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
'Pastis and Peaches on a Lace Tablecloth', Prismatic Modernist Still Life
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'R. Moscardo' for Ramon Moscardo Fernandez (Spanish, born 1953) and painted circa 1980.
A substantial and scintillating, watercolor and gouache still-life comprising a bottle of Anis (Pastis), peaches in a cut glass bowl and a vase of flowers refracting rays of prismatic light across the surface of a lace tablecloth...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Sunset in the City"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Still Life, Jade and Gold', Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins (American, 1930-2021) and dated 1957.
Millicent Tomkins began painting at a young age and, as a child, was award...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Sleeping Cat - Original Watercolor by Giselle Halff - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Cat is an original watercolor on paper realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Not signed nor dated.
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-1971) born in Hanoi, student of R...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Boat Repair)
Located in Dallas, TX
Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 10.5 x 7.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,630 Sale Price
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Watercolor Painting American Modern Cubist Landscape Boats Mountains Blue White
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo
Untitled (Boats and Peaks)
Acrylic on panel
Framed dimensions: 22 in. H × 28 in. W
Contemporary black frame
In Untitled (Boats and Peaks), Dorothy Rivo renders a mariti...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
An Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking, black & white figural studio ink drawing on paper depicting an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Unique Mid-Century Modern 1960s Chicago Harbor Scene Watercolor by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Unique, Mid-Century Modern 1960s Chicago Harbor Scene Watercolor by Noted Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Artwork is formatted in a trapezoid shape, an innovative compositional device for...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
New York Street Movement and Figure - Architecture
By John Marin
Located in Miami, FL
This work by John Marin depicts an image of lower Manhattan which was Marin's more iconic subject matter. The work has a stellar provenance as well.
Provenance:
Kennedy Galleries
Richard York Gallery
ACA Galleries...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 20 inches
20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed
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...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Oval Watercolor Mirror Painting Landscape Framed with Decorative Border
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Oval Watercolor Landscape
watercolour on artist paper, stuck on black paper
painting: 12.75 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figures Studies - China Ink Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures Studies" is an original China ink drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Marcel Vertès, most probably in 1930s.
In excellent conditions: As good as new.
Sheet dimension: 21 ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
British, graphic gouache painting of an eagle by George Alfred Boden, early 20th
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Alfred Boden (British, 1888 – 1956)
Eagle sunrise
Gouache on paper
Signed ‘G. A. Boden.’ (lower right)
19.3/4 x 12.1/2 in. (50 x 32.1cm.)
Now in a new white mount
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lower East Side Crowd
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lower East Side Crowd
Ink and ink wash on paper, c. 1910
Signed in ink lower center edge (see photo)
Signed with the initials lower right corner (see p...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
View of the Forum Romanum - Watercolor by Giuseppe Costantini - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Forum Romanum is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian painter Giuseppe Costantini (Nola, 1843 - Naples, 1893) in the seco...
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1870s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Interior Architecture - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior Architecture is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
The artwork was realized in mixed media of ink and white lead on paper.
Inclu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
A Charming 1930s Charcoal Study of Three Young Men Reading in a Lakehouse Window
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1930s Charcoal Study of Three Young Men Reading by a Lakehouse Window by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Most likely completed during the summer mo...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sculpture Motives
By Henry Moore
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Henry Moore. "Sculpture Motives" is a semi-abstract, figurative drawing, ink, watercolor, and wax crayon on paper in beige, white, and black platte by British modern art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
$18,000 Sale Price
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The Consultations - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed.
Matted, mat dimensions cm. 40x50.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Captivating Mid-Century Watercolor of an Old Chicago House by George Yelich
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating Mid-Century watercolor of an old Chicago house (with a female figure standing in the window) by Chicago artist George Yelich. The watercolor bears its original frame. ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
people on the bar terrace spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Bar - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 11x13cm.
Frame measures 35x37 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$1,185 Sale Price
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Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up agains...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Dual Seated Nude Models
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Study
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 12.5 x 20 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: pri...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
'Life Among the Clouds', Hookah, Persian, Indian, Sufi, Hashish, Pipe Dreams
By Keith Halonen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Keith Halonen" (American, b. 1946), dated 1969, and titled lower left, "Life Among the Clouds".
Richly patterned, ink figurative showing a man lounging on the f...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Edward Bawden design of the listener, ink on paper, British painter, illustrator
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
An exceptional and rare example of Edward Bawden’s work in the field of graphic design, this original ink drawing was conceived as a proposed cover for The Listener magazine — a publ...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude Woman - Original Drawing in Mixed Media on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century, with a description at the top, left on the sheet in pencil.
The state o...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Ideal Decoration - Drawing by Carlo Parisi - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Ideal Decoration is an Artwork realized by the artist Carlo Parisi (1922-2007) in 1935.
Black and white drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
Carlo Parisi...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Colourful Castle Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 8.25 x 9.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenanc...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Figure Study in Red"
By Jean Hélion
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 1960's watercolor and gouache figure study by Jean Helion. Signed with initial H lower right and dated lower left February, 1963. Condition is fair with crease above the letter...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,760 Sale Price
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Dog - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dog is a drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Pen Drawing
Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
The Companion - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gin Giving Doris a Haircut
Located in Middletown, NY
A life drawing by a well known book illustrator and long-term resident of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1930s.
Caswell, Edward
Gin giving Doris a hair cut
Black crayon on lightweight, br...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Small, Charming, Fauvist Painting Michel Henry French Modernist School of Paris
By Michel Henry
Located in Surfside, FL
Michel-Henry was born in Langres in 1928 and has shown strong passion for drawing since his childhood. Michel-Henry is acknowledged as an important painter in French contemporary art. From 1952 his work has periodically been singled out for France's highest prizes and awards. The French Government, the City of Paris , the Museum of Valence , Bogota and the Museum of Alencon are among the distinguished institutions who have acquired his work for their permanent collections.
Born in Langres in 1928 the aspiring artist attended the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He later studied with Narbonne , Georg, Chapelain-Midy and Legueult. In 1957 he became a member of the House of Descartes in Amsterdam and the following year was named member of the Casa Velazquez in Madrid , honors which are exceptional for a young painter.
He is a member of the Salon d'Automne as well as a member of its jury, he also exhibits in the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Salon Comparisons, and the Salon Terres Latines. In 1976 he shared in the honor of presenting the Salon d'Automne exhibition in Japan .
Michel-Henry blends delicate tones and strong and fascinating accents into his compositions of flower still life, landscapes and marines. An avid interest in nature is the predominant quality of his luminous works.
As a French artist whose works are known internationally, Michel-Henry over a period of twenty eight years has earned the status of a goodwill ambassador in a universal world of cultural exchanges. For his dedication and unselfish contributions to art and artists from all lands he was honored by his country by being awarded the prestigious - la Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur - on January 1, 1981 by the French Minister of Culture Mr. Jean Philippe Lecat. Michel Henry exhibited at prestigious galleries in Paris (Avenue Matignon) and New York (Madison Avenue) alongside such artists as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Armand Guillaumin, Maurice Utrillo and Claude Venard. He is part of School of Paris artists that included Marcel Cosson, Jean Jansem, Leni-Dael, Raoul Dufy, Claude Salomon, Michel Kouliche...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance
By Arthur Dove
Located in New York, NY
"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance
Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
"Barns"
5 x 7 inches
Watercolor on paper, 19...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Orince Eagle. After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton. Watercolor portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Nude of Little Girl - Original Pencil and Pastels on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of little girl is an original pencil and pastels drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the Early 20th Century.
In very good condition...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
New York
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
This watercolor of New York City bursting with energy in the 1960s is typical of Lersy's colorful and exuberant style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
London and the River Thames.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Modern Impressionist gouache on paper view of London and the river Thames by M K Meyer. The painting is signed bottom right and titled to the backboard 'Londres'. Presented in a plai...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modernist Self Portrait of The Artist
By Bren Bauer
Located in Soquel, CA
A colorful modernist portrait of a woman by Bren Bauer (American, 20th-c.), the lines of which are reminiscent of Modigliani. In contrast to the artists use of bold color and movemen...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$1,040 Sale Price
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Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Standing Nude - Original handsigned tall painting on panel
Located in Paris, IDF
Antoniucci VOLTI
Standing Nude
Original tall painting in sanguine on wood panel
Handsigned bottom right
Titled on the back
On wood panel 116 x 89 cm (c. 46 x 36 inch)
Very good con...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink
Beulah Stevenson, Three Small Sunflowers and Two Roses by the Window
By Beulah Stevenson
Located in New York, NY
This Three Small Sunflowers still-life by Beulah Stevenson (1890-1965) is a joyful modernist composition. With just touches of color she indicates a window and colorful curtains blow...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Woman Drying Her Hair
Located in London, GB
'Nude Woman Drying Her Hair', crayon and pencil on fine paper (1967), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). A shapely woman has just finished bathing and is drying her hair in the privac...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
$1,753 Sale Price
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The Faces - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Faces is an Original Drawing in ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Ita...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night
By June Wayne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JUNE WAYNE (1918 - 2011)
A WINTER - SEEMING SUMMER'S NIGHT, 1957 From the John Donne Series. (Conway 122, Basket 106: Gilmour 50)
Lithograph signed, title...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
$1,320 Sale Price
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“Woman in Blue”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original watercolor and gouache fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Presently unframed. Signed with initi...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
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Leader of the Arab army - Original Watercolor Lithograph - 1848 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Leader of the Arab army (Capo dell'armata Araba) is an original water-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1848 ca. by Anonymous Artist of the 19th Century.
In very good conditio...
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19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Blue Ships
By Tom Lewis
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 on paper, 14 x 21 inches unframed sheet, 24 x 30 inches framed, signed and dated lower right
About the Artist:
Born in 1909, Tom E. Lewis studied architecture at the University of Southern California. Beyond that training, Lewis was largely self-taught as an artist. He began watercolor painting during the late 1920s and focused on scenes of California. Lewis was an active organizer of the arts and exhibitor and aided the formation of the Progressive Painters of Southern California. Prior to World War II, the Treasury Section of Fine Arts awarded two commissions to Lewis, the first completed in 1938 for the Hayward California Post Office and the second completed in 1941 for the El Dorado County California District Attorney’s Office...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude, 1959, Ink and Watercolor, Figure, Mid-Century, American
By Knox Martin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1923, Knox Martin moved with his family to New York City in 1927. He attended The Art Students League of New York from 1946 to 1950 under the GI Bil...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Donkey and Figures - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Donkey and figures is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in early 20th century.
Pencil and china ink on paper
Good condition with foxing and stain on margins.
The t...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Viviendo con Van Gogh (Living with Van Gogh)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This graphite drawing on paper is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame.
Alvar pays homage to one o...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Joyce Wieland "Marie Antoinette"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) is one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists. She achieved a level of commercial and critical success in her lifetime that was exceptional for a woman during an era in a male-dominated field.
Notably, she was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971 and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) in 1987.
Although Wieland was an artist who was always drawing, she launched her career as a painter. Always experimenting, her art practice expanded to incorporate a range of media and materials, from textile works to film. In New York City, she was best known as an experimental filmmaker.
In the mid 1960s Wieland began to embrace more representational and narrative elements in her work. Inspired by comic books, and her background in film as an animator, Wieland embraced figuration albeit clearly influenced by Pop Art.
One of the reoccurring motifs in Wieland's oeuvre is playing with and subverting icons of femininity. In this work Wieland presents icons inspired by the French Queen Marie-Antoinette: a jewelry or hat box, a hairbrush, a medallion. The artist seems to be willing to give a make-over to the Queen. In the "nice medallion painting...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1922
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
22.5 x 27.75 inches
27.75 x 34.5 inches, framed
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 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...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Yellow & Black Color on Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Birds design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number 98
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain)...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A ca. 1950 Watercolor of Male Bathers in Morocco by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1950 watercolor of male bathers in Morocco by artist Andre Delfau. Image size: 7 1/2" x 7 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 14". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Born in ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Blitz Site with St Paul's Cathedral, drawing by Hubert Finney
Located in London, GB
Hubert Finney (1905 – 1991)
Blitz Site with St Paul's Cathedral
Charcoal, coloured pencil and pastel
35 x 52 cm
A reclusive figure whose work has remained largely unseen, Finney stu...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Color Pencil
Moraine Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 20th Century
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Moraine Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, c. 1950
Watercolor on paper
19 x 24 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 Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Rock - Drawing by Albert Gaulme - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Albert Gaulme in 1950s.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
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