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Frame Included
Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramovic
Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed), 2014
Ink drawing held inside hardback monograph, done at the artist's Serpentine Gallery exhibition, han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
19th C. Newspaper Illustration of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury 1898
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical late 19th century portrait of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury of San Francisco y Richard Langtry Partington (American, ...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Illustration Board
The Compassion - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Compassion is a drawing in watercolor and ink realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century.
In good conditions with some foxing.
The artwork is presented through deft st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
A Rajput prince with a sword, dagger, lotus – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, 12 1/2 x 9 inches (318 x 230 mm). Toning, handling c...
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19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
"Untitled 17, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 17" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
A Muskeeter
Pencil on paper
26.5 x 17 cm
Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right
In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings,
In an old mount (some damages)
(not framed)
Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
J. M. Heaton - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Mother and Daughter
Located in Corsham, GB
This oval portrait depicts two figures in a tender embrace against a soft, hazy background. The composition draws the viewer's eye to the central subjects, highlighting their delicat...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
In evening dress by Henri Fehr - Sketch 50x70 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an elegant woman by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"In surprise" by Henri Fehr - Drawing 36x27 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Untitled 8, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 8" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1985 Joan Collins Portrait by Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful 1985 pencil drawing of actress Joan Collins by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed. Image, 20"H x 16"L.
ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini
In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Pencil
'Medea', Jason's Enchantress, Greek Mythological Figural, Expressionist Woman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Peter Brandes' (Danish, born 1944) and dated 1964-1965. Titled, upper left, 'Medea' and bearing 2017 dedication in graphite, lower r...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Large Drawing of Boy by French Armenian Modernist Jean Jansem Ecole De Paris Art
By Jean Jansem
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Young Boy (sad young man)
Hand signed lower left corner
Provenance: Marble Arch Gallery NYC
Measurements Image size: 25 by 18 inches, ove...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vogue - Elegantly Dressed Women Shopping For Hats Art Nouveau - Female Artist
By Helen Dryden
Located in Miami, FL
The present work by pioneering female artist Helen Dryden was most likely a cover assignment for Vogue Magazine. It is deftly rendered in a tight linear art nouveau style with flat c...
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Landscape by Henri Fehr - Drawing 20x30 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
Located in New York, NY
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
This drawing was published in the 1976 edition of William Saroyan's SONS ...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Young woman sitting
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp and estate wax seal for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Paper, Ink, Pen
19th c. Watercolor "Portrait of a Child in a White Dress" After Mary Cassatt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Watercolor "Portrait of a Child in a White Dress" After Mary Cassatt C.1890
Gorgeous original painting by mystery artist. The painting is fain...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A man lazes in a lounge chair, book still in hand, as he dozes off with a content e...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Traditional Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
This early 20th century watercolour & gouache study depicts a beautiful Japanese Geisha wearing a luxurious silk kimono, adorned with delicate embroidery and hand-painting. Every par...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Two Portraits - Pencil Drawings by Tony Minartz - Early 20th Century
By Tony Minartz
Located in Roma, IT
Two Portraits is included two original drawings in pencil on paper, realized byTony Minartz (1873-1944), with the stamp of the artist on the rear.
Sheet...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Le Croates en Allemagne - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates 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 i...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company.
Located in Firenze, IT
Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company.
Italian Pop art
Water-colour, ink and pencil on paper.
Size with black ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Man sitting with a cigarette, black stone on paper, siigned
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955)
Man sitting with a cigarette
Black stone on paper
Signed "R. Schlichter" at the bottom right
51 x 30 cm
Small damages o...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink
Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grimace is a beautiful brown and black China ink drawing and watercolor on wire rod paper, made by an anonymous artist of the late 18th century.
A precious old master's original dra...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Woman - Drawing - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a drawing realized in the Late-19th Century.
Red pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
The Envy - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Envy is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Infante & Infanta Mellizos
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Blue ink drawing on paper.
Signed "M...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century.
Original colored pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on colored cardboa...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pastel
The actor Karl Seydelmann, probably as Max Piccolomini / - Theatrical Realism -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann probably as Max Piccolomini, around 1840. Watercolor with pencil, 20.5 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), sig...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Ancient Persian Miniature - Original China Ink and Watercolour - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Persian Miniature is an original China Ink and Watercolour realized by an artist of 19th Century.
Good condition for a little brown ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
'Black Woman Sleeping on Subway', Syracuse, University of Northern Iowa, Urban
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'M. Kestor' for Mary Peterson Kestor (American, 1948-2021) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Iowa, Mary Kestor first studied at the University of Northern Iowa, whe...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Pastel
The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier / - The expressiveness of a simple pose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier, around 1840. Watercolor in pencil, 22 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), signed “Th.[eodor] Hosem...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Male Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Synthetic polymer on paper.
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Polymer
Figure - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin.
T...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
FAUNE MUSICIEN . Edouard DERMIT collection
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau from Edouard DERMIT collection .
signed and dated 1957 . framed .
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Villeneuve Cloister in Avignon - Drawing by Leon Boulier - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Villeneuve cloister in Avignon is a watercolor on paper, realized by Leon Boulier, 1941.
26 x 35 cm.
Titled lower left side.
Hand signed on the back.
Good conditions
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Four drawings - Okada suit of playing cards
Located in Burlingame, CA
Four (4) original individual drawings depicting the complete suit of playing cards. (Diamond): Infanta Vida y Muerte, (Heart): Infanta Viento Frio, (Club): Infanta Conocimiento and (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
The Typographer - Original Mixed Media by Jean Marchal - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Thinking Man is an original painting in tempera, pen, gouache, and mixed media realized by Jean Marchal.
Hand-signed on the lower left.
The state of preservation of the artwork is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Gouache, Pen
Modernist Ink and Wash Drawing, Painting Jankel Adler Woman Model Ecole De Paris
By Jankel Adler
Located in Surfside, FL
Jankel Adler (Polish, 1895–1949)
'Seated Nude'
Watercolor in sepia tones on paper,
Hand signed
Dimensions: Framed 26 x 20 inches, sheet 17.88 x 14.75 inches
Provenance: Bears a la...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts r...
Category
1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95
Located in Firenze, IT
Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95 - The Roar of Victory.
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated ’96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Hasidic Boy, Judaica Portrait, Ink and Watercolor
By Mane Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mane-Katz (1894-1962) composes an ink and watercolor portrait of a Hasidic young lad.
Signed upper right Mané-Katz, circa 1929.
Mane-Katz was a Litvak painter born in Ukraine best known for his depictions of the Jewish shtetl in Eastern Europe. Emmanuel Mané-Katz (Hebrew:מאנה כץ), born Mane Leyzerovich Kats (1894–1962), was a Litvak painter born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, best known for his depictions of the Jewish shtetl in Eastern Europe.
Mane-Katz moved to Paris at the age of 19 to study art, although his father wanted him to be a rabbi. During the First World War he returned to Russia, at first working and exhibiting in Petrograd; following the October revolution, he traveled back to Kremenchuk, where he taught art. In 1921, due to the ongoing fighting in his hometown during the civil war, he moved once again to Paris. There he became friends with Pablo Picasso and other important artists, and was affiliated with the art movement known as the School of Paris; together with other outstanding Jewish artists of that milieu, he is sometimes considered to be part of a group referred to specifically as the Jewish School of Paris. Includes painters Jankel Adler, Arbit Blatas, Marc Chagall, Jacques Chapiro, Michel Kikoine...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Boy at the Beach - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The boy is represented with a ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Rainbow Pipe - Fauvist Portrait and Interior in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Rainbow Pipe - Fauvist Portrait and Interior in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A blue-faced figure on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Demon Mask with Skull Helmet in Neo-Japanese Style
Located in Soquel, CA
Demon Mask with Skull Helmet in Neo-Japanese Style
Boldly colored depiction of a demon mask by an unknown artist. A bright yellow mask stares out at the viewer, with a broad grin. A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Permanent Marker
Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant portrait of an art student at work by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. No frame.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Nude Figure Drawing by Antoniucci Volti, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled, 1969
Red chalk on paper
11 x 14 3/4 in.
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
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Captain's Lady. style of Andrew Wyeth
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection.
Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady"
Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of the Young Thinker - Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the young thinker is an artwork, charcoal drawing on paper, realized by the French Artist Albert Decaris. It is not signed nor dated..
The artist represents a portrait...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Motherhood Ahead / portrait head drawing, ink, pencil, watercolor, monochrome
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Motherhood Ahead is created with china crayon, ink wash on Yupo paper and comes matted and backed in a museum quality presentation mat. The pensive young woman's head is monochrome b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981)
Deco Girl with Car, 1936
30 x 20 inches
Oil on Canvas Board
Signed Arthur ‘36 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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
