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"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Ink on paper. 12 x 19 inches. Pogolotti lived in Paris in the 1930s. The drawing here comes from the collection of his Parisian ophthalmologist, Dr. Prokopenko . Unfortunately, the artist lost his eyesight in 1938.
Marcelo Pogolotti (1902–1988) was a Cuban painter...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
" double face " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau , certified and signed .
exceptionnel "Oedipe " drawing 27,7 x 22, 6 cm .
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Paul Desmond Brown Watercolor Painting "Flat" Horse
Located in Bristol, CT
Paul Desmond Brown (American; 1893- 1958)
“Flat” Horse, early 20th century
Watercolor painting on paper
Signed lower right
Matted under glass in a wooden frame
Art Sz: 8 1/4"H x 8 1...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
By Greta Allen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
Watercolor, 1945-1955
Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Cond...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981)
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes
17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches
Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938
Signed A. Ross lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
BIO
Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s.
He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure.
In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood
and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935.
He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2.
It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war.
Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959.
He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job.
Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955.
They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross.
He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
Nude Girls Dance Playboy cartoon "They Say Every Little Gesture Has Meaning
Located in Miami, FL
"They Say Every Little Gesture Has a Meaning", Playboy cartoon illustration, August 1968
Pen and watercolor on board
12.5 x 9.5 in. (image)
Signed...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harbor Party by John von Wicht, German (1888–1970)
Date: circa 1965
Gouache and Pastel on Japon, signed in pencil lower right
Size: 15.5 x 23 in. (39.37 x 58.42 cm)
Frame Size: 22 x ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil Pastel
French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Siz...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
On the Road - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Road) is a drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black China ink (foun...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
1942 Calendar illustration featuring the First Lady of Haiti (Madame Elie Lescot]) rendered in a precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelve American Women." It was executed during the hight of World War II. Lois Mailou Jones...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape
Philip Goodwin (20th Century) "Times Square," 23 ½ x 17 ¼ inches. Gouache...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Women nude drawing
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
White wooden frame with glass pane
76,5 x 56,5 x 3 cm
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
Les Captives by Paul Delvaux - Nudes, Work on paper, Ink
By Paul Delvaux
Located in London, GB
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Les Captives by Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Pen, Indian ink and wash on paper
35 x 43.5 cm (13 ³/₄ x 17 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, P. Delvaux 1955
Inscribed on the reverse
Provenance: Christie's London, 2010
Private collection, London, acquired from the above
Artist biography:
Belgian artist Paul Delvaux was born in Liège in eastern Belgium. Despite Delvaux’s desire to become an artist, his lawyer father encouraged him to train as an architect at the prestigious Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Thanks to private art tuition undertaken alongside his architectural studies, in 1925 Delvaux gained his first solo exhibition in Brussels. Heavily influenced by contemporary Expressionism and Surrealism, Delvaux was soon drawn to the ‘metaphysical’ paintings of Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico. On a chance visit to a museum of medical curiosities...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Musician, The Lute Player, 1945 circa - Watercolour Painting by Duncan Grant
By Duncan Grant
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Estate of Paul Roche, the Artist's partner. Unsigned.
Duncan Grant was a British artist, designer and prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group.
His father...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Tree - Drawing by Marcel Guillard -Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Tree is a drawing in pencil realized by Marcel Guillard (1896-?) in the early 20th Century.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Edith Piaf On Stage Watercolor signed Charles Kiffer circa 1935
Located in Paris, FR
Edith Piaf on stage watercolor and pencil on paper, mongrammed K for Charles Kiffer (1902-1992), Workshop stamp.
Charles Kiffer is well known for his figures, paintings, prints, pos...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eve Nethercott, "Fall", New England Landscape
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fall (P6.8)
Eve Nethercott
American (1925–2015)
Date: 1951
Watercolor on Paper
Size: 18 x 22 in. (45.72 x 55.88 cm)
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude
Monotype in colors, 1936
Signed, dated, and inscribed in pencil (see photo)
Annotated: "Orig. Monotype," dated Munchen 8 Sept. 1936"
Condition: Excellent
Image/plate size: 12 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches
Sheet size: 20 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches
Provenance: Frederick Baker, Inc., Chicago
Hans Hermann...
Category
Romantic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype
Le Pont du Vey by Paulémile Pissarro - Charcoal drawing
Located in London, GB
Le Pont du Vey by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Charcoal on paper
24.5 x 31.5 cm (9 ⁵/₈ x 12 ³/₈ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower centre and upper right
Executed circa 1940s
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Estes Park Colorado American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Painting, WPA 1930s
By James Russell Sherman
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1930s watercolor and ink painting of Estes Park, Colorado, by American artist James Russell Sherman (1906-1989). This captivating work features a detailed view of storefronts...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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 framed painting depicts figures, a rooster and angels in flying above. Artist signature on farm gate. Housed in chrome mid century frame.
Framed: 19.5 X 25.5 image is 15 X 21.
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
'Billie the Brownie Laughing' original watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a growing spring of a tree. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store.
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper
8 x 5.75 inches, artwork
14 x 12 inches, frame
Stamped with artist signature, below image, lower left.
Presented in a new custom frame with a gold-finish neoclassical wood moulding, archival matting and mounting materials; and UV glass to inhibit fading.
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy.
Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.)
This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine at Radio City Music Hall"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud Albert Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003)
At the age of 12, Albert Hirschfeld, the famed caricaturist who depicted figures in the New York theater...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Couple - Original Mixed Media - 1940 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original drawing in mixed media realized in 1940 ca. by an unknown artist of the 20 Century.
Very good conditions.
The artwork represents a hugging lover expressed th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
French Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delve into the serene beauty of a French countryside landscape through the artist Didier's watercolor masterpiece. This original piece, steeped in the impressionist style, captures t...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Last Fence Glangesia Jumps His 60th National Fence Aintree 1931
Located in Bristol, CT
Glangesia would finish 4th w/ J. Browne jockey aboard
Watercolor w/ gouache highlights
Art Sz: 9 3/4"H x 15 5/8"W
Frame Sz: 18"H x 24"W
Preparations for the Grand National Steeple...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
UNTITLED
By Richard Filipowski
Located in Portland, ME
Filipowski, Richard (American, born Poland, 1923-2008). UNTITLED. Graphite and colored pencils on illustration board, 1947. Signed and dated, lower right. 19 1/2 x14 1/2 inches. 495x368 mm. Framed to 26 x 22 inches. Provenance: Private Collection, Illinois; Gary Snyder...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
homme rouge (red man) - gouache on paper, 49x34 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper. Stamped and signed. Not framed.
Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at the G...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Railroad worker
36 ¼ x 27 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
S...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures, Houses & Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative watercolor painting, titled The Way War First Comes (1940), was created by noted American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) during the Depression era. The pie...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980)
Oil Riggers, Mural Study
Image: 6 1/2 x 37 inches
Watercolor and egg tem...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
Rafina II Greece (Kasmin London label) Signed 1961 painting color field artist
By Paul Feeley
Located in New York, NY
Paul Feeley
Rafina II Greece, 1961
Watercolour on paper
Hand Signed, titled and dated lower front
In 1961, color field painter Paul Feeley created a series of watercolors - Rafina an...
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Color-Field Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Orientalist - gouache on paper, 65x50 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper. Stamped. Frame dimensions: 63x78 cm
Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at t...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract Boat Composition - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Modern American Industrial Drawing Factory Graphite Framed Black and White
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic industrial drawing dated 1935, which depicts the former Plymouth Motor Company's Powerhouse in Buffalo, NY.
Housed in a contemporary frame presentation this unique work ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
J.B. Dolitro? Bedtime Story. Male French WWII Soldiers w. Kepis, Drinks, Cigars
Located in New York, NY
Clearly an ironic title, 'Bedtime Story,' conjures up homey childhood experiences -- not over-sized, cigar-smoking, and alcohol-abusing, French soldiers.
The artist who made Bedti...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Salzburger Berge
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Printing Press
40 ½ x 26 inches (sight)
Oil o...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Humorous Illustration of a Man Walking his Dog by Maurice Freed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maurice Freed
(American, 1911-1981)
Dog Walking
Watercolor on board, 8 x 12 1/2 inches
FRAMED: 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower left: “MAURICE FREED”
Maurice Freed...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Summertime - Martha's Vineyard - Sunset Golden Sky and Red Lighthouse
Located in Miami, FL
Summertime in Martha's Vineyard is drenched in saturated yellows and reds. People in the foreground look out to the sea. Two people on horseback are masterfully rendered in a loose ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Naturalistic Female Nude Figurative Study
Located in Houston, TX
Seated nude women study in a naturalistic style. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection.
Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
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Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Dancer in Pink
Located in Mc Lean, VA
American Impressionist
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
In the Bar - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
In the Bar is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1945 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good conditions with some folding.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Italian Village - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Watercolour by Bennett
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Sterndale Bennett Honor 1886-1975
Watercolour artist, born in Watford, she married into the famous family noted for its composers and for its military members. As an army wife she s...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles', Provence, watercolour and pencil on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1946). A line of Plane trees greets visitors to almost every vi...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The Cello - 1960s Modern British watercolour drawing by William S Taylor
By William S Taylor
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM S. TAYLOR
(1920-2010)
The Cello
Signed and dated l.r.: W S Taylor ‘60
Watercolour and pen and ink over traces of pencil
29 by 32 cm., 11 ½ by 12 ½ in.
(frame size 49.5 by ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Four Hills, Albuquerque', Guggenheim, McDowell Fellowship, Dallas Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Firschein' for William Firschein (American, born 1930) and painted circa 1965.
Titled, verso, "Four Hills" and with Exhibition 'Award of Merit' noted.
Firschein exhibited widely and with success throughout the 1950s and '60s, including at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts 10th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings (1960). In 1968, he was awarded a McDowell Fellowship that enabled him to live for a year in the New Hampshire countryside where he worked and painted in the Cheney Studio. William Firschein was represented by Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles and the his archives are held in the repository of New York's Guggenheim Museum. The artist's work is held in public and private collections including the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Morris Graves, Abandon Nest, 1950, drawing
Located in New York, NY
This is a complicated drawing, even for Morris Graves (1910-2001), known as the Mystical Painter of Nature.
Graves tried to be sensitive to the slightest tremor or breeze that a sma...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (SF64-121)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF64-121)
1964
Gouache and oil on paper
69.9 x 104.4 cms (27 1/2 x 41 1/8 ins)
SF14605
Exhibited:
New York, 'Chamberlain/Francis', Van Doren Waxter, July 11- ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped: No
Condition...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
An Introspective, Modern Female Nude Pastel by Noted Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, Exquitie Modern Pastel of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Dating ca. 1930s. Artwork size: 16 1/2” x 12 1/4”; unfram...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Century Abstract Collage by New York Artist
By Byron Browne
Located in Beachwood, OH
Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961)
Abstract Collage, 1933
Collage, charcoal and ink on paper
Signed and dated lower middle
16 x 19.5 inches
24 x 29 inches, framed
Byron Browne was a...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink
1930s Modernist Line Drawing: Native American on Horse, Pinto, Black Ink Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1933 black-and-white line drawing titled "Pinto" by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966) captures a striking Native American figure wearing a feathered bonnet headdress, riding horseback. Rendered in fine ink on vellum, this drawing reflects Hiler’s signature style with clean, fluid lines that embody the modernist movement. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner, adding authenticity and value. Custom framing options are available to enhance this timeless piece.
About the Artist: Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed an early interest in art. He studied at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design as a child, before pursuing further education at several renowned institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Paris. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919 to 1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician while continuing his artistic endeavors.
After relocating to San Francisco in 1934, Hiler became involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), where he painted murals in the Aquatic Park...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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