Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

A charming watercolours scene of a boat sailing just off the coast. Signed to the lower left and well presented in a wash line mount and simple gilt frame. On wove.

Captured in charcoal and chalk, this striking portrait depicts a woman seated in a chair wearing a black dress. The artist shows shadows drawing acro...

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A wonderfully detailed turn-of-the-century watercolour depicting the mediaeval castle of Godfrey of Bouillon. The artist has captured the castle on a bright cummers day with village ...

A delightful rural scene depicting a farmer with a horse and cart travelling down a country road away from the village. Signed to the lower left. On paper laid to board.

A charming scene depicting a mother and daughter strolling the parameter of a countryside village with a creek running through the centre. Signed and dated to the lower right. On wat...

A particularly fine watercolor portrait of an elderly matron dressed in black, with a white lace cap and glimpse of a white blouse. The sitter looks half awake in her pose, gazing wi...

Alphonse Legros 1837-1911, was a French painter and sculptor, who lived in London from 1863 until his death in 1911. He was a teacher of etching and drawing and became Slade Professo...

A charming early 20th Century nautical scene showing the in dock in Sunderland. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painting has been presented in an early 20th c...

This compelling still life study depicts a dead robin and thrush with apples and a blue jug. The artist creates an interesting composition by placing the objects to the centre left of the canvas against a vast blue background. Signed and dated to the lower right. Beautifully presented in substantial gilt frame with ribbon...

A delightful watercolour scene of a lady in black strolling the wild flower meadow at St Cuthbert's in Kirkcudbright. The watercolour has been signed, inscribed and dated by the arti...

This beautiful exhibited watercolour painting is by Dutch listed artist Willem Leendert Bruckman. It depicts the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, South Porch. The Un...

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Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Café society in Istanbul pencil on paper 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.) Executed in 1921 Figurative painter, illustrator Vladimi...

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.

ALBERT RUTHERSTON, RWS (1881-1953) Tailpiece – Illustration for The Tragedie of Cymberline Signed with initials l.r. AR; also signed with initials and inscribed beneath the mount: Tailpiece for end/of play {Cymberline}/No Reduction unless/”lay out”should make/necessary AR Pen and ink Unframed 6 by 10 cm., 2 ½ by 4 in. (mount size 36.5 by 25.5 cm., 14 ½ by 10 in.) Provenance: Estate of the artist Exhibited: London, Sally Hunter Fine Art, Albert Rutherston, Drawings, Theatre Designs and other Treasures, 2016, no.66 The present work was illustrated in Cymbeline, published by Ernest Benn in 1923. The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quatercentenary of the Shakespeare Folio edition. Born Albert Daniel Rothenstein, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford, Yorkshire in the 1860s. He and his siblings proved to be a hugely talented and artistic family, his elder brother became Sir William Rotherstein (1872-1945), the artist and director of the Royal College of Art; two of his other siblings, Charles Rutherston and Emily Hesslein, both accumulated major modern British and French art collections and his nephew Sir John Rothenstein was direct of the Tate Gallery. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School before moving to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Art where he became close friends with Augustus John and William Orpen. He met Walter Sickert during a painting holiday in France in 1900 and by introducing Sickert to Spencer Gove became instrumental in the beginning of the Camden Town Group. He was one of Sickert’s most frequent companions and was one of the original members of the Fitzroy Street Group. Rutherston had a sociable and attractive personality, he frequently travelled abroad with other artists including Max Beerbohm, Spencer Gore, Walter Russell and Edna Clarke...

A delightful watercolour depicting two fishermen relaxing in a seaside cabin after a day at sea. The elder of the two lights his pipe and the younger man looks on. Well presented in ...

A delightful watercolour study of a small village on the lake, the sleepy village has no sign of life except for one patron who has gone out for an early morning boat trip. Signed to...

Female Nude Study Graphite and crayon on wove paper, c. 1928 Signed with the Estate stamp "B" (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the Artist Edward Sommer (his so...

Paysage de l'Aven by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and pencil on paper 27 x 38 cm (10 ⅝ x 15 inches) Signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo Executed circa 1904 This work ...

A charming watercolour scene depicting farmers piling hay onto a cart before mountains. The artist uses a delicate touch to capture the fine mist on the mountain tops, making for an ...

A striking early 20th century harbour scene showing boats moored near Leyland in the Netherlands. The artist has signed to the lower left and inscribed "Liguze" (Leyland) to the lowe...

Hilding Werner (1880-1944) Sweden Hulda in a Room at Ruds Säteri mixed media on paper unframed 27 x 22.5 cm (10.63 x 8.86 inches) framed 38 x 33.5 cm (14.96 x 13.19 inches) Prov...

Circle of Raoul Dufy (French b. 1877 - 1953) Venus a la Coquille Gouache / watercolour on paper Signed with monogram ‘OTS’ (lower left) 13.1/2 x 9.3/4 in. (34.3 x 24.5 cm.)

Signed to the lower right corner. On watercolour paper laid to card.

Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946) A squared design featuring ivy in blossom Gouache 9 x 9 in. (22.8 x 22.8 cm.) This design was one of 5 submitted for ...

A fine early 20th Century watercolour landscape with a rustic old wooden canal lock in the foreground. The artist has used a mix of hazy watery colours in the sky and distant hills, ...

HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR (1859 -1927) "JEUNE FEMME ASSISE" (Young Woman Seated) Original Drawing in sanguine, white and black chalks, c. 1910 Signed in pencil by artist, lower right Full Margins on cream wove paperImage size: 17.5” x 11.02” Paul César Helleu...

Arthur Kampf (1864 Aachen - 1950 Castorp-Rauxel), Study to an allegory of victory, around 1900. Pencil on paper, 21 cm x 18 cm, signed lower left "A. Kampf". - slightly darkened, otherwise in good condition - A virtuoso victory - About the artwork The vertical-format sketch illustrates a plateau to which a staircase leads up from the right. Arthur Kampf thus takes up a typical baroque disposition for the depiction of allegories. And indeed, a female figure climbs the steps to hand the palm of victory to a figure that is probably also female. Other persons standing on the plateau pay homage to her, whereby the figure on the left edge of the picture may represent a warrior. The scene is framed by an ornamentally decorated arch field, which additionally emphasizes the allegorical-historical content of the depiction. An arch can also be seen under the staircase, suggesting that this may be a design for a supraport. The sheet could have been created in the wake of Arthur Kampf's appointment in 1899 as head of the studio for history painting at the Berlin Art Academy. The drawing style, which only outlines the idea of the picture and yet is determined by concise lines, corresponds to the sketchiness of the Baroque and testifies to Arthur Kampfs intensive study of this heyday of history painting. About the artist Arthur Kampf was the son of the Aachen painter and imperial court photographer August Kampf. His older brother Eugen and his son Herbert were also painters. Arthur Kampf studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art from 1879 under Eduard von Gebhardt and Peter Janssen the Elder, whose master pupil he was from 1883 to 1891. Influenced by the naturalistic paintings of Jules Bastien-Lepage, which Kampf saw on a trip to Paris in 1885, he created the painting "The Last Statement" in 1886, which was based on a personal experience. It shows a man mortally wounded by knife wounds. The oppressive drasticness of the almost life-size depiction caused a sensation and controversial criticism. The first successes were achieved: At the Berlin Jubilee Exhibition of 1886, Kampf received an honorable mention, and at the Munich Annual Exhibition of 1890, he was awarded a gold medal. Between 1886 and 1936, Kampf participated in all the major German exhibitions. In 1887 the artist painted his first fresco, which was the beginning of a series of monumental compositions. With the highly successful painting "The Burial of the Corpse of Kaiser Wilhelm I in the Berlin Cathedral" (1888), Kampf established himself as a painter of contemporary history, following in the footsteps of Adolph von Menzel, whose oeuvre he immediately took up with the painting "Speech by Frederick the Great to His Generals in Koeben" (1893). The pictures of his Liberation War cycle were included in school textbooks and distributed in large editions as postcards. As for his academic career, Kampf became an assistant professor at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art in 1887, and in 1894 he was appointed professor of the class for antiquities and nature, and in 1897 he became head of the painting class. In 1899 Kampf was appointed director of the history painting studio at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1901 he became a full member of the academy and was its president from 1907 to 1912. As Anton von Werner's successor, Kampf directed the Academy of Fine Arts in Charlottenburg from 1915 to 1925. Among his monumental works is the painting of the assembly hall of the Aachen town hall, done between 1898 and 1902. It focuses on the social welfare of the state and the work of the people. Important subsequent commissions include the painting of the reading room of the new Royal Library in Berlin and the new auditorium of the University of Berlin with "Fichte's Speech to the German Nation". During World War I, at the request of General Ewald von Lochow, Kampf traveled to the Western theaters of war, including Warsaw in 1916. In addition to painting, Kampf was also intensively involved in printmaking and, together with his brother Eugen and artist friends such as Alexander Frenz and Olof Jernberg, was considered an innovator of lithography in Düsseldorf. From 1913 on, he worked continuously as an illustrator of historical works and literary classics such as Shakespeare and Goethe. Kampf remained a recognized artist after 1933. On the occasion of the retrospective of his complete works at the "Great German Art Exhibition", he was awarded the "Eagle Shield of the German Reich". During the final phase of World War II, Kampf was placed on Hitler's "Gottbegnadetenliste," which protected him from military service. After World War II, Kampf, whose work was largely destroyed, fell into obscurity. Arthur Kampf belonged to numerous artists' associations. He was a member of the "Rheinisch-Westfälischer Künstlerbund", the "Society of German Watercolorists", the "Association of German Illustrators", the "Malkasten", the "Künstlerclub St. Lucas", the "Düsseldorfer Künstlerbund", the "Freie Vereinigung Düsseldorfer Künstler" and the "Berliner Künstlerbund". Arthur Kampf's sister was married to the painter Alexander Frenz. "Kampf's public recognition in the German Empire later led to his being one-sidedly labeled as a history painter and representative of the Wilhelmine era. This classification does not do justice to the artist's oeuvre as a whole. His early talent did not experience a rapid development later on, but it reached an ever greater mastery in the sense of an impressively relaxed realism and extended thematically beyond history. Kampf was also an excellent draughtsman, etcher and lithographer. Many of his works have been destroyed or lost, and some lead a shadowy existence in museum storerooms." - Otto Zirk "His importance as a Wilhelminian painter and cultural politician has been forgotten in favor of an exaggerated reception of his work during the Third Reich. - Andreas Schroyen Selection of public collections that own works by Arthur Kampf: Altonaer Museum Hamburg, Berlinische Galerie, Burg Frankenberg Aachen, Busch-Reisinger Museum Cambridge/Mass., Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, Government Art Collection London, Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Van der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal. Selected Bibliography Hans W...

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A charming full length watercolour portrait of a young boy, scruffily dressed with crumpled trousers and unlaced shoes. the carries a satchel over his shoulder and scratches his head...

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A wonderful study of an Italian or French village beside a river. Lush green hills surround the houses and a large stone bridge crosses the water. Very well presented in a cream card...

A striking, unidentified Biblical scene in pencil and watercolour, showing a man with a dagger in his sheath at his side, aggressively approaching an older man who hides his face. A ...

A rustic early 20th Century watercolour showing a distant view of Harleigh Castle across the Essex marshes. The artist has signed to the lower right and inscribed the location and da...

Atul Bose - Royal Academy Series-6 Pencil on Paper, 15 x 11.2 inches (Unframed Size) 1924-26 (Delivered Unframed in as is condition) Atul Bose was a master artist whose creative journey spanned several decades and left an indelible mark on the Indian art scene. He was born in 1898 in a small village in Bengal and showed an early aptitude for art. Despite facing financial difficulties, he pursued his passion and enrolled in the Government School of Art in Calcutta. Bose's early works were influenced by the Bengal School of Art, which was a movement that sought to revive traditional Indian art forms. However, over time, Bose developed his own unique style that blended elements of Indian art with European modernism. He was particularly influenced by the works of artists like Paul Cezanne and Georges Braque. Bose spent two years, 1924-6, at the Royal Academy. He was heavily influenced there by the post-impressionist Walter Sickert. He refused an invitation to help decorate the pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 with Mukul Dey...

Bertha Corbett Melcher's The Sunbonnet Babies, with their flat, minimalist, semi-abstract, and symbolic style, are an early example of American Modernism/Surrealism by a lesser-known female artist/illustrator. The present work demonstrates a delicate balance between abstraction and representation and between the commonplace and the mysterious. Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of this is unknown, but 120 years after they were done, it resonates as somewhat surrealistic. Her work is a contradiction. She shows innocent children engaging in everyday activity but are depicted in vail of mystery. Why does she not show the faces of her subjects? Watercolor on paper (each) Six drawings in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed. Six drawing in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed The Sunbonnet Babies characters were created by illustration Bertha L. Corbett when she was challenged to create a faceless character who nonetheless was engaging and appealing. The characters were a wild hit and appeared in books, comics, and popular collectibles. They also became a popular motif in quilting. Few of Corbett's original drawings for the babies are known to survive, making this a rare offering. From: Wikipedia Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies were later used as a popular quilting pattern also known as Sunbonnet Sue.[1] Melcher created a male version of the Sunbonnet Babies, named the 'Overall Boys' in 1905.[2][3] History Bertha L. Corbett Melcher Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950).[4] Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist.[5] She may have also studied with Howard Pyle.[6] By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California.[7][4] Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets.[4] Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position.[4] Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face."[2] Melcher published her first book, The Sun-Bonnet Babies in 1900.[3] Later, she shopped her illustrations to publisher Rand McNally of Chicago, and nine subsequent books were written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Bertha Corbett. In 1905, Melcher wrote The Overall Boys.[3] Many of these books were used as primers and used widely in primary schools in the midwest. Melcher used the sunbonnet babies in advertising and later established the Sunbonnet Babies Company. She started a studio to illustrate and create merchandise of the Sunbonnet Babies.[2] The characters also appeared in a comic strip.[2] Quilting Melcher herself did not originate the use of the sunbonnet babies as quilting pattern. The Sunbonnet Babies quilting pattern appeared in textile art 1910's in the Ladies Home Journal 1911–1912 in a quilt stitched by Marie Webster. The pattern was popular during the Great Depression. In the American South, it was often known as "Dutch Doll" until the 1970s.[3] There was also a quilt pattern based on the "Overall Boys," known by the various names including “Overall Bill, “Overall Andy,” “Sunbonnet Sam,” “Suspender Sam,” “Fisherman Jim."[3] Many patterns for quilts and sewing were designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in nationally syndicated newspapers.[8] Sunbonnet Sue became symbolic of 'female innocence and docility'.[9] Linda Pershing collected accounts from women quilters who depicted 'Sues' doing activities such as smoking, wearing more revealing clothing, and subverting feminine stereotypes.[10] In 1979, the “Seamsters Union Local #500," a group of quilters from Lawrence, Kansas, created “The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue," a quilt depicting the character murdered in a variety of ways.[3] Collectibles Sunbonnet Babies merchandise includes school books, valentines cards, postcards, china, and quilts.[2][5][11] Sunbonnet Babies were adapted into three dimensional porcelain collectibles and pottery made by Royal Bayreuth Company in the early 1900s. The Royal Bayreuth China...

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Kaiser is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Good conditions and aged with foxing. Gabriele Galant...

Les Andelys by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and ink on paper 28 x 38 cm (11 x 15 inches) Inscribed, dated and signed lower left, Les Andel...

Atul Bose - Royal Academy Series-3 Pen & Ink on Paper, 15 x 11.2 inches (Unframed Size) 1924-26 (Delivered Unframed in as is condition) Atul Bose was a master artist whose creative journey spanned several decades and left an indelible mark on the Indian art scene. He was born in 1898 in a small village in Bengal and showed an early aptitude for art. Despite facing financial difficulties, he pursued his passion and enrolled in the Government School of Art in Calcutta. Bose's early works were influenced by the Bengal School of Art, which was a movement that sought to revive traditional Indian art forms. However, over time, Bose developed his own unique style that blended elements of Indian art with European modernism. He was particularly influenced by the works of artists like Paul Cezanne and Georges Braque. Bose spent two years, 1924-6, at the Royal Academy. He was heavily influenced there by the post-impressionist Walter Sickert. He refused an invitation to help decorate the pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 with Mukul Dey...

Joseph Stella Flowers Signed lower center Crayon and pencil on paper 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches Stella was born June 13, 1877 at Muro Lucano, Italy, a mountain village not far from Nap...

JOHN DRONSFIELD (1900-1951) Costume Design Signed l.l.: Dronsfield Watercolour and pencil Unframed 42 by 34 cm., 16 ½ by 13 ½ in. (mount size 61.5 by 53 cm., 24 ¼ by 21 in.) John...

A charming gouache depiction of a windmill on the river on a delightfully bright day. we can see the artist has used impressionistic strokes to create the reflection of the windmill ...

A decorative watercolour scene of a steam ship making its way over the heavy sea and just off the coast from land. The work has been left unsigned but appears to be in the manner of ...

Signed and dated by the artist in ink, lower right Annotated in ink lower left: Plate 19. Sec. 1. Lesson 4 Note: A very early student work by Dehn Provenance: Estate of the Artist

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed upper left charcoal on paper 26.5 x 33,8 cm Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...

A finely detailed and expertly executed sanguine portrait of a characterful woman in a high-necked, Edwardian dress. The artist has captured the intensity of the sitter's personality...

A captivating watercolour painting by the well-listed artist George Anderson Short. The scene depicts a countryside view with figures and a horse...

A charming watercolour painting with gouache details, depicting a view of the Orleans Cathedral in Orleans, France. Signed to the lower right-hand corner. ...

(I apologize for the reflections on the glass.) A lovely, gentle watercolor of a quiet lake with the fall trees reflected in the water. In the misty distance rises a cathedral above ...

A delightful watercolour landscape of a Mediterranean village positioned next to a large hillside, with figures. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden ...

George Frederick Nicholls (1850-1935) Magdalen College from the Cherwell, Oxford Watercolour 37x24cm Early twentieth century. Born in Great Saughall in Cheshire – and dying in Ches...

A delightful little study of hay drying in the field. With graphite detail. Mary Clare Sherwood label fixed to the reverse. Signed and dated. On watercolour paper.

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Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the Early-20th century Ink drawing. Good conditions 

Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Study of young woman in profile Red chalk Circa 1900 80 x 63 cm framed 54 x 39 sheet Beautiful antique frame in natural wood, probabl...

Sketches is a modern artwork realized by in the Early 20th Century. Pencil drawings. Good conditions.

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Antoine Calbet presents his works, mainly portraits and genre scenes, at the Salons of the Société des artistes français from 1881 until 1940, as well as at the international exhibit...