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Style: American Modern
Morris Graves, Abandon Nest, 1950, drawing
Located in New York, NY
This is a complicated drawing, even for Morris Graves (1910-2001), known as the Mystical Painter of Nature.
Graves tried to be sensitive to the slightest tremor or breeze that a sma...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
untitled (Street Scene Mexico)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mexican Landscape (Man Walking on Street)
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Signed with the estate stamp lower right (see photo)
From the Estate of the Artist with the artist's estate stamp lower right.
C. 1960's
Condition: excellent
Image/Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches
William C. Grauer (1895-1985)
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans Mitchell. Soon, the Rorimer-Brooks design company, the developer Van Swerngen brothers, as well as the Sterling Welch and Halle Bros. department stores realized the extent of Grauer's talent and eagerly employed him. Grauer’s work during this time included architectural renderings for Shaker Square, Moreland Courts, and other many other projects commissioned by Cleveland architects. Grauer also remained true to his roots as a master designer of stained glass windows. With his work in such high demand, Grauer received a commission in 1921 to paint murals for the French Grill...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$500 Sale Price
28% Off
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
29 x 37.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Man Trimming Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but no...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
'At the Fruit Stand', Market Scene with Vendors, Mother and Child
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Stuart Miller' (American, 20th Century) and painted circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board, Pen
Whimsical Illustration "Snow" Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being cross country Snow Shoes signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by ...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address on the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gilbert's Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Gilbert's Camp, c. 1941
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Families near Seville, Spain" Martha Walter, Modernist Figures in Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Martha Walter
Families near Seville, Spain
Signed lower left
Watercolor on paper
7 x 8 inches
Martha Walter was best known as a painter of colorful beach scenes and landscapes. Inf...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Eve, female, nature, animals elephant giraffe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
Category
2010s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964)
Villa Giardino
Charcoal on paper
Signed and titled verso
17.75 x 12.5 inches
A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art in 1912, Clara Deike was pa...
Category
20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Twilight on the Balcony - Original Watercolor by Rachel Mason Burger
Located in Soquel, CA
Twilight on the Balcony, Original Watercolor
This minimalist architectural painting, by Rachel Mason Burger (English-American, 20th Century) creates wonderful line in 1-point perspe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
SELF PORTRAIT IN A GERMAN MANNER - Large Monotype
By Karl Schrag
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KARL SCHRAG (German - American 1912 - 1995)
SELF PORTRAIT IN THE GERMAN MANNER, 1991
Monotype, Signed titled, dated and annotated "Monotype with touches of Oil color, I /I"
Plate an...
Category
1990s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype
Oxen and Mule Drawn Wagon on the Trail Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Oxen and Mule Drawn Wagon on the Trail, 1949
Oil on board
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Construction on the Pass, Montana, Western Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Construction on the Pass, Montana, c. 1950
Watercolor on Whatman board
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Watercolor...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A stoic, dark-haired woman in elaborate dress is sitting cross-legged in this illustration by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999). Pattinson uses fine ink line detail and a vibrant pink watercolor for a splash of color.
Signed at the bottom, "Irene Pattinson."
Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art.
Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing.
Mat size: 16"H x 12"W
Paper size: 11.75"H x 8.5"W
Image size: 7.5"H x 6.5"W
Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999) studied at the California School of Fine Art (now The San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco State College and The Marion Hartwell School of Design. She was President of the San Francisco Woman Artists Association 1955-56.
Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art.
Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works).
Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Francisco Woman Artists, 1957-1960; Oakland Art Museum Annual, 1951, 58; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960; Richmond Art Center, 1955, 56, 57, 58; San Francisco Art Institute 1959, 60. The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Awards: First Place, San Francisco Woman Artists Assoc., 1957, 1959; San Francisco Art Festival 1957;Literature: San Francisco Art Institute - A catalog of the Art Ban 1962/63; San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection
Exhibitions:
1963 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA
1963 California Palace of The Legion of Honor: Forth Winter Invitational, San Francisco, CA
1962 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA
1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1960 California...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Alfred Bendiner, Baccaloni in Rosenkavalier
Located in New York, NY
The Italian opera singer, Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969) often took comic roles. He worked with several opera companies in Philadelphia between 1951 and 1966. Bendiner was a world t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Characters from the Sketchbooks (from September Storm plus Self Portrait)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a page from the artist's sketchbooks. Six pencil drawings show figures that might have been in preparation for future lithographs, Certainly the woman with the umbrella could have been an early iteration for September Storm. There is also a self portrait of Nesbitt. Clearly the works are authentic if unsigned. Provenance: from the Nesbitt studio.
From workers wrestling with heavy machinery to a lone horseman traveling down a rut-filled country road; from the animated crowd at a livestock auction to the dignified worshippers at a serene Sunday service; Jackson Lee Nesbitt chose to represent the essence of humanity and the nobility of ordinary folk striving to get along as best they can. He studied with Thomas Hart Benton and John Demartelly...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Bourrée Fantasque #8 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #8", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
Category
1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
"There are Two of You" Early Modern Original Foley's Ad Layout of Woman & Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern original watercolor and gouache ad layout for Foley's by Houston portraitist Robert C. Joy. The work features a central reflection of a woman doing her makeup while wear...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
'Portrait of a Young Navajo', Native American, Arizona, California Woman artist
By Victoria Creech Stewart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Creech PSWC' and created circa 1975
A compelling pastel study showing the subject dressed in brightly-colored ceremonial robes and gazing past the viewer. An eleg...
Category
1970s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Paul Simon's Live Concert Setup - Technical Drawing in Pen on Heavy Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Postcard, Felt Pen, Laid Paper
Provincetown (Sunbathing)
By Peter Grippe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provincetown (Sunbathing)
Sepia ink on tan paper, 1966
Signed in ink lower center (see photo)
Exhibited: Art from Lexington Homes, Lincoln Massachusetts, May 14-22, 1966 (see label)
...
Category
1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, c. 1934
A beautiful Provincetown beach scene, included in the catalogue raisonne.
Please see Babcoc...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
Untitled (Preparatory Drawing for Skyscape), Early 20th Century
Pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.
Inscribed: blue / white / blue / RV
Born in Ashtab...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Stevedores, Ohio River, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Stevedores, Ohio River, c. 1920
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
21.5 x 29. 5 inches
"The trip Otto Ege and I made from Pittsburgh to Marietta by riverboat and then by train to Mammoth Cave, was the next high spot in my artistic explorations. We saw something of the Old Southern river life on the way - the roustabouts, the showboat and river town life at Point Pleasant, and then to the sombre tonal mysteries of the Cave. These sights added much to my pictorial vocabulary..." - Frank Wilcox
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School...
Category
1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Blanche Grambs, (Shell Fish: Lobster, Crab, and Shrimp)
Located in New York, NY
In the 1950s and 60s Grambs worked on many commissions.
This ink drawing with a lobster, crab, and a shrimp, was probably for a cookbook; the sheet is cut in a free-form, modernist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers. Dated and signed "32 Harry Gottlieb" lower right. Sight: 13 1/8" H x 18 1/4" W.
Harry Gottlieb, painter, screenprinter, educator, and lithographer, was born in Bucharest, Rumania. He emigrated to America in 1907, and his family settled in Minneapolis. From 1915 to 1917, Gottlieb attended the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. After a short stint as an illustrator for the U.S. Navy, Gottlieb moved to New York City; he became a scenic and costume designer for Eugene O"Neill's Provincetown Theater Group. He also studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design.
He was one of America's first Social Realist painters, influenced by that Robert Henri-led movement in New York City where Gottlieb settled in 1918. He was also a pioneer in screen printing, which he learned while working for the WPA. He married Eugenie Gershoy, and the couple joined the artist colony at Woodstock, New York. He lectured widely on art education.
In 1923, Gottlieb settled in Woodstock, New York and in 1931, spent a a year abroad studying under a Guggenheim Fellowship.
In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Seated Nude, Modern Watercolor with Pastel by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Byron Brown (American 1907 - 1961)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: 1957
Medium: Pastel and Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 25.5 x 19.5 in...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
Circus Lot at Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Circus Lot at Toledo, c. 1920
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Crashing Waves on Atlantic Coast, Mid-century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Crashing Waves on the Atlantic Coast, 1957
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 29 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
“New York at Night”
By Leon Dolice
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original pastel on archival paper of New York City at night with beacon by the well known American artist, Leon Dolice. Signed lower right. Circa 1930. Condition is excellent. Beautifully gallery framed with stained mahogany wood frame. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 21 by 30 inches. Birham Wood Galleries, East Hampton, New York provenance. Exhibited artwork. See photo gallery labels verso.
Leon Dolice was born in Vienna, Austria on August 14, 1892, the son of a machinest/welder. He went on to study art in Europe and viewing the works of the Masters. Dolice immigrated to the United States in 1920, finding a retreat in the European Bohemianism of Greenwich Village, he picked the streets of this landmark neighborhood as his first subjects. Concentrating on etching and with the encouragement of new found friends and artists such as George Luks and Herb Roth, he soon ventured out and devoted all his time to chronicling the architecture, back streets, dock scenes and other nostalgia that was fast disappearing from the face of Manhattan, mainly in copperplate etchings. A favorite subject for him was the Third Avenue El near one of his New York City studios on Third Avenue. He won accolades for his work, and although he traveled the East Coast recording landmarks in other cities including Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia, he always returned to his new home Manhattan.
A decline in popular favor for etchings led him to put aside his plates in the late 1930s and devote some ten years to pastels, linocuts and painting. His subject matter was almost exclusively New York City street scenes, but figurative works, country scenes, and even experiments with Abstract Expressionism at the height of its new found favor in the 1940s punctuated his career.
In 1953, after learning of the forthcoming demise of the Third Avenue El, in the shadow of which he had maintained his studio for over a decade, he once again took to his plates and press and created a final series of Third Avenue and or other New York City landmarks that were then threatened with extinction. His work brings to light aspects of nostalgic New York that survives today only in small part, whether in architecture or in spirit.
Dolice's works are in a number of notable museums and private collections, including the Museum of the City of New York; The New York Public Library Print Collection; The New York Historical Society; Georgetown University Lauinger Library; The Print Club of Philadelphia and others. In the past few years, his work has been exhibited at Hofstra Museum, Long Island, NY; with the Montauk...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size:
Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
$285 Sale Price
70% Off
Monhegan House (Fisherman’s Shack)
Located in Greenwich, CT
A classically American modernist work depicting the fisherman's shack on Monhegan Island. Great for a beach house or New England home. Along the lines of an Edward Hopper or Winslo...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cityscape Reflections - Study No. 1
Located in Storrs, CT
Cityscape Reflections - Misty Morning. 1980. Lithograph with pastel coloring. Czestochowski 42. Edition 40. 14 x 10 3/16 (sheet 18 x 14). Tape stains in the margins, not affecting th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
A Cheerful 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful textile design in orange, blue, red and yellow tones depicting an abstract polychrome Wedge Star pattern by set and costume designer Andre ...
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
$385 Sale Price
54% Off
"Transition, Series 1, No. 4" - Watercolor Figurative Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly shaded abstract figurative illustration by Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013). Two adult and three baby figures are rendered with subtle tan shading, against an abstract background with geometric shapes and swirling ribbons. One of the two adult figures is laying down, while the other appears to be jumping or dancing. Notable is the skillful use of negative space to balance the composition.
Signed and dated "Warnick 1982" in the lower right corner.
Signed, titled, and dated with materials information on verso.
Presented in a silver aluminum frame.
Frame size: 23.5"H x 31.25"W
Paper size: 23.25"H x 31"W
Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013) was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She moved to Portland to attend the Reed College/Museum Art School joint five year program. Warnick went on to create many works of art as well as teach art and illustration. She is mostly known for her watercolor paintings, including the illustration of several children's books. Some of her pieces are held in the Portland Art Museum’s collection.
Selected Exhibitions:
1974: University Center Gallery, Willamette University - Salem, OR
1978: Mayer Gallery...
Category
1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Saint Rose on a Bed of Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
This is lithographic crayon and gouache on paper
Category
1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Gouache
Valley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ellen Steinfeld is a sculptor, a painter and has worked in several different media. She graduated with a degree in painting and design from Carnegie Mellon University and earned a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She has received numerous large-scale public and private commissions including an 18’ steel sculpture for the atrium of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and a commission to design 16 large stained glass windows for Christ Church in Detroit. Works in various media have been selected and incorporated into public spaces including schools, hotels, hospitals, museums, airports, stadiums and corporate collections. Her work was selected to represent New York State for the Absolut...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Divertimento I (Picasso)
By Conger A. Metcalf
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Divertimento I (Picasso)
Graphite, color wash and oil paint on coated glossy paper, c. 1940
Signed C. Metcalf lower left (see photo)
Inscribed Matisse, Picasso, C. Metcalf lower left...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), Mid-Century Figurative Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), c. 1973
Colored pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower left
7 x 7 inches
20.75 x 19 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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1970s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
"New York City Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), " Leon Dolice, East River, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960)
New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), circa 1930-40
Pastel on paper
12 x 19 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Spanierman Gallery, New York
The romantic b...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Isadora Duncan (Blue), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Isadora Duncan (Blue)" is an original mixed media drawing created by Abraham Walkowitz. It is made with pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper. The artist signed t...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Chicken Ride
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chicken Ride
Pen and ink on paper, c. 1940
Unsigned
Annotated by the artist with his color intentions
Preliminary study for "Chicken Ride," watercolor, 1940, in the collection of Mr...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
A 1950s Red, White & Blue Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s bright, geometric textile design (In red, white & blue) by stage and costume designer Andre Delfau.
Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delf...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Bourrée Fantasque #1 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #1", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold E...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$585 Sale Price
31% Off
WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1934 tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold E...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$585 Sale Price
31% Off
Untitled, Still Life of Shell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled, Still Life of Shell
Graphite on paper, 1945-1951
Signed lower right in pencil "Bisttram" (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 9.63 x 7 .5 inches
EMIL BISTTRAM (189...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Shops in a Small Town - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Shops in a Small Town - Original Watercolor on Paper
Beautiful watercolor painting a small town main street by Ken L. Stephens (American, 20th Century). There are several colorful b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Muse', Mid-Century Modern, Dalzell Hatfield, Cleveland Ballet, Syracuse Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Sascha Brastoff' (American, 1918-1993) and dated 1960.
1918 - Sascha Brastoff was born Samuel Brostofsky in Cleveland, Ohio.
1935 - At age 17, Brastoff studies dance and joins the Cleveland Ballet.
1940 - Attends Western Reserve School of Art in Cleveland and, subsequently, works for Macy's in NYC.
1942 - Brastoff enters the Army Air Force. Initially designing posters, he joins the ATC road show.
1944 - Brastoff moves to California and signs a seven year contract with 20th Century Fox as a designer and entertainer.
1947 - Brastoff opens his first ceramic plant in Los Angeles producing hand painted earthenware.
1948 - Brastoff is awarded Best of Show for Pottery at the Syracuse Museum.
1952 - With backing from Winthrop Rockefeller, Brastoff opens a new, larger factory in Los Angeles. The factory is destroyed by fire shortly after.
1953 - A larger 35,000 sq. ft. factory and show-room opens and employs more than 100 people.
1960 - Brastoff's company begins to suffer from financial losses after years of success.
1962 - Brastoff has a nervous breakdow, his company continues to sell items...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Barns in the Helderberg, New York (rural 1930s American scene with vintage car)
By Martin Lewis
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Barns in the Helderberg, New York" by Martin Lewis shows neighbors (one in a Model T car) visiting outside a series of barns with a tree in the background...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Bourrée Fantasque #5 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #5", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
The Duomo, Florence
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Duomo, Florence
Watercolor, 1914
Signed and dated lower center edge (see photo)
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, is the cathedral of Florence, Italy. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 16 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches
Frame size: 24 1/4 x 22 inches
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada on November 9, 1876. His family moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1890 where he began to experiment with different art media; watercolor, oil painting and finally, etching – with a few attempts at lithography. He spent much of his early years at the Boston Public Library studying the work of printmakers, from Durer and Rembrandt to the 18th century English, French and Italian masters.
Like many American artists of the time MacLaughlan traveled to Europe to study in Paris, enrolling in the Ecole des Beaux Arts and studied further with Jean Leon Gerome and Jean Paul Laurens. In 1899 he began producing etchings, which became his major interest until his death in 1938. He became acquainted with James NcNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and other artists who created etchings and spent time studying the etchings of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and other old masters in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Both Rembrandt and Whistler would have major influences on his art. In 1900 he created a set of 25 etched views of Paris and in 1901 exhibited two etchings in the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He returned to the U.S. in 1903, then went back to Paris the following year.
He traveled extensively in Europe, visiting England, Switzerland, Italy and Spain as well as various locales in France. His etched views of Venice were well-known. MacLaughlan exhibited views of Paris, Rouen, Normandy and Italy in 1906 in a solo show at the American Art Association Galleries in Paris. He also displayed his work in the 1906 exhibitions of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français. MacLaughlan even instructed other expatriate Canadian artists then living in Paris, most notably Clarence...
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1910s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1950s Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry and Ruth Opper
Abstract Expressionism Drawing
c.1950s
Ink and Pastel Drawing
18" x 12" Unframed
Unsigned
*Custom framing available ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Lovely Impressionist Coastal Scene of New York in Pastel
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Coastal New York)
Pastel on paper
17 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 in.
Signed lower right
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20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Shower at Head of Valley, Colorado Western Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Shower at Head of Valley, c. 1950
Watercolor on paper
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
Ink drawing on wove paper, mounted on wove paper support, c. 1916
Signed with the estate stamp B
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
...
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1910s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Three Poses - Original Male Nude Figurative Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Poses - Original Male Nude Figurative Drawing on Paper
Original male figurative drawing on paper depicting a nude male posing in three diff...
Category
20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Laid Paper
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