allen taught art in West Gouldsboro, ME, located near Arcadia National Forest. This watercolor was most probably done in that vicinity. A local Maine newsletter mentions “the artist Greta Allen’s house...
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1940s American Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur, the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour and gouache painting on ar...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Cats - Original Watercolor and Pen by Marie Paulette Lagosse - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Cats is an original etching by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996) in 1948. Signed on the plate on the lower right. The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for some ...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pen

Portrait of Jacques - Tempera and Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait of Jacques" is an original drawing in tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet ...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Autumn Forest - Mid Century Abstracted Fauvist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century fauvist watercolor landscape with lush, vivid trees and distant houses by Emily Shotwell Goeller-Wood (American, 1887-1965). Presented in a rustic giltwood frame...
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1940s Fauvist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Les Voiles by Léopold Survage - Abstract watercolour
Located in London, GB
Les Voiles by Léopold Survage (1987-1968) Watercolour on paper 23 x 38 cm (9 x 15 inches) Monogrammed, stamped and dated lower right Executed in 1945 ...
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1940s Surrealist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Harbor View Mykonos Greece Landscape Watercolor
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3873 Water color harbor view landscape Mykonos Greece laid on paper backing(13.75x19.75")
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
Located in Surfside, FL
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings. Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and settled in New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House Galleries, NYC, Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC, Associated American Artists Gallery and the A.C.A. Gallery. Gunvald's work spanned many modern American movements from the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Brooklyn Society of Artists. He exhibited with both of these organizations and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish artists participated in this New Deal program among them Ben Shahn, Joseph Solman, William Gropper, Philip Guston Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, the Soyers (Isaac, Moses, and Raphael), and many others Grunwald exhibited alongside other popular artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Charles Burchfield. He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York. Select Exhibitions A.C.A. Gallery Associated American Artists Gallery, 1936-1955 American Watercolor Society, 1932-1942 New York Watercolor Club, 1935-1937 Humanist Art...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: A Collection of Three Paintings of Paris Scenes by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) the Eiffel Tower painting is signed front lower right and also inscribed to the back, the Versailles painting...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Erte (Roman de Tirtoff) Original Set Design for the Opera Dreams of Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
Erte Roman de Tirtoff:1892-1990. Well listed and very important Russian artist. Most famous for his set decorations and art deco design. He has an auction result high of $45,000 for ...
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1940s Art Deco Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Vegetation - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
"Vegetation" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 26.3 x 17 ...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
Located in Miami, FL
Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls. Signed and ...
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1940s Realist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, India Ink

The Boat in the Dock - Original Watercolor - 1945 ca
Located in Roma, IT
The boat in the dock is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1945 ca. Good conditions. The artwork represents a beautiful sea in the perspe...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Early Snow on a Dutch Barn Roof', Rural landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on old frame backing, 'La Vere Hutchings' (American, 1918-1998) and titled 'Early Snow'. LaVere Hutchings had a degree in art and during WWII ...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

The Fortress - Ink and Watercolor by Gustave Bourgain - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Fortress is an original ink and watercolor on paper realized in 1940 by Gustave Bourgain Signed on the plate on the lower right. The State of prese...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

'St Mark's Square, Venice', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Charlottenborg Palace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and titled, 'Venedig' (Venice). Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a young age...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

'Oregon Coast', Art Institute of Chicago, AIC, Works Project Association, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. Vincent' for Andrew McDuffie Vincent (American, 1898-1993); inscribed verso with title, 'Oregon Coast' and dated 1945. A vibrant w...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Charles Culver Watercolor Landscape "Red Hills Near Patzcurao" Signed & Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this Mexican scene is located in Mexico, west of Mexico City and south of Guadalajara. “Red Hills Near Patzcuaro” is set in a golden light. and was one of three paintings by the artist while the artist visited Patzcuaro, Mexico. The humans depicted lend an atmosphere to the painting and an indication of location - dressed in native Mexican peasant dress - without being obtrusive and causing the viewer to concentrate on them. The intense red hills of Patzcuaro are the feature in this painting along with the pinon and juniper trees and the Chamisa shrub. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and museum glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...
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1940s Naturalistic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

“Tavern Meeting”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa...
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1940s Academic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Charles Culver Landscape "Late Afternoon Landscape" Watercolor on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
“Late Afternoon Landscape” is set in the golden light of evening painted in the mid-west town of Utica, Michigan. It has the atmosphere of when work is done and peace and quiet blanket the countryside. The The farm machinery has ceased its racket as has the family dog wandering about for one last sniff. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservative glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...
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1940s Naturalistic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Jeanne d'Arc - China Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jeanne d'Arc is a modern artwork realized in the 1940s ca by a French Artist. Original China ink and Watercolors on paper. Passepartout is included (dimensions: 38 x 0.1 x 30 cm)....
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

"Radio City Rockette"
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper of a Radio City Music Hall Rockette done in the late 1940's or early 1950's. Ruth Adele Mysel grew up in Boston and attended the New Eng...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor', Moscow, French Militaria
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900. Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscription and newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times' review of Hoffbauer's 1949 Legion of Honor Exhibition. Mat dimensions: 12.75 x 13.5 Inches An exceptionally fine and detailed, cabinet-sized gouache showing members of the Napoleonic guard relaxing in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor during France's brief occupation of Moscow during the fall of 1812. Born in Paris in 1875, Charles Hoffbauer studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau and, during his studies, became acquainted with Matisse, Rouault, and Marquet. He was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including an Honorable Mention in the Salon of 1896, and prizes at the Salons of 1898 and 1899. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 and, in the same year, a French government scholarship, the Prix National du Salon, that allowed him to travel and study in Italy, Greece and Egypt. In 1902, he won the Prix Rosa Bonheur. At the Salon of 1904, the French government purchased 'Champs de Bataille' for the Musée du Luxembourg and Hoffbauer was elected a member of the Legion of Honor. Hoffbauer served in the French Army as an official war artist during the first world war, winning the Croix de Guerre and acting as liaison officer to the American camouflage section. On the recommendation of the mural painter, James Wall Finn, Hoffbauer received the 1935 commission to paint the murals for Battle Abbey, the Confederate memorial in Richmond, Virginia. He revisited America to accept a commission for the mural in the Missouri State Capitol, and was appointed to membership of the jury of the 1937 International Exposition. Two years later, he became an American citizen and settled in Rockport, Massachusetts. Charles Hoffbauer's work may be found in the permanent collections of numerous national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1585; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 17/18, p. 246; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 7, p. 105; Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002, Bob Creps, Dealer’s Choice Books, Inc. 2002, Vol. 1, p. 643; Steen, James T. "The Story of a Painting," Carnegie Magazine 31/32 (February 1957): 57-59; Charles Hoffbauer (1875-1957). Drawings, Temperas & Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Somerville, MA: Gropper Art Gallery, 1977; Glueck, Grace. New York: The Painted City. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books...
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1940s Academic Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Welcome - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Welcome is an original charcoal drawing and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. The beautiful artwork is in good conditions on a brown paper, mounted on a black cardboard p...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Cobwebs and Rocks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cobwebs and Rocks Watercolor, 1940 Signed, dated, and copyrighted lower right Exhibited: Zimmerli Art Museum, Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum: Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Color Plate 14 copy copy of the catalog accompanies the watercolor Condition: excellent Image size: 14 3/4 x 21 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Ruth O...
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1940s Surrealist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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