Late 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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. ...

Paul Simon's Live Concert Setup - Technical Drawing in Pen on Heavy Cardstock Detailed, accurate drawing of musical equipment for a live concert. The instruments and equipment are r...

Unidentified/ Unknown Artist, "Untitled: Still Life with Cauliflower, Orange and Pepper", Monogrammed Still Life Watercolor on Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century Colors: Brown, Blue...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of iris and yellow freesia, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Americ...

Abstract Still Life with Bouquet and Teapot in Watercolor on Paper Colorful still life with flowers and a teapot by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). A tall, brig...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Japanese irises, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.19...

Beautiful watercolor still-life of Calla lily and other flowers by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signe...

French watercolor of a vibrantly hued tabletop, featuring bottles and fruit, by artist Madeleine Scali (1911-2000), 1980. Dated lower left. Original artwork on paper displayed on...

Still Life is a Watercolour drawing realized by Armin Guther in 1990. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner. Very Good conditions The Flowers is represented through soft...

Stunning pastel work by Paula Humphris a Cornish artist more well known now for her pottery. Signed and dated 1985. Very evocative of the Art Deco Period. very pretty ! Image size ...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of yellow monkey flower, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American,...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of hot pink roses in full bloom, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Am...

Whimsical 1970's hand painted botanical silkscreen of a spider 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 22/270 is written lower left. It is titled "Spider Plant" and signed "Babette Eddleston...

Artist: Patricia Hunter - American Title: Sitting Ducks Year: 1985 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 18 x 24 inches. Matted size: 24 x 30 inches Signatur...

Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) At Dawn, 1975 Pencil on paper 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Framed: 14 2/3 x 11 1/3 in. Signed upper right: Kipniss '75 Verso bears Hirschl & Adler Galleries Label Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up tree. Kipniss studied at the Art Students League* in 1947; Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, 1948-50; and the University of Iowa, receiving a BA degree in English literature in 1952, and an MFA in painting and art history in 1954. The artist employs a meticulous technique combining a multiplicity of specific strokes, whether with brush, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin*, to create the essence of his generalized, non-specific forms. Light and darkness are clearly Kipniss' compositionally constructive elements. They also exist as contestants in the emotional drama at the heart of each work of art. The contrast, and sometimes combat, between these two opposites, symbolically represent with blackness -- ideas of threat, fear, trouble, evil; with whiteness safety, redemption, fulfillment and good. In Kipniss' 1995 mezzotint*, Clear Vase and Landscape, with a foreground image of precisely leafy stalks, the vase holding them, nearly invisible in its transparency, suggests an almost Salvador Dali-like surrealist device. This central image dominates but seems to invite association with, and commentary from, the surrounding clumps and individual round-topped, yet cedar-like trees. His mezzzotint, For Stella," 1997, depicts a gently twisting, curving, pale and smoothly-barked foreground, leafless tree limb or trunk, like a female human body, suggesting weakness, fatigue, an inability to deal with the staccato background screen of textured bush that seems to uncomfortably impinge upon it. This print is arguably a metaphor for a delicate soul struggling to overcome the prickly difficulties of domineering life. The classic mezzotint process, invented in the middle of the 17th Century, is the reverse of most of the other print-making media, since the artist works from a black ground to increasingly lighter areas. The copper plate is first roughened by a "rocker," creating a burr over the entire surface (the more burr left intact, the more ink it holds, the darker the final finished print). The artist, Robert Kipniss, in this instance, gradually burnishes, smoothes down the burr in varying degrees to produce the gradations of lights and darks of the final design. The deepest darks in the final picture are those areas on the plate that have been little touched after the initial roughening. Mezzotint relies on shade and tone rather than outline for its effect, which fits the Kipniss style of atmospheric* masses of value. A recent oil painting by Robert Kipniss, Hillside Silhouettes, 2001, 40 x 29, is somewhat more complex in composition than many, with four cubically-constructed houses each set in their own zones, seemingly unrelated to one another, with receding hills and similarly isolated, increasingly misty trees beyond. In his career, Robert Kipniss has had over 40 one-man shows since the first in New York in 1951, including an important retrospective exhibition at the Associated American Artist Gallery, New York in 1977. Many of these one-man exhibitions have been mounted by over 50 museums in the United States, South America and Europe, including the Chicago Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modem Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of Congress and British Museum in London. Robert Kipniss is represented in the permanent collections of the institutions above, among many others, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York Public Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Detroit Art Institute; Yale University Museum; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He was elected to the National Academy of Design* in 1980, and to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London in 1998 Robert Kipniss can be referenced in numerous publications, including Who's Who in American Art from the 1950s to the present, and multiple reviews in periodicals like Art News, Art in America and Art Forum. There are also three important catalogues raisonne published on his work. Robert Kipniss has received many awards: 1965 - Ohio University National Drawing Show, Purchase Prize 1976 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Ralph Fabri Prize 1978 - The Print Club of Philadelphia, Charles M Lea Prize 1979 - Charlotte Printmakers Society, Purchase Award 1979 - Society of American Graphic Artists, Printmaking Award 1979 - Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, Honorary Doctorate 1980 - Elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City 1980 - Audubon Artists, New York City, Silver Medal 1980 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Leo Meissner...

Colorful still life with flowers and a mandolin by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson"...

Signed lower right, 'Maria Winkler' (American, born 1946) and dated 1991. Professor Emeritus of the Art Department at California State University, Sacramento, Maria Winkler earned h...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a purple iris by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b. 1943). Signed lower center. Attributed to De...

Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970s. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 60x45 Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, o...

Artist: Lou Fink Title: Wood Edge Year: 1976 Medium: Pencil on paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)

Created by Carole Doyle Peel (American, 1934-2016) circa 1985 and accompanied by first edition volume, 'Carole Doyle Peel: The Delight of Drawing', 2...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of light pink roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Apple Study Year: 1985 Medium: Graphite on vélin paper Size: 12 x 10 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, NY ...

Vibrant study of sunflowers by D. Bennett (20th Century). Several sunflowers sit in a striking blue vase, rendered in a loose but skillful style. The flowers and foliage are partiall...

Flowers is an Original Watercolour realized by an unknown artist in 1970s. Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (42x32.3 cm). Signature on the lower left ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 1985; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled, 'Troyes #3'. Born in Troyes, France in 1946, Evelyne Brigeois grew up in the town of Nimes, east of Paris. She subsequently lived and painted in Germany, England and Spain before moving to the United States in her late twenties. Settling in Idaho, she began a forty-year career as a fine artist, exhibiting widely and with success including, regularly, at both Boise's Art in the Park and Art and Roses Festival. Evelyne Brigeois was also the recipient of numerous national and international awards including from the National Watercolor Society, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan...

Flowers is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havr...

This beautiful framed botanical watercolor painting is signed Fatima S in the lower right. This colorful botanical painting depicts peach-c...

Watercolor of pink begonias by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). A large tuberous begonia is potted in a green pot. There are several large blossoms, and a few ...

Abstract Still Life with Roses and Coffee Set in Watercolor on Paper Colorful still life with flowers and a coffee pot by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). A brig...

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...

"Three Oranges" is an original watercolor by Michael Boyle. It depicts three oranges sitting on a table with a yellow and green tablecloth. The artist...

JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Still Life of Fruit in a Bowl Watercolour, unframed 16.5 by 24 cm., 6 ½ by 9 ½ in. (mount size 33 by 39 cm., 13 by 15 ¼ in.) Sergeant was born in London...

Charming watercolor still-life of a cozy interior with a woodstove and bouquet of bright flowers by California artist Virginia Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-200...

Original watercolor on archival paper by Rosalind Oesterle. Circa 1970. Signed lower left by the artist. Oval format. Condition is excellent. Profe...

Colorful two-sided watercolor; a still-life of brightly colored flowers with a bowl of fruit, and a coastal seascape on verso, by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009)....

Flower Vase is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the late 19th century. Ink and watercolor on paper. Includes frame (with minor defects): 47.5 x 2 x 33 cm. The ...

Signed lower left, 'Elizabeth Greaf' (American, 20th Century) and dated 1990. A complex study of reflected light and images by this Virginia artist a...

Violet Chocolate Vase is a drawing in watercolor realized by Armin Guther in 1969. Monogrammed on the lower. Good conditions, aged margins. The artwork is represented through harm...

Abstract composition 1994, paper, watercolor, 75x55 cm Jekabs Arturs Springis (1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia 1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School 1927 – 1930 – lea...

Latin American Women w/ Calla Lilies Original Watercolor by Sabine A beautiful original watercolor of three Latin American women (Peruvian / Bolivian) with Calla Lilies. Signed in ...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of lilacs, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943). Signe...

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...

Vibrant and charming watercolor still-life of a bouquet of pink roses by Nancy Martin (English-American, 1906-2000). Signed "Nancy Martin" lower right. Di...

Design-quality illustrations of Intelledex machinery by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The machine is expertly rendered, with smooth shading and specific details. Highli...

Design-quality illustrations of Intelledex machinery by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The machine is expertly rendered, with smooth shading and specific details. Highli...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of deep red roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943...

"Flowers" is a watercolor artwork created on paper in 1994, with dimensions of 40x30 cm. The painting showcases a vibrant and colorful depiction of various flowers, capturing the beauty and delicacy of these natural elements. Oskars Berzins (1940) Born on September 20, 1940 Education 1970 graduated from Art academy of Latvia Graphics department. Diploma work-holiday poster...

Vibrant and charming still-life of a bouquet of yellow tulips in a glass vase with purple background by Nancy Martin (English-American, 1906-2000). Signed...

This artwork "Still Life with Watermelons and Cantaloupes" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. I...

Three seashells, each depicted on their own individual pastel color background and with fine detail, by Gary Ermoloff (American, b. 1949). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Ermoloff pieces. Presented in a new blue-grey mat with foamcore backing. Paper size: 17.75"H x 23.75"W Gary Ermoloff (American b. 1949) attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he received his BA in Fashion Illustration. He is a former member of AIGA and a former Board Member...

Beautiful watercolor, pen and ink floral study of tiger lilies, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist De...

Design-quality blueprint of a concept vehicle by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). Top and side views are highlighted, with a partial rear view to the left hand side. The v...

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...