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Period: Early 1900s
Versailles
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marie-Paule Carpentier
French, 1876-1915
Versailles
Pastel / Paper
12 by 16 in. W/frame 18 by 22 in.
Signed on lower left Marie-Paule Carpentier
Marie-Paule Carpentier painted i...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Two Dancing Figures
By Jules Pascin
Located in London, GB
JULES PASCIN 1885-1930
Vidin, Bulgaria 1885-1930 Paris (Bulgarian/French/American)
Title: Two Dancing Figures
Technique: Original Stamp Signed and Ins...
Category
Contemporary Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Elderly cobbler reading paper peering out window
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Postcard illustration; publisher: (The Gray Lithograph Company), Circa 1903;
The Male Gaze 120 years ago. We joke about how ridiculous it was when men got all titillated at the sight of a woman's ankles. It seems that it was thought ridiculous even then, when it was about the only part of a woman's legs a man was likely to get a glimpse of in public, as shown in this slyly humorous postcard illustration. Ostensibly, the cobbler has only a professional interest in studying the lady's footwear. In case you miss the point, he is reading the Observer and her stockings have a striking design to emphasize the ankle. As in later pinup art...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
The Waterfront
By Thornton Oakley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Center
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Cream of Wheat Advertisement, 1908
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Advertisement for Cream of Wheat cereal, 1908.
Fast Asleep Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1908...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Board
The Forgiveness
Located in London, GB
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN 1859-1923
Lausanne 1859-1923 Paris (Swiss/French)
Title: The Forgiveness, ca. 1901
Technique: Original Stamped Pencil Drawing on paper.
size: 21 x 2...
Category
Contemporary Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
An American In Italy, Book illustration for Jerry Junior
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"She seated herself in the deep embrasure of a window close beside Tony's parapet." Illustration for the book Jerry Junior by Jean Webster (New York: The Century Co., 1907), illustra...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
“The eager young man saw the rose..."
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Boy at doorway watching young woman play piano.
“The eager young man saw the rose and was struck speechless with delight…” Illustration for Jo's Boys by Louisa May...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Bleak House Interior Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
A Social Gathering
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink, and Ink Wash on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Left
The label affixed to the reverse suggests that this was an illustration for a fictional story and dates the d...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Piazza Cavour, Milan - 1905
Located in Como, IT
A. Cirnello
Piazza Cavour in Milan, with the monument to Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
Dated 1905
Watercolor painting on paper
Size: 49x37 cm (69x56 cm including the frame)
Signed a...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Travelers in a Gondola, Venice, Original illustration for the book Jerry Junior
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Constance ripped the letter open and read it aloud." Illustration for the book Jerry Junior by Jean Webster (New York: The Century Co., 1907), illustrated page 149.
The illustratio...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Arthur Templeman Jockey c1905 Watercolour By Astor
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 7/8"H x 6"W
Frame Sz: 15 3/8"H x 11 1/4"W
Cambridgeshire
Liverpool Cup
Prince Edward
Derby Gold Cup
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Sampson Rock of Wall Street" Original Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published October 13, 1906
Gruger illustrated only three post covers throughout his career. This was the second one completed.
Artwor...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
"A strange dog was sitting calmly among the ruins of the feast."
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Frontispiece for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott for the 1906 edition published by Little, Brown, and Company
The full caption reads: "A strange dog was sitting calmly among t...
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Illustration for 'Aurélie' by Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Signature: Initialed Lower Left and Identified by a Label on Verso
The Harpers Monthly, August 1909
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Women Discussing Shoes
By Charles Stanley Reinhart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: circa 1900
Medium: Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 11.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hanging by a Hair, Political Satire Illustration 1902
Located in Long Island City, NY
A political satire illustration “Hanging by a Hair” originally published in the The Philadelphia North American newspaper circa 1902, edited by Edwin A Van Valkenburg and pubilshed b...
Category
American Modern Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
A Close Competition
Located in Missouri, MO
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946)
"A Close Competition" 1905
Colored Pencil on Paper
Signed and Dated Lower Left
Site: approx. 35 x 36 inches
Framed: approx. 43 x 35 inches
Born at Le Havre in Normandy on 12th December 1871, Millière began his art education in his home town but soon transferred to l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied portraiture, life drawing and figure painting in the atelier of Leon Bonnat, whose pupils included Toulouse-Lautrec and Raoul Dufy. He also studied at l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. His skill as a draughtsman translated quickly into success as a cartoonist and illustrator and his brilliant interpretation of the "Modern Parisienne" soon became known as the "Petite femme...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
The Flirtation
By Allesandro Battaglia
Located in Missouri, MO
Allesandro Battaglia (1870-1940, Italian)
"The Flirtation" 1906
Watercolor on Paper
Signed "A. Battaglia, Roma 1906"
Site Size: 30 x 20 inches
Framed Size: approx 41 x 33 inches
Son of Clelia Bompiani and Ercole Battaglia, he was trained by his grandfather Roberto Bompiani...
Category
Realist Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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