Small Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Sea Shells – Blue & Gold, c. 1940s, watercolor on paper, signed upper left, 15 x 19 ¼ inches (image); title and artist’s name and address inscribed verso, presented in a newer glazed...

'The Terrace', watercolour on art paper, by Maurice Savin (circa 1950s). An inviting scene from the South of France depicts a quiet sun terrace on a balmy day with azure skies. The v...

A delicate watercolour illustration of yellow Helianthus, inscribed with famous quotes by American poets Bayard Taylor and James Russell Lowell. Presented in a beautiful gilt-effect ...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1980. Hand signed lower left. Date on rear, Excellent condition.

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1978. Hand signed lower right. Hand signed and dated on rear. Excellent condition.

The watercolor painting with roses is a delicate, refined watercolor, made in a charismatic technique without the use of clear graphic lines. Sophisticated roses and peonies in water...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Excellent condition.

Here for your consideration is a very well executed oil pastel on archival paper by the well known French artist, Marcel Vertes. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1973. Hand signed lower left. Titled and dated on rear. Excellent condition.

Stunning set of two botanical watercolors on silk pasted onto Japanese paper by French artist, La Roche Laffitte. Rare signed watercolor duo pasted onto handmade paper by the artist...

A watercolor painting with bright viburnum berries under snow caps. Saturated tones, multifaceted composition, large format (38x56cm) - the watercolor painting with berries under the...

Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red, blue and green. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design. Dimensions: Framed: 19.5"x19.5" Unframed: 12"x12" 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...

A fine and delicate gouache painting with watercolour by the artist Mary Brown, depicting a bunch of dainty flowers. Signed to the lower right-hand quadrant...

Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Excellent condition.

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Excellent condition.

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Excellent condition.

This finely painted still life showcases a thoughtful arrangement of books, fruits, and a decorative bowl, creating a harmonious balance between academic pursuits and natural abundan...

A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...

A watercolor painting with flowers of apple tree. A bright, juicy watercolor painting filled with the warmth of the spring sun. The lush petals of a blooming apple tree grow against ...

Vibrant still life of grapes on the vine by an unknown artist (20th Century). A bunch of bright purple and red grapes peek out from behind lush green vines an...

Black and white graphite drawing of a dropping flower. The artist signed the print and titled it. It is framed in a black frame with a white matte. Dimensions without Frame: H 11 in ...

Colorful landscape of Moss Landing marshland (just north of Carmel, California by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed lower left c...

Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is...

Tess Michalik Seafoam Honey, 2022 oil on canvas 20 in. tondo (mic038AP)

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...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1980. Hand signed lower left. Date on rear, Excellent condition.

An American School watercolor showing an old Ford Model T flatbed truck backed up to a barn in a rural landscape. A well-composed work paint...

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...

Roberto Burle Marx, 2021 (Framed) by Rodrigo Spinel From The Series Terms And Conditions Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Frame size: 46 cm H x 38 cm W x 6 cm D Image size: 32 ...

Stunning set of two botanical watercolors on silk pasted onto Japanese paper by French artist, La Roche Laffitte. Rare signed watercolor duo pasted onto handmade paper by the artist...

Beautiful floral still life by American artist Jane Piper (1916-1991) . Pastel, oil crayon and pencil on tracing paper. Image measuring 13 x 15.5 inches in ...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P5.13), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 20 x 14.5 in. (50.8 x 36.83 cm), Description: Arranged tightly around...

Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still life. She is one of the most productive wate...

Still Life of Roses French artist, late 19th century signed watercolour painting on thin board, unframed painting: 17 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ve...

Flowers is a drawing realized by Albert Fernand-Renault in the early 20th Century. Pencil on paper. Stamped signed. Good Conditions with diffused foxing. The artwork is realized ...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.49), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Set against a washed back...

This abstract work represents artist's perception of the starry night, where the sky is an absorbing darkness with no limits. Expressive lines coming from the center radiate the ener...

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...

'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...

Newspapers on the Table - Miniature Still Life in Watercolor on Heavy Paper Finely detailed watercolor by California artist Darien Payne (American, b. 1951). Newspapers and a few ot...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.47), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Comprised of various flow...

Watercolor still life painting of vibrant fruits tumbling from a decorative plate, circa 1960. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size frame. Archival pl...

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...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - White and Purple Flowers (P1.10), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 19.75 x 14.75 in. (50.17 x 37.47 cm), Descripti...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P5.60), Year: 1956, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Turning their heads to th...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.30), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's lush sti...

A. Derek Ching (American, 20th Century) created this stunning, colorful cubist still life gouache on paper painting. With lovely fall colors, this subtle still-life composition featu...

"Flowers in Vase with Handles" is an original pastel drawing on paperboard by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This drawing depicts a bouquet of wa...

Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang. Medium : Watercolor on Archival paper Artist : Deniz Bayav Subject : Futile (Title) Signature : T...

Colorful study of grape leaves in autumn with abstracted elements and a pink/magenta background by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the est...

A 1951 detailed ink on paper drawing of a still-life in an interior by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 12" x 9". Archivally matted to 16" x 20". Harold Emerson Haydon was bo...

This evocative 20th-century watercolor painting by Polish-American artist Pawel Kontny captures the timeless architecture and spirit of the Southwest. Titled “New Mexico,” the work f...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.46), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Complemented by the deep ...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P5.39), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Casting a shadow across t...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Pink Flowers (P5.64), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 20 x 13 in. (50.8 x 33.02 cm), Description: Arranged in a tall a...