Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...

Title: Louie Wortley Blackberry Floral Jug Pitcher Still Life Pencil Drawing Artist: Louie Wortley, British 19th century Medium: pencil / graphite drawing on paper mounted on card, u...

Still Life Sketch by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches pastel drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenan...

Red Tulip English School, 19th century Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, glass covering Size: 15 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, England. Condition: The drawing is...

Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...

The dawn chorus is the outbreak of birdsong at the start of a new day. This series pays homage to the mundane moments in nature that we often take for granted. Dawn Chorus No. 30 is...

Expressive octopus illustration in blue and green marker (20th century) Felt-tip pen / marker on paper, unframed. Size: approximately 12.26 x 16.5 inches (height x width) Unsigned. C...

A striking still life composition by German artist Johann Winter (1898-1964), featuring a fiasco wine bottle, apples and a candlestick rendered in a playful modernist style. The work...

In this pastel artwork, titled "Lilac branches", the artist showcases a mastery of texture and light-play. The composition is grounded by the subtle, reflective surface of a silver-t...

A striking still life composition by German artist Johann Winter (1898-1964), featuring a fiasco wine bottle, a wine glass, apples and a candlestick rendered in a playful modernist s...

Dog-tooth violet Flower English School, 19th century Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, glass covering Size: 18 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, England. Condition: T...

Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (Russian, 1882-1960) and painted circa 1925. Provenance: Formerly in the collection o...

'Amaryllis Study no. 3' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...

With the Bloom series, Rita Alaoui pursues a motif that silently runs through her entire work: the flower. Present in her practice for over twenty years, it reappears here like a man...

A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for a woman's dress. Inscribed "Nettie Rosenstein at Marshall Field". Most likely a design study for a print adv...

Wonderful and evocative watercolour on paper by the great Austrian-born artist who lived in the United States John Haymson (Vienna 1902 - New York 1980). This beautiful still life de...

Abstract modernist style still life graphite drawing inspired by Giorgio Morandi's bottle still life paintings "Morandi XX” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, made in 2025 G...

Bold mid century modern abstracted pastel on paper still life of several terra cotta jugs and vessels distilled down to their most basic shapes and ar...

Whimsical 1970's hand painted botanical silkscreen of baby's tears plant by Babette Joslyn Bauman Eddleston (American, 1922-1990). This limited edition screen print has splashes of color painted in by hand. The edition number 96/270 is written lower left. It is titled "Baby's Tears" and signed "Babette Eddleston...

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Blue Moon" shows an outstanding full moon with all its details. Details: + Title: Blue Moon + Year: 2022 + Edition Size...

'Lily Study III' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. I...

Pencil on paper realized by Morandi in 1951. Hand signed and dated in the lower center. On rear: letter from Giorgio Morandi to Vittorio Barbarous, in ink, hand signed. Certificat...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a cyclamen blending into line drawing, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Debora...

Here for your consideration is a beautiful watercolor still life on heavy paper by the German artist, E. Riehle. Signed and dated lower right, 1903. In good condition with it's orig...

A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...

A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...

Sweet Violet Flower English School, 19th century Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, glass covering Size: 18 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, England. Condition: The ...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Sketch for L'Âne bleu stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) pastel and charcoal on paper 18 7⁄8 x 24 in. (48 x 61 cm.) Executed in 1954 ...

'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen I', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pape...

Still Life Abstract by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches pastel drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy proven...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

"Hypnos God of Sleep and Dreams", ink and acrylic on paper. Free shipping with 1stdibs code. Shipping from Europe, using DHL or FedEx, rolled in a tube. See drawing in different ligh...

Apple English School, 19th century Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, glass covering Size: 15 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, England. Condition: The drawing is in ...

'Red Camelia' original watercolor painted in 2018. in vibrant ruby red and green from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Bukovni...

Xiao Wen Xu's artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is part of her "Zinnia Bouquet" series. Through a masterful blen...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

"Drawing Summer 1", by Hudson Valley artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2025 Charcoal on Strathmore paper 30 x 22 inches, 37.75 x 30 inches framed with 8 ply window mat and light gray stain w...

A finely-drawn, pastel still-life showing red tulips informally arranged in a Chelsea soft paste porcelain Chocolate pot decorated in the Japanese style and set beside a cup and sauc...

Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Silver Teapot and Petunias by Lu Haskew Watercolor 16x20" image size 24x28" framed as pictured, gold leaf, behind glass with archival matte Still life of flowers in pinks and whites ...

Gouache on paper fabric design circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy executed in dark blues and a deep red. Dimensions: Framed: 16"x12.5" Unframed: 11"x7.5" Provenance: P...

Still Life Abstract by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches pastel drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy proven...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Artist Comments
Artist Catherine McCargar illustrates alluring red flowers in a background of white. She captures the delicacy and transparency of gorgeous poppies she noticed in a local public garden. She creates a somewhat stylized arrangement of blooming stems. "It is punctuated by the addition of the buds as they dangle before bursting forth the seed capsules that remain after the petals drop," says Catherine.

About the Artist
Impressionist Catherine McCargar expresses her deep admiration of nature through landscape paintings of Northern California...

Artist David Morrison creates hyperrealistic, yet abstracted, finely detailed pencil drawings of found natural objects, both by observing the object itself under magnification, and a...

This delicate still life scene depicts an elaborate floral arrangement in a ceramic vase with fruits in the foreground, set against a scenic mountain backdrop. Well presented in an o...

'Amaryllis in a Tall Vase'. Watercolor on paper measuring 40 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches. Currently unframed. Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to cre...

Red chalk on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (182 x 236 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and two small nicks in the top sheet edge. Some modern no...

This 15" x 17" pastel on paper framed drawing was created by contemporary artist, Marie Kash Weltzheimer. This still-life presents a vibrant depiction of a single pear resting atop a...

"Yellow Cadillac" is an original watercolor painting by Bruce McCombs. The artist signed the piece lower right. It reatures a shiny yellow car with its doors open sitting on a suburb...

Maria Sanmartin-Bodegon started painting in 1947. She was encouraged by her son Antoni Clave' who also was a great painter. She exhibited in salons throughout Europe including Paris,...

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Elliot 17 ¼ x 35 ¾ inches Gouache on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left 27 x 46 in...

This unique and highly evocative work by Jeff Koons unites art historical exhibition ephemera and the artist's own hand into a one-of-a-kind object. The work originates as a rare fol...

JEFF KOONS Original Flower drawing on Michael Jackson and Bubbles poster (Hand Signed), 1992 Drawing done in marker on offset lithograph 25 × 39 inches Hand signed and dated '92 in b...

French school of the mid-19th century Watercolor 51 x 37 cm (69 x 55 cm with frame) Signed and dated at the bottom “M. C. / 1857” The hollyhock comes from China, passing through Sy...

Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red and butterflies in blues, yellows, black and white. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design. Dimensions: Framed: 17"x27" Unframed: 10"x20" Provenance: Private collection of works by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini Ferier Bianchini Ferrier Collection - Christie's London - July 2001 SF Fall Show Raoul Dufy was one of a family of nine children, including five sisters and a younger brother, Jean Dufy, also destined to become a painter. Their father was an accountant in the employ of a major company in Le Havre. The Dufy family was musically gifted: his father was an organist, as was his brother Léon, and his youngest brother Gaston was an accomplished flautist who later worked as a music critic in Paris. Raoul Dufy's studies were interrupted at the age of 14, when he had to contribute to the family income. He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charles Marie Lhullier, former teacher of Othon Friesz and Georges Braque. He spent his free time in museums, admiring the paintings of Eugène Boudin in Le Havre and The Justice of Trajan in Rouen. A municipal scholarship enabled him to leave for Paris in 1900, where he lodged initially with Othon Friesz. He was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Léon Bonnat, whose innate conservatism prompted Dufy to remark later that it was 'good to be at the Beaux-Arts providing one knew one could leave'. And leave he did, four years later, embarking with friends and fellow students on the rounds of the major Paris galleries - Ambroise Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Eugène Blot and Berheim-Jeune. For Dufy and his contemporaries, Impressionism represented a rejection of sterile academism in favour of the open-air canvases of Manet, the light and bright colours of the Impressionists, and, beyond them, the daringly innovative work of Gauguin and Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Dufy was an out-and-out individualist, however, and was not tempted to imitate any of these artists. He produced, between 1935 and 1937, Fée Electricité (Spirit of Electricity), the emblem for the French utilities company Electricité de France (EDF). Dufy visited the USA for the first time in 1937, as a member of the Carnegie Prize jury. In 1940, the outbreak of war (and his increasingly rheumatic condition) persuaded him to settle in Nice. When he eventually returned to Paris 10 years later, his rheumatism had become so debilitating that he immediately left for Boston to follow a course of pioneering anti-cortisone treatment. He continued working, however, spending time first in Harvard and then in New York City before moving to the drier climate of Tucson, Arizona. The cortisone treatment was by and large unsuccessful, although he did recover the use of his fingers. He returned to Paris in 1951 and decided to settle in Forcalquier, where the climate was more clement. Within a short time, however, he was wheelchair-bound. He died in Forcalquier in March 1953 and was buried in Cimiez. Between 1895 and 1898, Raoul Dufy painted watercolours of landscapes near his native Le Havre and around Honfleur and Falaise. By the turn of the century, however, he was already painting certain subjects that were to become hallmarks of his work - flag-decked Parisian cityscapes, Normandy beaches teeming with visitors, regattas and the like, including one of his better-known early works, Landing Stage at Ste-Adresse. By 1905-1906 Friesz, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen and Rouault were described collectively as Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained nonetheless to meet formally to set out the guiding principles of what promised to be a new 'movement'. Dufy quickly established that those principles were acceptable; moreover, he was most impressed by one particular painting by Henri Matisse ( Luxury, Calm and Voluptuousness) which, to Dufy, embodied both novelty and a sense of artistic freedom. Dufy promptly aligned himself with the Fauves. Together with Albert Marquet in particular, he spent his time travelling the Normandy coast and painting views similar...

Jeff Koons Original Flower Drawing (signed twice), 2016 Original, hand signed drawing inscribed to Nadine, done with silver sharpie, and held in hardback monograph with dust jacket, ...