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Period: 20th Century
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 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Board, Illustration Board
The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century
Pencil and china ink on paper
Good condition.
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Charcoal on paper, 50 x 36 cm
Signed lower right: Silombria '96
This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
"Collage III" 1992 signed original mixed media work on paper w photo engravings
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Collage III', 1992
collage, ink on paper
11.9 x 13.8 in. (30 x 35 cm.)
ID: 1D199203
Hand-signed by author
___________________________________________...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Lucio Fontana - Etching and Aquatint with hand-cut central slash incision - 1968
Located in Varese, IT
Concetto Spaziale, 1968
Etching and Aquatint with hand-cut central slash incision by Fontana himself
limited edition of 60 copies ,
Signed in pencil by artist and numbered 38/60
pape...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
C Print
Mid Century French Original Ink Drawing Névoisins (Eure et Loire) Rural Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Mid Century French Original Ink Drawing of Névoisins (Eure et Loire) Rural Village Landscape"
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink on artist paper
Size: 13...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Unique painting on paper done with paint roller by Minimalist pioneer Lyman Kipp
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Unique painting on paper done with paint roller, 1970
Ink roller painting on paper
Signed and dated in ink by Lyman Kipp on the lower right
Frame included: elegantly framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
This is a unique color oil painting created in 1970 with his signature technique of using a roller, by pioneering Minimalist artist Lyman Kipp, one of the founders of Construct Gallery., which included sculptors Kenneth Snelson and Mark di Suvero.
Measurements:
Frame:
17.5 x 15.25 x 1.75 inches
Artwork:
11 x 8.5 inches
About Lyman Kipp:
The large, powerful sculptures of Lyman Kipp were part of the Primary Structures movement in the 1960s, that transformed the way sculptors worked, and the way in which sculpture was viewed in America. The Constructivism movement, that began in Moscow in the 1920s, espoused the idea that art should be created for the benefit of society and that artists should be involved in industrial design and construction. It viewed the artist as a creator, designer and constructor.
The simplicity of design of the Constructivists had a profound effect on the De Stijl movement in the Netherlands and the Bauhaus movement in Germany during the 1920s and ‘30s. Artists in the United States were slowly embracing the ideas of constructivism and minimalism, but it took a group of artists, including Kipp, to change the way artists, and the public, create and view art.
Kipp was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York in 1929. He studied at Pratt Institute in New York and then went on the study and teach at the Cranbook Academy in Michigan. He began making large, steel and aluminum sculptures in the 1960s, that had to be transported and welded together on site. He worked in spare, geometric shapes and primary colors.
In 1966, the Jewish Museum in New York organized the Primary Structures exhibit, showing large, minimal style works by young American and British sculptors. The show was a huge success, and got rave reviews by art critics, including those of Time and Newsweek. In an effort to get continued recognition, a group of American sculptors, including Lyman Kipp, founded an artist-owned gallery called, ConStruct. They organized exhibitions throughout the United States to promote their large-scale sculptures.
The pieces we have in our gallery are maquettes, preliminary models that Kipp made before he built and assembled his huge, finished sculptures. In addition to painting and creating sculptures for public spaces, Kipp dedicated his life to art education. He taught at Bennington College in Vermont, Hunter College in New York and became the chairman of the art department at Lehman College in New York.
Kipp’s works are part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Lyman Kipp died in Bonita Springs, Florida on March 30, 2014, leaving a legacy of his work in parks and public spaces around Florida and other states throughout the U.S.
Courtesy of Vertu Fine Art
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street in Watercolor, Colored Pencil and India Ink
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street Scene in Watercolor, Pastel, and India Ink
Vibrant drawing of Montreal, Canada, by Richard D. Wilson (Canadian, 1920-1994). A street scene of 1960s Montreal, complete with cars, people walking and crisscrossing telephone and power lines...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Minneapolis
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Note: Dehn was born in Minnesota. He attended the Minneapolis Institute of Art. This work is a view of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis with the Pillsbury "A"-Mill in the backg...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Panel', C. 1994 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Max Ernst (1891–1976) – Oiseaux en Péril – Aquatint etching with collage – 1975
By Max Ernst
Located in Varese, IT
Aquatint etching with collage, 1975
Limited edition
Signature and numbering in pencil by the artist ,
Numbered as: 48/100
Paper size: 54.5 x 41 cm
Framed size: 57.5 x 45.5 cm
Edited ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
Spring Bouquet, Large-Scale Floral Watercolor Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful flowers fill the foreground in this large-scale watercolor still-life of a spring bouquet bursting with blossoms by California artist Royce Thyberg Gordon...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dogs spanish modernism mixed media drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Dogs - Mixed media
Drawing measurements 23x28 cm.
Frame measurements 35x40 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Birds of Paradise Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Flowers" Mary Abbott, Colorful Floral Still Life, Female Abstract Expressionism
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Flowers, circa 1950
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Provenance:
Aaron Galleries, Glenview, Illinois
Among the early exponents of Abstract Expressio...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Cent French Impressionist Watercolor Painting Lady Reading Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Reading in the Interior
French School, early 20th century
signed with initials upper corner
watercolour painting on artist paper, framed
Glass covering
framed: 13 x 10.5 inches
board...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fauvist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper, 'Through the Forest Glade'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s fauvist watercolour of a forest glade by Belgian artist André Pierard. Not signed but acquired from his estate along with others of his works.
A be...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Wilmot Clifford Pilsbury (1840-1908) - Watercolour, Sitting on the Riverbank
Located in Corsham, GB
An original watercolour scene by the British artist Wilmot Clifford Pilsbury (1840-1908). Well presented in a decorative gilt-effect frame with a crisp white mount. Signed to the low...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled 31 (Figurative Drawing Polaroid Transfer of a Young Female Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, Polaroid transfer of a nude female
PT 31, Made in 1996
9.5 x 6.5 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
signed & dated lower right
Uniq...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
Untitled
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Dated in pencil, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman and drew from life models throug...
Category
Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night
By June Wayne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JUNE WAYNE (1918 - 2011)
A WINTER - SEEMING SUMMER'S NIGHT, 1957 From the John Donne Series. (Conway 122, Basket 106: Gilmour 50)
Lithograph signed, title...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring Drawing 1983 (Keith World Tour hat)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1983 Keith Haring Dancing Figures drawing on Keith Haring World Tour hat:
A rare, historic Keith Haring collectible featuring a sharply executed black mar...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Ink
French Watercolor of Rustic Chapel in the Provence Countryside
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Rustic Chapel in the Provence Countryside
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 12.25 x 16...
Category
French School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
British Impressionist Painting Bridge Behind Fishing Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 10 x 11 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal fo...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolor of Ancient Roman Ruins with Arches and Columns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Ancient Roman Ruins with Arches and Columns
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, mounted on card
Size: 11.75 x 15.75 (height x width)
Provenance: From the artists atelier collection, South of France
Description: This captivating watercolor by Robert Lepine depicts the grandeur of ancient Roman ruins with an exquisite blend of historical reverence and artistic detail. The painting focuses on the crumbled walls...
Category
French School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pair of Paintings Notre Dame Paris River Seine
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Two Views of Notre Dame Cathedral
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
both signed lower right
two watercolour and gouache paintings on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: each measure 9....
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
View Towards Christmas Cove, Maine, Early 20th Century East Coast Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
View Towards Christmas Cove, Maine, c. 1923
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 19.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Marine Scene, French Breton Watercolour, The Fishing Nets
By Girard
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century watercolour on paper view of Breton fishermen gathering their nets by Girard. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period wood and plaster f...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Lois Dodd, Landscape painting by renowned female artist (signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Lois Dodd
Untitled Landscape, 1990
Colored chalk on grey wove paper
Signed, dated and inscribed "For Beverly & Howard", lower right.
Original artist's frame included
This unique work...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite
French Impressionist Watercolor of Street Scene and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Street Scene and Figures
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 6.25 x 4.75 inches (Height x Wid...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chateau Park Gates & Gardens Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Chateau Gates
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 25.5 x 19.5 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
con...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original 1970'S French Abstract Painting Study of Draped Forms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
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 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1960s "Fruit Bowl in Mexico" Gouache & Oil Pastel Abstract Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Mexican Fruit Bowl
1960s
Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper
36"x32" unframed $1600
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Animated Street, Mixed Technique Early Twentieth, Signature To Identify
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Busy street.
Mixed media on paper: ink wash and marker.
Signature to be identified lower right.
Framed and under glass.
Paper ripples.
Storm beasts under the glass.
Drawing (at sight...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
French Pen & Ink - Two Trees
Located in Houston, TX
Enchanting pen and ink drawing in black of two sturdy trees edging a small pond by artist A. Martin, 1972. Signed and dated lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a wh...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Graphite on paper, 1915
Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo)
Provenance:
Neffe-D...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Rio della Misericordia, Venice.
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Rio della Misericordia. October 1924. Watercolor. 14 x 8 3/4. McBey did a striking nocturnal view of the bridge in his 1926 drypoint, The Bridge by Night Carter 232. Signed and dated, lower right; titled verso. Housed in a French mat and a 22 x 16 1/2-inch gold leaf frame.
The Rio Della Misericordia ( from the Venetian to the Misericordia Canal ) is a canal from Venice in the sestiere of Cannaregio, Contrada San Marzillan in Italy.
The river runs along the old Servite convent. The canal is crossed by two bridges, from east to west:
the San Marziale spawning linking the campo of the same name with the Fondamenta de la Misericordia and
the dei dei Servi or Betania linking the Mensa di Betania to the Fondamenta de la Misericordia .
Born in Newburgh near Aberdeen, James McBey attended evening classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of fifteen. He moved to London to prepare for a one-man show at Goupil's Gallery, and shortly after this highly successful first show, he traveled to Morocco with James Kerr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
John Sennhauser Geometric Abstract Pen and Ink Drawing, 1944
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original pen and ink drawing by New York Abstract Artist, John Sennhauser (1907-1978)
Signed lower right "J. Sennhauser" and dated '44.
Titled and dated on the verso: "Line in Motion...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Landscape. 1990. Oil on cardboard, 24x32, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. 1990. Oil on cardboard, 24x32,5 cm
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seas...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 14 x 7.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bison in Snow, Animal Picture, American School, John Aldrich Ruthven, signed
By John Ruthven
Located in Greven, DE
John Aldrich Ruthven
American Painter
Bison in a Snow Blizzard
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
signed lower left
Category
American Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Captivating Watercolor Landscape of a Mountain Valley with Blooming Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mountain Valley with Blooming Trees
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Red Poinsettia Plant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Litho crayons on illustrator’s board, c. 1932
Signed: Adolf Dehn (VED) lower right corner (signed by Virginia Dehn, the artist’s widow)
Tilted along the upper edge of the recto in pencil by the artist
Verso inscriptions: “VF 3168.D” in a circle, also annotated in red pencil “32” in a circle and “699
Provenance:
Mary Ryan Gallery, exhibition entitled Adolf Dehn Lithographs, 1927-1940, Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1982. The original exhibition notice us affixed to the backing board of the frame
Note: A drawing intended or used in the publication Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, (Colors, new tales follow...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, published in Le Mercure de France
(Colors, new tales follow old things), 1908
Graphite and colored...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 12 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifu...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A charming illustration, by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows a woman with a...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 14.75 x 11 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Watercolor Painting - Village de Provence
By Jean Lambert
Located in Houston, TX
Charming watercolor landscape painting of an arched stone entrance to a small village in Provence, France by artist Jean Lambert, circa 1940. Signed low...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The French Rooster
Located in London, GB
'The French Rooster', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). A Mid-Century modern depiction of the French coq, or rooster. The origin o...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Nude Female Pencil Study Drawing by Marie Louise Simard
Located in Atlanta, GA
A naked woman standing is depicted in this black pencil-on-paper study by Marie Louise Simard (1886–1963). The written signature is in the bottom left corner with the official "MS" s...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches - blue square
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 19.5 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josin...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
'Odalisque', French Watercolour of a Female Nude.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century watercolour on paper of a naked female figure before an open window. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in carved, white painted wood frame.
...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Lull in Summer Rain
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York;
DC Moore Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Ireland, until 2012
Exhibitions
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield Paintings, 19...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original Painting New Yorker Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Santa's Feet
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Santa's Feet
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Santas Feet At Midnight
New Yorker c...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
River bay. 1987. Oil on cardboard, 44x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
River bay. 1987. Oil on cardboard, 44x58 cm
Summer landscape by the river
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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