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Period: 1970s
Surrealist composition by José Gerson n°2 - Gouache on paper 42x62 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
Surrealist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Suitor with Voyeur
Located in Miami, FL
Roy Carruthers is a brilliant mix of George Tooker and Fernando Botero but with unexpected charm.
"The Suitor with Voyeur", A variation of this concept was done in oil twenty years later. "The Venus of Ponte Vedra...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Eucalyptus Leaves/Bolinas (exhibited at the Denver Art Museum and U of T Museum)
By Joe Brainard
Located in New York, NY
Joe Brainard
Eucalyptus Leaves/Bolinas, 1971
Collage on thin board (with original labels from Fischbach Gallery, The Denver Art Museum and University...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper.
Goo...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
View of Riva Schiavoni in Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1978.
Hand signed lower right.
Title on rear.
Excellent condition.
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
That's a Wrap, Playboy cartoon Illustration ,
By Dink Siegel
Located in Miami, FL
Dink Siegel (American, 1910-2003)
That's a Wrap, Playboy cartoon, August 1973
Mixed media on board
11.25 x 8.5 in.
Signed lower right
Category
American Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Givenchy Haute Couture Paris No 6 Fashion Illustration w/ Fabric Swatch"
Located in Bristol, CT
w/ original couture boucle swatch
Sheet Sz: 11 5/8" x 8 1/4"
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Spanish landscape crayons
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Casimiro Martinez Tarrassó (1900-1979) - Landscape - Pencil
Drawing measures 24x34 cm.
Frame measures 44x54 cm.
MARTINEZ TARRASSO, Casimiro – Barcelona 1900 - 1979
Casimiro Martínez Tarrasó, known as TARRASSO, trained at the La Lonja school in Barcelona, completed his studies in Paris where he was able to see first-hand the Fauvist works that were shaking the Parisian artistic environment at this time. He cultivated still life and Catalan and Mallorcan landscapes and held his first exhibition in 1928 at the Galerías Layetanas in Barcelona and since then his shows have followed one another in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Bilbao. His awards include the Pollença in 1962 and the Santiago...
Category
Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
$401 Sale Price
43% Off
Portrait of a Woman
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage watercolor portrait by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" in the lower right corner. Dated "1978". Unframed.
Doris Ann Warner began as an Abstract Expre...
Category
American Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Conté
View of Piccadilly in London - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1975.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Hand signed, titled and dated on rear.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was bor...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Paris - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1975.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Gouache on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.049
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.049 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Acrylic and Gouache on Paper Drawing
Profile Solid 383.049 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, coll...
Category
Feminist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed lower left.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice i...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Burano - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude of Woman - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed in the top right corner.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, die...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
untitled (Lady), Impressionist Watercolor and Pencil on Paper by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - untitled (Lady), Year: circa 1975, Medium: Watercolor and Pencil on Paper, Signed in Pencil, Size: 31 in. x 23 in. (78.74 cm x 58.42 cm)
Category
Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Three Planes in Flight - Drawing by Lillo Bartoloni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on cardboard realized by Lillo Bartoloni in 1970s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Hand signed and titled on rear.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame.
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), Mid-Century Figurative Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), c. 1973
Colored pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower left
7 x 7 inches
20.75 x 19 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
Category
American Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache botanical style White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract watercolor (de-accessioned from Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), w/ label)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Duran
Untitled #1 (with Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) label), 1974
Watercolor on paper
Includes labels from the Museum of Modern Art rental gallery label and Donna Schneier Inc; the artist's name is written on the board, not signed
18 × 23 1/2 inches
Unframed
This work was removed from the original vintage frame but comes with the back board with the original labels from MOMA Rental Gallery in New York and Donna Schneier Gallery in Manhattan (and later Palm Beach)
Robert Duran Biography (courtesy of KARMA):
Robert Duran (b. 1938, Salinas, CA; d. 2005, New Jersey) found his way from San Francisco to New York City in the mid-1960s, where he became associated with a Minimalist cohort that included Brice Marden, David Novros, and Paul Mogensen...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude of Woman - China Ink - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of woman is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy in the 1970s.
Original China Ink on cardboard.
In very good conditions.
Not signed.
Excellent and fresh artwork depicting a female nude from behind...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Gladiator
By Rainer Küchenmeister
Located in Norwich, GB
An exquisite watercolour and paint painting on paper by German resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor Rainer Küchenmeister (1926-2010)...
Category
Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated.
From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's
They have abstract stylized erotic mal...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Cat - Original Pen on Paper by M. P. Lagosse - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an original drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996).
Hand-signed on the lower right in pen.
The state of preservation of t...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache botanical style on White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Nude Seated in Chair
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Seated in Chair
Graphite on paper, 1976
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Exhibited: Dart Gallery, Chicago, 1976 (see photo of label)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 14 ...
Category
American Realist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Harbor View London Bridge, Lake Havasu City Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor of London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, a landscape of boats in the harbor by Bernard Epstein (Polish/American, 1910-2003). Presented in a blue wooden frame. Signed "Bernard Epstein" lower right. Image: 17.5"H x 23.5"W.
Bernard Epstein was born in Grodno Poland in 1910. He came to Worcester MA in 1921, where he studied art at the Worcester Art Museum School. He pursued his art studies in Boston, graduating with a B.A. from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and with a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Boston University. He continued his art studies in New York, where he attended the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York City, studying under the tutelage of Leon Kroll and Herbert Barnett. (2)
He was the Art supervisor for the Uxbridge Public Schools for over 30 years, retiring in 1970 to pursue his interest in watercolors, oils and pottery. He opened an art gallery and pottery shop in North Eastham, MA that he operated for 26 years, retiring in 1996. (3)
For over 50 years Mr. Epstein painted in his favorite haunts: Gloucester, Worcester, Provincetown and Lower Cape in MA; Old Orchard Beach...
Category
Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$521 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Expressive Multimedia Portrait of a Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Expressive Multimedia Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman by Irvin Nahan (American b. 1927.)
Elegant portrait of a woman looking off into the distance. She has her head t...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Graphite, Canvas
$881 Sale Price
25% Off
Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1975 ca.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022)
Title: "Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa"
*Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower left
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Graphite Pen...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Board, Illustration Board
Abstract Blue Composition, Abstract Watercolor and Pastel by Paul Kohn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Paul Kohn - Abstract Blue Composition, Year: 1970, Medium: Watercolor and pastel on paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right and on verso, Size: 8.25 x 11 x 2.75 in. (20.96 x...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Early Indian Mithila Folk Art Painting
By Sita Devi
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Early Indian Mithila Folk Art Painting
Traditional Indian Mithila Painting artist signed verso.
Pencil, ink, natural dye watercolor, on handmade paper 22x30 framed under glass 26x36...
Category
Folk Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Winter Coming
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Donna Dearden'; additionally signed on old backing, titled, 'Winter Coming' and painted circa 1975.
A semi-abstracted study of abscised leaves against a variegat...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Still life 1975. Paper, watercolor, 46x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still life. She is one of the most productive wate...
Category
Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Yellow & Black Color on Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Birds design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number 98
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain)...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache abstract morden White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mary Fedden 1970 watercolour Moonlight at Cappadocia Modern British Art
By Mary Fedden
Located in London, GB
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Mary Fedden (1915-2012)
Moonlight at Cappadocia
Watercolour
18 x 13 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Lonely Planet...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Watercolor Landscape with Rocks and Yellow Sun
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Watercolor Landscape with Rocks and Yellow Sun
Vibrant watercolor landscape painted in the East Asian landscape tradition. A saturated yellow sun rests in the middle of the ...
Category
Other Art Style 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Love, Andy Warhol (unique hand signed, inscribed and framed card with ribbon)
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Makes a unique and memorable gift! Who wouldn't want a card with a ribbon that reads "Love, Andy Warhol" - from Warhol himself?
Andy Warhol
Love, Andy Warhol, ca. 1979
Ink on card ...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Silk, Laid Paper
Sail Boats in the Harbor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful watercolor of boats in the Harbor by California artist Virginia Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004). Signed "Virgin...
Category
American Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Horses - Drawing by Gianpaolo Berto - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a modern artwork realized by Gian Paolo Berto in 1973.
China ink drawing on paper.
Hand signed and dated by the artist.
Includes frame.
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Untitled (Seated Young Woman)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Seated Young Woman)
Graphite on Veritable Papier d'Arches wove paper, 1970
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image/sheet size: 15 x 11 1/4 inch...
Category
American Realist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movement...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up agains...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Female Figure - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1970 ca.
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor o...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Artist Painting Nude Women in Artist Studio - Perhaps Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
"Harry has no interest in mundane pleasures." Enter the mind of a mid-century American/ Canadian Artist. The theme of Artist and Model has been used for centuries but Richard Taylor ( R. Taylor ) clearly has his own humorous style. The Taylor girl is easily recognizable with oversized heavy-lidded oval eyes and curvaceous body shapes. Taylor is in the Charles Addams...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
Nudes - Ink Drawing and Watercolor - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in 1970s
Original Drawing on cardboard.
Colored inks and watercolor.
Mint conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist : Raphael Soyer
Title : Woman
Year: 1979
Drawing in Pencil Signed in pencil
Drawing Size 11½" x 16 Inches
Matted Size : inches 16" x 20" inches
Born in 1899, Raphael So...
Category
American Realist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Men While Drawing a Posing Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Men while Drawing a posing nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in China ink and waterco...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Everyday Life in Paris - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed and located in the center.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, d...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Native American Figurative Abstraction', Pueblo Indian Expressionism, Palo Alto
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Vigil' for Veloy Vigil (American, 1931-1997).
Previously with: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Born in Denver, Colorado,...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Seated Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper.
Good ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
W. H. AUDEN
By David Levine
Located in Portland, ME
Levine, David. W. H. AUDEN. Drawing, ink on paper, 1970. Signed "D.
Levine 70, lower right, and inscribed on the verso, "Auden Look July
14, 1970," indicating that this caricature d...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Figure - Original Charcoal Drawing by Hélène Vogt - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original charcoal drawing realized by Hélène Vogt. with the stamp” Atelier H. Vogt" On the lower rear.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good excet some minor...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper.
Goo...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016)
Title: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 14.5 x 10.25 inc...
Category
Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
“The Gesturing Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a gesturing old man by the well known American artist Benjamin Stahl. Condition is very good. Two spots of foxing or staining to the left of the figure. Very slight wrinkling of paper. Otherwise, no other issues. Circa 1970. Gallery wide linen matted and framed with a thin silver leaf frame. Overall framed measurements are 19.5 by 20 inches. Provenance: A Nokomis, Florida collector.
Ben Stahl
Biography
Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create “masterpieces” on the front porch of the family home.
Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy.
After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago’s most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations.
Ironically, Stahl’s first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story – this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert – which he had also never seen.
He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting.
In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross...
Category
Post-Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Equilibrist - Pencil and Watercolor by Benjamin Mendoza - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Equilibrist is original drawing in pencil and watercolor realized in 1976 by Benjamin Mendoza, Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
In very good conditions, with some small sta...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Village Market Watercolor
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Street scene village market, well executed watercolor and pencil drawing, artist titled and signed illegibly, attributed to Moisey Kogan Russian 1924-2001.
Image size about 27"x18"F...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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