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
Viviendo con Van Gogh (Living with Van Gogh)
Located in Atlanta, GA
This graphite drawing on paper is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame.
Alvar pays homage to one o...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled II, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled II, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image size: 12 in H x 9 in W
Unframed
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
All Saints Church, Lightwater, Watercolour, Stained Glass Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Para Celso, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Para Celso, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Image size: 23 in H x 18 in W
Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition with flaws.
Provenance: Private collection.
Unfram...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
The Ladder, 20th Century British Artist, Handmade White Gold Frame
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 9 3/4 x 8 inches (24.75 x 20.25 cm)
Hand made white gold frame
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was trained at the Royal College of Art (1934-38) under Gilb...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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 x 9 in W
Unframed
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
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
Signed and dated in the top right corner. Great condition with flaws. Provenance: Private ...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Graphite
Two in One
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
In The Pink: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another very pretty mixed media from the studio of this well collected British artist.
Image 21" x 15"
mounted
Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Female Nude - Watercolor by Luca Venna - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is a modern artwork realized by Luca Venna in the half of 20th Century.
Black and white watercolor on paper.
Hand signed on the lower marign.
Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study for Fallen Angel III
By Daniel Barkley
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed and dated (lower right), 76cm x 56cm, (93cm x 69cm framed).
Daniel Barkley is known for his nude figurative work alluding to myths, legends and art history, whi...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
St Peter & St John the Baptist Church, Wivelsfield, Design for Window, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Female Nude (Devora)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seated Female Nude (Devora)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1970
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
A folio from the artist's sketchbook. Done while the artist was in Florida.
Conditio...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
people on the bar terrace spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Bar - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 11x13cm.
Frame measures 35x37 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y ...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Framfield Church, Uckfield, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Drawing Reuven Rubin Self Portrait with Lion Modern Israeli Art 1960s
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Surfside, FL
Original drawing on Lithograph cover sheet printed by Chez Daniel Jacomet, Paris, France 1960 on on Arches deckle edged paper. hand signed with inscription.
Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Le Turban by Henri Matisse - Portrait, Ink Drawing
Located in London, GB
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Le Turban by Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Pen and India ink on paper
51.5 x 39 cm (20 ¹/₄ x 15 ³/₈ inches)
Signed and date...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Christ Church, Bicton, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
St Catherine’s Church, Penrith, Watercolour Stained Glass Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mid-Century, Black & White Portrait of a Young Man by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1959, black & white, ink on paper portrait of a young man by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicag...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
St James’ Church, Weddington, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Strong Champagne . Humorous interior fantasy w red sofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel on toned archival paper suitable for framing under glass . The artist has signed and dated the work on the bottom right.
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
St Lawrence Church, Weston under Penyard, Watercolour Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Stained Glass Design
Watercolour
21.5 x 8.5 cm
Signed, dated and studio stamp verso
Provenance: the artist's studio sale
St Lawrence Church in Weston under Penyard is a particularly noteworthy church as a major landmark and building of historic significance. Whilst the present church is Norman in origin, it is highly possible that it is built on a much earlier Saxon site of worship, given the carved Saxon heads...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Watercolour Design for Stained Glass Panel in a Private House, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
St Paul’s Church, Warwick, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
‘Peace’, Watercolour Design for a Christmas Card, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Still Life at a Table, Study in Yellow by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 delightful watercolor still life at a table; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ont...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, 1961
Watercolor on scintilla paper
Signed and dated upper right
11 x 11 inches
"My last year in art schoo...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life at a Table, Study in Yellow by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 delightful watercolor still life at a table; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ont...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
St Peter’s Church, Cound, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Stained Glass Design
Watercolour
24.5 x 5 cm
Studio stamp verso
Provenance: the artist's studio sale
St Peter’s Church, Cound lies in the grounds of the Cound Hall estate and is dedicated to St Peter because of its medieval association with Shrewsbury Abbey (dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mid Century Self Portrait of the Original Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist by the Artist Original Charcoal Drawing on Paper 1960
Excellent detailed original drawing of the artist by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic dep...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
An Interior Scene, Study in Yellow by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 charming watercolor interior scene; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Can...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
St Nicholas Church, Worth Matravers, Watercolour Stained Glass Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, c. 1934
A beautiful Provincetown beach scene, included in the catalogue raisonne.
Please see Babcoc...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
St Paul’s Church, Warwick, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled (Study of Classical Drapery)
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, study of a classical drapery by artist Jan Matulka. The image is drawn on the back of a typewritten, folded sheet of stationery, from Dyer, Hudson & Co., New Yo...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
Gatton Church, nr Redhill, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
A Tight Finish. 1970.Race Horses. Final Furlong. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1990 ).
A Tight Finish, 1970.
Gouache and Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Image size 21.5 inches x 29.1 inches ( 54.5cm x 7...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
An ink drawing Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait of an old Jewish man. Coming over from Europe on a ship crossing. The work is signed "Ben-Zion".
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. In 1920 he settled in America, where he found little interest in his writing. He began teaching Hebrew to support himself and then in the early 1930s returned to painting. He used his art to comment on the rise of fascism in Europe, events he felt could not be adequately explored with words. Largely self-taught, Ben-Zion visited the museums of New York City to learn his new trade. His first painting on a large scale, Friday Evening (1933, Jewish Museum, New York), depicts a Sabbath dinner table as recalled from his family home. Ben-Zion supported himself by working odd jobs until the establishment of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Under the auspices of the wpa, Ben-Zion thrived and galleries began to show his work. In 1936, after his first one-man show at the Artists' Gallery in New York
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache
Gatton Church, nr Redhill, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Gatton Church, nr Redhill, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
A ca 1954 Watercolor & Ink Image of a Notre Dame Football Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1954 watercolor and ink on paper image of a Notre Dame football game by artist Francis Chapin.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Ink
St Giles Church, Bradford on Tone, Watercolour Stained Glass Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Open Shutters, Watercolour Landscape, Signed and Dated 1960, British Artist
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'Sept '60' bottom right
Image size: 26 x 19 inches (66 x 48 cm)
Handmade frame
In this painting, Banks has managed to effectively convey the s...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Ink on Paper Drawing of a Cedar Tree and a Northern Lake by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 ink on paper drawing of a Cedar tree and northern lake by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Ch...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Horse Race - Hand Colored Lithograph in Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Horse Race - Hand Colored Lithograph in Gouache
Dynamic hand-colored lithograph by Eugene Pechaubes (French, 1890-1967). Five horses and their riders are racing directly towards the...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Gouache
'Amalfi Coastline, Italy' c 2005 , signed original mixed media painting
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Amalfi Coastline, Italy' signed mixed media on paper.
Glazed frame 53cmx 42cm
painting 36cmx27cm
A view of Amalfi, looking down to the shoreline from the hilly landscape that surrou...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Mixed Media
North Coast of Cornwall, West Penwith. Cornish Atlantic Coastal Landscape 1970s
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elizabeth Rosemary Ziar.
English ( b.1919 - d.2003 ).
The North Coast of Cornwall, West Penwith.
Watercolor. Signed.
Image size 15 inches x 19.1 inches ( 38cm x 48.5cm ).
Frame size ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Forest Scene, Study in Yellow by artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 charming watercolor forest scene; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canad...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Pen, Watercolor, Paper
The Scientific Approach - Humourous Cartoon of man quaffing wine - Watercolour
Located in ludlow, GB
Tim Bulmer is an English Watercolour Painter who specialises in humourous scenes. This is an original watercolour drawing from around the 1990's, depicting a man swilling back red w...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Nature by Charles Kern Fiedler - Pastels on paper 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Pastel on paper sold with frame
Total size with Frame 44x34 cm
Signed C. Kern ann dated 1915
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
Still Life at a Table, Study in Yellow by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 delightful still life at a table; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canad...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Untitled-053 Pastel Figure by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt regularly used live models for his figural pastels, which he maintained an interest in throughout his long career.
Untitled (1963)
Pastel on paper
24" x 19"
Signed an...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Rose
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publicatio...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Graphite, Paper
"New York from the Ferry" John Marin, American Modernism Watercolor, Cityscape
By John Marin
Located in New York, NY
John Marin
New York from the Ferry, 1914
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor and graphite on paper
11 x 12 3/4 inches
Provenance:
An American Place, New York
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Christie's, New York, March 16, 1990, Lot 278
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, American Paintings, Drawings, & Sculpture, October 2, 2014, Lot 10
A major figure in early twentieth-century modernism, John Marin captured the colliding energies of the American urban scene and the vibrant contrasts of natural elements in the coastal landscape of Maine and other countryside locales. As one of the premier watercolorists of his era, Marin developed a light, spontaneous style ideally suited to conveying the freshness and flux of city and country experience -- his watercolors are often considered to match in strength those created by Winslow Homer in previous century. At the same time, Marin's sensitivity to mass, form, color, and line and their dynamic interchanges provided a precedent for the Abstract Expressionist movement of the late 1950s.
Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, to a family of European descent. After studying mechanical drawing and mathematics for half a year at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New York, Marin worked as a draftsman for several architects. It was not until he was almost thirty years old that he began to study art. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1899 to 1901, and at the Art Students League in New York from 1901 to 1903, where his teachers were William Merritt Chase and Frank Vincent Dumond. While Marin was attending the League, the radical ideas of Arthur Wesley Dow were being disseminated and had an impact on the direction Marin would soon take in his art.
Marin left for Europe in 1905. The next five years, which he spent abroad, were of tremendous importance to his career. He became a significant figure in the expatriate community in Paris, frequenting the Dôme, a café that served as a meeting place for artists and writers. While in Europe, Marin visited the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and, despite his claims that he had been indifferent to the Paris art world, he undoubtedly became aware of the art of Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse. The works Marin created in Europe most strongly reflect the influence of James McNeill Whistler, especially the pastels he rendered in Venice.
In the summer of 1909, Marin met Alfred Stieglitz in Paris. In February of the next year, Marin's work was shown along with that of Alfred Maurer at Stieglitz's gallery, 291. After returning to America in the following year, Marin became one of the most consistent members of Stieglitz's inner circle, showing at all three of his galleries -- 291, The Intimate Gallery, and An American Place. After 1910, Marin developed the routine that he would follow for the rest of his life, creating paintings, drawings, and prints in New York City and surrounding areas during the winter, and in the summer, traveling to the country, where he focused on the particular characteristics of the regions that he visited. He worked mainly in watercolor until 1928, when he began also to use oil.
Marin never became purely abstract. He formulated a unique style melding influences of the art of the French Fauves, Cézanne, Matisse, and the French Cubists with a personal style of luminescent colors, agile brushwork, and a simultaneously delicate and strong handling. In city views, he used broken lines, a light touch, fluid color, and rhythmic compositions to convey what he described as the "great forces at work." He expressed the warring of the great and the small through relationships between masses. As he said, he sought to express the "pull forces" of the modern urban scene. Often portraying the new tall buildings of New York seen...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Watercolor on Paper Study of a Notre Dame Football Game by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1954 watercolor of a football scrimmage at Notre Dame, by artist Francis Chapin. This was a study for a painting he created for the University in 1954. The original painting ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watercolor & Ink on Paper Image of a Notre Dame Football Game by Francis Cahpin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1954, watercolor and ink on paper image of a Notre Dame football game by artist Francis Chapin.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “D...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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Framed Sanguine
Vintage Packard
Vintage Packards
Japanese Crayon
Sunrise Watercolor Painting
Purple Abstract Watercolor Large
Surfing Watercolor
Surfing Watercolour
Empire Marketing Board
Charcoal Abstract 1960s
Empire Marketing Board Poster
Post Impressionist Watercolor Garden
Art Deco Horse Painting