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
Blue Woman, 1958 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Blue Woman
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
1958
Pastel on rice paper, signed and dated in pastel
Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Stormy Coast with Sailboats - Mid Century Seascape in Watercolor on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Stormy Coast with Sailboats - Mid Century Seascape in Watercolor on Heavy Paper
Dramatic seascape by Werner Jurgens (German-Canadian, b. 1936). Three sailboats are anchored just off...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Porcelain Box - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Box, 1890s, is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous French Artist of the end of 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Edward Laning, (Male Figures)
Located in New York, NY
This pencil drawing by master draughtsman Edward Laning has religious over tones. Perhaps it's a study for a deposition. There are male figures, both nude...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Paul Simon's Live Concert Setup - Technical Drawing in Pen on Heavy Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Paul Simon's Live Concert Setup - Technical Drawing in Pen on Heavy Cardstock
Detailed, accurate drawing of musical equipment for a live concert. The instruments and equipment are r...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Postcard, Felt Pen, Laid Paper
Landscape With Armenians - Watercolor Drawing by Henry Ottmann - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Armenians is a Watercolor realized by Henry Ottmann in 1946.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Incl...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$482 Sale Price
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Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Black China ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Woman Looking at the Window - Original painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jules CAVAILLES
Woman Looking at the Window (c. 1965)
Original gouache and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom right
On heavy paper 26 x 17 cm (c. 10 x 7 inch)
Authenticated with th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
A Furnished Room Howard Hodgkin, colorful abstract red green interior scene
Located in New York, NY
Abstract red, green and grey interior scene with lines, shapes and hand painted brushstroke texture. Colorful large scale work ideal for display in minimalist, modern and contemporary spaces. While British pop artists such as David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield numbered amongst Howard Hodgkin's circle of friends, Hodgkin's work is painterly, expressionist, and abstract.
Paper 21.25 x 27.25 in. / 54 x 69 cm
Softground etching and aquatint (from two plates) with hand coloring in watercolor (green and orange). Signed by the artist and dated 77 lower right in pencil; numbered lower left in pencil. This print was proofed by Daniel Levy and printed and hand-colored by Ken Farley at Claes Oldenburg’s studio in New York, which Petersburg Press was using at the time.
1977 heralded a breakthrough in Hodgkin’s prints showing an increase in emotional content and intensity. They are more fluid and lush due to an increased looseness of handling. They show a richness and a surface texture previously lacking – mainly due to the application of gouache or watercolor by hand but also to the more tonal techniques of aquatint and soft-ground etching with its chalk-like lines. This print amongst others of the period was prompted by a visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma and represents an interior scene.
Catalogue Reference: Elizabeth Knowles...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Etching, Aquatint
The Fish Boat - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Fish Boat is an original Drawing in watercolor on creamy paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reclined Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original modern artwork realized in the Early 20th Century.
Original pencil and watercolor drawing on colored cardboard, glued on white cardboard (50 x 35 cm)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait of Anna - Original Watercolor by Madeleine Sellier - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna is an original artwork realized by Madeleine Sellier.
In good conditions. Watercolour technique. Glued on a paper 33x25 cm. Hand Signed on the lower side of the art...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with a Village - Watercolor by Charlotte Jamois - 1939
By Charlotte Jamois
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with a Village is an original artwork realized in 1939 by Charlotte Jamois in the first half of the 20th century.
Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the low...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Church - Original Pencil Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Church is an original pencil drawing realized by an unknown French artist in 1950s.
The drawing is a preparation for a picture.
In good conditions and mounted on a white cardboard ...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an I...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
In full swing by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 24x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$168 Sale Price
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"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth.
Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat.
Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W
John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo).
Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Richfield
Located in London, GB
Exceptional rare sketch by American modernist Oscar Bluemner. Very, very good condition. Framed beautifully.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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
A Roman Ancient Farm Estate - Drawing - 1840s
Located in Roma, IT
A Roman farm estate is an originalartwork realized by a German Artist between 1840-1850.
Mixed colored watercolor and china ink drawing on paper.
Included frame
Provenance: From t...
Category
1840s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Four Studies of Jeanne - Original signed charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002)
Angel Seated and Resting
Original charcoal drawing
Signed bottom left
On wove lightly cream paper 54 x 43 cm (c 22 x 17 inch)
Excellent condition
Gast...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Harlequin chained to Sphere
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Portrait of Woman - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a modern artwork realized by Reynold Arnould in 1941.
Charcoal drawing.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Landscape - Ink drawing and Chacography on Paper - 1980
By Michel Gigon
Located in Roma, IT
Black And White Landscape is an original artwork realized by Michel Gigon in 1980.
Mixed media on cardboard (chalcography and ink).
Hand-signed by the artist on the upper left corner.
Very good conditions except for some foxing on the back.
Totally black Surrealist composition realized by Michel Gigon at the end of his artistic career. During this period, the artist realized several black artworks...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Little Siren - Etching by Edouard Chimot - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Little Siren of the Arts Bridge is an Original Etching and aquatint realized by Edouard Chimot in 1922.
The artwork is in good condition on the yellowed paper, included a cardbo...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Painting Coastal Track To Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15 x 16.75 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Gorges of the Tarn, France', New York Armory, Ashcan School, ASL, AIC, NYMoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Titled lower right, 'Gorges of the Tarn' and painted circa 1905.
American Master's Gallery label, verso, with artist's name, 'A. B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Metamorphosis - Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Metamorphosis is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Lucien Coutaud in 1945.
Stamped on the rear "Fond Coutaud"
Included a Passepartout: 4...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Portrait - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by an anonymous artist in 1872.
Pencil drawing on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist, illegible.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
The artwork is re...
Category
1870s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting - Vibrant Red Flowers In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 12 x 9 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Landscape - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1926
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1926.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Louis Osman FRIBA Lincoln Cathedral architectural ink sketches 1960 Bishop Choir
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
As Goldsmith Osman designed the Crown for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969, and as architect he commissioned Jacob Epstein's chef d'oeuvre, the Madonna and Child on the...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen, Watercolor
Théatre Ebert - Original Drawing by Jacques Acremant - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Thèatre Ebert is an original drawing with gray and black tip on paper, realized by Jacques Acremant.
Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear.
Signed with the stamp of the wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Landscape - Original Drawing by Paulette Humbert - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in ink and watercolor realized in the mid-20th Century by Paulette Humbert.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
20th Century French Modernist Black & White Painting Jesus's Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jesus On The Cross
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.25 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
California Lake Landscape Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
California Lake Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene landscape by Donna N. Schuster (American, 1883-1953). The viewer stands at the edge of a lake, under a few trees. At the far ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Very Early 1950s Abstract Texas Desert Landscape
By Paul Maxwell
Located in Houston, TX
Early Abstract Paul Maxwell Landscape of the Texas desert done in blue tones. Watercolor on paper from the 1950s.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 15 in. x W ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Seduce - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Seduce is an original china ink drawing on creamy paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century.
Good conditions with aged margins.
Mino Maccari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Serving The Chinese Khan - Original Drawing by Bernard Bécan - mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Serving The Chinese Khan is an original drawing in China ink realized in the mid-20th Century by Bernard Bécan (1890-1943).
Hand-signed on the lower left.
In good conditions, excep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a watercolor drawing Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Le Croates en Allemagne - Grenadier 1813 - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne 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 s...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Nude - Drawing by Marthe Delacroix - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Posing Nude is an Original Drawing realised by Marthe Delacroix.
Watercolour and pencil on the paper.
Good conditions.
The delicate and beautiful fine strokes form the artwork...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Composition - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Tempera on paper.
Good condition.
Monogramme.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Drawing by Henri Lerolle - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork realized by Henri Lerolle in the Mid-20th Century.
Watercolor.
Good condition.
hand-signed.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Nude Studies of Andrea ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, and our other Peter Collins works, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message...
Category
1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Cianfresca da Rimini - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Cianfresca da Rimini is a drawing pencil realized in the 1930s., by Gabriele Galantara.
Good conditions.
Egeo Carcavallo was an italian humorist. In the 1917 he published the col...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1970's French Modernist Still Life Wine Bottles Green Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wine Bottles
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 10 x 11.75 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Theatrical Costume - Drawing by Simone Vaulpré - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is a drawing made by Simone Vaulpré during the early 20th century.
Hand signed.
Good condition apart from some tears in the lower part.
The original artwork is ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Pencil and ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing and cutting.
The work has b...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, 1932
Watercolor on board
Signed and dated lower right
15.25 x 21 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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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Transition, Series 1, No. 4" - Watercolor Figurative Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly shaded abstract figurative illustration by Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013). Two adult and three baby figures are rendered with subtle tan shading, against an abstract background with geometric shapes and swirling ribbons. One of the two adult figures is laying down, while the other appears to be jumping or dancing. Notable is the skillful use of negative space to balance the composition.
Signed and dated "Warnick 1982" in the lower right corner.
Signed, titled, and dated with materials information on verso.
Presented in a silver aluminum frame.
Frame size: 23.5"H x 31.25"W
Paper size: 23.25"H x 31"W
Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013) was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She moved to Portland to attend the Reed College/Museum Art School joint five year program. Warnick went on to create many works of art as well as teach art and illustration. She is mostly known for her watercolor paintings, including the illustration of several children's books. Some of her pieces are held in the Portland Art Museum’s collection.
Selected Exhibitions:
1974: University Center Gallery, Willamette University - Salem, OR
1978: Mayer Gallery...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The Arve from Vessy, Switzerland
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
56 x 70 x 1.6 cm
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1950's Modernist Signed Painting - Interior Abstract Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Abstract
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original gouache painting on paper
overall size: 16 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Colourful Busy Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 16 x 12.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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
She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 11 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Frida
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Frida" explores the depths of the human soul through the image of the renowned Mexican artist. Inspired by Frida Kahlo's unique personality, this piece conveys her com...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer : Girls and Boys at the Beach - Original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN
Summer : Girls and Boys at the Beach
Original drawing
Signed with the stamp of the artist
On paper 10 x 16 cm (c. 3.93 x 6.2 in)
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Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Self-Portrait with Black Hat', ink and color pastel, c. 1945. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, spontaneous drawing, on heavy, buff wove paper; the artist's tack holes in the top and bottom left sheet corners, minor rippling in the bottom sheet edge; otherwise in good condition. Image size 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches; sheet size 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
The Kids
Located in London, GB
'The Kids', pastel on paper (1967), by Raymond Dèbieve. Picasso's influence is undeniable in this artwork yet Dèbieve's own naive artistic style is on display ...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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