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Period: 1940s
Medium: Watercolor
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse Painting on paper from 1946 by master artist Allan Houser. Ft. Sill Chi...
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1940s Contemporary Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz, Watercolor, pencil cm.12 x 8 1946
Located in Torino, IT
Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974) He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amiens, where he attended the Academy ...
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1940s French School Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled (Cows in Autumn)
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York. signed Milton Avery (lower right) Born in Sand...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Reclining Figures
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore Reclining Figures 1940 Chalk, pen and watercolour on paper 25.4 x 43.2 cms (10 x 17 ins) HM15852 Provenance: Willard Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York, ac...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil, Watercolor

Nude Study no. 50, Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Study of Madonna & Child - 20th Century, Wash & pencil on paper by Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Signed lower right Provenance: The Artist By whom gifted to Duncan Guthrie, 1952 Private Collection, UK Reference: HMF 2186b This drawing is one of the preparatory studies...
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Wax, Pencil

Dancer in a Landscape - 20th Century, Work on paper by John Craxton
Located in London, GB
Pencil, charcoal and conté crayon and gouache on paper Provenance: Christopher Hull Gallery Private collection, UK 1992
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Gouache, Pencil

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pont Royal Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France: The Pont Royal by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Image: 12 x 8.75 inches, sheet 16 x 12.25 ...
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Jacques Fath and Lucien Lelong Fashion Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Original ink and gouache drawing on paper, in gray mat. Original fashion illustration for a french magazine. Publishes notes in pencil in margins. Mat size: 22 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Gouache, Pencil

The Village Market
Located in Missouri, MO
Jacob (Yaacov) Eisenscher "The Village Market" 1947 Gouache/Watercolor on Paper Signed and Dated Lower Left Image Size: approx 18 x 12.5 Framed Size: approx 27 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches ...
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1940s Realist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

"Bronc Rider" Rodeo
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown (1926-1999) Alpine Artist Image Size: 12.25 x 9.25 Frame Size: 18 x 15.5 Medium: Watercolor Dated 1942 "Bronc Rider" Rodeo
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1940s Impressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Early Spring Landscape #303, " Watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Early Spring Landscape #303" is an original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts two leafless trees on the edge of water with ...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

New York Harbor
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman "New York Harbor" c. 1940s watercolor on paper Signed *This is fully illustrated in the book, "Dong Kingman An American Master" (see attached images). Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx. 33.5 x 40.5 inches This is a wonderful painting by the legendary artist, Dong Kingman (1911-2000). Great period for the artist, with his bold color and whimsical approach. The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist: Dong Kingman, the world-renowned artist and teacher, died in his sleep on May 12, 2000 at age 89 in his home in Manhattan. The cause was pancreatic cancer. Long acknowledged as an American watercolor master, he has received an extraordinary number of awards and honors throughout his 70-year career in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art Association First Purchase Prize, 1936; Audubon Artist Medal of Honor, 1946; Philadelphia Watercolor Club Joseph Pennel Memorial Medal, 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art Award, and the National Academy Design 150th Anniversary Gold Medal Award, 1975. In 1987, the American Watercolor Society awarded Dong Kingman its highest honor, the Dolphin Medal, "for having made outstanding contributions to art especially to that of watercolor." His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums and universities, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Des Moines Art Center, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Brooklyn Museum and Hirshhorn Museum. Born in Oakland, California in 1911 of Chinese descent, Kingman moved to Hong Kong at age five. He studied art and calligraphy in his formative years at the Lingnan School. The painting master Szeto Wai had recently studied art in Paris and took a keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French Impressionist styles of painting. Kingman returned home to Oakland when he was 18 at the height of the Depression. He worked as a newsboy and dishwasher to make ends meet. When he was employed as a houseboy for the Drew family in San Francisco, he painted every spare moment. In a year, he created enough pictures to have a one-man show at the Art Center. It attracted the attention of San Francisco art critics who raved about Kingmans unique style. Wrote Junius Cravens of the San Francisco News: "That young Chinese artist is showing 20 of the freshest and most satisfying watercolors that have been seen hereabouts in many a day Kingman already has developed that universal quality which may place a sincere artist work above the limitations of either racial characteristics or schools. Kingmans art belongs to the world at large today." Dong Kingman became an overnight success. From 1936 to 1941, he was a project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two Guggenheim fellowships enabled him to travel the country painting American scenes. His first one-man show in New York at Midtown Galleries in 1942 was well received in the media, including Time, Newsweek, the New Yorker and American Artist. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco held a major exhibit of his watercolors in 1945. In 1951, Midtown presented a 10-year retrospective of his work. Time Magazine wrote, "At age 40, Kingman is one of the worlds best watercolorists." Other retrospectives, including Corcoran in Washington,D.C. an d Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio, were held for the artist. Kingman moved to Wildenstein (1958-1969) where he had successful exhibits in New York, London and Paris. Hammer Galleries exhibited his paintings in the 70s, and then the artist expanded his venues to the West Coast and Far East. During World War II, he served with the OSS in Washington, D.C. where he was a cartographer. After his honorable discharge, Kingman moved to Brooklyn Heights from San Francisco when he became a guest lecturer and then art instructor at Columbia University (1946-1958). Hunter College also appointed him instructor in watercolors and Chinese Art (1948-1953). His teaching career continued with the Famous Artists School, Westport, CT in 1953, joining such distinguished artists on the faculty as Will Barnet, Stuart Davis, Norman Rockwell and Ben Shahn. He also became a teaching member for 40 years for the Hewitt Painting Workshops, which conducts worldwide painting tours. He taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, was a member of its board, and received an honorary doctorate from the Academy. In 1954, the U.S. Department of State invited Kingman to go on a cultural exchange program tour around the world to give exhibitions and lectures and to meet local artists. When he came home, he presented the State Department with a 40-foot long report on a scroll, which later appeared in LIFE Magazine. One of Kingman's most treasured experiences was his invitation by the Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China to exhibit in that country in 1981. He was the first American artist to be accorded a one-man show since diplomatic relations resumed. More than 100,000 visitors attended his exhibitions in Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou and the retrospective received critical acclaim from the Chinese press. Noted the China Daily Mail, "Just as the master painters of the Song Dynasty roamed about mountain and stream to capture the rhythm of nature, Dong Kingman traveled the world capturing the dynamism of modern lifefamiliar scenes have been transformed into a vibrant new vision of life through color schemes with rhythms that play over the entire surface of the picture. The wind swept skies which enliven his watercolors remind us of the pleinairism of the French Impressionists." Kingman, who has been fascinated with movies since seeing his first film "The Thief of Baghdad...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Nude Study 9, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 9 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Nude Study no. 30, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude 30 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed u.r. Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

"Nude Study no. 47", Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Summit of Montmartre
Located in Fairfield, CT
Ogden Minton Pleissner is known for his landscapes of the American West, as well as images of the Canadian Maritimes and New England. Growing up, Pleissner spent summers in Wyoming w...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Ideas for Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Signed lower right and inscribed verso
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1940s Modern Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor, Crayon

The Accordionist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional original watercolor by American artist Byron Randall. "The Accordionist", is an original watercolor on heavy paper, signed, c.1945, with an image dimension of 30.5 ...
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1940s Expressionist Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Clouds in Culver City
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "Clouds in Culver City...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

San Pedro Harbor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "The Red Boxcar...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Red Boxcar
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "The Red Boxcar...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Encore
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Walking Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Watercolor Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

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