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
Egyptian Queen - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Egyptian Queen is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century.
Tempera on Papyrus.
77 x 51 cm ; 94 x 48 cm with frame.
Good conditions!
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Tempera
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Paper
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s charco...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Paper
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
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Paper, Charcoal
Reclining Nude - Original hansigned ink drawing
By René Genis
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004)
Reclining Nude
Original ink and lavish drawing on light brown paper
Signed bottom right
21 x 30 cm (c. 8 x 12 inch)
Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, India Ink
$286 Sale Price
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Untitled (Industrial Street)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Industrial Street), c. 1940s, watercolor on paper mounted on illustration board, estate stamp verso (signed by Peter Corbridge, the artist’s son); 14 x 21 inches; unframed
Edgar Corbridge was a Massachusetts-based precisionist painter who mainly worked in watercolor. In 1916, three years after immigrating from England, Corbridge completed a course of study in sign painting at the Fall River, Massachusetts Technical High School and obtained an apprenticeship with the Armour Sign Shop. Throughout his career, Corbridge was mainly self-taught as a fine artist. In 1918, Corbridge received his first recognition as an artist for his entry in a Fall River Women’s Club poster competition. During much of his professional life, Corbridge worked as a self-employed window trimmer and operator of the Corbridge Display Service, supplemented by income from the occasional sale of his paintings. Corbridge gleaned the subjects for his works in and around his home in Fall River, Massachusetts, as well as Provincetown. In the 1940s, Corbridge began to exhibit frequently, including at the annual exhibitions at the Jordan Marsh Company...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Board
The Spouse and the Horse - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Spouse and Horse is a Carbon Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Carbon Pencil
1951 Black and White Figure Study of a Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a seated nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size:
19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Graphite, Paper
Three Horsemen - Charcoal by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Three Horsemen is an original charcoal drawing on laid paper, realized around the Sixtes by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Signed "Macca...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled, Figurative, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Untitled
Watercolour on Paper
26 x 20 inches, 1960
Born : 1935 Kolkata
Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole Nationale des ...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Portrait - Original Drawing by Georges Gobo - Early 20th Century
By Georges Gobo
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Colette MacDonald is an original Drawing in Pencil realized by Georges Gobo in the Early 20th Century.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes w...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
John Stanton Ward: St John's College, Cambridge watercolour
By John Stanton Ward
Located in London, GB
John Stanton Ward CBE (1917 - 2007)
St John's College, Cambridge
Watercolour
30 x 47 cm
John Stanton Ward CBE was an English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator. This...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Saddling up, Saratoga Springs
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Colin Coots (b. 1944)
Saddling up, Saratoga Springs
Signed and dated '86
Watercolour and pencil
19 x 23 in
Colin Coots (b. 1944) is a celebrated equestrian artist known for his evoc...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$3,510 Sale Price
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The Hermaphrodite - Original Ink and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Hermaphrodite is an original modern artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original ink and watercolor o...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Ink
The Director - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Director is a pen and pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower in pencil.
Included a whie Passepartout.
Good condition on yell...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
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
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
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Watercolor
Self-Portrait - Original Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait is an original drawing in pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century.
Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Passpartout cm 53x49
Good conditi...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures Celebrating Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on card
size: 19.5 x 13 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Meeting Hall, Rockport' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A fine spontaneous rendering in watercolor, with fresh colors, on watercolor paper. Signed lower right, with the artist's notation verso H 12, indicating his 12rd work of 1950. A mid...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
A ca 1937 Watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design Artist Eugene Dana
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1937 watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Image size:
19 3/4" x 12 1/2". Matted to 24 1/4" x 18 1/4". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
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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
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Paper, Oil
Modern British pastel study Still life on blue by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Still life on blue
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 My...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
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
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Paper, Pastel
Modern British oil study of Dahlias and fruit by Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007)
Dahlias and fruit
oil on paper
signed with initials ‘B. M’ (lower left)
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
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Paper, Oil
Showstopper, 20th Century Ink and Watercolour Sketch, Wigan School
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour on paper
Image size: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (35.25 x 24.25 cm)
Framed
Created in 1958 by the artist as evidence for study in their 'Examination in Art' at Wigan A...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Modern Pastel Figurative Drawing of a Seated Resting Sumo Wrestler with Kimono
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a sumo wrestler resting after a match with a kimono or blanket draped over his shoulders. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hun...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
Modern Pastel Figurative Drawing of a Sumo Wrestler in a Mawashi from Behind
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a sumo wrestler wearing a mawashi as he prepares for a match. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a black frame with a li...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
In the Paddock, Saratoga Springs, Jerry Bailey up
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Colin Coots (b. 1944)
In the Paddock, Saratoga Springs, Jerry Bailey up
Signed and dated '87
watercolour and pencil
17 x 23 in
Colin Coots (b. 1944) is a celebrated equestrian artis...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$3,510 Sale Price
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Meeting by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 21x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
A Cornish Inlet, 20th Century English Oil Landscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 1/4 x 22 inches (77 x 56 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
This is a colourful depiction of a Cornish coastal inlet on a warm and glowing summer's ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
St Nicholas Cole Abbey and St Mary Somerset Church, London, The Blitz
Located in London, GB
This drawing records the destruction that was endured by London during the Blitz. The building in the foreground is St Nicholas Cole Abbey, situated in the city of London. Whilst a church was recorded on this site from the twelfth century, this church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London so the remnants of the church that we see here is one that was built by Sir Christopher Wren...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
The Whisper - Drawing by Jean-Luis Forain - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Whisper is a drawing on paper realized by Jean-Luis Forain in the Late 19th Century.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in pencil on the lower.
Good conditions.
Louis Henri Forain, ...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Cabaret Scene
Located in Astoria, NY
Josef Foshko (Russian, 1891-1971), Cabaret Scene, Gouache on Paper, signed in Cyrillic lower left, carved and painted wood frame. Image: 12.75" H x 16.75" W; frame: 23" H x 26.75" W....
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Thunderstorm Over Boston
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Thunderstorm over Boston. July 14, 1930. Ink and watercolor on paper. 10 5/8 x 17 5/8 (sheet 12 x 19 1/4). Signed and dated and titled in ink, lower right; titled verso and annotated...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
$1,400 Sale Price
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Blue and Pink Composition : Surrealist Bouquet- Original Handsigned Pastel
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude GAVEAU
Blue and Pink Composition : Surrealist Bouquet (Silence in petals)
Original pastel drawing
Handsigned in pencil
Countersigned on the back (with another drawing on the ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
New York City Skyline
14 x 21 1/2 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Figure in un Interno - Drawing by Carlo Carrà - 1915
By Carlo Carrà
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing, 1915.
Dimensions: 22.5 x 16.1 cm
Hand Signed. Certificate of authenticity on photograph by Massimo Carrà (8/05/2002).
Figure in un interno is a drawing by Carlo C...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil, Paper
$14,307 Sale Price
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Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995)
Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, ABS
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Watercolor Provencal Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18 x 15 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Gloucester' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nathaniel Dirk, Untitled (Gloucester), watercolor, with fresh colors, on watercolor paper; in fine, original condition, with the artist's tack holes (barely visible) at the sheet edg...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
"Daisies #2"
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 Benj...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
“Cupid”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very usually and rare original watercolor on archival by the American artist, Coulton Waugh. Signed bottom right. Condition is very good. Circa 1950. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Provenance: A Pennsylvania estate.
Coulton Waugh was born in 1896 in Cornwall, England. He was an American visual artist, son of maritime painter Frederick Judd Waugh, and his grandfather was the Philadelphia...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
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1950's French Modernist Painting signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 14 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed.
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Standing Nude Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 19.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be en...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Red Roof Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on board unframed
size: 9.5 x 13 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Pair of Nudes - Drawing in Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Nudes is an Pencil Drawing realized by an artist in early 20th century.
The artwork is in good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Other...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Tranquil 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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Le Croates en Allemagne - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Beach - Drawing by Jean Denis Maillart - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Beach is a drawing realized in the mid-20th century by Jean Denis Maillart.
Watercolor and pencil on paper.
The state of preservation is good with foxing.
The artwork represe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Untitled
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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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Allegory - Original Pencil on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an anonymous artist of the 20th Century.
Aged with cutaways on the margins.
The artwork represents the study of a figu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Outside French Bar
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed pencil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 6.25 x 9.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Plant - Drawing - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Plant is a drawing realized in 1939.
Pencil on paper.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly.
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, c. 1920
Watercolor and graphite on board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Graphite
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Standing Female Dual Pose Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 19.5 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
'San Francisco from Marin', Seattle, SAM, Frye Museum, Golden Gate, Sausalito
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jess Cauthorn' (American, 1923-2005), painted circa 1960.
A respected fine artist art teacher who transformed the art-school scene...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
The Retreat of Constantine - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1836
Located in Roma, IT
The Retreat of Constantine is a Lithograph realized by Auguste Raffet in 1836.
Signed on the plate.
Good condition with foxing.
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1830s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Modern drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, yellow, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mino Maccari, Bernard Labbe, Flor David, and Gabriele Galantara. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $950,000, while the average work sells for $492.