1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
to
204
555
307
294
116
74
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
452
2,922
20,742
15,090
316
396
722
1,126
1,031
1,686
1,811
1,716
1,346
1,025
331
320
219
196
107
41
34
12
11
11
11
6
6
4
722
605
17
639
372
327
295
242
200
132
115
94
76
69
57
47
32
28
26
22
22
21
19
648
607
560
276
250
93
58
34
27
25
379
425
882
398
Period: 1980s
Abstract Splashes of Yellow, Red, and Purple
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted composition by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Presented in a new grey...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lonely and lively lake / - Calm and Movement -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reinhard Stangl (*1959 Leipzig), Lonely and lively lake, 1985. White heightened blue colored pencil drawings on brown paper, each 21 cm x 29 cm, signed lower right and once dated 198...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Colorful Tabletop, 1980s
Located in Houston, TX
French watercolor of a vibrantly hued tabletop, featuring bottles and fruit, by artist Madeleine Scali (1911-2000), 1980. Dated lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed on...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Black & White Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Contrasting black and white pen and ink French abstract, 1980s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fishing Boat in Harbor, Nautical Vintage Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming nautical watercolor seascape of a boat by the pier by Shirley Blood Godfrey (American, 20th Century). "Van Camp" advertising visible on a billboard in the background.
Sign...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude Female Etching
By François Villon
Located in Houston, TX
Compelling nude female body etching by artist Francois Villon, circa 1980.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Arc...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Artist and Nude Model - IX, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Artist and Nude Model - IX, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: As the...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fiddlers - I, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Fiddlers - I, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira Moskowitz'...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
White and Gold Lace Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. No ...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
$1,085 Sale Price
30% Off
Atelier Scene
Located in Astoria, NY
Philip Laughlin (American, 1936-2024), Atelier Scene with Nude Figure, Pastel on Board, 1986, signed and dated lower left, signed and with Art Students League of New York label to re...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board
Newchurch, Romney Marsh watercolour by John Piper
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Journals of Susanna Moodie 57/100 - original, illustrated book of poems
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A rare and original illustrated boxed folio of The Journals of Susanna Moodie, arguably Margaret Atwood’s finest work of poetry. In it, she adopts the ...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1980s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in mixed media (watercolor, pen, marke...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Figure - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Face - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Face is a Pastel Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little cardboaard.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Birds - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The mountains
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Boris Akopian "The mountains"
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Sculptural study, unique signed charcoal drawing, by renowned modernist sculptor
Located in New York, NY
SEYMOUR LIPTON
Seymour Lipton
Untitled sculptural study, 1981
Charcoal on paper
hand signed and dated in charcoal pencil on the front
Framed
Original drawing done in charcoal by reno...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Spring Table Still Life with Floral Bouquet & Fruit
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring still life with bright, luminous colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" ...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
The woman who hides by Jean Blailé - Chalk 39x49 cm
By Jean Blailé
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Silver aluminum frame with glass pane
40,5 x 50,5 x 2 cm
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
$488 Sale Price
65% Off
Child - I, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Child - I, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Sitting cross-legged, th...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Guitar Player - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Guitar Player is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bourrée Fantasque #1 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #1", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Vintage Purple & Yellow Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage abstract watercolor with purple lines and yellow forms bleeding together by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" on verso. From the esta...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor with bold, dynamic colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and unframed. ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Japanese Iris - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Japanese irises, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.19...
Category
American Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Corrida de Toros - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Corrida de Toros is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Danielle" Nude Figurative Drawing in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold nude pastel drawing by Albert Hutson (American, 1923-1994). A woman is reclined on a soft red surface, leaning up against a yellow pillow. The model is skillfully sketched, with quick but confident marks. Hutson has captured the character of the model in her expression and posture, both of which appear relaxed and natural.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper.
Signed, dated, and titled twice in the lower right corner ("Al Hutson Danielle 89")
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size:
Paper size: 19.75"H x 25.5"W
Albert L. Hutson (American, 1923-1994) had two careers: first as a professional military officer, and second as an artist and member of the Board of the Graphic Arts Council in San Francisco. He was born in 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia, into a family with a long military tradition. His father and maternal grandfather were Annapolis graduates, and his paternal grandfather served in the Civil War. Colonel Hutson graduated from Staunton Military Academy in 1941 shortly after World War II began. He later earned an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Nebraska in the late 1960s. As a young second lieutenant in World War II, he served with the First Armored Division in the Italian Campaign, starting with the Battle of Anzio, and participated in the liberation of Rome. His interest in art began at this time when his commanding officer introduced him to Italian art.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper. A graduate of the Fine Arts Museums docent [tour guide...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Tree of Life - Original Pencil Drawing - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Tree of Life is an original drawing in pencil realized in 1982 by Herta Hausmann.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower left, with blue stamp of "Atelier Herta Housmann" on the rear of...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Canal
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed "Lifschitz 85" at lower right
The overall dimensions, including the frame, are 26 1/2 x 32 3/8 inches.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Autumn
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Boris Akopian "Autumn"
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Shore - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Shore is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Homage a Sam Francis, Folded Monoprint Mixed Media Splatter Painting Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mixed media monoprint titled Homage a Sam (I first thought it was for Sam Gilliam but the artist told me it was for Sam Francis. He has done a number of these Homages as I have found a New York Times article referencing a "cast paper folded into an airplane shape by Richard Royce serves as an homage to the late sculptor Alexander Calder".Richard Royce, born New York, 1941.
After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin where he studied under Alfred Sessler...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monoprint
The Market - Original Watercolor Drawing - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Market is a colored artwork realized by Atelier Bernard Lelong during the 1980s.
Mixed colored watercolor on paper.
The artwork represents a land...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Nude - II, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Nude - II, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Leaning forward against...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
36A, Modern Abstract Acrylic on Paper Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 36A
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic on Paper, Mo...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Two White Horses, Modern Oil and Watercolor on Paper by Daniel Maffia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Daniel Maffia, French (1937 - ) - Two White Horses, Year: 1984, Medium: Oil and Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated lower right, Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm), Frame Size:...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Bourrée Fantasque #9 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #9", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Landscape - Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1991
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor realize by Armin Guther in 1991.
Hand signed.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through soft pencil strokes.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1985 Joan Collins Portrait by Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful 1985 pencil drawing of actress Joan Collins by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed. Image, 20"H x 16"L.
ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini
In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil
"Elite Workers", Small-Scale Modern Figural Collage w Watercolor by Dick Crispo
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern small-scale watercolor and collage, a mixed media composition featuring a modified photograph with colorful watercolor accents by Dick Crispo (American, b. 1945). Titled "Elite Workers" at the top. Signed and dated "D. Crispo 87" in the lower left corner. Presented in a cream mat with foamcore backing. No frame. Paper size: 10"H x 7"W
Dick Crispo, born in New York City on January 13, 1945, has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper, Pen
Shadow and Tree - Original Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1986/88
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
Shadow and Tree is an original watercolor on paper, realized between 1986 and 1988 by Armin Guther.
Very good condition. Including Passepartout (cm 50 x 60)
The artwork is hand-sig...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled /// Contemporary Abstract Geometric Pop Art Rolling Stones Pastel Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Untitled"
*Titled, signed, and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Watercolor and Oil...
Category
Abstract 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Watercolor
Tiger Lily - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor, pen and ink floral study of tiger lilies, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist De...
Category
American Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sky & Surf - Abstracted Watercolor Landscape with Birds
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive watercolor landscape of an abstracted crashing surf swirling into a dreamy sky, punctuated by silhouetted birds in flight by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$318 Sale Price
25% Off
"Expulsion", Surreal, Figure, Fish, Mixed Media, 1986
Located in Franklin, MA
“Expulsion” by artist Mary Spencer is a 28 x 39.5 inch surreal mixed media work on paper. The artwork is signed and dated on the front and back.
Mary Spencer’s works on paper invest...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Bourrée Fantasque #4 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #4", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Garden Estombar, Algarve, Portugal
By Jason Berger
Located in Boston, MA
Titled lower center: "Garden of Estombar, Algarve, Portugal"; signed and dated lower right: "Jason Berger 1988". From the estate of the artist.
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Couple - I, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Couple - I, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira Moskowitz's render...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Bourrée Fantasque #12 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #12 Blue", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 b...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #7 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #7", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Couple in Mexico - I, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Couple in Mexico - I, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira Moskowit...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Don't wake up the princess - XX Century, Mixed Media Figurative Painting, Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie in Amsterdam. Once she graduated in 197...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany, 1980
Pastel on paper drawing
Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
Category
Photorealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Artist and Nude Model - VII, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Artist and Nude Model - VII, Year: Circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description:...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Orchid & Red, unique signed work on handmade hand dyed paper ex Tupperware Coll.
Located in New York, NY
Margie Hughto
Orchid & Red, 1983
Dyed Handmade paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front. Titled on the back.
Unique
Frame Inclu...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Dye, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
6A, Modern Abstract Tempera Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 6A
Year: 1984
Medium: Tempera on Paper, sig...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
SF 89-153.
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm.
Frame size: 112 x 97 cm.
Free shipment worldwide.
Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation.
Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso.
Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire.
Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre.
The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings.
The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking.
Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work.
Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art.
He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia.
He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994.
Sam Francis’s first...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$101,313
Cypress Point Sunrise / Pt. Lobos Seascape - Double Sided Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Double-sided watercolor with a beautiful landscape of Cypress Point at sunrise, and a vertical landscape of Pt. Lobos on verso by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009)....
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern Figurative Surrealist Watercolor Painting, Drawing 'Prince of Innocence'
Located in Surfside, FL
Angelic boy with a devil figure.
Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting.
Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May Williams and Lester Hughes Hansmann. He grew up in Encinitas and served in the Army in the early 1960s.
Gary Hansmann, San Diego artist, teacher and gallery owner, was known for his Surrealist drawings and graphics. He spent time working in Paris and exhibiting his art throughout Europe, but San Diego was home until he moved to Washington state. His life partner was fellow artist, Jill Hosmer. Mr. Hansmann, a respected printmaker and prolific artist, created thousands of drawings, prints and paintings as well as hundreds of poems. His interest in bullfighting led to a book of poetry and illustrations on the subject, “La Corrida, The Run”, a collection of poetry & artwork written as he was preparing for his first bullfight. Prologue written by famous Mexican Matador Antonio Lomelin. The book is written in English and translated into Spanish on opposing pages and was published in 1983. Mr. Hansmann taught intaglio and monotype at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Diego from 1977 to 1980 and at the San Diego Museum of Art in 1980. He also gave lectures and demonstrations throughout the art community, including at the San Diego Art Guild in Del Mar and Artist Equity in San Diego. Although he attended Palomar College in San Marcos and studied lithography at the San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Hansmann was mostly self-taught and self-educated. Mr. Hansmann had shows in several art-world capitals, including Paris; Lisbon, Portugal; Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and New York. he had one-person exhibits at the Loft Gallery in Clarkston, the Lewis-Clark State College Center of Arts & History, the Carnegie Art Center in Walla Walla and the Valley Art Center in Clarkston. During his long, distinguished career as an artist he had numerous one-person exhibits all over the world and the United States.
His group shows are too numerous to mention, but his one-person exhibits were in Koln, Germany; Bruxelles, Belgium; Paris, France; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; and British Columbia, Canada; and many states at home.
Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.
San Diego Academy of Fine Arts
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
University of Southern California, Idyllwild (ISOMATA)
University of San Diego
San Diego Museum of Art
James Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif.
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy
Centre de Arte Moderna
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Museo Taurino de la Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France
Gordon Gilkey Collection
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or.
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Read More
This Tempting Wayne Thiebaud Watercolor Is the Perfect Summer Treat
Although he also produced pensive portraits and idyllic landscapes, the artist’s best-known images are of ice cream, cakes and other colorful sweets.
In This Surreal Painting, the Pink Foot of Patriarchy Squashes a Pumpkin Worshipped by Women
In ‘Gourd,’ Isabel Rock creates a mythic scene that looks fresh and contemporary but feels as old as Eden.
Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.