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Period: 1980s
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS
Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats
gouache on paper
Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso.
Fr...
Category
Folk Art 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Spring Afternoon before the Drought
By Steven Kozar
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "Steven Robert Kozar 1988" to bottom right corner, linen mat under plexiglass with silvered wood frame, overall 54 ⅛" x 25 ⅜".
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$4,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Still life with east carafe. 1981, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with east carafe. 1981, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
with small paper defect
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at A...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pink Flamingos, Watercolor Painting by Oscar Hess
By Oscar Hess
Located in Long Island City, NY
This watercolor painting was created by Oscar Hess in circa 1980. It is hand signed in the lower right hand corner, and measures 19.5 x 14 inches. It is displayed in a 27 x 22 inch m...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Kamdhenu, Figurative, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Kamdhenu
Watercolour on Paper
14 x 20 inches
Born : 1935 Kolkata
Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux ...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Beyond the Visible, Original Marker Drawing by Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Diagonal lines in pink, pink, orange, and black make up the composition of this original drawing by Yaacov Agam. Signed above the printed text ’Agam’.
Title: Beyond the Visible
Medi...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Permanent Marker
Quiet Sunday (Bouquet), Hand-painted Lithograph by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique hand-painted lithograph of a colorful Bouquet of Flowers by Wayne Ensrud, American (1934).
Quiet Sunday (Blue)
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934)
Date: 1980
Hand-Painted Lithogra...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Lithograph
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS
Circus, Trapeze Artists and Acrobats
gouache on paper
Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso.
Framed to 15 X ...
Category
Folk Art 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Joseph Kalinger Trial, Pencil and Ink on Paper by Marilyn Church
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joseph Kalinger Trial
Marilyn Church, American
Date: 1981
Pencil, Marker, and Ink on Paper, signed lower right
Size: 19.5 x 25 in. (49.53 x 63.5 cm)
Frame Size: 28.5 x 34 inches
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Central Park in Fall, Framed Photorealist Watercolor Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: Central Park in Fall
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 35 inches
Watercolor of The Mall in Centra...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Two Women at Cafe, Acrylic and Pastel on Paper by Batia Magal
By Batia Magal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two Women at Cafe
Batia Magal, Israeli (1951)
Acrylic and Pastel on Paper, signed lower right
Size: 26 in. x 40.5 in. (66.04 cm x 102.87 cm)
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
Recycled Foot by The Committee to Save Animal Fat, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Recycled Foot is Brought to You by The Committee to Save Animal Fat. Year: 1987, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titl...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
" Little pilots" Gouache and ink cm. 24 x 18 1982
Located in Torino, IT
Children, Playing,,illustrations, children's room,Toys, airplane
Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007)
Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated fro...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
The Discovery of Superconductive Trapdoor Economics, Drawing by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - The Discovery of Superconductive Trapdoor Economics. Year: 1988, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Ima...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Mr. Space Head Lands in The Woods, Color Pencil and Ink on Paper by Kevin Varner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kevin Varner, American (1954 - 2019) - Mr. Space Head Lands in The Woods. Year: 1987, Medium: Color Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed and dated, titled on verso, Size: 22.25 x 18 in. ...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Studio Nude, female figure fish, art within art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently re-discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artists switch to working with her non- dominant left hand.
As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Lincoln Tower
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated in pencil, l.c.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at Universi...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
31st of March, Oil Pastel Drawing by Ben Hancocks
By Ben Hancocks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Hancocks
Title: 31st of March
Year: 1982
Medium: Oil Pastel on Paper, signed and dated
Paper Size: 34 x 15 inches [86.36 x 38.1 cm]
Image Size: 27.5 x 10 in. [69.85 x 25....
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
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
Petit aviateur imaginant que Paul Signac était au volant d'une puissante auto
Located in PARIS, FR
Very nice original work of Yvon Taillandier from the 80s.
The work of Yvon Taillandier is related to the free figuration, mixing image and language. His painting has an aesthetic closeness to the Art brut.
Figuration Libre...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Standing Female Nude in Profile, hand on hip
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude in Profile, hand on hip
Colored chalks on Strathmore Charcoal grey paper, c. 1980
Signed in chalk lower right (see photo)
In 1941, Fidelma Cadmus (Paul’s sister)...
Category
American Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Untitled I, Minimalist Tempera and Graphite Drawing by Juhachiro Takada
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Juhachiro Takada, Japanese XXth
Title: Untitled I
Year: 1982
Medium: Tempera with Graphite on Paper
Size: 22 x 28 inches
Frame: 29 x 35 inches
Category
Abstract 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Graphite
Near Grassington, West Yorkshire, UK /// Contemporary British Watercolor Church
By Ken Burton
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ken Burton (English, 1946-)
Title: "Near Grassington, West Yorkshire, UK"
*Signed by Burton lower left
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Watercolor on heavy wove paper
Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated archival French matting
Matted size: 18" x 20"
Image size: 9" x 12"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In mint condition
Notes:
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist Burton himself in the 1980's.
Grassington is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,126. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is situated in Wharfedale, about 8 miles north-west from Bolton Abbey, and is surrounded by limestone scenery.
Biography:
Born in Peterborough in 1946, Ken Burton's interest in art began at school and led him to an initial choice of career in design and engraving, in which he trained with Joseph Hules, in London. He left in 1970 to enter public service (The British...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Circa 1980 Original work by Yvon Taillandier entitled Sénéquier
Located in PARIS, FR
Original work by Yvon Taillandier entitled Sénéquier Thé Patisserie. In imagination a small aviator Taillandier - Landais sees Paul Signac and Félix Fénéon meeting at the terrace of ...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Macabre Cartoon Children's Toys Attack Father - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
A child looks on with glee as his "Muscular Heroes of the Cosmos" Toys transform from inanimate objects to real, actionable beings and beat up his father. Signed upper right, Gahan...
Category
Outsider Art 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Hilary Edwards - Signed and dated 1982 Watercolour, Deadman Hill, New Forest
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene of Deadman Hill in the New Forest, In it we can see a small lake surrounded by shrubbery along with some horses in the distance enjoying the time in the ...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Modern Abstract Black Ink Line Drawing of a Reclining Female Nude
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract black ink line drawing of a reclining female nude. The work features a loose rendering of a single woman laying on her left hip and looking off in the distance. Signed and dated in front lower right corner. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Frank...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fishermen. Paper, watercolor, 20 x 29. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fishermen. Paper, watercolor, 20x29.5 cm
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mountain range
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Boris Akopian "Mountain range"
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Naunton, Gloucestershire, UK /// Contemporary British Watercolor Village Scene
By Ken Burton
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ken Burton (English, 1946-)
Title: "Naunton, Gloucestershire, UK"
*Signed by Burton lower right
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Watercolor on heavy wove paper
Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated archival French matting
Matted size: 18" x 21"
Image size: 10.75" x 14.25"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In mint condition
Notes:
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist Burton himself in the 1980's.
Naunton is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Windrush in the Cotswolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Stow-on-the-Wold is about 6 miles to the east.
Biography:
Born in Peterborough in 1946, Ken Burton's interest in art began at school and led him to an initial choice of career in design and engraving, in which he trained with Joseph Hules, in London. He left in 1970 to enter public service (The British Police...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rebekka / - Rebekka's Appearance -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Wachter (1921 Neuburgweiser - 2012 Karlsruhe), Rebekka, 1987. Watercolor mounted on cardboard, 13.5 (height) x 14 cm (width). Signed “E.[mil] Wa[chter]” in pencil within the ima...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Figure by Window, graphite, pastel, mylar, paper layered drawing, female, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This feminist work of a nude gazing directly at the viewer, features graphite on mylar over cut paper, aligned to amplify the forms while maintaining the delicacy of the drawing. These recently discovered 1984 oversize works on mylar and archival papers were created with a live model. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artist's switch to working with her non- dominant left hand.
As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Robert Flavell Micklewright RWS RE (1923-2013) - 1984, Stokenham Church
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study with ink and acrylic details depicting Stokenham Church in Devon. Signed to the lower left. Dated and titled to the reverse. On paper.
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mountains 1989. Paper, watercolor, 11x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mountains 1989. Paper, watercolor, 11x21 cm
The snowy mountains in watercolor evoke a sense of awe, peace, and the serene grandeur of nature. The delicate and transparent qualities ...
Category
Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$171 Sale Price
20% Off
Gerard Diaz Contemporary French Iris Pencil Drawing
By Gérard Diaz
Located in Roma, IT
This very nice drawing is a view of a romantic garden.
In the background, we see a high base topped by a statue of a 19th century figure along with other architectural ruins.
Central to the composition is a leafy tree with a leaning trunk.
The beautiful flowering iris plant in the foreground gave the drawing its title.
The iris has a very long history, as it was known even at the time of the ancient Egyptians and other ancient peoples.
It is well documented that in Europe the iris's rhizome was used as a linen perfume.
It was named for Iris, the Greek messenger of the gods, who according to Greek mythology, had wings of gold shining with dew, which when lit by the sun rays were decked with all the colors of the rainbow.
Also according to this legend, Iris was Juno's favourite goddess because she only bore good news.
Juno decided to reward her by turning her into the iris (the rainbow) which was said to be the link between heaven and earth.
Born on October 27, 1938, in Mostaganem, Gérard Diaz...
Category
Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Red Pillow, mixed media pastel acrylic charcoal drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, mostly in pastel. The series show...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
28th March, Oil Pastel Drawing
By Ben Hancocks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Hancocks
Title: 28th March
Year: 1982
Medium: Oil Pastel on Paper, signed and dated
Paper Size: 34 x 15 inches [86.36 x 38.1 cm]
Image Size: 27.5 x 6 in. [69.85 x 15.24 cm]
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Roses. 1983, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Roses. 1983, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – learning at Liep...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor, Drawing - "The Dressers"
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Category
Surrealist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Still Life with card. 1989, paper, watercolor, 75, 5 x 55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life with card
1989, paper, watercolor, 75,5x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – l...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still life with a lemon. 1980s, paper, watercolor, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with a lemon
1980s, paper, watercolor, 75,5x55,5 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 19...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Plaza Hotel, Illustrative Watercolor Painting by David Azuz
By David Azuz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Azuz, Israeli/French (1942 - 2014)
Title: The Plaza Hotel
Year: 1988
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed
Image Size: 14 x 12 inches
Frame...
Category
American Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Soho, Mercer Street - Framed Photorealist Watercolor on Paper
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: University Floral Design
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 35 inches
Street scene watercolor by an...
Category
American Realist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Jean Harris on the Witness Stand, Pencil and Ink on Paper by Marilyn Church
Located in Long Island City, NY
This drawing depicts a moment from one of the longest trials in US history, when Jean Harris, a headmistress of a school for girls in Virginia, was tried f...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil
People vs Jean Harris - Ink, Pencil, and Permanent Marker by Marilyn Church
Located in Long Island City, NY
This drawing depicts a moment from one of the longest trials in US history, when Jean Harris, a headmistress of a school for girls in Virginia, was tried f...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Abstract Art, Vivid Watercolor - Rolling Colors, Kemija, 1980
Located in Houston, TX
Transfixing and vivid watercolor of abstract striated colors, rolling together like leaves in the wind or waves of sand dunes. Signed lower right by Kejima, 1980.
Original artwork o...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Ebonas II
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel on paper
Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore Col...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Gerberas 1987. Paper, watercolor, 49x55 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 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dishes with olives 1984, watercolor on paper, 74, 5 x 55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dishes with olives. 1984, watercolor on paper, 74,5x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – l...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still life with tray 1980's, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with tray. 1980's, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 –...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mushrooms 1980's, watercolor on paper, 54x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mushrooms. 1980's, watercolor on paper, 54x75 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – learning a...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Entered O Cast-In"
By Alan Saret
Located in Astoria, NY
Alan Saret (American, b. 1944), "Entered O Cast-In", Graphite on Paper, 1983, signed, titled, dated, and numbered "23/50" to the verso, ebonized wood frame. Image: 22" H x 29.75" W; ...
Category
Post-Minimalist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A quiet canal in Venice, Italy with mist in the distance
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two original watercolor paintings capturing the timeless beauty of Venice, Italy. These works evoke the city’s luminous atmosphere, with delicate washes of color that suggest both th...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Tokyo Diptych" Yvonne Jacquette, Japanese Urban Cityscape Nocturnal Aerial
Located in New York, NY
Yvonne Jacquette (American, b. 1935)
Tokyo Diptych, 1985
Pastel on paper
Overall 17 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches
Signed lower center
Provenance:
Carey Ellis Company, Houston, Texas
Brooke Alexander, New York
Collection of an American Corporation
Exhibited:
New York, Brooke Alexander, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, April 5 - May 3, 1986, n.p., illustrated; this exhibition later traveled to Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, June 27 - August 24, 1986.
Yvonne Jacquette has a preference for high places, a circling plane, a penthouse window, an aerie from which to watch the world. Her work has often depicted the city and man-made landscape from the vantage of angels. It is a privileged perspective, long loved by photographers, who were perhaps the first to recognize the geometric grandeur of the city below. That grandeur structures Jacquette's images but is not its full content. Her work attempts to resolve the visual and emotional pardoxes of the modern metropolis. Only from the tower is there the possibility of order and context. And unlaced beauty.
Jacquette first visited Japan in 1982. Nighttime Tokyo, its cars and crowds and canyons of loud Vegas neon, made a vivid and bewildering impression on her. The neon signs, pulsing, scaling the walls of high rises, fascinated the artist, "like Times Square spread over miles." Her fascination was equal parts marvel, confusion, and curiosity—the sparks of art. She returned to Tokyo in May of 1985, choosing hotel rooms with expansive vistas. From these views Jacquette excerpted images for a series of pastel night scenes. The basic forms and colors of each drawing were blocked in during night sessions by the window. She worked in the dark, selecting colors by flashlight. In daylight, she sharpened the geometry and corrected ambiguous passages. She refined the drawings further in the studio until the images read clearly. Photographic correctness was not important. The finished drawings are complete statements, not simply preparatory sketches for paintings. They have the authority of expert witness. In clear, discreet jots of pastel they record the performance of seeing, each touch of color attesting to a moment's close scrutiny.
Yvonne Jacquette was born on December 15, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence from 1952 to 1955, when she moved to New York City. Her late husband was photographer Rudy Burckhardt, and the couple were part of a circle of artist friends that included Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz, Red Grooms, and Mimi Gross. She continues to live and work in New York City, as well as in Searsmont, Maine.
A flight to San Diego in 1969 sparked Jacquette’s interest in aerial views, after which she began flying in commercial airliners to study cloud formations and weather patterns. She soon started sketching and painting the landscape as seen from above, beginning a process that has developed into a defining element of her art. Her first nocturnal painting...
Category
American Modern 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Nude with Purple Hair, Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Nude with Purple Hair, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Fruits. Watercolor on paper, 74, 5 x 55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fruits. Watercolor on paper, 74, 5 x 55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – learning at Liep...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Seascape - Sailing Vessel in Crimson Tide
Located in Houston, TX
Distinctive French seascape watercolor painting of an anchored sailing vessel in muted shades of crimson, 1982. Signed lower right.
Displayed on a whi...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still life with plums 1985, watercolor on paper, 74x55 cm (bilateral)
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with plums.
1985, watercolor on paper, 74x55 cm (bilateral)
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1...
Category
Impressionist 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS
''Basketball'', 1988, gouache on paper
Hand signed and dated bottom right, titled in pencil on paper verso
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred ...
Category
Folk Art 1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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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
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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.
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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.