1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

The Villa is a drawing realized by an unknown french artist  and signed A. Jodet, in the early 20th century. Pencil on paper. Good conditions. Beautiful drawing with soft pencil s...

We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...

Mid Century Modern East Bay II Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran Dynamic mid century abstracted geometric landscape drawing of the East Bay California lands...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of Woman in Maine (P2.55), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Description: Starin...

Portrait of an Indian woman. Drawing with black chalk, white chalk and blood. Signature to be identified. Date (19)56. A hole in the sheet on the right side, otherwise good condition...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Gas Pump, Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 23 in. x 16 in. (58.42 cm x 40.64 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's light hand and kee...

Figure is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1952. Black Marker drawing. Dated and signed by the artist. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...

China ink drawing on paper. Not signed. Good condition except for some foxing.

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 17.75 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mac...

Quel che ti pare is a satirical drawing realized by Primo Zeglio in the mid-XX century. The state of preservation is good, except for a small tear on the right margin and on the higher left corner. On the lower center, it is signed “Zeglio” in China ink, while “quel che ti pare” is written in pencil on the lower right. At the bottom of the drawing, “Biennale Venezia...

Maurice MIOT dit "Melito" (1920-1994) Open window, 1950 Pencil on paper Signed "Melito" and dated "50" lower right 35 x 25 cm Frame 50 x 40 cm Son of a locksmith from the Aube regio...

Landscape is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 20th century. With monogram of the artist on the lower right in pen. The State of preservatio...

Marie LAURENCIN Spring Blossom : Leaves in Blue, 1953 Original pencil drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good condition, marks of the ...

Abstract Composition is an original Ink and Watercolor drawing on paper applied realized by Maurice André in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. Han...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Brussels (P5.28), Year: circa 1950, Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, Size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm), Description: Viewed fr...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Birds (73), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm), Description: Perched on several tufts of greene...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Trap Rock, Haverstraw (P4.30), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 14 x 19 in. (35.56 x 48.26 cm), Description: Eve Nether...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of a Man (86), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm), Description: Cast against a yellow ...

This beautiful drawing is hand-signed and dated. Image Dimensions : 14 x 22.5cm

Surrealist Drawing is an exceptional pencil drawing by the artist Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, who signed on the lower right of the paper “Matta”. The artwork is in ver...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Roslyn (P1.11), Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm), Description: Tinted in a soft purple hu...

In the Land of the Cat is a Pencil Drawing and watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Good condition, no signature, titled on the centre of the artwork in italian language. ...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Drums (P5.43), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm), Description: A unique watercolor on pape...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Still Life with Drape and Box (P6.58), Year: 1952, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.26 cm), Description: Cas...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Seated Woman (P6.18), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 29 x 22 in. (73.66 x 55.88 cm), Description: Wearing an oversize...

Je suis une détenue - Chap. I is an original china ink drawing realized during the 1950s by Theodore van Elsen. Hand-signed and titled on the back: "Je suis une détenue - Chap. I. 2...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Children Playing at the Beach (P3.16), Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 9 x 20 in. (22.86 x 50.8 cm), Description: Sitt...

Sally Barclay (1911-2000) was a New Jersey Artist known for her painting and activities as an art teacher. Signed front and back.

A 1950s bright, geometric textile design (In red, white & blue) by stage and costume designer Andre Delfau. Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delf...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Still Life with Squash and Basket (P5.62), Year: 1956, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15.5 x 22 in. (39.37 x 55.88 cm), Descriptio...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Ave C. (P5.8), Year: 1949-1951, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 13 x 18.5 in. (33.02 x 46.99 cm), Description: Rising high above t...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Surf at Twin Lights, Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 7 in. x 21 in. (17.78 cm x 53.34 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Seated Ballerina (P6.62), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Seated with her ...

Tiger is a beautiful original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized in 1950 ca. by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, also known as Willi Lorenz. Hand-signed in pencil o...

Couple is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1950 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. In very good conditions, except for some ripping and foxin...

A painting of instruments and flowers by Charles Cobelle. This piece features bright, almost neon colors and bears his signature in the lower right front corner. Size: 22 x 28 in. (...

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Reading is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1955. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Ital...

"Landscape" is a drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 15 x 23.5 cm. The ar...

Classic mid-century California seascape watercolor of the crashing surf on the rocky coast by Santa Cruz, California artist Margaret E. Rogers (American, 1872-1961), c.1950. Rogers was one of the original "Jolly Daubers" who studied with Frank Heath and took wagon trips to the redwoods and Yosemite to paint. Signed "M.E. Rogers" lower right. Presented in a rustic giltwood frame under glass. Image, 16.5"H x 18.5"L. Margaret Esther Rogers' (1872 - 1961) early childhood was spent in England. The Rogers were a cultured family who came to California for the father’s health and settled on a ranch in the King City area. Margaret grew up in the curiously paradoxical world of early California, breaking her own riding horses and roping cattle during the day, doing a man’s work, riding a man’s saddle, then sitting down to the piano to play classics in the evening after high tea. Margaret’s mother had the only piano for 80 miles around. Her father, Robert J. Rogers, had been an importer of fine tea, coffee, and spices in England. In Monterey County, he raised sheep and cattle and the family lived under comparatively rustic and modest conditions. When Margaret wasn’t riding, tending a herd, plowing a field, or playing the piano, she was painting. Art was an early love. Fame caught up with her early. She was written up in a San Francisco newspaper as “Monterey County’s pretty girl who rides a man’s saddle, marks and brands stock, breaks wild colts, plows and sows, plays classical music and paints in oils.” Margaret’s mother was her first music and art teacher; later she took art lessons from Kate Baldwin in Salinas. She had suitors and several proposals, but never married. In the year 1898, Margaret’s “intended” put in 700 acres of grain, spending all he had plus money he borrowed. Not a spear of grain grew, she wrote, and their plans to marry when the crop was sold dried up with the weather. When her mother died, Margaret and her father moved to Soquel, taking along her favorite saddle horse. Now living in Santa Cruz County, Margaret at once became involved in art circles which were unofficially headed by Frank Heath and his wife, Lillian Dake Heath. Frank Heath and Margaret together founded Santa Cruz Art League in 1919, and a few months later were joined in their efforts by a Dutch woman named Cor de Gavere who arrived in Santa Cruz. The two women artists, Margaret and Cor, became fast friends and remained so until Cor’s death in July 1955, while she was visiting relatives in Holland. They painted together almost every day and shared many meals at each other’s cottages which were just a few blocks apart in the Seabright area. However, those Victorian ladies, raised in the era of rigid social conventions, always addressed each other as ‘Miss Rogers’ and ‘Miss de Gavere’ as long as they lived. Money was never in great supply for either lady, but Cor managed to buy a small automobile, and after six driving lessons the two of them took off for southern California. Cor and Margaret took many camping and painting trips in Cor’s automobile. Sometime later, Margaret herself got brave enough to buy an auto. From 1925 to 1947, Margaret made her home in the basement of the Arts and Crafts Building. She managed the Art League’s first gallery, which was started there. Holding informal court for friends who called, Margaret would open a can of sardines, put out a plate of crackers, and conversation about art or music would follow. During World War II, Margaret raised rabbits in cages. In later years, Margaret purchased a small studio-home on Alhambra Street – still in the Seabright area, which both women clung to as home territory. In 1929, Margaret helped found the Art League’s first Statewide Show, which became an annual event. She served as show chairwoman for more than 20 years. A fine painter of landscapes, Margaret became better known for her strong marine scenes. Once she explained that the ocean was “the real challenge, because it won’t stand still.” She served as president of the Art League from 1925 to 1947. Short, stocky, outspoken and very talented, Margaret gained many honors in her later years. With her short haircut and her dark dresses...

Original graphite and colored pencil drawing on archival paper of a woman seated in a red bra by the well known American artist, Raphael Soyer. Signed lower r...

Male Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963) in the 1960s. Black-ink stamp on the lower right corne...

Country Houses is an original Modern Artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century in France by Pierre Segogne (? - 1958). Original watercolor on paper. Hand-signed on the lowe...

The Broken Heart is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century on a telegram paper. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (1898-198...

The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...

Nude is an original drawing in China ink artwork realized in 1941 by Toti Scialoja (Roma, 1914 – 1998) With a pencil description on the rear. Hand-signed and dated on the lower ri...

Figures is an original black and white drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French painter Mogniat-Duclos Bertrand. In very good conditions. This artwork is a ver...

Edouard Goerg (1893 - 1969) Nude model Original blue ink drawing Signed with the stamp of the artist Paper size 13 x 10 inches Excellent condition ORIGIN : - Artist's studio funds...

General Merch Way Down in Chinatown - Vintage Illustration in Ink This illustration, inked in intricate detail by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows two men with long brai...

Lovers is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. In very good conditions, except for some folding and very ...

Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created [untitled] “STREET SCENE WITH FRUIT VENDOR” in circa 1950. This unsigned watercolor and came to us directly from the Sanchez estate. It is stamped on the verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." This piece is in good to very good condition and painted to the paper's edge. The paper size is 14.88 x 15.25 inches (37.6 x 38.6 cm). “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...

Untitled is an drawing realized by Ben Shahn (Kovno 1898-New York 1969) Pen drawing on paper applied on canvas. Hand-signed lower right: Ben Shahn. Some light folds and discoloring...

Harbor scene by Claire Weist (American, 1930-2014). The Bonnie Bill is docked along with several other boats. Seagulls circle overhead in a pale sky. The colors in this piece are bold - red boats, rich blue ocean, and dark brown wood on the pier. Signed and dated "C. Patterson Weist 1955" in the lower right corner (the date is covered by the mat) Presented in a new white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 20"H x 23"W Paper size: 14.25"H x 17.75"W Claire Weist (American, 1930-2014) was an artist known primarily for her watercolor compositions. She won several awards throughout her career, including the jury award for graphics from the Illinois Watercolor Society. Weist was originally from the Boston area and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and then Harvard. After spending time teaching art and as an illustrator, Weist moved to Crete, Illinois and opened her own studio, where she spent the remainder of her professional career. Education: 1949-50 Lomma, Sweden 1951, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 1953, B.F.A. Degree, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Work: 1953, Commercial Artist, Vincent Edwards Art Agency, Boston, MA 1954-1957, Art Editor and Illustrator, Baby Post Magazine, New York, NY 1960-1964, Painter and Art Teacher, Lynchburg, VA 1965-1971, Book and Magazine Illustrator, Delafield, WI 1972, Studio, Crete, IL Exhibitions and Memberships: 1971 - Alverno Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI 1971 - Elmwood Plaza Art Fair (Best in Show), Racine WI 1971 - Brookfield Square Winter Art Show (First Place, Watercolors), Waukesha, WI 1973 - Marathon County Historical Museum, Wausau, WI 1982 - Park Forest Art Fair, Park Forest, IL Member, Wisconsin Watercolor Society Member, Kettle Moraine...

Pensiero Rosa, splendida cornice nera 1930 Opera astratta di Dora Maar periodo dopo Picasso,queste opere descrivono gli stati d'animo e paesaggi mentali dell'artista Dora MAAR (Pari...

Why be difficult is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1955 ca. Hand-signed on the back and title in Italian, Autograph of the artist. Good conditions with a sm...

Edouard Goerg (1893 - 1969) Maternity Original black ink drawing Signed with the stamp of the artist Paper size 10 x 13 inches Manuscript of the artist on the back Good condition ...

"Seated Cat" is an original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower right and wrote the title in charcoal lower left. This piece is a study of a b...

Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth. Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat. Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo). Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...

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...

A captivating midcentury cityscape titled "Denver Skyline", this original 1950s watercolor and graphite painting offers a rare industrial-era view of lower downtown Denver, Colorado....