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Still-life Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Dries Van Noten’s table. From the Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Studio di piede (study of foot) – Florentine School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red chalk on cream laid paper, 6 3/8 x 7 inches (160 x 176 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as ...
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Early 18th Century Italian School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Bluebells - Blue Abstract Floral Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Magnolia - Vibrant Floral Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. In her series, ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black & Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages
'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024
pastel on collaged vintage book pages
27.5 x 29...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Terrace
Located in London, GB
'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...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$616 Sale Price
40% Off
"Happiness vase with pink flowers " ( expressive contemporary floral painting)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Happiness vase with pink flowers" belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experienc...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Flowers on a Window Sill', Royal Provenance, Russia, Queen Elizabeth II
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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...
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1920s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
“Roses in a Porcelain Vase”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
Located in Cotignac, FR
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...
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Late 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Silk
$1,351 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary impressionist expressive acrylic floral bouquet vase painting
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This captivating floral artwork "Summer blooming flowers in a blue vase" is an exuberant portrayal of a bouquet, radiating vibrancy and textural complexity. The piece commands attention with its vigorous brushstrokes, creating a sense of movement and depth.
The bouquet is composed of blooming flowers in a rich palette of colors ranging from various shades of pinks and purples to luminous whites. Each flower is rendered with bold, gestural layers of paint, creating a tactile surface that invites the viewer to appreciate the artist’s dynamic technique.
The background, with its harmonious blend of cool blues and popping greens, forms a vivid contrast against the warm tones of the flowers, enhancing their visual impact.
Noteworthy is the blue-checkered vase...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper
Amaryllis, Flower Painting, Bold Red Botanical Artwork, 16 x 16 Inches, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elisabeth Condon’s Memorial Flowers series reimagines the still life as a meditation on memory, impermanence, and renewal. Using gouache and ink, she stages vibrant floral arrangemen...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper
R.I.P. Kobe
By Ruby Silvious
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This purple, white, beige and orange painting titled "R.I.P. Kobe" is an original artwork by Ruby Silvious made of watercolor and gouache on used tea bag. This...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Watercolor, Gouache, Tea
A Gift From a Friend
Located in Burlingame, CA
'A Gift From a Friend'. Watercolor on paper measuring 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches. Currently unframed. Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Sun Ripened, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Complementary colors take center stage in this still life. Purple plums rest in a yellow bowl, creating an immediate impact of bright hues. Above, a brightly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Water irises by the pond" (contemporary impressionist floral art)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary impressionist ainting features a pond with blooming purple and orange water lillies. This piece executed with an expressionist touch was inflicted by artistic herit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bucket of Champagne
Located in Nashville, TN
Bucket of Champagne, is a vibrant and dynamic painting that combines abstract expression with a hint of realism. The composition features a rich palette of reds, blues, yellows, and ...
Category
2010s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$80 Sale Price
20% Off
'Pink Daisies', California Watercolor Society, SWA, Woman Artist, Zoltan Szabo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Beverly Fields' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985.
This listed California artist has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of num...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Unique hand signed flower drawing on Michael Jackson & Bubbles print from SFMOMA
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
1990s Pop Art Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
French Impressionist Interior Scene with Desk, Doll, & Sunflowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and brightly colored French Impressionist watercolor, depicting an interior scene in great detail with an antique desk full of books, a bouquet of sunflowers, and a doll by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Talavera Composition 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talavera Composition 1' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Old Reliable', Early American Modernist, Jalopy, Model T Ford Flatbed Truck
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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 painted in a harmonious palette by an accomplis...
Category
1920s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Dogwood Flower - Dramatic Abstract Purple Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolor painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Yellow Bouqet, Impressionist Watercolor by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Yellow Bouqet, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, Size: 32 x 22.5 in. (81.28 x 57.15 cm), Frame Size: 41.5 x 32 inches
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pink Carnations (Sketch) (flowers, floral, pink, green, abstract, drawing)
Located in New York, NY
Install images by Em Joseph
Artist Statement
Rachel Burgess makes autobiographical works on paper of landscapes and domestic scenes. Window-like in scale, her pieces combine elemen...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Spider Flower - Dramatic Abstract Pink Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Aster - Purple Yellow Floral Nature Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
"Burst of spring colors " (Contemporary semi-abstract expressive floral art)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Claudio Bravo Melocotones Drawing
Located in Miami, FL
Claudio Bravo
Melocotones, 1985
Pastel on paper
11 x 12 in
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Lily Study III
Located in Burlingame, CA
'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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Intertwining Vines, 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer
Intertwining Vines, 2025
watercolor, embroidery, pressed flowers, Durabright prints on Arches paper
30 x 22 in.
(pal265)
Marilla Palmer lives and works in Brooklyn, N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Sequins, Watercolor
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
intage Elegance Bows of Timeless Charm Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper
unframed
left des...
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Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
André Lhote Cubist Composition Pen Drawing Painting, circa 1910
By André Lhote
Located in Atlanta, GA
This cubist black ink pen drawing by André Lhote (1885 - 1962), circa 1910, features a still-life composition, a bowl with fruits on a table with a cubist geometric design.
We added ...
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1910s Cubist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Mary Brown - 20th Century Gouache, Dainty Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$318 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting White Flower Plant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Olives from Provence" ( contemporary figurative acrylic painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Olives from Provence" is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience my love for the south of France.
This regio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Mid Century Modern British 'What's the Time?' by British German Kapp, 1975
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Eduard Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
What’s the Time?
Pen and crayon, tondo
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 75’ (in the centre)
8.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio Sciortino...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Family Tree, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This still-life arrangement of Granny Smith apples resembles a family portrait. Thoughtfully composed to guide the eye, the grouping of fruit evokes the warmt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Bathers by the River French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Nude Bathers by the River French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Oil on artist paper attached to a board, unframed
Size: 16.5 x 19.75 inches (...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Wanderer's Pizza
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Wanderer's Pizza" is an original paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, and tubing artwork by Drew Leshko measuring approx. 11.5"h x 7.25"w x 0.75"d.
Drew Leshko is a P...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Grey Pansie Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
Located in London, GB
'Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas', wax crayon on paper, by French artist, Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitabilit...
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1930s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Paper
$1,807 Sale Price
40% Off
Wild Poppies II, floral art, botanical drawing, original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild Poppies II by Ellen Williams [2022]
original
Coloured pencil on 150gsm paper
Image size: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cmComplete Size of Unframed Work: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold U...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
"After the Rain" City Buildings with Cloudy Sky-scape in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "After the Rain" is an original artwork by Tom Haugomat, made as part of his traveling artist residency with The Jaunt. Through the program, Haugomat was able to t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Yanggen un tånom, siempre dokko", Contemporary, Butterfly, Daffodils, Pastel
By Fu'una
Located in Franklin, MA
Fu’una’s “Yanggen un tånom, siempre dokko’ (If you plant it, it will grow)” is a contemporary pastel depicting a black swallowtail butterfly landing on artificially colored pink daff...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Sweetie Pie, Cyanotype, Flowers, Floral, Blue, Botanical, Work on Paper
Located in Riverdale, NY
Sweetie Pie is a Cyanotype by Cynthia MacCollum. It is 30x22 on archival paper. It is currently unframed. It is a beautiful botanical artwork filled with a range of blues. MacColl...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Daffodils in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Daffodils in a Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Watercolour - Tulip Study II
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a red and yellow tulip. This piece was acquired alongside another tulip study, which is also listed on our website (qd708). Presented in a vintage black frame. Un...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
Fine 1860's English Botannical Watercolour Drawing Strawberries from a Castle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, dated 27/8/1860 lower right corner.
Title: Red & White Alpines, extensively inscribed lower section.
Medium: watercolour drawing on pa...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
"Three strawberries on a plate" ( expressive colorful acrylic art on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Three strawberries on a plate" is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience a summer fruit theme.
This contemp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Still Life Strings
Located in Houston, TX
Bright colors transcend the traditional still-life to animate this string instrument and opened book. Gouache by the French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1970. Signed lower right.
...
Category
1970s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Snapshot Series No. 2 (Iris), photorealist colored pencil still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison's freshly bloomed Magnolia and Iris drawings further his play with artifice and hyperrealism. Cream and rose-colored blossoms seem to jump boldly from their branches. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Cherry and Beetroot - Original Playful Food Still Life Collage Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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...
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1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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Vintage Western Oil Paintings
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Visser T Hooft
Volney Richardson
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