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
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Countryscape is a pencil drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
Signature, dated and titled on the lower right corner..
Reynold Arnou...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nude Figure Drawing by Antoniucci Volti, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled, 1969
Red chalk on paper
11 x 14 3/4 in.
Signed: Volti
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen.
After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989
Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Peonies
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Peonies" is a vibrant and expressive painting that captures the beauty and delicacy of blooming peonies. Created with bold, sweeping brushstrokes and a vivid palette, this artwork ...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cows in a Field, Early 20th Century American Modernist Landscape Watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Cows in a Field
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
11.5 x 15.5 inches
17.5 x 21.5 inches, framed
William Sommer is seen as a key person in br...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Paris - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is an artwork realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork is created through deft brushstokes and har...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
SAINT TATIANA (2)
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich shades of blue and gold, depicts Saint Tatiana in a moment of deep spiritual connection with nature. The central figure is Saint Tatiana,...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed and stamped
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 11 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Odalisque at the menagerie - Original Watercolor Lithograph - 1848 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Odalisque at the menagerie (Odalisco al serraglio) is an original water-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1848 ca. by Anonymous Artist of 19th Century.
In very good conditions...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Sleeping Cat, 1929
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated upper right
15 x 19 inches
21.25 x 25.25 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Car...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Romanian Woman watercolor by Sandu Liberman
Located in New York, NY
Sandu Liberman (1923-1977)
Untitled, c. mid-20th century
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 13 1/4 x 10 in.
Framed: 22 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Sandu Liberman
Sandu Liberm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Beloved Phone - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1975 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Untitled IV, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled IV, 1992 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on ight cardboard
Image size: 17 in H x 14 in W
Frame size: 32 in H × 28.5 in W × 2 D in
Signed and dated in th...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Cardboard
An Introspective, Modern Female Nude Pastel by Noted Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, Exquitie Modern Pastel of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Dating ca. 1930s. Artwork size: 16 1/2” x 12 1/4”; unfram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Composition - Pastel by Giorgio Zennaro - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Pastel on paper realized in 1969.
Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Hand dedicated, signed and dated (1971) on rear.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 43.5x52.
Very goo...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Three Shy Women - Original charcoal drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE
Three shy women, 1970
Original charcoal drawing
Handsigned bottom right
On vellum 58 x 44 cm (c. 23 x 18 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
American Espresso - Original Collage Floral Whimsical Still Life Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses to use as inspiration for her canvas and paper artworks. Within her artworks, Bernhardsson plays with the colors and shadows of individual houses in conjunction with the overall feeling of gazing at a collection of these buildings. She then adds playful details such as flowers and animals to make the houses feel more like homes.
This 28-inch high by 20-inch wide one-of-a-kind original mixed media and collage artwork on paper is signed by the artist near the lower right corner. This artwork is unframed. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this unique artwork.
Even with her focus on bold colors and combinations, all of her artworks convey a level of warmth, comfort, and familiarity. The abstract layering of the subjects within her artworks create the ambiguity which leads to the nearly universal familiarity.
Maria often paints in strong colors, in many nuances, and a lot of layers. She describes it like this: “The colorway is very important to me when I paint. I love to combine as many colors as possible at the same time. Contrasts, strong colors/ bright pastels, plain/structured, dark/bright in a cubistic, skewed, dreamy, and naive way.”
Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks since 2018. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
Affordable Art Fair Austin, TX
2023 “Urban Ecologies: Cities Are Built for Art”
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Affordable Art Fair New York
Partille Castle, Partille, Sweden
2021 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair New York
2020 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA
Affordable Art Fair New York
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair New York
Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
2018 Partille Castle, Partille, Sweden
Galleri Puckeln, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 River City Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Konstriket, Sävedalen, Sweden
Nääs fabriker, Tollered, Sweden
2016 Konstriket, Sävedalen, Sweden
2015 Galleri Arken, Gothenburg, Sweden
2014 Nääs fabriker, Tollered, Sweden
Galleri Löfström, Hagfors, Sweden
Galleri Arken, Gothenburg, Sweden
Konstriket, Sävedalen, Sweden
The Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Swedish television SVT, Galleri Media, Gothenburg, Sweden
Konstriket, Sävedalen, Sweden
2012 Kulturhallen, Mölndal, Sweden
Konstriket, Sävedalen, Sweden
2011 Galleri Backlund, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009 Partille Castle, Partille, Sweden
2007 Särö Konstgalleri, Särö, Sweden
Galleri Saltön, Grundsund, Sweden
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ROAR, Apple TV...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - Nude woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
watercolour on artist paper
painting: 20 x 12.75 inches
condition: sound condition
provenance: private collection, South of France
Sup...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Tiger, Lion, Panther, Wolf, Bear, Cat Predator Silhouette Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Woman Illustrator Margery Stocking Hart draws a pen-and-ink story depicting a round table of predators encircling a vulnerable bunny rabbit. ...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Town Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 14 x 16.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Luna's Tire Shop, Urban, cut paper collage, playful, industrial, tires, framed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
LUNA'S TIRE SHOP :
Hand cut paper on heavy weight gessoed watercolor paper, framed in flat gray painted wood & plexi.
Ms. Marano is a daughter of Brooklyn...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper
Rio della Misericordia, Venice.
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Rio della Misericordia. October 1924. Watercolor. 14 x 8 3/4. McBey did a striking nocturnal view of the bridge in his 1926 drypoint, The Bridge by Night Carter 232. Signed and dated, lower right; titled verso. Housed in a French mat and a 22 x 16 1/2-inch gold leaf frame.
The Rio Della Misericordia ( from the Venetian to the Misericordia Canal ) is a canal from Venice in the sestiere of Cannaregio, Contrada San Marzillan in Italy.
The river runs along the old Servite convent. The canal is crossed by two bridges, from east to west:
the San Marziale spawning linking the campo of the same name with the Fondamenta de la Misericordia and
the dei dei Servi or Betania linking the Mensa di Betania to the Fondamenta de la Misericordia .
Born in Newburgh near Aberdeen, James McBey attended evening classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of fifteen. He moved to London to prepare for a one-man show at Goupil's Gallery, and shortly after this highly successful first show, he traveled to Morocco with James Kerr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
$5,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Untitled III, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled III, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Signed in the top right corner. Great condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image size: 12 in H ...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Woman in the Hammam - Original Pastel Drawing, Signed #REFERENCED
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921-)
Woman in the Hammam
Original Pastel Drawing
Signed bottom right
On paper 74 x 55 cm at view (c. 30 x 22 in)
Presented in golden wood frame 96 x 77 cm (c. 38...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Flowers - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Hav...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
3rd Grade Reader: Figurative Drawing of Feathers and Blue Wave on Antique Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of colorful feathers and blue wave on vintage collaged book pages
'The Third Grade Reader- Feathers on Water' by Louise Laplante in 2022
pastel on collaged v...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Duncan Grant original 1954 watercolour 'Hero and Leander', signed with initials
By Duncan Grant
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Duncan Grant (British, 1885 – 1978)
Hero and Leander, 1954
Watercolour and gouache with crayon
Signed with initials and dated ‘DG. / 54’ (lower right)
8.3/4 x 13.7/8 in. (22.3 x 35.3 cm.)
Provenance: Paul Roche...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache
Gravesend
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Gravesend. August 1928. Ink and watercolor on paper. 13 1/2 x 21. Signed and dated in ink, lower left; and titled in ink, verso. Housed in a 24 1/2 x 31-inch Whistler-style gold frame.
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex, about 15 miles southeast of London.
Born in Newburgh near Aberdeen, James McBey attended evening classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of fifteen. He moved to London to prepare for a one-man show at Goupil's Gallery, and shortly after this highly successful first show, he traveled to Morocco with James Kerr Lawson...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$1,925 Sale Price
44% Off
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Abstract Church Stained Glass Window
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stained Window
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 19.5 x 11.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the arti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sleeping Girl - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by mino Maccari in the 1930s.
Not signed.
Drystamp "Tiziano" in the lower right corner.
Lightly worn in the upper left corner.
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s c...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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)
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Sandstorm on the Little Colorado River, Arizona
Located in Storrs, CT
A Sandstorm on the Little Colorado River, Arizona. 1920. Watercolor on watercolor board. Study for Seeber 189. 10 3/8 x 14 1/4. Signed lower left; titled verso. An exquisitely subtl...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Figures - Original Watercolor Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
Very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 22.2 x 16.2 cm.
This is an original ...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Jonathan Winters, A Man in Drag, unique drawing in pen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique drawing created by Jonathan Winters in 2001 using pen and ink. It is hand signed and dated, "Nov 18, 2001." Winters was an iconic American comedian, actor, aut...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Jazz Duet"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing- mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pen, oil pastel and watercolor on paper realized by an unknown artist in the mid-20th Century.
Not signed.
Veru good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Oil, Pen
Thinking about the Origin - Original Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Thinking about the Origin of the World is an original pencil drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 198...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Soft French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 15.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoye...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
By Morris Louis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
Pen and ink on paperboard, 1948
Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Extremely rare "Middle Period" drawing. One of two drawings that were given by the artist to Jeanette Kear, Chevy Chase, MD which were signed and dated by the artist. All others in the exhibition are from sketchbooks and have the estate stamp and numbering.
Exhibited at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 6 1979-Feb. 3, 1980
and
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Feb. 22-April6, 1980
Illustrated twice in the resulting catalog, The Drawings of Morris Louis, by Diane Upright Headly, Harvard Univeristy and author of the catalog essay and entries. (See photos)
Condition: Mounted to paper board by owner, Jeanette Kear for framing
Glazed with glass
Image size: 13 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches
Frame size: 20 x 23 x 3/4 inches
Provenance: Jeanette F. Kear, Chevy Chase, MD
Illustrated: National Collection of Fine Art, 1979: "The Drawings of Morris Louis,"
Catalog No. 1, illustrated D1, reproduced p. 73
Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color Schoo
Early life and education
From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. Louis worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting, and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists' Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York City and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name.
Work
Color field painting
He returned to his native Baltimore in 1940 and taught privately. In 1948, he pioneered the use of Magna paint—a newly developed oil-based acrylic paint made for him by his friends, New York paintmakers Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden. In 1952, Louis moved to Washington, D.C. Living in Washington, D.C., he was somewhat apart from the New York scene and he was working almost in isolation. During the 1950s he and a group of artists that included Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Charles Houghton Howard was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the third of five children in a cultured and educated family with roots going back to the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father, John Galen Howard, was an architect who had trained at M.I.T. and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and apprenticed in Boston with Henry Hobson Richardson. In New York, the elder Howard worked for McKim, Mead and White before establishing a successful private practice. Mary Robertson Bradbury Howard, Charles’s mother, had studied art before her marriage. John Galen Howard moved his household to California in 1902 to assume the position of supervising architect of the new University of California campus at Berkeley and to serve as Professor of Architecture and the first Dean of the School of Architecture (established in 1903). The four Howard boys grew up to be artists and all married artists, leaving a combined family legacy of art making in the San Francisco Bay area that endures to this day, most notably in design, murals, and reliefs at the Coit Tower and in buildings on the Berkeley campus.
Charles Howard graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1921 as a journalism major and pursued graduate studies in English at Harvard and Columbia Universities before embarking on a two-year trip to Europe. Howard went to Europe as a would-be writer. But a near-religious experience, seeing a picture by Giorgione in a remote town outside of Venice, proved a life-altering epiphany. In his own words, “I cut the tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I could ever since” (Charles Howard, “What Concerns Me,” Magazine of Art 39 [February 1946], p. 63). Giorgione’s achievement, in utilizing a structured and rational visual language of art to convey high emotion on canvas, instantly convinced Howard that painting, and not literature, offered the best vehicle to express what he wanted to say. Howard returned to the United States in 1925, confirmed in his intent to become an artist.
Howard settled in New York and supported himself as a painter in the decorating workshop of Louis Bouché and Rudolph Guertler, where he specialized in mural painting. Devoting spare time to his own work, he lived in Greenwich Village and immersed himself in the downtown avant-garde cultural milieu. The late 1920s and early 1930s were the years of Howard’s art apprenticeship. He never pursued formal art instruction, but his keen eye, depth of feeling, and intense commitment to the process of art making, allowed him to assimilate elements of painting intuitively from the wide variety of art that interested him. He found inspiration in the modernist movements of the day, both for their adherence to abstract formal qualities and for the cosmopolitan, international nature of the movements themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists clustered around Julien Levy. Levy opened his eponymously-named gallery in 1931, and rose to fame in January 1932, when he organized and hosted Surrealisme, the first ever exhibition of Surrealism in America, which included one work by Howard. Levy remained the preeminent force in advocating for Surrealism in America until he closed his gallery in 1949. Howard’s association with Levy in the early 1930s confirms the artist’s place among the avant-garde community in New York at that time.
In 1933, Howard left New York for London. It is likely that among the factors that led to the move were Howard’s desire to be a part of an international art community, as well as his marriage to English artist, Madge Knight...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Flower
Located in Dallas, TX
Robert Peterson, "Flower," pastel on paper, 19 x 26 1/4 inches paper size, 27 1/4 x 35 inches including white mat and frame.
The artwork is floated in the mat and only hinged at the...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$3,800
Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Sailing Boat at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing
by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary)
signed
watercolour on artist paper
16 x 20 inches unframed
provenance: private collector, UK
The painting is in very good and present...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Contemplation and Purring
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Contemplation and Purring" captures a serene moment of harmony between a relaxed young woman and two playful cats. The woman, in gentle repose, embodies tranquility and introspecti...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Magical Metamorphosis - White Tara 2021 watercolor round painting Chinese artist
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Huang Wei
Born in 1985 in Baotou, Inner Mongolia; 2011,Graduated from The Department of Chinese Painting of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree; 2014,I graduated from Art College of Xizang University with a master's degree; Now he lives and works in Beijing T3 International Art District.
After graduating from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Huang Wei chose to study in Xizang because he was unsatisfied with the procedural education mode. As an ideal and sacred place for many people, Tibet has also provided artistic inspiration for many artists. Huang Wei is not concerned with Tibetan folk customs or landscapes, but with Tibetan unique, faith-based artistic expression. The experience in Tibet was a rare retreat. He was willing to spend time in dialogue with nature as well as with his heart. Through painting, he established an inner field and objected to mountains, water and clouds with his mind. Huang Wei's brushwork does not move restlessly. The rich texture on the picture comes from the countless dots dyeing of the brush tip and rice paper. This technique, which originated from the Traditional Tibetan painting "Thangka", requires a state of extreme silence and numerous repetitions, approaching a state of meditation. This is the classical spirit from Tibet, and in keeping with the spiritual pursuits of the great achievers of the Himalayan region. As his mentor Li Jin...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
The Fixed Idea - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Modern Colorful Pastel Drawing of a Pair of Sumo Wrestlers in Blue and Green
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a pair of sumo wrestlers in the middle of a match wearing green and blue mawashi set against an orange floor. Signed by the artist in the front lower right c...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Power - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Power is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
The artwork was in mixed media of ink and white lead on paper.
Included a Passepartou: 50...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Nude Man and Woman (Desire and sexual tension) - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Tom Leveritt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
Is it lust? Is it love? A pencil drawing shows a nude man and a nude woman on the same page. Sexual tension and desire are paramount in this composition.
Tom Leveritt...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
“Still Life with White Roses”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original watercolor by Jessie Harris Bone Charman. Signed lower right. Circa 1940. Condition is very good. Under glass. Beautifully matted and framed. Overall framed mea...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Boy - Original Drawing - 1930s
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait of a Boy" is an original drawing in sanguine on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Included passepartout...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Still Life, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Still Life
Year: 1964
Medium: Ink on vélin paper
Size: 14 x 12 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, NY
IAN HO...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing and watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1930s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
On the verso: male portrait, charcoal and watercolor on paper.
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Large Drawing of Boy by French Armenian Modernist Jean Jansem Ecole De Paris Art
By Jean Jansem
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013
Young Boy (sad young man)
Hand signed lower left corner
Provenance: Marble Arch Gallery NYC
Measurements Image size: 25 by 18 inches, ove...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sketch - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1930s.
Hand signed in the bottom center.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mediterranean Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Mediterranean Landscape', ink on art paper, by Pierre Dionisi (circa 1930s). Sepia-toned, original drawing in a compelling style depicts a view of Prov...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
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