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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
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Black & White French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/gouache on artist paper, unframed Mounted on card frame size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches condition: very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Three Studies of a Woman in Movement - Charcoal by G. Gôbo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Three studies of a woman in movement is an original black charcoal drawing on thick serrated sheet on the left side, realized at the beginning o...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

The courtyard of the castle by Charles Goetz - Watercolor 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on Paper by Isaac Charles Goetz
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flowering Field, Signed Pastel on Paper by Oliviero Masi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowering Field Oliviero Masi Italian (1948) Date: 1987 Pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right Size: 10.5 x 13 in. (26.67 x 33.02 cm)
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Flowers - Watercolor - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an Original Watercolour realized by an unknown artist in 1970s. Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (42x32.3 cm). Signature on the lower left ...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1950's Signed Modernist Painting - Fine Drawing Of Historic Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Historic Fountain by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso original gouache/watercolour painting on artist paper overall size: 25.5 x 19.5 inches condition: very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Pont de Paris by Aurèle Barraud - Gouache on paper 36x52 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 52 x 68.2 cm
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

" Jean Bourgoint " en buste façon XVIIIème
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963 )
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper

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

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Watercolor, Gouache

Animals in the Enclosure - Original Artwork by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Animals in the Enclosure is an original black and white drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by the french painter Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos. In very good conditions. This...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen

Radicofani- Ink and Watercolor on paper - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Radicofani is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in the 19th Century. Original mixed colored ink and watercolor on paper, Titled on the lower left margin. Mint cond...
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19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Paper

1950's Modernist Signed Painting - Large French Building Over River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Buildings by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , overall size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches condition: very...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

1950's Signed Modernist Painting - Large Landscape Of Historic Landmark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso original gouache/watercolour painting on artist paper overall size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches condition: very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Figures - Original Drawing by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing with gray tip and watercolor on paper, realized by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse . The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Unsigned, bu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

La Alemania - Drawing by Brunet - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor drawing realized in the early 20th century. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Composition 2 - Original Drawing by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 2 is an original drawing realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is in tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 34 x 29 cm No signature. The bri...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera

Diana Goddess - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Diana Goddess is an original Drawing in charcoal on ivory-colored paper realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th century. Good conditions. The...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Half Dome in Pastel Colors, Yosemite National Park Fauvist Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright Fauvist landscape of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, with beautiful use of color by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Presented in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Civic Guard - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Civic Guard is a china ink and watercolor artwork on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in 19th century.  Good condition.
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19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara artist in early 20th century  Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Portraits - Original Ink Drawings on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original artwork realized between the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century by Henry Somm. Original black and white pencil drawings on paper attached on cardboard. Dimensions: variable dimensions between 2.5 and 4 cm high. The artwork various portrait sketches of man and female figure. Good conditions except for some foxings and stains. The drawings are hand-signed o signed with the initials of the artist. Henry Somm (Rouen 1844 – Parigi 1907) François Clément Sommier, best known under the pseudonym “Henry Somm,” was born in Rouen in 1844. He attended the local École municipale des beaux-arts and went on in 1867 to Paris, where he studied under Isidore Pils (1813-1875).He moved to Paris in 1860. Between 1873 and 1876 he made many engravings for the magazine Paris à l'eau forte and then at the Cadart printing house. In 1879 and 1889 he participated in the Impressionist exhibitions from the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris. He collaborated with the newspapers: Le Chat noir...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Wake up - Original Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
The wake up is an original drawing in pencil and china ink realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1910 for the front of a new newspaper. Titled in Italian "La Sveglia". The state of pre...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Ink

Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.75" W. Provenance: From...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Cinema: The Telecinema architectural drawing Festival of Britain Telekinema
By Derek Wicrow
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of London, or our other architectural drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Derek Wicrow (British, 20th Century) The Telecinema – Telekinema – National Film Theatre Southbank (1957) Pencil drawing, squared for transfer. 40x51cm The Telecinema was built for the 1951 Festival of Britain...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

The Window - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Window is a drawing in pastel on paper realized in the mid-20th century by an unknown french artist. The state of preservation is good. The artwork represents an open window be...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

Owl - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is a pencil drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a yellowed paper, monogrammed by the artist on the lower right corner. The dra...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Landscape, Watercolour, Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Landscape - 20 X 30 inches (unframed size) Watercolour, Ink on Paper Delivery of shipment in ready to hang condition. Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash ...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

“Aiguebelette, Savoie”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original early modernist india ink drawing with brushwork by the well known American artist, Adolf Arthur Dehn. Signed by the artist, titled and dated 1925 lower right. Dehn spent his early career traveling and working in Europe during the three year time period 1922 to 1925 when this drawing was done in France. The Chateau d’Auguebelette build in the fourteen century as a fort sits high on the mountain range to the left. Condition is very good. Light toning of paper consistent with age. Under glass, not examined out of frame. The artwork is housed in a antique style silver leaf contemporary frame 16.25 by 22 inches. Adolf Dehn, painter, printmaker, author, illustrator and teacher, was born Adolph Arthur Dehn in Waterville, Minnesota on November 22, 1895. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at Waterville High School and attended the Minneapolis School of Art between 1914 and 1917. Dehn studied for a year at the Art Students League in New York beginning in 1919. While in New York he met Boardman Robinson who introduced him to the master printer, George Miller. The first exhibition of Dehn's lithographs was held at the Weyhe Gallery in New York City in 1921 and the Weyhe Gallery mounted his first solo exhibition in 1923. Throughout is life Dehn was a frequent visitor to Europe, staying for various periods of time. Upon his return from a three-year stay in Europe in 1925, he changed the spelling of his first name to Adolf. In 1934, Dehn established the Adolf Dehn Print Club and was one of the founder-member artists of Associated American Artists in New York. He was selected by Prints magazine as one of the ten best printmakers in the United States in 1936 and the following year he worked in the graphic arts division of the Federal Art Project. He taught summers at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri (1938) and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (1940-1942). For his lithographs, Dehn worked with the finest printers including Meister Schulz in Berlin, Edmond Desjobert in Paris, and George Miller, Grant Arnold...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Archival Paper

Figures - Drawing by Fausto Pirandello - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a pencil drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Fausto Pirandello. Pencil on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expres...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Sketches of an Artist - Original Drawing by Unknown - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches of an Artist is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by an Unknown artist in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Adam and Eve - Drawing - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Adam and Eve is a drawing realized in 1849 and attributed to the painter and draughtsman Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850). Applied on cardboard: 35 x 25 cm Hand-signed on the lower and ...
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1840s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Bernard BOUTET DE MONVEL (1881 - 1949), "Portrait of Miss Lise Brissaud"
Located in Paris, FR
Bernard Boutet de Monvel was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator and interior decorator. Although first known for his etchings, he earned notability for his pai...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Woman, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 24" H x 19" W. Provenance: From ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Prof Sir Albert Richardson PRA York Minster 1960 Watercolour English Cathedral
Located in London, GB
To see our other architectural drawings and views of England, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you ca...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flower Vase, Mixed media on paper by Drawings by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Flower Vase 7 x 5 Inches Mixed media on Paper 2023 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his indiv...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Postcard

The Fly Fisherman, Figurative Landscape Watercolor
By Harvey Eckert
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate depiction of a fly fisherman in the rain by Harvey Eckert (American, 1946-2018). This highly detailed landscape watercolor depicts a man fishing in the rain, wading into the water as he smokes a pipe under a tree. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat and anti-glare glass. A check from the original purchase is attached to verso (blurred for privacy). Image size: 14"H x 18"W Harvey Eckert (American, 1946-2018) was an American artist from Kansas. He attended Colby Community College, Hays Emporia State and graduated from Wichita University with two degrees. While living in Montana, he was employed by Bob Wards, Fran Johnson’s Sporting Goods and Cashell Engineers as a surveyor and draftsman. Eckert illustrated three books, Caddisflies by the late Gary LaFontaine, Montana Trout Flies and The Master Fly Weaver by the late George Grant. He did illustrations for the following publications: Montana Outdoors, Colorado Streamside, The River Rat published by Trout Unlimited, Fly Fisherman, Rod and Reel...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Horses - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Early 20th Century. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Stamped on the lower. Good conditions with slight foxing. The art...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Vitruvian Woman (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Female Silhouette & Black Birds)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of a woman's silhouette and flying black birds Artwork measures 48 x 36 inches 52 x 40 inches framed, deckle edge paper is floated in natural wood moulding w...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

"The opium smoker", Léa Lafugie (1890-1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie (1890–1972) was a painter who traveled extensively across Asia. She was renowned for her portraits. She studied at the School of Decorative Arts, followed by the École de...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Ma...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen

Sir David Muirhead Bone, A Mediterranean evening on a P & O cruise liner
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderfully evocative scene of a passenger looking out to sea on the deck of an ocean liner - from the golden age of cruising. Sir David Muirhead Bone On a P & O, Mediterranean ev...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Military Tent City Fortune Cover published, May 1941 17 1/2 X 15 in...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Woman - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Farmhouse View, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973) Farmhouse view Pencil sketch 18 x 25 cm Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village o...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Wagon with Neapolitans - Gouache by Michela De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Wagon with Neapolitans is a splendid gouache drawing on paper engraved by the Italian artist Anonymous Artist of 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Not signed. Not numbered. Sheet Dimension: 27 x 38.8 cm. Image Dimensions: 25 x 28.3 cm. On the lower center an inscription written in China ink. Michela De Vito must have been the sister or daughter of Camillo De Vito...
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19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) by Antonio Gonzalez Collado
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Antonio Gonzalez Collado The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) mixed media on paper signed artist studio stamp on the back dimensions (motif) 15...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Projet de Fontaine - Ink Drawing by A. Doré
Located in Roma, IT
Projet de Fontaine is a lovely and fun drawing and China ink, probably a sketch for an illustration, realized by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Conversation - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Conversation is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Beach Series, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Beach Series 14.5 x 11 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper 2006 ( Framed and Delivered ) Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar from Bengal was sole...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

View of the Village Church, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973) View of the village church Pencil sketch 13 x 18 cm Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mini...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Animal - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Animal is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white sheet of a notebook No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born i...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Untitled (Tree)
Located in Dallas, TX
Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his prof...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Four Gloucestershire Cottages, pencil sketch by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973) Four Gloucestershire Cottages Pencil sketch 28 x 38 cm Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the m...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), Mid-Century Figurative Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), c. 1973 Colored pencil on paper Signed and dated lower left 7 x 7 inches 20.75 x 19 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil

Bucolic Scene - 1930/40s - Oskar Kokoschka - Pencil Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Bucolic Scene is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by the Austrian master Oskar Kokoschka, with monogram and autograph ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil

Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft exp...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

untitled (Pueblo)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Taos Pueblo) Ink on paper, 1985-1990 Signed by the artist in ink lower right (see photo) An early New Mexico period work, created shortly after the artist moved from New York. Provenance: estate of the artist Dehn Heirs Condition: Excellent Image/sheet size: 13 1/8 x 18 1/2 inches Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Vibrant Mountain Road Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mountain road in vibrant tones, a watercolor landscape painting by Eva Ellen Dean (American, 1871-1954). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Eva Dean" lower left. Image si...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

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