Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
A Picturesque 1945 Landscape Watercolor of Calais, Vermont, The Artist's Studio
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Picturesque 1945 Landscape Watercolor of Calais, Vermont, The Artist's Studio, by noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). For many years, Haydon and his wif...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
At the stop. 2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the stop
2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. – 2...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Haitian Scene #7 Signed Mid Century modern painting, Associated American Artists
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn
Haitian Scene #7, ca. 1951
Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso
Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn'...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
Pear Still Life, Modern Gouache Painting on paper by Robert Kulicke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Kulicke, American (1924 - 2007) - Pear Still Life, Medium: Gouache on paper, monogramed on top in pencil, Image Size: 8 x 6.5 inches, Size: 8.5 x 7 in. (21.59 x 17.78 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
An Innovative Mid-Century Modern Landscape by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Unique, 1960s Mid-Century Modern, European City View Watercolor by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Artwork is formatted in a trapezoid shape, an innovative compositional dev...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rosalee Sondheimer I
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), who scholars increasingly recognize as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American art, is known for his evocative portraits that capture the spirit and...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor or gouache composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was bo...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Shipwreck of Attualismo - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Chia ink and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
It depicts Giovanni Gentile in the middle of the sea, while his philosophi...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Winter View 1, Hudson: Black & White Charcoal and Green Pastel Drawing of Forest
By Sue Bryan
Located in Hudson, NY
charcoal and carbon on Arches cotton paper
8 x 10 inches
This contemporary charcoal drawing on Arches cotton paper was completed in 2016 by Sue Bryan. Born in Ireland, the artist uses landscapes from her childhood as inspiration for her current work primarily consisting of beautifully detailed charcoal drawings of trees...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
View of the Canals of Venice - Drawing by Alcione Gubellini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Alcione Gubellini in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 53x47.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Evening Stroll, Modern Gouache Painting by Eugene La Foret
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eugene La Foret, American (1884 - 19??) - Evening Stroll, Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed lower right, Size: 9.5 x 12.25 in. (24.13 x 31.12 cm), Frame Size: 16 x 19.25 inches
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Head, Ink & Watercolour on Paper by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head, Ink & Watercolour on paper - 11 x 17.25 inches (unframed size)
Free Shipping Without Frame
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Ex...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Charcoal, Watercolor
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right
Solman was a pivotal figure in the development of 20th century American art. He ...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A Fabulous 1945 Mid-Century Female Nude Studio Figure Study By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous Mid-Century Female Nude Studio Figure Study By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a Seated Nude, the drawing is ink and watercolor on paper an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Church Interior - Ink and Watercolor by J. R. Leblanc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Church Interior" is an original drawing in ink and watercolor on paper, realized by Jules Rene Leblanc.
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil.
The state of preservation of the ar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
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Early 1900s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Nu Debout
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire,
1892-1971, French
"Nu Debout", 1951
Ink on paper,
Signed and dated lower right
GROMAIRE Marcel: Born July 24, 1892 in Noyelles-sur-Sambre (North), died April 11,...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Young Woman Reading - Original Drawing by Charles Guerin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young Woman Reading is an Original China Ink and Watercolour realized by Charles Guerin (1875-1939).
Good condition on a yellowed paper included a whit...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Burning Bush Forrest landscape solo female figure biblical narrative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Figures - Pen on Paper by Mogniat-Duclos Bertrand - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original black and white drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French painter Mogniat-Duclos Bertrand.
In very good conditions.
This artwork is a ver...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.)
This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Carousel - Drawing by Maurice George Poncelet - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carousel is a Drawing realized by Maurice George Poncelet (1897- 1973) in 1950.
Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Monhegan Island, Maine”
By Ted Davis
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of Monhegan Island, Maine on archival paper by the well known American watercolorist, Ted Davis. Signed lower right and dated 1950. Cond...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Moby Dick 4 original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's masterpiece
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning ensemble of fiour original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" . Whilst sharing the modernist, stylis...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Turkeys in the Trees, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape Watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Turkey in the Trees, c. 1922
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
22 x 29 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a mast...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Soft Rock : Sleeping Model on Red Background - Original Handsigned Painting
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude GAVEAU
Soft Rock : Sleeping Model on Red Background
Original gouache painting
Handsigned in ink
On thick paper 50 x 65 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 inch)
Very good condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Trillium" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small painting, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a simple trillium flower, the white petals framed by blue-green leaves.
10 x 7.25 inches, artwork
19.75 x 17.25 inch...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s cha...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Woman in Blue
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publications (like Harper's Bazaar) and elegant shops (such as Bonwit Teller), in addition to many smaller independent fashion companies.
In the mid-1950s Warhol became synonymous with shoes after creating a successful campaign for shoe retailer Miller & Sons. Although Warhol had a parallel art practice, primarily focused on drawing, surpassing the designation of “commercial artist” proved difficult. Consider that this era was the height of popularity for the Abstract Expressionist painters. Despite the prevailing aesthetic, Warhol continued to be dedicated to making elegant or playful line drawings.
This untitled illustration is an intimate example of Warhol at his best in the 1950's. It is ambiguous whether this was created for a client, or whether Warhol was inspired by an encounter in real life. With the lightest touch, the artist renders a glamorous woman's profile as she holds a young child in her arms.
Unique to this drawing is the subtle presence of the child, who rests gently against the woman's chest in a tender embrace yet is almost entirely abstract. This maternal exchange represents an unexpected deviation from Warhol's typical subject matter, possibly serving as a tribute to his own mother, Julia Warhola, whom he admired deeply.
This elegant drawing is a marvellous precursor to Warhol's Pop Art era when he became transfixed by images and representation of women.
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Untitled "Woman in Blue...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Watercolor Painting American Modern Painting Gloucester Harbor Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo
Gloucester Harbor, c. 1950s
Watercolor and ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 34 in. H × 30 in. W
Contemporary black frame with white archival mat
In Gloucester Harbor, Dorothy Rivo captures the gritty beauty of a working port with expressive brushwork and tonal depth. The scene unfolds in loose washes of ochre, rust, and charcoal, where weathered boats float before a jagged row of fishing sheds and coastal structures rendered in gestural lines.
Rather than striving for topographic precision, Rivo offers a painterly impression of the harbor—moody, atmospheric, and undeniably alive. The smudged foreground, dripping masts, and clouded sky convey both movement and memory, as if the harbor were emerging from a dream or dissolving into one.
Executed in watercolor and ink, this piece shows Rivo's command of mixed media and her deft ability to balance structure with spontaneity. It is a standout example of mid-century American waterfront painting...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s char...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed ea...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 193...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fond Memory Framed Original Watercolor Painting Flower Seller Modern British Art
By Gordon King
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Gordon King.
English ( b.1939 ).
Fond Memories.
Watercolor.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 13.6 inches x 21 inches ( 34.5cm x 53.5cm ).
Frame size 22.4 inches x 29.9 inches ( 57cm ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape watercolor by Jeannine Wahl - 18x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper
Sold with frame
Total size with frame 30x42 cm
Jeannine Wahl was born in Geneva in 1930 into a family of papermakers who very early on passed on to her the lov...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
'Carousel', Merry-Go-Round, Fun Fair Ride, Truckee, California, Texas, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Dygert' for Audrey Dygert (American, 1922-2010) with artist seal and painted circa 1995.
Audrey Dygert was a lifelong painter inspired by her natural surroun...
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1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929.
Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne.
Edition of 2...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Modern British oil study of Chrysantheumums on teal by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Chrysantheumums on teal
pastel on paper
signed ‘B. Myers’ (lower right)
24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame)
From the estate of Bern...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Modern British oil study of Sunflowers on Pink by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Sunflowers on pink
oil on paper
signed with initials ‘B. M’ (lower right)
24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame)
From the estate of Be...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Modern British pastel study of Red Peonies by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Red Peonies
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘B. Myers’ (lower left)
24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame)
From the estate of Bernard Myers
Be...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
A Handsome 1930s Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Young Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon sh...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Shiva
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1964, Nebojsa Bezanic was predominantly influenced by the 1980s. The generation of artists that grew up in, and took inspiration from, the nineteen eighties was influenced by a period of quickly growing global capitalism, political upheaval, significant wealth discrepancy, global mass media and distinctive music and fashion, including electronic pop music and hip hop. The 1980s was the era of African famine, the height of the Cold War, and also the end of it, as marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall. significant art movements of the era include Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and the global trend of Neo-Expressionism which manifested in Germany, the USA and Italy (where it was known as Transavanguardia). The decade was exemplified by artists like Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$23,400
Edward Laning, Sketch for Sheraton East Hotel Mid-Century Mural of Ancient Myths
Located in New York, NY
This mural depicting ancient myths was designed for the Hotel Ambassador, a skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue, NYC; the building was converted to the Sheraton East in 1958. It was demolished in 1966. It could only be mid-century American!
Signed, titled, and annotated, 'Scale 2" = 1' in ink.
Edward Laning is largely known as a mural artist. His series The History of the Printed Word is installed at the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, New York City, and Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Mural, is in the Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah. Laning was briefly a student of Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League, New York. They were lifelong colleagues and had studios on Union Square near friends Isabel Bishop, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, and Raphael Soyer. As a group they were the Fourteenth Street School...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Daphne and Chloe - Lithograph by Pierre Bonnard - 1930 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Daphne and Chloe is a beautiful black and white lithograph on paper by Pierre Bonnard in 1930s.
Not signed, as issued.
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
20th Century French Modernist Painting Colourful Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Expulsion from Paradise - Original Ink Drawing by Lac Man
Located in Roma, IT
Original China ink drawing on ivory colored cardboard, representing the biblical scene of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. Hand-signed on the lower right margin, in black...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
1950's Modernist Painting Bright Watercolour Chateau In Green and Blue Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour on artist paper
size: 13 x 16 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Tender Bare Heart - Dreamlike Whimsical Figurative Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Man - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is a Colored lithograph realized by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.
French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director.
Good conditions.
...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The Cats - Pen on Paper by Marie Paulette Lagosse - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cats is a drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996).
Hand-signed on the lower right in pen. With a drawing of another sleeping cat on...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Houses in Paris - Drawing by Orfeo Tamburi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and Watercolor on paper realized by Orfeo Tamburi in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 37x43.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Tyrannus, Early 20th Century painting of a dog, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Tyrannus, c. 1935
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Signed lower right
7.5 x 9.5 inches
16 x 18 inches, framed
William Sommer is seen as a ke...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Watercolor, Ink
Children Snow Sledding in Central Park - New Yorker Cover Study
Located in Miami, FL
Hungarian/American artist/illustrator depicts a charming scene of sledding in the snow in Central Park. The work is abstract in its design as it's functional in its narrative - Unpublished New Yorker...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn
Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951
Watercolor gouache on board
Signed on the front
Frame included: held in vintage modern frame
Measurements:
Framed:
11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75
Painting
4.5 inches by 6 inches
Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso
Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City.
Provenance
Associated American Artists
Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti.
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti.
ADLOF DEHN
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895 - 1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Synchromist Abstraction watercolor by Jay Van Everen
Located in Hudson, NY
Jay Van Everen was a pioneering early American abstractionist known for his affiliation with the Synchromists. His abstract color studies would take him to the forefront of the Ameri...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Figure - Original Pencil Drawing by Paul Gavarni - Mid 19th Century
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the mid-19th Century by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866).
Original Pencil Drawing.
Hand-signed.
Good condition.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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