1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Mid-century French gouache and watercolor of peaceful and serene scene of North African Casbah, circa 1950. Signature and title lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a...

Date: 1952 Medium: Pencil, Ink and Wash on Board Dimensions: 12.00" x 9.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Unused illustration for the story "Skeletons in Armour" as titled on verso, ...

Abstract black and white pencil drawing of a figure seated and gazing up into the sky, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...

A graphite study of a young woman, shown nude and seated on a couch, one knee drawn up, beside a table bearing a mandolin. Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso; d...

Mid-century French watercolor of clown in yellow tones, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of...

Enchanting mid-century French watercolor of estate gate with slate roof, 1956. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archi...

Vintage watercolor in colorful jewel tones of local villagers selling their wares at an outdoor market by French artist Stephane Magnard (1917-2010), circa 1950. Original artwork on...

Subtle French ink wash in shades of black and blue of a race car, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival...

Boldly lined pencil drawing of farm workers harvesting and bailing hay by French artist Jean Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with ...

Line drawing with modern artistic touch of a bridge in red graphite by artist Ulrich Franke circa 1960. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Frederick Rhodes Sisson was active in Rhode Inland and Massachusetts. He was known for etching, landscape painting and teaching. He was an apprentice and assistant of Abbott Handerson Thayer...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Peter J Wright after Abram Games (1914 - 1996) Festival of Britain Logo (1951) ...

The Piano Listeners is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1950 Ink and Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft strokes...

Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...

Original Painting S America Map Published 1956 Illustration Animals Planet Globe Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) The Wonders of Life on Earth Earth South...

Pastel, 1952 Catalog : Polieri 1123 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (image) This is one of the first experiments in...

A moody night scene of Great Britain's largest and polluted steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales. L. S. Lowry is the best known artist of Britain's industrial scenes of the 20th century but there were others which include this somber work by female artist and illustrator Nan Youngman OBE. Signed and dated lower left. Framed under glass . Framed size 21 x 28 . _________________________________________________________ Nancy Mayhew Youngman OBE, (28 June 1906 – 17 April 1995), was an English painter and educationalist. Youngman is remembered primarily as a painter, but from before the war to the mid-1960s she was an influential figure in art education, as a teacher, an author and an impressively efficient organizer of exhibitions. Nan Youngman was born in Maidstone in 1906 to John Henry Youngman – a partner in the corn merchants Bradley, Taylor, and Youngman – and his wife, Adelaide Edith (Bida), née Marshall. She attended Wycombe Abbey School and then the Slade School of Art (1924–27), where she was taught by Philip Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks. After she left the Slade, Youngman went on to study for an art teacher's diploma at the London Day Training College. There she was taught by Marion Richardson, who introduced her to Roger Fry and awakened her interest in children's art. From 1929 until 1944 she divided her time between painting and teaching; she lectured for the London County Council, gave practical art classes for schoolteachers and taught part-time. The organization of exhibitions became an important part of her strategy for increasing children's awareness of art. Throughout the 1930s, Youngman showed at the Wertheim Gallery and with the London Group. The death of her friend the artist Felicia Browne in the Spanish Civil War in 1936 altered Youngman's political outlook. She joined the left-wing Artists' International Association (AIA) and organised Browne's memorial exhibition.[2] AIA group shows became a focus for her painting, though politics never entered her own work. It was Nan Youngman who in 1939 famously asked a workman in from the Whitechapel High Street to open the AIA's exhibition "Art for All". In 1944 Youngman became art adviser to Cambridgeshire under Henry Morris. Nan Youngman became chairman of the Society for Education through Art in 1945 and published her ideas in articles for Athene (the SEA journal), the New Era in Home and School and the Education Journal. Through the SEA she initiated a remarkable series of exhibitions of contemporary art for sale...

Primorje. Original pencil on paper, 1958. Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan is a painter, conceptual artist and a performer from Serbia. He transformed his artwork during his life – at the...

MEDIUM: Model Sheet Drawing SIZE: 16 Field SKU: CCV2055 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet shows each character from various angles and with different expressions. Since a number of a...

Flowers is a contemporary artwork realized by Mario Asnago. Hand signed on the lower margin Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame Mario Asnago: A renewed architect...

Elegant depiction of a nude woman from behind by American artist Bayless (20th Century). The model's hands are raised, adjusting her hair, and the artist has captured the twisting an...

'Still Life with Vessels and Violin', ink on paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1950s). The artist intrigues the viewer with simple but elegant lines blurring the distinction between...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...

French Mid Century work on card by Sylvain Vigny. Depicting an artist (self portrait?) in his studio with his subject and muses, like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Reminiscent of the drawings of Picasso and Matisse who were his contemporaries and neighbours on the Cote D'Azur at this period. The painting is signed and dated bottom left. In period chrome edged frame, currently under glass. If Sylvain Vigny had stayed in Paris in 1934 instead of moving to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, his highly imaginative and original work might be better known. Comparisons with better-known modernist artists including Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault and Raoul Dufy set him in an appropriate and favourable context. A self-taught artist, he grew up in Vienna and emigrated to France in the 1920s, living in Paris from 1929 to 1934. After he had moved to Nice early in 1934, he exhibited in galleries along the Mediterranean coast and in Switzerland, with major exhibitions in New York in 1938 and at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris in 1948. Sylvain Vigny was part of an important artistic community in Nice, which included Jean Moulin who owned the Galerie d’Art Roman, the artist Jean Cassarini, writers Pierre and Jacques Prévert, filmmaker Nikos Papatakis, and jazz musician Django Reinhardt...

"Art Deco Daisies" is an original crayon drawing on brown paper by Sylvia Spicuzza with a stamped signature long the center lower edge. Framed in delicate lines, the orange daisies r...

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.

Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988). Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...

Cart Horse "Gamin" aged 3 by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed and inscribed lower right watercolour, graphite and gouache painting on stiff artist's paper, unframed Image: 12 x 9.25 ...

Pencil on artist's prepared card Inscribed verso 'Assisi / Oct 8-55 / Ben Nicholson' Blind stamped 'REEVES BRISTOL BOARD' (upper right) Nicholson's work in Italy, although closely related to the central concerns of his art, is a special category in his oeuvre, which demonstrates his appreciation of Italian architecture and landscape. He visited Italy...

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 b...

André DERAIN Empire Soldier Original carbon pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 32 x 25 (c. 12.6 x 9.8 in) Very good condition

André DERAIN Opera singer Original carbon pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 32 x 25 cm (c. 12.6 x 9.8 in) Very good condition

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...

Richard Diebenkorn Untitled (Albuquerque), 1951 Ink On Paper 11 x 8.63 in

Watercolor on paper by the American artist, Norman MacLeish. Signed lower right and dated 1955. Condition: good. There is a brown watercolor dash in the right sky. It is not a foxi...

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...

An incredible original pen and ink drawing by American artist Stephen Longstreet. Longstreet authored more than 100 books, and worked extensively as a pr...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. “Hollywood Boulevard: Grauman's Chinese Theater...

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...

American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Maestro", is a rare pen...

Presenting an exceptional original drawing by American artist Dale Barnhart. Barnhart, was an illustrator who works prolifically on many films including, "The Jungle Book", Winnie...

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...

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 and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "Building...

Presenting an exceptional mixed media painting by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific a...

Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific...

Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...

Watercolor, gouache, ink wash, crayon, and pencil on paper