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Period: Mid-20th Century
Dog - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dog is a drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Pen Drawing
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Vanity Fair
Illustration proposal, c 1930’s
18 X 13 3/4 inches (sight)
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Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
1967 Abstract 2 Purple and Yellow" Mid Century Watercolor Abstract
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin
Abstract 2 Purple and Yellow
1967
Ink brush and watercolor on paper
8.25"x11" unframed $675
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framin...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Untitled I" Jane Freilicher, Hamptons Landscape Drawing, Mid-century Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Jane Freilicher
Untitled I, 1958-59
Signed lower right
Charcoal on paper
11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Jane Freilic...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Lilacs and Peonies, Mid Century Floral Still-Life with Pink & Purple
By Carolyn Tyson
Located in Soquel, CA
Lilacs and Peonies, Mid Century Floral Still-Life with Pink & Purple
Vibrant mid century floral still-life featuring lilacs and peonies by Carolyn Tyson (American, b-1941). This lov...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
London Stock Exchange Waiter - 1960s British drawing by Francis Watt
By Frances Watt
Located in London, GB
FRANCES WATT
(1923-2009)
London Stock Exchange Waiter
Pen and ink and watercolour wash, unframed, in mount only
17 by 13 cm., 6 ½ by 5 in.
Edith Frances Watt was born in Falkirk in 1923. In 1926 the family moved to Switzerland when her father, the Rev Thomas Meikle Watt, was appointed permanent chaplain to the Church of Scotland in Geneva. Her father died in 1938 and the family returned to Scotland where Frances continued her schooling at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her mother moved the family to London in about 1940 and they settled in Southwood Lawn Road, Highgate. Frances attended the Hornsey School of Art were she gained a National Diploma in Design before going on to study at the Byam Shaw School in London, where she later taught. In Highgate she was a member of the Highgate Artists Group, which included Sir Kyffin Williams among its exhibiting members, and she was also an active member of the Highgate Choral Society, designing many programmes and posters for its productions in the 1950s.
In the early 1960s she was commissioned by the Council of the Stock Exchange to record the daily life in the Square Mile. Over the next 20 years she was brilliantly placed to observe the enormous changes taking place in the great institutions of the Stock Exchange and Lloyd’s of London...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Mid Century Watercolor Landscape -- Boats at the Dock
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor of boats next to a dock with tall trees in the background by Mike Strouth (American, 20th Century). Signed "Strouth" lower ri...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Life Among the Clouds', Hookah, Persian, Indian, Sufi, Hashish
By Keith Halonen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Keith Halonen" (American, b. 1946), dated 1969, and titled lower left, "Life Among the Clouds".
Richly patterned, ink figurative showing a man lounging on the f...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1949
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo" 1949 is a watercolor and crayon on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is signed at the lower right corner, titled at the upper right corner by the artist, and dedicated by Serge Golovine to the artist, at the lower left corner. The artwork size is 11.75 x 9 inches, framed is 21 x 18 inches. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with matting and silver color spacer. it is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist.
Jean Target was born in France in 1910. From a very young age early on, he was impassioned by the two forms of art that would remain the focal point of his career for all his life: visual arts and performing arts. In the 30s and 40s, as a young man, Jean Target frequented the Parisian theaters and cabarets, just like his role model, the famous impressionist painter Toulouse Lautrec, did at the end of the 19th century. Jean became friends with many performers and captured many formal as well as candid depictions. He gained exclusive access and used this privilege to create art with unparalleled perspective as an insider to the seedy, dark, yet glamorous underworld of Parisian cabaret. He drew the dancers on-site, capturing the dancer’s movements in his immediately recognizable signature style. In the 40s and 50s, he continued his artistic career, gaining recognition among collectors in France and all over Europe. His work depicting the Parisian performing art scene captures the feeling and history of the the theater and golden age of cabaret in Paris. Jean Target continued to draw, paint and sculpt until his death in 1997. The work of Jean Target is held in collections and museums worldwide including the world renowned Victoria And Albert Museum in London.
About the subject.
Serge Golovine, a star of the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in the 1950's who was considered one of the most brilliant dancers of his generation. As popular as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov in later years, Mr. Golovine was known for the airborne quality, lightness and virtuosity of his dancing. His best-known roles were the Blue Bird in ''The Sleeping Beauty,'' where the articulation and elegance of his footwork were seen to their best advantage, and the title role of ''Le Spectre de la Rose.'' He was also greatly praised for his poignant portrayal of Petrouchka, which he danced at the Paris Opera in the 1970's. Mr. Golovine was a leading teacher at the ballet school at the Paris Opera from 1981 to 1997. He stood out for the gentleness and quiet wit of his teaching in master classes last summer at the New York University School of Education, where he was a guest professor with his wife, Claude Bessy, the director of the Paris Opera Ballet School. Mr. Golovine, born in Monte Carlo, was one of three siblings who became noted dancers. (His sister, Solange, died several years ago. George Goviloff, a brother, is now the director of the Theatre de la Danse in Avignon.) He began his training in Nice with Julie Sedova, a former Maryinsky dancer, followed by studies with Gustave Ricaux at the Paris Opera. Mr. Golovine made his professional debut at 17 with the Nouveaux Ballets de Monte Carlo, a refuge for dancers reluctant to perform in Paris during the German occupation. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 but left in 1950 to join the de Cuevas company. During his years with the troupe, which he left in 1962, Mr. Golovine created the role of Iphias in John Taras's ''Piege de Lumiere.'' His repertory also included the ''Black Swan'' pas de deux from ''Swan Lake,'' ''Les Sylphides'' and the lead male roles in ''Giselle'' and the Bournonville production of ''La Sylphide.'' He effectively retired from the stage in 1964, when he joined the Geneva Ballet as its resident choreographer and ballet master through 1968. Mr. Golovine's best-known ballets were ''Feu Rouge, Feu Vert'' and ''La Mort de Narcisse.'' He was considered an expert in the staging of ballets from the 20th-century Russian repertory. He also taught for Maurice Bejart...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Pacific Coast', California Post-Impressionist, Modernism, San Francisco
By Michel Kady
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Michel Kady' and dated 1948.
A substantial watercolor on Arches paper showing a coastal scene with figures walking beside the Pacific Ocean beneath imposing cli...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Manhattan Scene, New York City by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The image is watercolor, pastel and c...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1950s Denver Skyline Painting – Graphite & Watercolor Colorado Cityscape Art
Located in Denver, CO
A captivating midcentury cityscape titled "Denver Skyline", this original 1950s watercolor and graphite painting offers a rare industrial-era view of lower downtown Denver, Colorado....
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Line Drawing of a Nude Woman by Antoniucci Volti, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled, 1969
Ink on paper
11 x 14 3/4 in. (each panel)
Signed: Volti
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen.
After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989
Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Girlish - Drawing Hubert Yencesse - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Girlish is a drawing realized by Hubert Yencesse in 1955.
Pencil on paper.
Good condition.
Beautiful drawing with soft pencil strokes.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Clifford Ellis William Pug Dog II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Stripes, Watercolor by Kenneth Noland circa 1965
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kenneth Noland, American (1924 - 2010)
Title: Stripes
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 4.5 in. x 6.75 in. (11.43 cm x 17.15 cm)
Frame Size: 11.5 x 13.5 inches
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Showgirl"
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed watercolor on paper by Ruth Adele Mysel of a beautiful showgirl. Signed lower right. Circa 1940 to 1950. Ruth Adele Mysel was raised in Boston and attended the Ne...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (abstract 1957)
By Perle Fine
Located in Columbia, MO
Perle Fine (American, 1905–1988)
Perle Fine’s work is distinguished by a refined sense of balance, gestural energy, and a deep engagement with the language of abstraction. A key figu...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Puslinch House, Devon architectural drawing by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
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S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960)
Puslinch House
Pencil
55 x 77 cm
An architectural drawing of Puslinch House, a fine Christopher Wren-style Georgian mansion in Devon. The estate was owned by the Poslylinch, Mohun, and Upton families before being taken over by the Yonge family in 1718, following the marriage of John Yonge and Mary Upton. The Queen Anne House mansion was built on the occasion of their wedding and an earlier medieval...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) "Going to the Festival," 14 1/2 x 10 1/2. Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s....
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
D.L Hadden Design for Coat of Arms for Derby County Council Chambers 1956
Located in London, GB
One of a series of designs we have listed for Geo. M Hammer. To see them - and our other architectural and design-related drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"Radio City Rockette"
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper of a Radio City Music Hall Rockette done in the late 1940's or early 1950's. Ruth Adele Mysel grew up in Boston and attended the New Eng...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lovely Country House Pastel, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, c. 20th Century
Pastel on paper
Sight: 21 1/2 x 31 in.
Framed: 24 1/4 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower left
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mid Century French Drawing of The Fishermen, Port of Nice, South of France.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century French drawing of Fishermen bringing in their catch. The work is unsigned but annotated to the back of the paper 'Mars 7...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Chelsea, Graphite Portrait, English School 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, initialled and dated 1960
Image size: 8 x 6 inches (20 x 15 cm)
Handmade frame
Category
English School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Abstract Eye
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French modern abstract painting of green and blue eye, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame....
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Untitled Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper, c. 1946
Signed with the estate stamp verso
Provenance: estate of the Artist
Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver
Conditio...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Ricochet
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Born in Czechoslovakia on May 5, 1914. Laisner studied at the University of Chicago and AIC. Most of his career was spent in Pullman, WA as a professor at the state college. He died ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Party discussion. 1961, paper, mixed technique, 30x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Design for Art Deco Marquetry Panels 1927 for Furniture George M Hammer London
Located in London, GB
One of a series of designs we have listed for Geo. M Hammer. To see them - and our other architectural and design-related drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search.
Donald L Hadden (British, 20th century)
Design for a Pair of Marquetrie Panels for Geo. M Hammer with two dancing figures
23x31.5cm
Watercolour signed and dated 1927
Hadden was a senior designer for Geo M Hammer, designers and retailers of school and ecclesiastical...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
After Allen Ramsay - Watercolour, Portrait of Margaret Lindsay Ramsay
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study after Allan Ramsey. The portrait depicts Ramsay's first wife Margaret Lindsay Ramsay. She was a member of the Scottish Clan Murray and the eldest daughte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nudes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1934 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari, on recto and verso of the sheet, in 1934 ca.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
1960s Illegibly signed surrealist ink drawing
Located in New York, NY
Unknown Artist
Untitled, c. 1960s
Ink on paper
Sight size: 10 x 7 in.
Framed: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed illegibly lower right: Jack Bl...?
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Original vintage gouache painting on poster board by Emma Heinzelmann (Hungarian, born 1930). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era.This painting that depicts figures including a crowned pig, and a princess in a bed. Artist signature above bed. Housed in chrome mid century frame.
Framed: 19.5 X 25.5 image is 14.75 X 21.25.
Emma Heinzelmann ( Nyírbátor , March 14 , 1930 - ) Munkácsy Prize-winning Hungarian graphic designer and illustrator.
Heinzelmann is a Hungarian children's book illustrator and graphic poster artist, who started her career during the 1950’s. She has a very unique drawing style that resembles children’s book illustrations. Working in psychedelic pop colors of the era. She Initially she studied to be a costume designer but she soon turned to graphic design. She graduated in 1950 from the clothing design department at the Junior High School in Török Pál Street which operated under the name Szépmíves Lyceum from 1946 to 1950. His master was György Farkas, a ceramicist, painter and sculptor. She creates her compositions using mainly watercolor and gouache paint. She often worked on illustrations for children’s books, since her style fits their themes. Her posters show the same playful Hungarian Folk Art style. She has produced artwork in almost all areas of applied graphics. posters, commemorative cards, designed album covers, postcards, advertising graphics, slide films, animation and cartoons. Her drawings were published in Dörmögő Dömötör and Kisdobos among others as well as in children's magazines. An entire generation of children grew up with her book illustrations, reading the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff or Hans Christian Andersen. Her story books and drawings are known well beyond our borders. She illustrated nearly 80 storybooks. She is a contemporary of Maurice Sendak and William Steig. Her work is of the same genre as the iconic Polish Cyrk poster artists.
In her original fine art graphics grotesque and bitter elements often prevail, her figures are playfully ironic. Her drawings are made in a variety of ways, from pencil drawings to watercolor painting to collage techniques, from decorative spot effects to lace-like line drawings. She is no stranger to a kind of Art Nouveau influence, but it is always individual. It was never beautiful, but over the years its color scheme changed, thus confirming the lines of József Somogyi quoted earlier. She had several individual exhibitions, and for more than 10 years as a member of the Papp-Gábor group, her works could be seen in Dorottya Street.
In 2009 , the book of art historian András Székely was published by Holnap Könyvkiadó under the title Emma Heinzelmann: fairy tales in the drawing.
Awards and recognitions
Lot Prize (International Poster Biennale, Warsaw) (1972)
Ministry of Culture Award (1977, 1979)
Brno Graphic Biennale (Bronze Award) (1980)
Worker's Award (1984)
Children's Book of the Year Award (1984)
IBBY Andersen Diploma (1988)
Hamburg Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
Albert Star Award (1992)
Noémi Ferenczy Award (2005)
Munkácsy Award (1984)
Solo Exhibitions:
Thought Bookstore, Budapest (1965)
Cultural Center, Nyíregyháza (1974)
Little Gallery, Komárom (1982)
Art Gallery, Budapest. (1990)
Vác (2010)
Selected group exhibitions:
International Children's Book Fair and Exhibition, Bologna (1971-1975)
International Graphic Biennale, Brno (1966-1985)
BIB (Children's book illustration biennial), Bratislava (1970-1985)
XXXVI. Venice Biennale, Venice (1972)
ARC. International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (1972)
International Poster Triennale (B) (1972-1974)
Weekdays, graphic exhibition, (1975)
Calligraphy and typography, Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest (1977)
"Falrahányt pea", graphic exhibition, Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest.(1978)
International Poster Triennale (B) (1978)
National Poster Exhibitions, Art Gallery, Budapest (1978)(1980)
International Poster Exhibition (IR) (1979)
Slide films:
Fairy tales with Emma Heinzelmann's drawings:
Under the Shore (1981)
Goose Party (1981)
Take a Little Trumpet (1982)
The Bremen Town...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Flowers" Mary Abbott, Colorful Floral Still Life, Female Abstract Expressionism
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Flowers, circa 1950
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Provenance:
Aaron Galleries, Glenview, Illinois
Among the early exponents of Abstract Expressio...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Two Preparatory Drawings by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1931
Pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Each signed: Wheeler Williams, 1931
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Pear Still Life, Modern Gouache Painting on paper by Robert Kulicke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Kulicke, American (1924 - 2007) - Pear Still Life, Medium: Gouache on paper, monogramed on top in pencil, Image Size: 8 x 6.5 inches, Size: 8.5 x 7 in. (21.59 x 17.78 cm)
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Charcoal & Ink Wash - Nude Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Radiant ink and charcoal painting of a nude female figure seated on a stool in a rich rust hue, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Paper
French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Thee Graces Preparatory Drawing by Wheeler Williams, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Study of Three Graces), 1947
Pencil on paper
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1947
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Army Wedding
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939
11 1/2 X 8 inches ...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
'Main Street, Port Costa', California Woman Post Impressionist, Crocker Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, lower right, 'Muriel Backman' (American, 1902-1996); additionally signed verso, titled 'Main Street, Port Costa' and dated May, 1968.
Muriel ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
An elegant figural interior showing a young woman seated on a bed beside a table bearing a vase...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Early Modern Black & White Abstract Figurative Elegant Woman Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern black and white sketch by iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. Pulled from a collection of previously undiscovered sketchbooks, this work serves as a peak behind t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Machpela Cave Chevron 1969 Israeli Judaica Mixed Media Print Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa.
Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his relationship to art and to artists throu...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bicep
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture.
Dehner's legacy has been overshadowed by he...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Hill 1967, paper/watercolor, 30.5x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Hill
1967, paper/watercolor, 30.5x43 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military cours...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Italy. Paper, mixed media, 33х24 сm
Located in Riga, LV
Italy. Paper, mixed media, 33х24 сm
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Untitled "Portrait of a Young Man (JT)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
'Kneeling Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Kneeling Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu" for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Watercolor nude showing a woman kn...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
1930s Surrealist Still Life with Hammer, Palette and Chopper by Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930s graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by notable artist Jan Matulka. Artwork size: 8 1/2". x 11". Matted size: 14...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
Prof Sir Albert Richardson PRA Burgos 1963 Watercolour Architectural Drawing
Located in London, GB
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Prof Sir Albert Richardson...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
1930s Surrealist Still Life with Profile and Hanger by Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930 graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by notable artist Jan Matulka. Image size: 8 1/2" x 11". Archivally matted to...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 194...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended th...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
Design for Modernist Brutalist Institute II mid-century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
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V A Hards...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Design for Modernist Brutalist Institute I mid-century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
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V A Hards...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Lion Heraldic Design coat of arms shield watercolour by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
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S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960)
Heraldic Design
Watercolour
51 x 43 cm
Signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
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