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Period: Mid-20th Century
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: E...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
British Impressionist Painting Punt Boat On Lake Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 10 x 12 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to t...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'St Mark's Square, Venice', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Charlottenborg Palace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and titled, 'Venedig' (Venice).
Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a young age...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, 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: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
“After the Hunt”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa 1940. ...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
A ca. 1950 Lush Watercolor of a Kneeling Male Bather by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1950 lush watercolor of a kneeling male bather against a Mediteranian backdrop, by artist Andre Delfau. Image size: 10" x 13 3/4". Framed size: 16" x 20". Provenance: Es...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Argau
By Alfred Siegris
Located in Houston, TX
Joyful watercolor landscape of a strip of trees dotted with fall colored foliage by artist Alfred Siegris (1892-1960), circa 1950. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Morning in the Forest - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002)
Morning in The Forest
Original charcoal drawing
Handsigned on the bottom left of the sheet
On canson paper 64,5 x 50 cm (c. 25,3 x 19,6 inch)
Excellent condition
Gaston Coppens studied sculpture in the prestigious Ecoule Boulle (Paris). Working in Boulogne Billancourt, just near Paris, his drawings keep the influence of his first formation : modeling volumes, subliming with harmony light and shadow. He was also influenced by the first cubist painters...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Freddy Wittop Ballet Drawing, Mixed Media
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Freddy Wittop (1911-2001)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s)
Country of origin; materials: Dutch/American; mixed media on illustration board
Dimensi...
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Feminist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Board
'Still Life of Roses', Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
An elegant and powerful work by this well-exhibited and well-listed California pai...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Graphite
Berty Seuron, 1st Dancer by Leon-Laurent Galand - Drawing - 43x57 cm
By Leon-Laurent Galand 1
Located in Geneva, CH
Sold without the frame.
Léon Laurent Galand is a French painter and illustrator born April 18, 1872 in Montpellier (Hérault) and died November 4, 1960 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).
L...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Crayon
Geneva's landscape; Villa in front of the Salève by Goetz - Drawing 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Pen and ink on paper, 1932
Signed and dated in ink lower center
Condition: Excellent
Sheet/Image size: 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Frame size: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2"
Provena...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Emil Ganso, (Reclining Nude)
By Emil Ganso
Located in New York, NY
A classic Emil Ganso nude. Quite large, the sheet is 14 1/8 x 21 inches and the image goes all the way across the sheet from left to right. Very delicately drawn - especially for Ganso.
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Gentleman in Black-Tie, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Gentleman in Black-Tie
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Breton Harbour Boats, Camille Meriot French Signed Impressionist Crayon Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Breton Harbour"
by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975)
signed and dated 48'
crayon drawing on paper
paper : 5 x 7.5 inches
Fine original French Impressionist painting by the well ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
The valley by Charles Goetz - Watercolor 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on Paper by Isaac Charles Goetz
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Little Ballerina - Figurative Drawing in Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Little Ballerina - Figurative Drawing in Pencil on Paper
Delicate drawing of a ballerina from the back by an unknown artist (20th Century). With ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Le Croates en Allemagne (French Army)-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel.
He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Watercolor Barn
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely mid-century French watercolor barn by artist Raymond Segond, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled" Hans Hofmann, circa 1943 Navy Blue Olive Green Early Abstract Work
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, circa 1943
Signed lower right
Oil and watercolor on paper
22 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches
The only artist of the New York school to participate directly in European m...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
29 x 37.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Expectation - Drawing by Angelina Beloff - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
he Expectation is an Artwork realized by the Russian Artist Angelina Beloff.
Drawing on paper.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced composi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Architectural Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of entry to lounge in pink and yellow, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
The Three Graces Fantasy Fashion Illustration - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
For your consideration, we have a pen and ink drawing of an interpretation of The Three Graces, who strike a pose for a 1930s fashion ad. In Greek mythology, they were goddesses w...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Board
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Pink and Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Birds - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in mid 20th century.
Charcoal and watercolor on paper.
Signed by the artist.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-R...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, 1961
Watercolor on scintilla paper
Signed and dated upper right
11 x 11 inches
"My last year in art schoo...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract composition by Julien Dinou - Charcoal on paper A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Black plastic frame with glass pane
31,5 x 41 x 2 cm
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude Figure
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower left): FK [in monogram]
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New York; to his estate, 1997 until the present
Originally trained as a fig...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Mid Century French Illustration Of Colourful Flower Wallpaper Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wallpaper Sketch
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
pastel/watercolor paper, unframed
painting: 19 x 25 inches
good condition
provenance: from the...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
1950's Modernist Painting signed - Milan Cathedral Cityscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Milan Cathedral
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed
size: 16.5 x 11.75 inches
condition: very good and ready ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Classical French Figures in City -1950's French Modernist Cubist Painting signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 13 x 9.25 inches
condition: very good and re...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mediterranean Coast
Located in Houston, TX
Dazzling watercolor landscape painting of a small town lining the sparkling mediterranean coast by artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950.
Original ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Down in Mexico Way
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Down in Mexico Way" 1955 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Stanley M. Long 1892-1972 It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 13.25 x 18.5 inches, framed is 23.5 x 28 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver color spacer. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist:
Stanley M. Long spent his childhood on a ranch in Napa where he broke wild horses. He began sketching when quite young and at 15 enrolled at the San Francisco Institute of Art. He continued at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he was awarded a scholarship for further study at Académie Julian in Paris.
He served in the camouflage corps in both world wars. Long taught art in San Francisco at Mission High School and for 17 years at Polytechnic High School. His western illustrations were featured in Sunset Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. Having worked with horses all his life, they were to become the main theme of his paintings.
Long died in San Carlos, CA on March 29, 1972.
Member: Society of Western Artists, Napa Valley Art...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1960s "Storm at Sea" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract SF Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Storm at Sea
1960s
Gouache and Oil Pastel on paper
35.75"x33.25 float mount black wood frame measures 38.5"x1.5"x36"
Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield
July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015
Came from...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Farm view by Charles Goetz - Watercolor 27x34 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper by Isaac Charles Goetz
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Daily Graphic Process - Mid 20th Century Industrial Factory Watercolor Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very interesting signed and dated 1952 watercolor painting depicting the interior of a printing factory. The work is inscribed 'Daily Graphic Process' lower right.
Artist: Harry T...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Mermaid Figure On The Rocks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour with biro on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
size: 10 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and read...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Neo-Impressionist Modernist Dog in a Tent Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Neo Impressionist Dog in a Tent
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed lower left
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 11.75 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection of the artists work, Provence, France
Condition report: very good, colour strong, very shallow crease to lower right corner of sheet
Interesting Neo-Impressionist 1950's French painting of a rather lively dog at the entrance to brightly coloured canvas tents...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
size: 25.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cat - Original Drawing by Giselle Halff - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is a charcoal drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971).
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-1971) born in Hanoi, student of R.X. Prinet, R. Ménard, L. Simon, B. Boutet de...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Nude Woman - Drawing by Jean Chapin- 1950s
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a watercolor and ink drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the 1950s.
Signature stamp on the yellowed paper.
Good condition, except for folding on the margins and small ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Couple - Original Watercolor - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1950 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
In very good conditions, except for some ripping and foxin...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Modern Aquatint Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern aquatint etching in black and white, circa 1960. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
Brutalist Op Art Abstract Charcoal Drawing by Dordevic Miodrag
Located in Atlanta, GA
Serbian artist Dordevic (or Djordjevic) Miodrag (1936 -), known as "Miodrag," designed this stunning abstract drawing. This work is a charcoal on paper depicting a brutalist abstract...
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Op Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Into The Final Furlong The Last Stretch Of A Horse Race Framed Original Artwork
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1980 ).
Into The Final Furlong, 1965.
Pastel On Buff Paper.
Signed & Dated 1965.
Image size 18.9 inches x 27.6 inches ( 48cm x 70cm )...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Pencil Figure
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract black and white pencil drawing of a figure seated and gazing up into the sky, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
A Pair of Mid-Century, Pen & Ink Interior Drawings by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of delightful, Mid-Century interior scenes in pen & ink by artist Harold Haydon.
Image sizes: 6" x 9" each. Each are archivally matted to 12" x 16".
Harold Emerson Haydon w...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
“Abstract in Black and White”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the American artist, Lloyd Raymond. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1963. Condition is excellent. Presently unframed. Framing op...
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lake Murten
Located in Genève, GE
Black and white etching on watercolor paper signed dated
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Engraving
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Les Goules
Located in Houston, TX
Bright watercolor landscape of a sailboat drifting in a small cove ringed by red rock mountains by artist M. Balestié, circa 1930. Titled lower left and signed lower right.
Original...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Crashing Surf on Rocks Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century California seascape watercolor of the crashing surf on the rocky coast by Santa Cruz, California artist Margaret E. Rogers (American, 1872-1961), c.1950. Rogers was one of the original "Jolly Daubers" who studied with Frank Heath and took wagon trips to the redwoods and Yosemite to paint.
Signed "M.E. Rogers" lower right.
Presented in a rustic giltwood frame under glass.
Image, 16.5"H x 18.5"L.
Margaret Esther Rogers' (1872 - 1961) early childhood was spent in England. The Rogers were a cultured family who came to California for the father’s health and settled on a ranch in the King City area. Margaret grew up in the curiously paradoxical world of early California, breaking her own riding horses and roping cattle during the day, doing a man’s work, riding a man’s saddle, then sitting down to the piano to play classics in the evening after high tea. Margaret’s mother had the only piano for 80 miles around. Her father, Robert J. Rogers, had been an importer of fine tea, coffee, and spices in England. In Monterey County, he raised sheep and cattle and the family lived under comparatively rustic and modest conditions. When Margaret wasn’t riding, tending a herd, plowing a field, or playing the piano, she was painting. Art was an early love.
Fame caught up with her early. She was written up in a San Francisco newspaper as “Monterey County’s pretty girl who rides a man’s saddle, marks and brands stock, breaks wild colts, plows and sows, plays classical music and paints in oils.” Margaret’s mother was her first music and art teacher; later she took art lessons from Kate Baldwin in Salinas.
She had suitors and several proposals, but never married. In the year 1898, Margaret’s “intended” put in 700 acres of grain, spending all he had plus money he borrowed. Not a spear of grain grew, she wrote, and their plans to marry when the crop was sold dried up with the weather.
When her mother died, Margaret and her father moved to Soquel, taking along her favorite saddle horse. Now living in Santa Cruz County, Margaret at once became involved in art circles which were unofficially headed by Frank Heath and his wife, Lillian Dake Heath. Frank Heath and Margaret together founded Santa Cruz Art League in 1919, and a few months later were joined in their efforts by a Dutch woman named Cor de Gavere who arrived in Santa Cruz.
The two women artists, Margaret and Cor, became fast friends and remained so until Cor’s death in July 1955, while she was visiting relatives in Holland. They painted together almost every day and shared many meals at each other’s cottages which were just a few blocks apart in the Seabright area. However, those Victorian ladies, raised in the era of rigid social conventions, always addressed each other as ‘Miss Rogers’ and ‘Miss de Gavere’ as long as they lived. Money was never in great supply for either lady, but Cor managed to buy a small automobile, and after six driving lessons the two of them took off for southern California. Cor and Margaret took many camping and painting trips in Cor’s automobile. Sometime later, Margaret herself got brave enough to buy an auto.
From 1925 to 1947, Margaret made her home in the basement of the Arts and Crafts Building. She managed the Art League’s first gallery, which was started there. Holding informal court for friends who called, Margaret would open a can of sardines, put out a plate of crackers, and conversation about art or music would follow. During World War II, Margaret raised rabbits in cages. In later years, Margaret purchased a small studio-home on Alhambra Street – still in the Seabright area, which both women clung to as home territory.
In 1929, Margaret helped found the Art League’s first Statewide Show, which became an annual event. She served as show chairwoman for more than 20 years. A fine painter of landscapes, Margaret became better known for her strong marine scenes. Once she explained that the ocean was “the real challenge, because it won’t stand still.” She served as president of the Art League from 1925 to 1947. Short, stocky, outspoken and very talented, Margaret gained many honors in her later years. With her short haircut and her dark dresses...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Carousel - China Ink Drawing by Renzo Vespignani - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
The Carousel is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1949 by the Italian artist Renzo Vespignani (Rome, 1924 - Rome, 2001).
Original black ink and pen on ivory paper.
Hand-sign...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Condor - Original Pencil Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Condor is an original contemporary artwork realized by a French artist in the middle of the XX Century.
Original drawing pencil on cardboard.
A signature is present on the low...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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