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Period: Early 20th Century
Night Noise - Original Ink and Watercolor - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Night Noise is an original China ink and watercolor realized by an artist of the early 20th century. The little picture is ona yellowed paper, with some spots and stains. Sigled on...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Boat in Tunisia - Drawing Ink on Paper Unique Post Impressionist, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Albert Marquet Boat in Tunisia, ca. 1920 Ink on paper 7 1/5 × 5 in 18.2 × 12.8 cm Hand-signed by the monogram lower right
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Portrait of Woman - Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing in pencil on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century. Sheet dimension: 32 x 24.5 cm The state of preservation is good and aged Hand-signed o...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Figure - Original Watercolor on Paper by Cazanove - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Raymond Cazanove in 1922. Hand-signed on the lower right. In good conditions, with aged margins. Sheet dimension:...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Satiric Scene For l’Asino - Pen and Pencil Drawing by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Satiric Scene For l’asino is an original drawing in pencil and pen realized in 1910 ca. by Gabriele Galantara. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. The artwork with a ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Pencil

Nude of Woman - China Ink and Pencil by Marcel Spranck - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original Pen Drawing realized by Marcel Spranck (1896-1978). The little artwork is in very good condition, included a yellow cardboard passpartout (50x32.5 cm). ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

1925 Original gouache for the 1st Bal Païen - Beaux-Arts Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Gouache - Original model to create the poster Show - Dance The "masse" has always existed in the studios of the École des Beaux-Arts: first and foremost, it's the budget needed to ...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Linen

Landscape - Original Watercolor signed "Chantau Reclan" - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork signed "Chantau Reclan". Original colored watercolor on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Good conditions.
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Charles Edward Brittan (1870-1949) - Framed Watercolour, Moorland with Sheep
Located in Corsham, GB
Charles Edward Brittan (1870-1949). Original watercolour. A moorland scene with sheep grazing. Smartly mounted in a wooden frame. Signed to the lower left. On paper.
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

View of Sankt Moritz - Watercolor on paper by H. B. Wieland - 1900/1920
By Hans Beat Wieland
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and finely painted view of Saint Moritz, watercolor on paper realized by Hans Beatus Wieland between 1890 and 1920. Very good conditions. Wieland was...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
"And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt Mary's" Charcoal and watercolor on artist illustration board, 1900 Initialed and dated lower right: H.C.C. 1900 by the artist (see...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Farmers - Painting by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by the artist Gabriele Galantara. Watercolor and tempera. Monogram on the lower right. Hand-written annotat...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera

Portrait of a man, ink on beige paper, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955) Portrait of a man Ink on beige paper Signed 44 x 31 cm small damages on the edges Rudolf Schlichter was born in Calw i...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, India Ink

Broadway Costume Illustration by Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston Untitled, c. 1920s Watercolor and pencil on paper Sight: 18 x 12 1/2 in. Framed: 39 x 21 1/4 x 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston The first tidbit I fou...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Christ - Original Pen and Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ is an original drawing on paper in pen and pencil mounted on blueish Passepartout, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Cen...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Pencil

Study for Scenography - Watercolor by Erminio Loy - 1920s
By Erminio Loy
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Scenography is a painting in watercolor realized in the 1920s by Erminio Loy. Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions. The artwork represented through harmonious...
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Pop Art Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Early 20th Century French Gouache on Paper, The Frog and The Fisherman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French gouache and watercolour on paper of a fisherman by Louis Henri Magnat, The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a carved and gilt wood frame und...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) Paris, Les Bouquinistes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) Paris, Les Bouquinistes sur les quais, (The booksellers on the banks) Signed and titled lower right Pencil on paper 17 x 27 cm In good condition, ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Caricature - Original Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Caricature is an original drawing in pencil and pastels realized by an anonymous artist of the early 20th Century Good condition. The artwork is depicted through perfect hatching i...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is an original painting in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the 20th Century. In very good condition....
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

Eizo Kato 1926 Japanese Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eizo Kato: 1906-1972. Well listed Japanese artist with auction records for watercolors over $8500. This is a magnificent tropical scene, probably in Japan or another pacific island. ...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Studies for a Female Standing Nude - Pencil Drawing by D. Ginsbourg - 1918
Located in Roma, IT
Studies for a Female Standing Nude is an original artwork realized by the french artist Ginsbourg in 1918. Original red pencil and pencil on paper. Hand-...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Figure - Original Watercolor and Pencil by Raymond Cazanove - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor and pencil on ivory paper, realized by Raymond Cazanove in 1922. Hand-signed on the lower margin in ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Sketch of a figure with Dog - Original Pencil Drawing by G. Galantara
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch of a figure with dog is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Gabriele Galantara. The state of preservation of the artwork is good...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Charles Harrington (1865-1943) - Framed 1925 Watercolour, Inquisitive Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th century watercolour depicting inquisitive cattle grazing by the river. The pastoral landscape looks luscious and green, situated behind a long manor farm...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

War Birds - 1920s British watercolour on silk by George Sheringham
Located in London, GB
GEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) The War Birds Signed and inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk, semi circle shape, in artist’s decorated mount Framed 24 by 47.5 cm., 9 ½ by 18 ¾ in. (frame size 46 by 71 cm., 18 by 28 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries. Sheringham was born in London, the son of the Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone. He studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris, holding his first one-man exhibition in Paris in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. Before and during World War I he concentrated much of his artistic energy on painting fan leaves, often on silk. His first exhibition of fan designs and silk panels was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. Sheringham also worked as an illustrator, providing illustrations for books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan and others. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...
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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Lady Driving A 2-Horse Tandem Hitch c1929 Gouache by H. W. Standing (1894- 1931)
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 12 3/4"H x 21 1/2"W Frame Sz: 18 3/4"H x 27 3/4"W Henry William Standing (British,1894 -1931)
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Brimscombe Hill - Early 20th Century Cotswold Group Watercolour by H A Payne
By Henry Arthur Payne, RWS
Located in London, GB
HENRY ARTHUR PAYNE, RWS (1868-1940) Evening, Brimscombe Hill Signed and indistinctly dated l.l..: HENRY A PAYNE Watercolour Framed 20.5 by 24.5 cm.; 8 by 9 ...
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Pre-Raphaelite Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Road - Original Pen Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Road is an original blue China ink drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the early 20th Century. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Unreadable signature on the lower ...
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Contemporary Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen

Epicuro - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - Early Century
Located in Roma, IT
Epicuro is an original drawing in china ink realized as study for a book cover by Gabriele Galantara The state of preservation of the artwork is good. This artwork represents a cent...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Portrait of a Lady - British art Post Impressionist 40s drawing female portrait
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in London, GB
A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British artist Edward Bainbridge Copnall. This is just a stunning artwork which dates to circa 1940. Signed Bainbridge Copnall. Provenance. Midlands collection. Condition. Coloured chalks on paper, 16 inches by 13 inches and in good colour and condition. Some staining to edges. Housed in its original gallery frame 21 by 18 inches. In excellent condition. Edward Bainbridge Copnall MBE ( 1903-1973) was a British sculptor and painter. He was best known for his architectural and decorative sculptures featuring allegorical and religious subjects. He was the President of the Royal Society of Sculptors from 1961 - 1966. Edward Bainbridge Copnall was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1903 and moved to Horsham, West Sussex in England as a young child after the death of his mother. His father, photographer Edward White Copnall (born 1878, Isle of Wight), lived and worked in Horsham from 1915-1962. His uncle was Liverpool-based portrait painter Frank Thomas Copnall...
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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

St John's College Cambridge University watercolour The River, Scholars Before
Located in London, GB
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figures - Ink and Pencil Drawing by G. Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing in pencil and pen realized by Gabriele Galantara, the state of preservation of the artwork is good and aged, with hand-writing of the artist on it, app...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

Norwegian Pine Grove - The inner glow of the trees -
Located in Berlin, DE
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Sketch for a Sign - Original Pencil and China Ink Drawing Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for a Sign is a very graceful drawing representing the sign of a bar. This artwork made by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th century was applied on a slightly ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Ink

Modern Light Blue, Brown, and Black Geometric Abstract Circle Pattern Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern light blue, brown, and black geometric abstract circle pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin. Dimensions Without Frame: H 32.75 in. x W 35.63 in. Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School. John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950. In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory. In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Standing Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude Match stick and ink drawing, c. 1925 Signed with the estate stamp B Sheet size: 21 x 16 inches Created at the Kakoon Arts Klu...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

La Dame Queteuse
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) La Dame Queteuse Ink on paper Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below) 10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm...
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Surrealist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940 Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll Graphite on paper Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high The vintage ...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

John da Costa - Lillie - A Portrait of the artist's wife
By John da Costa
Located in London, GB
JOHN DA COSTA (1867-1931) Lillie, the Artist’s Wife Signed l.l. Coloured chalks on tinted paper Framed 61 by 48.5 cm., 24 by 19 in. (frame size 80 by 69 cm., 31 ½ by 27 ¼ in.) Jo...
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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Stained Glass Window Domestic Design Florence Camm Arts & Crafts TW - Orb Cross
Located in London, GB
Search for, or send us a message us about, our other stained glass designs, Modern Britsh Art and T W Camm designs by Florence Camm Florence Camm (1874-1960)...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Wise Book Children's Book Illustration- Woman Illustrator - Arts and Crafts
Located in Miami, FL
This little gem of a compact artwork was executed in the Arts and Crafts style for an interior illustration for "The Wise Book," J.M. Dent & Co, London, 1906. "You can't eat your ca...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Board

The Power - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Power is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. The artwork was in mixed media of ink and white lead on paper. Included a Passepartou: 50...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Upscale Couple Illustration Puck magazine Interior - Mexican Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marius de Zayas was born in Veracruz, Mexico and emigrated to New York with his family in 1907. He joined the art staff of the New York Evening World newspaper and quickly became kno...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink

J Ernest Winterbottom - Signed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Mousehole Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene from the view of a boat entering the harbour at Mousehole, Cornwall. Signed to the lower left and well presented in a white mount and gilt frame. On wove.
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed left painting : 5.75 x 5 inches, signed bottom left right painting: 5....
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

German Expressionist Drawing, Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Cuba Scene 1910
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist Subject: Woman, Cuban Scene Medium: watercolor paint, ink or pencil Surface: Paper This is hand signed lower right. There is an inscription at bottom e...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Bernard BOUTET DE MONVEL (1881 - 1949), "Portrait of Miss Lise Brissaud"
Located in Paris, FR
Bernard Boutet de Monvel was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator and interior decorator. Although first known for his etchings, he earned notability for his pai...
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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Conte crayon on paper, c. 1905-1909 Signed lower right Archival frame by Graham Gallery, New York, hand carved frame with silk matting and gold fillet (see photo of corner) Provenanc...
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Ashcan School Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

2 x Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed top painting : 5 x 7.75 inches, signed bottom right bottom painting: 5...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

3 x Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 3 watercolour on paper, unframed Left: 8.25 x 5.5 inches, signed lower right Top Right: 3.5 x 5.25 inch...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Green Landscape, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, circa 1926
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Green Landscape" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted landscape painting. The 17.5" x 23.5" watercolor and ink on paper is signed...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Frederick William Booty (1840-1924) - Framed Watercolour, Gros-Horloge Market
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene by British artist Frederick William Booty (1840-1924), depicting the bustling streets of Rouen. Dominating the artist's paper is a detailed study of the Gros-Horloge. A 14th century astronomical clock...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

James Arden Grant (1885-1973) - Pastel, Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a young girl with short cropped hair seated in a red chair. The artist captures her features and ruffled dress in expressive pastel markings, bringing vibrancy...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Panier de Peches
Located in Austin, TX
Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville, French (1879 - 1907) "Panier de Peches" Oil on canvas. Signed lower right side.
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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey" Amy Londoner, Ashcan School, Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Amy Londoner Beach at Atlantic City, circa 1922 Signed lower right Pastel on paper Sight 23 x 18 inches Amy Londoner (April 12, 1875 – 1951) was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. One of the first students of the Henri School of Art in 1909. Prior to the Armory Show of 1913, Amy Londoner and her classmates studied with "Ashcan" painter Robert Henri at the Henri School of Art in New York, N.Y. One notable oil painting, 'The Vase', was painted by both Henri and Londoner. Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12, 1875. Her parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880. In 1899, Amy took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues. By 1900, Amy was living with her parents and sister, Blanche, in the vicinity of Leadville, Denver, Colorado. While little was written about her early life, Denver City directories indicated that nineteenth-century members of the family were merchants, with family ties to New York, N.Y. The family had a male servant. Londoner traveled with her mother to England in 1907 then shortly later, both returned to New York in 1909. Londoner was 34 years old at the time, and, according to standards of the day, should have married and raised a family long before. Instead, she enrolled as one of the first students at the Henri School of Art in 1909. At the Henri School, Londoner established friendships with Carl Sprinchorn (1887-1971), a young Swedish immigrant, and Edith Reynolds (1883-1964), daughter of wealthy industrialist family from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Londoner's correspondence, which often included references to Blanche, listed the sisters' primary address as the Hotel Endicott at 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, NYC. Other correspondence also reached Londoner in the city via Mrs. Theodore Bernstein at 252 West 74th Street; 102 West 73rd Street; and the Independent School of Art at 1947 Broadway. In 1911, Londoner vacationed at the Hotel Trexler in Atlantic City, NJ. As indicated by an undated photograph, Londoner also spent time with Edith Reynolds and Robert Henri at 'The Pines', the Reynolds family estate in Bear Creek, PA. Through her connections with the Henri School, Londoner entered progressive social and professional circles. Henri's admonition, phrased in the vocabulary of his historical time period, that one must become a "man" first and an artist second, attracted both male and female students to classes where development of unique personal styles, tailored to convey individual insights and experiences, was prized above the mastery of standardized, technical skill. Far from being dilettantes, women students at the Henri School were daring individuals willing to challenge tradition. As noted by former student Helen Appleton Read, "it was a mark of defiance,to join the radical Henri group." As Henri offered educational alternatives for women artists, he initiated exhibition opportunities for them as well. Troubled by the exclusion of work by younger artists from annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, Henri was instrumental in organizing the no-jury, no-prize Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910. About half of the 103 artists included in the exhibition were or had been Henri students, while twenty of the twenty-six women exhibiting had studied with Henri. Among the exhibition's 631 pieces, nine were by Amy Londoner, including the notorious 'Lady with a Headache'. Similarly, fourteen of Henri's women students exhibited in the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913, forming about eight percent of the American exhibitors and one-third of American women exhibitors. Of the nine documented works submitted by Londoner, five were rejected, while four pastels of Atlantic City beach scenes, including 'The Beach Umbrellas' now in the Remington Collection, were displayed. Following Henri's example, Londoner served as an art instructor for younger students at the Modern School, whose only requirement was to genuinely draw what they pleased. The work of dancer Isadora Duncan, another artist devoted to the ideals of a liberal education, was also lauded by the Modern School. Henri, who long admired Duncan and invited members of her troupe to model for his classes, wrote an appreciation of her for the Modern School journal in 1915. She was also the subject of Londoner's pastel Isadora Duncan and the Children: Praise Ye the Lord with Dance. In 1914, Londoner traveled to France to spend summer abroad, living at 99 rue Notre Dames des Champs, Paris, France. As the tenets of European modernism spread throughout the United States, Londoner showed regularly at venues which a new generation of artists considered increasingly passe, including the annual Society of Independent Artists' exhibitions between 1918 and 1934, and the Salons of America exhibition in 1922. Londoner also exhibited at the Morton Gallery, Opportunity Gallery, Leonard Clayton Gallery and Brownell-Lambertson Galleries in NYC. Her painting of a 'Blond Girl' was one of two works included in the College Art Associations Traveling Exhibition of 1929, which toured colleges across the country to broad acclaim. Londoner later in life suffered from illnesses then suffered a stroke which resulted in medical bills significantly mounting over the years that her old friends from the Henri School, including Carl Sprinchorn, Florence Dreyfous, Florence Barley, and Josephine Nivison Hopper, scrambled to raise funds and find suitable long-term care facilities for Londoner. Londoner later joined Reynolds in Bear Creek, PA. Always known for her keen wit, Londoner retained her humor and concern for her works even during her illness, noting that "if anything happens to the Endicott, I guess they will just throw them out." Sprinchorn and Reynolds, however, did not allow this to happen. In 1960, Londoner's paintings 'Amsterdam Avenue at 74th Street' and 'The Builders' were loaned by Reynolds to a show commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, presented at the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE. In the late 80's, Francis William Remington, 'Bill Remington', of Bear Creek Village PA, along with his neighbor and artist Frances Anstett Brennan, both had profound admiration for Amy Londoner's art work and accomplishments as a woman who played a significant role in the Ashcan movement. Remington acquired a significant number of Londoner's artwork along with Frances Anstett Brenan that later was part of an exhibition of Londoner's artwork in April 15 of 2007, at the Hope Horn...
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Ashcan School Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier - Bleeding flowers -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Hänsch (1875-1945), Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier, 1918. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 24.5 cm (image), 27 x 37 cm (sheet size / frame), monogrammed and dated "19JH18" at lower left. - Paper slightly darkened About the artwork Despite the relatively small format, the watercolor with an internal frame depicts a panoramic view of a flat landscape stretching to the horizon. As far as the eye can see, the poppies bloom in flaming red. The flowers are not rendered individually, however, creating an almost cohesive red surface. The bright red is interspersed with vegetal green. A complementary contrast that creates an intense color effect. In this color contrast, a white area breaks through from the middle ground, widening towards the foreground and surrounding a brown hole. Next to it, in blue, is the actual protagonist of the painting, the first thing that catches the eye: a dead soldier. Next to him is his helmet, revealing the empty interior. The brown, hollow shape corresponds to the hole in the ground. A shell funnel is surrounded by bright ash, which, like the inverted helmet, becomes a sign of death. The soldier's arms point to the funnel, while the empty helmet paraphrases the calotte of the skull and, like the funnel, thematizes the empty darkness of death. The soldier's body, however, is intact and not - as in Otto Dix's triptych "The War" - a dismembered corpse. Instead, Johannes Hänsch activates the landscape, especially the color, to illustrate a blooming landscape of death that extends from the shell funnel in the foreground to the rising column of smoke on the horizon. If the soldier's body is intact, the tangle of barbed wire emblematically placed over the empty helmet also appears tattered. On the right side of the picture, the barbed wire even seems to stretch its arms to the sky in horror. Against the background of this allegory, the content of the bright red also becomes clear: the landscape is drenched in blood, literally a sea of blood, and the single unknown soldier stands pars pro toto for all those who died on the battlefield. Dying in war is not dying in community, but in solitude. In order to emphasize the isolation in death, Johannes Hänsch has set the blue of the soldier in the axis given by his body in the middle ground of the picture into the red sea. A master of landscape painting, Hänsch succeeds in creating a natural-looking landscape allegory that illustrates the horror and death of war, without depicting the brutality of war itself. This singular 'war memorial' of the unknown soldier is the opposite of heroization and yet the dignity of the deceased soldier is preserved through the integrity of his body. About the artist As the son of the sculptor Adolf Haensch, the young Johannes received his first artistic training in his father's Berlin studio. However, he eventually decided to become a painter, and in 1897 he entered the Berlin Academy of Arts. He initially studied under Paul Vorgang and Eugen Bracht, and was particularly influenced by Bracht's increasingly colourful landscape painting. In 1901 he moved to the class of Friedrich Kallmorgen, with whom he spent several weeks on excursions into nature. In 1905 he became a master pupil of Albert Hertel, who taught him watercolour painting. From 1903 to 1933 he exhibited annually at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, the exhibitions of the Berlin Artists' Association and the Munich Glaspalast. In 1905 he was awarded the Carl Blechen...
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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Woman in the Street, Expressionist Painting by Irma Stern 1923
Located in Long Island City, NY
Woman in the Street by Irma Stern, South African (1894–1966) Date: 1923 Gouache on Paper, signed and dated lower right Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26.5 x 22 inches
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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