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Period: 20th Century
Still Life with Apples
By Virginia Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, bright still life of apples on mat board by Virginia Hughins (American, 1923-2004). Unsigned and unframed. From collection of her works. Image size: 13"H x 19.5"W.
Virgin...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Daffodils in Ceramic Pitcher"
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
Category
Academic 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vivian Bewick (1912-1999) - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Roses in a Glass Tankard
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine still life in pastel by the artist Vivian Bewick. Unsigned. Well presented in a vintage oak frame and inner gilt slip, with narrow card mount. On ...
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20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Interior - 1940s Cubist chalk drawing of an interior still life by John Sutton
By John Sutton
Located in London, GB
JOHN SUTTON
(20th Century)
Interior
Signed, inscribed with title and dated: 12/5/42
Watercolour and chalks, unframed, in mount only
25 by 34.5 cm., 10 by 13 ½ in.
(mount size 40 ...
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Cubist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
(Abstract Still Life) Untitled, 1965, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: (Abstract Still Life) Untitled
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Charcoal on archival paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
'Untitled No. 1', Royal Society of Artists, Edinburgh Academy, Palo Alto
By Thomas Guise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T.G.M. Guise' for Thomas Gladstone Middleton Guise (Scottish, 1916-1984) and dated 1967.
Previously with: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
Thomas Guise studied art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam Bruce, RSA (1947-1949) before serving with the Royal Artillery between 1939 and 1946. After returning to Scotland, Guise began working professionally as an artist and commenced his fruitful association with the Featherhal Press. Over the course of his career, he was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Award for Life Drawing (1947). Guise exhibited internationally with success and was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolor among others.
Accompanied by an artist catalogue, 'T.G.M. Guise: Propinquity', Featherhall Press Limited, Edinburgh 1996.
Selected Group Shows 1948 - 1984:
RBA, RSA, RI, RSW, RGI, SSA, NEAC.
Arun Art Centre
The Bath Festival Exhibition
Selected Solo Shows:
1966 - Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh Festival
1967 - Encina Gallery Stanford University, California, United States
1968 - Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California, United States
1968 - Randolph Gallery Edinburgh Festival
1970 - Clarkson Gallery, Victoria Street...
Category
Pointillist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen, Gouache
Jan Mere - 1996 Watercolour, Orchids
Located in Corsham, GB
A very finely detailed botanical study of orchids in watercolour. The artist has signed and dated to the lower right and the painting has been presented in a simple gilt frame with c...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still life with tray 1980's, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with tray. 1980's, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 –...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nola Armstrong - 20th Century Watercolour, Jug of Wildflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower left. Presented in a silver-gilt frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nola Armstrong - 20th Century Pastel, Glorious June
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed. Presented in a white-painted wooden frame. Pastel Society label with title verso. On paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Nola Armstrong - 20th Century Watercolour, Hibiscus Bouquet
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
C. Williams - Signed & Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Rose Study
Located in Corsham, GB
Finished with body colour highlights this study of a rose bush truly glows. The artwork is signed in graphite in the bottom left-hand corner, and is well presented in a thin wood frame...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, faintly, lower left, 'Donald Bear' (American, 1905-1952) and painted circa 1945.
A dynamic, modernist still-life of fruit in gouache, watercolor, crayon and india-ink.
Donald Jeffries Bear was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Denver. He first attended Denver's Art Academy and, later in life, became director of the Denver Art Museum (1930-35). During the 1930s, he was also regional advisor for the Federal Art Project and was a primary art...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
'Patio', San Francisco Academy of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia, Long Island, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Elizabeth Greaf' (American, 20th Century) and dated 1990.
A complex study of reflected light and images by this Virginia artist a...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Still life with fish bones, pencil and pencil sharpener / - The irony of art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Manfred K. Schwitteck (*1948), Still life with fish bones, pencil and pencil sharpener, 1992. watercolor over pencil on handmade paper, 31.5 x 45 cm (visible size), 47 x 61 cm (frame...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Datura Stramonium 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 to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three Cranes, Mid-Century Watercolor Still Life
By Laurelda Cecille Schmidt
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid-century watercolor still-life with grapes, a vase, and fine china depicting three cranes by Laurelda Cecille Schmidt (American, 1903-1994). Presented in a giltwood frame...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Albert Rutherston - 1920s British Illustration for Cymberline
Located in London, GB
ALBERT RUTHERSTON, RWS
(1881-1953)
Tailpiece – Illustration for The Tragedie of Cymberline
Signed with initials l.r. AR; also signed with initials and inscribed beneath the mount: Tailpiece for end/of play {Cymberline}/No Reduction unless/”lay out”should make/necessary AR
Pen and ink
Unframed
6 by 10 cm., 2 ½ by 4 in.
(mount size 36.5 by 25.5 cm., 14 ½ by 10 in.)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Exhibited:
London, Sally Hunter Fine Art, Albert Rutherston, Drawings, Theatre Designs and other Treasures, 2016, no.66
The present work was illustrated in Cymbeline, published by Ernest Benn in 1923. The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quatercentenary of the Shakespeare Folio edition.
Born Albert Daniel Rothenstein, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford, Yorkshire in the 1860s. He and his siblings proved to be a hugely talented and artistic family, his elder brother became Sir William Rotherstein (1872-1945), the artist and director of the Royal College of Art; two of his other siblings, Charles Rutherston and Emily Hesslein, both accumulated major modern British and French art collections and his nephew Sir John Rothenstein was direct of the Tate Gallery.
He was educated at Bradford Grammar School before moving to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Art where he became close friends with Augustus John and William Orpen. He met Walter Sickert during a painting holiday in France in 1900 and by introducing Sickert to Spencer Gove became instrumental in the beginning of the Camden Town Group. He was one of Sickert’s most frequent companions and was one of the original members of the Fitzroy Street Group. Rutherston had a sociable and attractive personality, he frequently travelled abroad with other artists including Max Beerbohm, Spencer Gore, Walter Russell and Edna Clarke...
Category
Realist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Still Life of Seashells
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Still Life of Seashells, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance:...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Still Life, Ochre and Rose', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
A mid-century Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a book and a candlestick arra...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Green Tall 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
Victorian 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Pink Bristle Flower
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
Victorian 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting White Centaurium Flower
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
Victorian 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still life with east carafe. 1981, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with east carafe. 1981, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
with small paper defect
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at A...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Fruits. Watercolor on paper, 74, 5 x 55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fruits. Watercolor on paper, 74, 5 x 55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – learning at Liep...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flower Pot, Impressionist Gouache Painting by Eugene Baboulene
By Eugene Baboulene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eugene Baboulene, French (1905 - 1994)
Title: Flower Pot
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dedicated l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 13 in. ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Modern British ink pen on paper work of a rose by Edmond Xavier Kapp
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Eduard Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
Rose in bottle
Ink pen
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘For Paby, no7 out of 7 Kapp. 59’ (lower edge)
11 x 8.1/4 in. (28 x 21 cm.)
Edmond Kapp ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Still life with bread 1983, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with bread 1983, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 –...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Set of Two Fine Antique British Botanical Paintings White Flower Sketches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two 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,...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mushrooms with a basket. 1978, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mushrooms with a basket. 1978, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Black mug with apples. 1971, watercolor on paper, 72, 5 x 54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Black mug with apples. 1971, watercolor on paper, 72,5x54 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Sec...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mug on a tray. 1970s, paper, watercolor, 76x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mug on a tray. 1970s, paper, watercolor, 76x55 cm
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School
1927 – 1930 – learning ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still Life, Modern Charcoal on Paper Drawing by St. Julian Fishburne
Located in Long Island City, NY
This is a charcoal on paper still life is by St. Julin Fishburn. It features a simple pile of fresh pears atop a paper bag.
Still Life
St. Julian Fishburne, American (1927–2011)
Dat...
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20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Bouquet of Anemones, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
A Bouquet of Anemones
Signed upper left
Pastel on paper
44.5 x 36.5 cm
Framed : 53.5 x 45.5 cm
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scévola was ...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Yellow flowers. 1980s watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Yellow flowers. 1980s watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55 cm
Signed lower right corner : J. Spriņģis
Jekabs Arturs Springis
(1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia
1924 – 1927 – he learned at A...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Marion Broom RWS (1878-1962) - Early 20C Watercolour, Flowers in Blue Vase
Located in Corsham, GB
An attractive watercolour painting by the artist Marion Broom, depicting a blue vase with flowers. Signed to the lower margin. Well-presented in...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Aubergines I" Still Life Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aubergines I" Still Life Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Stamped by artist's estate.
Not Signed.
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she ha...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Aubergines II" Still Life Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aubergines II" Still Life Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Stamped by artist's estate.
Not Signed.
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she h...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Rose
By Elsie Driggs
Located in New York, NY
Colored pencil on vellum
Signed, l.r.
This drawing is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Elsie Driggs (1898-1992), was an American painter known for her contributions to...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Color Pencil
'Pot-Bellied Stove', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988). Stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Warm Toned Colorful Realistic Watermelon and Lemon Still Life Fruit Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Still life pastel drawing by unknown artist. Realistic pastel drawing depicting watermelon, lemons, and other fruits in the background. Signed by artist at bottom left. Double matted...
Category
Realist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
'Seated Nude', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) Estate Stamp and created circa 1955.
Graphite nude showing a young woman seated on a chair, one leg tucked beneath her, with ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Trevor Frankland (1931-2011) - 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Vase of Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a white card mount. Signed. On watercolour paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Still Life with Wine and Fruit 4, Impressionist Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
A still-life painting of wine and fruit by Charles Cobelle. This piece features more muted and neutral colors than his other works and bears his signature in the lower right front co...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
20th Century Pastel - Vase of Pink Roses
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study depicting pink roses in a glass vase. Unsigned. Presented in wooden frame with a gilt window. On paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Constance Cane - 1975 Watercolour, Late Summer Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Inscribed in graphite to the reverse with the artist's name and date. On watercolour paper laid to backing card.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Trevor Frankland (1931-2011) - 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Cubist Still Life
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour - Still Life with Jug & Onions
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful still life in watercolour, depicting a large ceramic jug placed with Onions. Well-presented in a complimenting gilt frame with a crisp white mount. Unsigned. On watercolo...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1970s British watercolour of Rusting Cars by Ian Hay
Located in London, GB
IAN HAY
(Born 1940)
Cars Rusting
Signed l.r.: Ian Hay; bears title and dated 1973 on exhibition label on the backboard
Watercolour and gouache
Framed
44 by 88 cm., 17 ¼ by 34 ¾ in...
Category
Realist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Bertram Dix - Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Brass & China
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful still life study of antique objects to include brass items, a decorative china lady, blue and white jug and book. The artist has captured each...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - 1977 Pastel, Jubilee Tea Table
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful celebration of Britishness in this 1977 study of a street party table for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Well presented in a simple wood frame. Signed and inscribed to the r...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Modern British ink pen on paper work of Isaac Stern by Edmond Xavier Kapp
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmond Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
Isaac Stern at work
Inkpen
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Isaac Stern at work Kapp 51’ (lower right)
17.1/8 x 13.7/8 in. (43.3 x 35.3 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...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Maple Leaves Watercolor Painting 19th C. American Artist Charles DeWolf Brownell
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles De Wolf Brownell (American, 1822 - 1909)
Watercolor on paper of maple leaves against the sky,
Hand dated and inscribed "Papaw - E.H....
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lilies, Impressionist Graphite Drawing by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Lilies (45), Year: circa 1958, Medium: Pencil on Paper, Size: 15 in. x 11 in. (38.1 cm x 27.94 cm), Description: A unique graphite draw...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Pitcher with Vegetables, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Pitcher with Vegetables (P2.43), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 14 x 21 inches, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Squash Still Life, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Squash Still Life (P5.18), Year: 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm), Description: Placed alongside...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life of Pantry Items, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Still Life of Pantry Items (P5.15), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 14 x 20 in. (35.56 x 50.8 cm), Description: Arrang...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
