1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Sz: 17"H x 11 3/4"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Green Dress w/ Blue Ribbon And Pink ...

Sz: 8 3/4"H x 15"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Butterfly Web

Sz: 14 1/2"H x 22 7/8"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Lady On A Swing...

Sz: 14 1/4"H x 23"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Flower Arrangement

Sz: 14 1/2"H x 23"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Crescendo Panels

Sz: 13"H x 20"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Three Eggs

Sz: 15 1/8"H x 22 3/8"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Six Dress Forms

Sz: 23"H x 14 1/2"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Two Cats Fighting Over A Lanvin Gift...

Mat Sz: 15 1/8"H x 20 1/8"W Image Sz: 10"H x 5 3/8"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Tw...

Sz: 23"H x 14 1/2"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Two Red Haired Models

Sz: 13 7/8"H x 19 1/2"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Carlton Sash

Sz: 12"H x 19"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar 3 Angels w/ Arpege Perfume Bottles

Sz: 12 1/4"H x 21 1/4"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Reindeer Under Arpege/ Crescendo...

Sz: 14 1/4"H x 21 7/8"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Snowman Ice Skating

Sz: 14 1/2"H x 10 1/4"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Perfume And Lipstick Display

Art Sz: 10 1/2"H x 11 1/4"W Frame Sz: 17"H x 18"W In gilt bamboo frame By Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)

Stylish advertising artwork promoting Lanvin's perfume 'Spanish Geranium' featuring a flower cart in front of trellis arches Art Sz: 12 1/2"H x 19"W Frame Sz: 19 1/4"H x 25 3/4"W

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dennis Morgan as private eye...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Tennessee Ernie Ford painting portraits of himself down through the ages: as Henry VIII, Laughing Cavalier...

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil and Cut Paper on Onionsk Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for CBS-TV comedy `The Ann Sothern Show` (1958-1961) starring Sothern as Katy O`Connor, assistant manager of the swank NYC hotel...

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) to promote the new summer series `Peck`s Bad Girl` starring Patty McCormack & Wendell Corey, debuting May 5, 1959, over CBS-TV on Tuesdays as a replacement for `The Arthur Godfrey Show`. Despite respectable reviews, the comedy only lasted 145 episodes and was not picked up for the 1959-1960 season. McCormick played a much more chilling and unforgettable `bad girl` 3 years earlier in `The Bad...

Medium: Pen and Ink, Colored Pencil Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Kathy Nolan as Kate, Walter Brennan as `Grampa` Amos & Michael Winkelman as Little Luke in `The Real McCoys...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock Signature: Signed Lower Center Double Set of Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Off-Broadway Hit Revivals `The Three Penny Opera` & `The Iceman Cometh`, at the Theatre de Lys & Circle in the Square...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the popular sitcom `My Little Margie`, starring Gale Storm and Charles Far...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for would-be Broadway production of Paul Osborne`s `Maiden Voyage...

Medium: Watercolor on Cardstock Signature: Unsigned Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of comedian Jerry Lewis in profile with Greek Tragedy Ma...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter of Jason Robards, Jr. in the Broadway production...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Walter Brennan as `Granpappy` Amos McCoy in the ABC-TV hit series `The Real McCoys` at the time of the rural sitcom`s 1957 debut, the show ran from 1957-62 over ABC before ending its final 1962-63 season on CBS, for a total bumper crop of 223 episodes. James Aubrey, President of CBS from 1959-65 helped develop `The Real McCoys` when he was at ABC, and picked it up in 1962 to match the success of `The Andy Griffith...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board for Motion Picture `Vera Cruz`, 1954, starring Burt Lancas...

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Boa Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 22.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 14.00" x 9.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of ABC-TVs `The Donna Reed...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustraton board, with an image that measures to 9.00" x 7.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of crooner Perry Como...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with an image that measures to 10.50" x 15.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Cathy Lewis...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper. Variations executed with brush and ink on paper. Signature: Signed Lower Left Two final versions on 20.00" x 15.00" illustration board, some are matted. Images measure to 11.00" x 9.00" and 9.00" x 7.00". Drawings by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for National Geographic Magazine commemorating the May 29, 1953 summiting of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 13.00" x 16.00." Fine condition, edge stain. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Broadway drama `Two for the Seesaw`, starring Henry Fonda as disillusioned Nebraska lawyer Jerry Ryan & Anne Bancroft, making her Broadway debut as lovelorn, Bronx-accented Gittel Mosca, which also garnered her a Tony for Best Actress. Directed by Arthur Penn, designed by George Jenkins...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left 8.50" x 11.25" image on 14.00" x 11.00" board. Ink on Illustration Board of Jay Jostin from `Mr. District Att...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Center Left This illustration is on 15.00" x 11.00" illustration board, the drawing itself measuring to 8.00" x 6.00." Ca...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Art Carney during his 1957-58 Broadway per...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for TV`s first `really big giveaway` hit, the CBS-TV series, `The Millionaire...

Medium: Pen and Ink, Graphite on Onionskin Overlay Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dennis Morgan as private eye...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Don McNeill for the 1950-51 ABC-TV series `TV Club` (aka `Don McNeill`s TV Club), a one-hour prime time...

HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964 Warsaw 1894-1964 Paris (Polish/French) Title: Woman with Long Hair, 1955 Technique: Original Signed Colour Pencil drawing on pap...

Etude pour Compotier avec Poisson, May 24 By Pablo Picasso 1950 Dated in upper left of paper “24 Mai 50” (May 24, 1950). Original pencil drawing on lined white paper Boldly dated...

Fernand Leger's depiction of a still life with a pitcher and bowl of fruit starts in simplistic and tangible reality on the right side of the composition before quickly devolving int...

This scene by French artist Maurice Vlaminck features a regular subject of the artist's practice. Rendered in gouache, acrylic, and India ink on paper, Vlaminck shows a solitary snow...

Ink drawing "Structural Costellation" by Josef Albers from 1958. Josef Albers' works “Structural Constellations” were created from 1949 onwards. They demonstrate spatial perception...

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) painting. c. 1954 Ink and wash on paper (double-sided) 22.25 x 30.5 inches Contact gallery for price. Reginald Marsh was an American painter, born in ...

Edward Bawden The Cathedral, Frascati, 1952 Signed and dated 'Edward Bawden/1952' (lower right); further signed, titled and dated 'The Cathedral/Frascati/Edward Bawden/1952' (on she...

An original oil pastel on paper drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 19 x 25 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the inte...

An original oil pastel on paper drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 19 x 25 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international avant-garde and exhibited with the most significant European artists including Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Hans Arp, and Fernand Léger. Pablo Picasso sponsored Benno's first one-man show in Paris in 1934. Still Life with Mandolin...

TSUGOUHARU FOUJITA 1886-1968 Edogawa Tokyo 1886-1968 Zurich (French / Japanese) Title: The Little Housewife Le petite ménagere, 1956 Technique: Original Hand Signed Pencil Drawin...

Hoi Lebedang "Majestic Horse" c. 1950s Original Mixed Media on Paper Signed "Lebedang, Paris" Lower Right Site Size: approx 13 x 20 inches Framed Size: ...

Signed in pencil at lower right.

Signed in pencil at lower right. Inscribed 'Que principio a abrir los ojos' ('Where to start when you open your eyes') in pencil at lower centre.

An original pastel on paper by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 19 x 25 inches. Nicely framed to 31 x 36 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation ...

Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - ) Title: "Gold Dredger" Sacramento Year: circa 1956 Medium: Watercolor on paper Signature: Signed and titled in pencil Image Size: 9 x 20.5 ...

Sean Keating (Irish 1889-1977) "Self Portrait" c. 1950s Charcoal on Paper Signed Lower Right Framed Size: approx 20 x 16 inches A noted portrait and figure painter, influenced by both Romanticism and Realism, Sean Keating was an Irish nationalist painter who executed several iconic images of the Irish Civil war era, and of the ensuing period of industrialization. One of the great exemplars of representational painting in Ireland, Keating was an intellectual artist in that he set out to depict the birth and development of the Republic of Ireland, and his pictures are deliberately idealized even heroic. However, he held very conservative views about art - verging on the academic style - and was a committed defender of traditional Irish painting, considering much modern art to be bogus. Born in Limerick, Sean Keating studied drawing at the Limerick Technical School before winning a scholarship, arranged for him by William Orpen, to study fine art painting at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. In 1914 he won the Taylor Scholarship and the following year exhibited three paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy. Over the next period of years he spent time on the Aran Islands off County Galway, and then in London. He returned to Ireland in 1916 and painted the war of independence and the subsequent civil war. Works he completed at this time include the painting: Men of the South (1921) depicting a group of IRA men about to stage a military ambush, and An Allegory (c. 1922) which features a cluster of figures representing the fractures in the young Irish state. Meantime, in 1919, Keating was appointed an assistant teacher at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Then in 1921, he staged his first one-man show at The Hall, Leinster Street. In 1923, he was elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy. In a Dublin exhibition of Irish art held in 1924, Keating was awarded the gold medal for his picture Homage to Hugh Lane - now hanging in the Hugh Lane Gallery. In the late 1920s, Keating was commissioned to record the building of the hydro-electric power generator at Ardnacrusha, near Limerick. He painted a number of paintings of this scheme. Not unlike the Soviet Realism School of painting, these paintings sought to promote the construction work as an achievement of heroic proportions. Keating's works began to attract interest abroad. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and, in 1930, he held a one-man show at the Hackett Gallery, New York. In 1931 Keating's one-person exhibition was staged at the Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin. In 1934 he was made professor of the National College of Art in Dublin, and Professor of Painting, three years later. His 1937 exhibition at the Victor Waddington Galleries attracted considerable interest. In 1939, he was asked to paint a wall-painting for the Irish pavilion at the New York World Fair and duly created a huge mural of fifty-four panels. He was President of the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1949 to 1962, exhibiting nearly 300 works during the period. In 1963, a retrospective exhibition was staged at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, which was opened by Irish President de Valera...

Dong Kingman (American 1911-2000) "Old Mission Station" c. 1950 watercolor on paper Signed *Fully illustrated in the book "Dong Kingman, Portraits of Cities" Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches Framed Size: 32.5 x 40.5 inches The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist. DONG KINGMAN (1911-2000) 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...

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...

Jirayr Hamparzoom Zorthian was born April 14, 1911 in Kutahya, Turkey, of Armenian parents. At the age of three, he showed considerable talent in drawing and painting. Zorthian ...

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...