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Style: American Realist
Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes, Drawing by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999)
Title: Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed
Size: 24 in. x 19.75 in. (60.96 cm x 50.17 cm)
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
I am Human Watercolor on Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
I am Human
Watercolor, ink on paper 49"x42" framed
Keith Carrington
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid a...
Category
1990s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Blue Waves, Photorealist Landscape Watercolor Painting by Jon Carsman
By Jon Carsman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jon Carsman, American (1944 - 1987)
Title: Blue Waves
Year: 1976
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 39.5 x 28 in. (100.33 x 71.12 cm)
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Unconscious 3
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Delaware & Hudson Canal, Ellenville NY watercolor by Edward Lamson Henry
By Edward Lamson Henry
Located in Hudson, NY
Original watercolor by Edward Lamson Henry looking back at barge travel through small New York state towns.
Delaware & Hudson Canal, Ellenville N...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude in a Mirror
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude in a Mirror
Ink and wash on paper, n.d.
Signed in red ink lower right (see photo)
Illustrated: Elliott & Wooden, page 153, a monograph on the artist's drawings
Note: a cop...
Category
1960s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Squabbling Penguins, contemporary realist animal watercolor on paper
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Brodsky pairs gouache and watercolor to achieve the luster of her subject's plumage. Each carefully defined feather shimmers with a prism of color. Her attention to detail is enliven...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Standing Female Nude
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude
Colored chalks on tan Strathmore paper, c. 1975
Signed in chalk upper right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Housed in an 8 play acid free rag matting
S...
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Schooner St. Croix
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created the watercolor entitled “Schooner St. Croix” in 1952. This piece is signed in pen at the lower right and titled on the verso. The paper size is 16.88 x 22.25 inches. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." Good to very good condition.
“Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
Category
1950s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Soho, Mercer Street - Framed Photorealist Watercolor on Paper
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: University Floral Design
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 35 inches
Street scene watercolor by an...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bus Stop, New York City - Photorealist Watercolor Painting by Don David
By Don David
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Davis
Title: Bus Stop
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 27.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame Size: 35 x 27 inches
This watercolor by American artist Don Da...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
'Meyer's Lemon Soap - still life watercolor - ordinary objects - George Inness
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Meyer's Lemon Soap" is a still life watercolor painting featuring hues of grey, yellow and red.
Kathryn Keller is inspired by the works of George Inness, Edward Hopper, Giorgio Morandi & Alexander Drysdale.
Kathryn Keller is a painter based in New Orleans and Alexandria, Louisiana. She received a BA in Fine Art and English from the University of the South...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
STUDENT
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph (American, 1910-1980). STUDENT. Charcoal drawing on paper, not dated, but before 1980. Signed lower left, "J Hirsch." 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (framed to 25 x 19 inches)...
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Police Line, New York City - Photorealist Watercolor by Don David
By Don David
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Davis
Title: Police Line
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 18 x 24 inches
Frame Size: 24.5 x 30.25 inches
The viewer is at the edge of the acti...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Irish Sea
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Irish Sea
Watercolor, 1947
Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 12 x 18 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
...
Category
1940s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Couple, Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, American (1899 - 1987)
Title: Seated Couple
Year: circa 1930
Medium: Pencil and Watercolor on Paper, signed
Size: 10 in. x 9 in. (25.4 cm x 22.86 cm)
Fram...
Category
1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Dodge and Truck - Photorealist Watercolor on Paper by Don David
By Don David
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Davis
Title: Dodge and Truck
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed l.r.
Image Size: 18 x 24 inches
Frame Size: 24.75 x 30.25 inches
This watercolor by American artist Don ...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Crosswalk, New York City - Photorealist Watercolor on Paper by Don David
By Don David
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Davis
Title: Crosswalk
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 27.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame Size: 35 x 27 inches
Amid construction that constantly reinve...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Antique American Drawing Football Player Monogrammed Original Frame early 20th C
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original charcoal drawing of a football player in his uniform circa 1910.
This work is initialed what appears to be "e.w." with the phrase "1/2 hr" written below. We have not be...
Category
1910s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Head of a Gentleman sketch, mid modern
Located in Greenwich, CT
A superbly executed work, this work would have been done for reproduction in a book or magazine. Simkhovitch received quite a number of illustration jobs and could adapt his style t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Drawing Compositions 1977
Located in Buffalo, NY
Known primarily for his work depicting horses, Joseph Piccillo also finds intrigue in the human form. Utilizing a grid format his charcoal and graphite portraits are organized as "ti...
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite, Paper
"Sharecroppers" Watercolor Scene of Laborers Working in a Cotton Field
Located in Austin, TX
This watercolor painting from 1940 depicts a scene of sharecroppers working in a cotton field. This piece represents a blend of American Realism an...
Category
1940s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Saguaro 15
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Shadowed Hill Behind the Barn, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Catherine McCargar displays a view of a barn overlooking a verdant hill. After winter rains, the hillsides in northern California green up, and winter ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude on a Stool
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude on a Stool
Ink on paper, c. 1970-80
Signed in red ink lower right
Illustrated: Elliott & Wooden, page 232 A copy of this hardbound books accompanies purchase
Condition: Excell...
Category
1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Another Man's Treasure, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jinny Tomozy presents a bouquet of red and yellow roses in realistic detail. "Sometimes one's discarded items become another's cherished findings, as w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Blooming Succulents, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jinny Tomozy displays a budding aloe vera with a realistic approach. The contrast in color and shape of the flower in comparison to the rest of the suc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Succulent Stars, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jinny Tomozy presents a birds-eye view of growing succulents. She draws inspiration from the bright spectrum of color and contrasting shapes and textures of the plant. Mesmerizing geometric patterns extend from the dense layers of leaves. "Sometimes it stacks perfectly on top of one another but most time displays the enchanting Fibonacci spiral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Garden Layers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Layers of various flowers, buds, and leaves crash into each other, creating a wonderful divergence of garden layers. Artist Jinny...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pie Shell, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A culinary-themed still life by artist Dwight Smith rendered in the realist tradition. He paints a luscious red apple resting inside a large shell. Light fall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Grounded Angel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Grounded Angel' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 10 x 14 inches and 19 x 23 inches professionally f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Chicory 1, gold ink botanical still life drawing
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass’s rendering of detail demands close attention. Her play with positive and negative space—the almost imperceptible shade of translucence between leaf veins, or the rich p...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Wood Panel
Moose Lodge No 2171
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Moose Lodge No. 2171,' is a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 16 x 24 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Arcade II, 1983
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Arcade II, 1981' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 8 x 11 inches and 15.5 x 18.5 inches framed and r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Bay no. 4, (nocturnal)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bay no. 4 (nocturnal), 1981' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 11 x 16 inches and 15 x 20 inches pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Last Mohawk
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Last Mohawk, 2021' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 4 x 9 inches and 11 x 15.75 inches professional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Two Penguins, contemporary realist animal watercolor on paper
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Brodsky pairs gouache and watercolor to achieve the luster of her subject's plumage. Each carefully defined feather shimmers with a prism of color. Her attention to detail is enliven...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Yoga / Arms
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yoga / Arms' a highly collectable original watercolor 19.5 x 27.5 inches with the images being 16 x 20 inches. The watercolor painting is by Internationally acclaimed American Reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Tea with Sushi, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An earthenware teapot and a piece of Unagi sushi rest on a warm wood table, balanced against a soft gray backdrop. A wash of su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Saguaro 6
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Saguaro 1
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dina Brodsky, Bluebird, realist animal watercolor on paper, 2019
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky pairs gouache and watercolor to achieve the luster of her subject's plumage. The rich royal blue reflects in a dreamy glow off the bird's perch. Each carefully defined f...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
The Captain's Lady
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection.
Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady"
Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Evidence of Life, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Living in Florida where it is hot and humid, I always get excited when the calendar turns to autumn with the remote promise of cooler weather," jokes artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pelargonium #4, Floral, Richard de Bas paper, realism, botanical
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor on handmade Richard de Bas "fleurs" paper
Agnes Murray has an extensive exhibition history and she is represented in both private and public collections.
Ms. Murray is a p...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
Backyard Bench - original watercolor 1974-2016
Located in Burlingame, CA
Backyard Bench - an iconic American watercolor painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Car Wash - original unique watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
Car Wash - an iconic American watercolor painting by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intagli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Nude with Fan
Located in Mc Lean, VA
American Impressionist
Category
1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
Located in New York, NY
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
10 1/2 x 6 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by Lowy.
Offered here is one of several original drawings by WPA artist David Fredenthal that were first published in the 1940 illustrated edition of the novel TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell.
Background on the Drawing
Erskine Caldwell remarked, on seeing the work of David Fredenthal, 26-year-old painter: "That boy could draw my Tobacco Road people." A casual comment, it was enormously productive.
The young painter was just finishing a two-year Guggenhcim Fellowship, preceded by a year's study in Paris, two one-man shows at New York's Downtown Gallery, and a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy near Detroit. He was out in Colorado Springs when he heard what Caldwell had said about him.
Fredenthal hadn't read Tobacco Road. He had not even seen the play - now breaking all records in its seventh year on Broadway. But he swapped a portrait for a second-hand Ford and headed East.
In New York he learned that Dnell, Sloan & Pearce were bringing out a deluxe edition of Tobacco Road. But he had no entrée to the publishers, and Caldwell, to his disappointment, was out of town. So he drove on to Georgia to have a look at the Tobacco Road people.
He found Dr. I. C. Caldwell, the author's father, in Wrens, Ga., going on his ministerial rounds among people like the Lesters. Fredenthal got a room from a couple who ran a 1-pump filling station...
Category
1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Bleak House 4-5-20' - exterior watercolor - house painting - Giorgio Morandi
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Bleak House 4-5-20" is an architectural watercolor painting featuring hues of blue, tan, pink and green.
Kathryn Keller is inspired by the works of Georg...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Dina Brodsky, Crested Caracara, realist gouache animal portrait miniature, 2019
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist painter and curator known for her detailed drawings of animals, architecture, and trees. Her miniatures carry with them the traditi...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Pelargonium #3, Floral, Richard de Bas paper, realism, botanical
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor on handmade Richard de Bas "fleurs" paper
Agnes Murray has an extensive exhibition history and she is represented in both private and public collections.
Ms. Murray is a p...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
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By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
Located in New York, NY
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
10 1/2 x 6 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by Lowy....
Category
1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mansard Roof
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Awards
2013 Loring W. Coleman Award for Watercolor/ Allied Artists of America, 100th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club
2011 Mary Bryan Memorial Medal / Allied Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rhythm
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Self Portrait
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Infant in Mother's Arms
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
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