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
Rock - Pen Drawing by M. Juan - 1943
By Maxime Juan
Located in Roma, IT
Interior is a beautiful artwork in pen realized by the artist Maxime Juan. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated "43", titled on the lower left in French. The state of preservati...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
$270 Sale Price
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The Portrait Of A Man - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait Of A Man 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 conditio...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$495 Sale Price
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Figure - Original Ink Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figure" is an original brown marker pen drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 49.5x 35.5 cm. Image Dimensi...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$270 Sale Price
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Faithful in Chains - Ink Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Faithful in chained is a china ink and pencil drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century.
In good conditions with some foxing.
The artwork is presented through def...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
British Modernist Vibrant Watercolor Painting of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was an American British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged ideas on what was appropriate subject matter for public artworks. He also made paintings and drawings, and often exhibited his work.
Epstein's parents were Polish Jewish refugees, living on New York's Lower East Side. He studied art in his native New York as a teenager, sketching the city, and joined the Art Students League of New York in 1900. For his livelihood, he worked in a bronze foundry by day, studying drawing and sculptural modelling at night. Epstein's first major commission was to illustrate Hutchins Hapgood's 1902 book Spirit of the Ghetto. Epstein used the money from the commission to move to Paris.
Moving to Europe in 1902, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts. He settled in London in 1905 and married Margaret Dunlop in 1906. Epstein became a British subject on 4 January 1911. Many of Epstein's works were sculpted at his two cottages in Loughton, Essex, where he lived first at number 49 then 50, Baldwin's Hill (there is a blue plaque on number 50). He served briefly in the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, known as the Jewish Legion during World War I; following a breakdown, he was discharged in 1918 without having left England.
In London, Epstein involved himself with a bohemian and artistic crowd. Revolting against ornate, pretty art, he made bold, often harsh and massive forms of bronze or stone. His sculpture is distinguished by its vigorous rough-hewn realism. Avant-garde in concept and style, his works often shocked his audience. This was not only a result of their (often explicit) sexual content, but also because they deliberately abandoned the conventions of classical Greek sculpture favoured by European Academic sculptors to experiment instead with the aesthetics of art traditions as diverse as those of India, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands.
Between 1913 and 1915, Epstein was associated with the short-lived Vorticism movement and produced one of his best known sculptures The Rock Drill.
Between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s, numerous works by Epstein were exhibited in Blackpool. Adam, Consummatum Est, Jacob and the Angel and Genesis, and other works, were initially displayed in an old drapery shop surrounded by red velvet curtains. The crowds were ushered in at the cost of a shilling by a barker on the street. After a small tour of American fun fairs, the works were returned to Blackpool and were exhibited in the anatomical curiosities section of Louis Tussaud's waxworks.
Bronze portrait sculpture formed one of Epstein's staple products, and perhaps the best known. These sculptures were often executed with roughly textured surfaces, expressively manipulating small surface planes and facial details. Some fine examples are in the National Portrait Gallery. He completed a bust of Winston Churchill...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Nun
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Nun" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corne...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Masks
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Masks" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Knife
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Knife" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the low...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figures - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored charcoal and watercolor drawing.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman - Original Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.
Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored cardboard. Includes passpartout (49 x 34 cm...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$315 Sale Price
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Night Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Night Light" is a watercolor on paper by noted Indian artist OM Prakash Sharma, 1932-2019. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 11 inches, framed size is 22 x 17.85 inches. Framed in a black frame, with black and white matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Om Prakash Sharma (born 14 December 1932) is an Indian painter, visual artist, professor, writer and sitarist based in New Delhi, India. He was bestowed with National Award for Painting of Lalit Kala Akademi in 1969, by the President of India. Sharma has won All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society's Annual Art Exhibitions thrice in 1966, 1967 and 1969, and has been awarded with multiple awards at various state exhibitions.
Sharma was born in 1932, in Bawal, Haryana. He attended Meerut College where he graduated in drawing and paintings in 1951. Sharma earned The National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1958 from Delhi Polytechnic with First Class and Distinction. From 1964 to 1966, Sharma attended Columbia University and Art Students League of New York as a Fulbright scholar where he completed his postgraduate studies in Fine Arts and Art History
Om Prakash Sharma's career as an artist spans over six decades. His work as an artist has been centered around New Delhi. Sharma is known primarily as a practitioner of a uniquely Indian visual style. Sharma started his career as an artist in 1956 during annual exhibition at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society in Delhi. His paintings has been exhibited at over 100 solo and group exhibition. His art works has been part of permanent collections at various art galleries and museums including Berlin Museum, Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Moscow and Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan. He is regarded as the one of the founders of the Neo-Tantra art...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Victoria Peak, Hong Kong'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Geo Marzan' and painted circa 1965.
Panoramic sunset view of Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with numerous fishing vessels and pleasure boats, and Victoria Peak risin...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Naked woman Lying stretching out her hand - Pencil by M. Mangin - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Naked woman lying stretching out her hand is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper by Marcel Mangin (1852-1915), with artist's stamp on the lower right.
In very good con...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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
$405 Sale Price
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Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (70x51 cm).
No Signature, another pen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Capharnaüm - Original Mixed Media by Jean Raymond Delpech - 1940
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Capharnaüm is an original mixed media drawing realized in the 1940 by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The artwork is hand signed, titled, and dated on the lower left margin.
The state o...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$675 Sale Price
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Charming Watercolor of a Southern Home
Located in New York, NY
Unknown Artist
Untitled (Country Home), 20th Century
Watercolor and ink on paper
21 x 29 in.
Framed: 28 1/4 x 36 1/16 x 3/4 in.
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Woman with Baby - Ink Drawing by Aurelio De Felice - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated, on ivory colored paper. In good conditions, except some foxings and little stains on the margins.
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
$1,351 Sale Price
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Crucifixion, Modern Gouache on Paper by P Spore
Located in Long Island City, NY
P Spore - Crucifixion, Year: 1953, Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated in pen top right, Size: 10.5 x 7.75 in. (26.67 x 19.69 cm)
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Figure - Original Mixed Media Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in mixed media (ink, tempera and white lead) on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1962.
Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
Image Dimens...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$360 Sale Price
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Beltempo - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Beltempo (Good Time) is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little paper, artist proof for the co...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$585 Sale Price
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1950s "On Knees 2" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"On Knees"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
8.5" x 11" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Chalk Figure Study by Antoniucci Volti
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled, 1969
Red chalk on paper
14 3/4 x 11 in.
Signed: Volti
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Red Wind - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Red Wind is an artwork realized by the Contemporary an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Composition - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original Drawing in Pencil and watercolor realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
$540 Sale Price
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Portrait - Drawing By Lucien Coutaud - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Back Cover - Original Watercolor and China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
Back Cover is an original China ink and Watercolor artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1913.
In good conditions, there is some pencil notes on the back of the card.
Gabriele ...
Category
1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Couple - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
Hand-signed in the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$585 Sale Price
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Figures in the City - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1962
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in the City is a Pen and Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1962.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Ink
$576 Sale Price
25% Off
Family Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
Family Portrait is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of 19th century in 1853.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (34x49 cm).
Illegible signature.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$342 Sale Price
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Interior of a Room - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a Room is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the early 20th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$162 Sale Price
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Portrait of Berenice - Pencil on Paper by Gian Paolo Berto - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berenice is an original drawing in pencil on paper applied on cardboard realized by Gian Paolo Berto, in 1971.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
$315 Sale Price
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La Chute - Original Etching - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Chute is an original watercolored etching realized by a French artist and illustrator.
The artwork is the plate n.20 from a suite of 52 plates entitled " Modes et Manières du jour à Paris à la fin du 18e siècle et au commencement du 19e siècle ", printed by Bureau du Journal des Dames, Paris [1798-1808].
On the higher part is printed the number of plate: " Modes &c. N° 20. ",
Original Title on the lower margin at the center and the printed inscription " Capotte. Spencer garni de poil...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
$261 Sale Price
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Portrait of Goldman - China ink Drawing by A. R. Hallman - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Goldman and Trotsky is an original drawing in China ink on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman.
Hand-signed on the rear. With the description of the names of portraits and place on the rear.
On the back the stamp "Made in U.S.A".
The state of preservation is good.
This artwork represents important personages: Emma Goldman...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Studies - Original Pencil Drawing by Leon Aubert - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Studies is a series of pencil drawings realized by Leon Aubert (1824-1906)
The white paper is slightly damaged on the bottom edge.
There are some sketches on the back of the paper,...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$270 Sale Price
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Il Sovrano (The King) - Mixed Media Drawing on Paper by M. Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Il Sovrano (The King) is an original mixed media drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Tempera ...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Tempera, Watercolor
Portrait of Moroccan Woman - Original Drawing by Helen Vogt - Mid-20th Century
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Moroccan Woman is an original drawing realized by Helen Vogt in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink drawing on paper.
Includes frame 48 x 4 x ...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Man - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing, pencil, charcoal, watercolor on paper, realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal, Watercolor
$432 Sale Price
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Portrait of Man with Glasses - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man with Glasses is an original drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
A fountain...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
$270 Sale Price
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Farming Girl - Etching - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Farming Girl is a print artwork on paper in the early 20th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
$180 Sale Price
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Figures - Original Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in charcoal realized by an anonymous artist in the 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced com...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$237 Sale Price
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Portrait of Man - Drawing by Antoine Alphonse Monfort - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an Original Drawing, ink pencil and white lead on ivory paper realized by Antoine Alphonse Monfort.
Hand signed on the lower margin. Passpartout cm 36x31
Good co...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Composition - Original Painting by Claude Guez - Mid-20th Century
By Claude Guez
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an Original Tempera realized by Claude Guez in the early 20th century.
The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed cardboard.
No signa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Portrait - Original Drawing In Pen - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 1850's is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by an unwkown artist named Bruant (XIX-XX).
Sheet dimension: 29.4 x 22 cm.
The artwork represents beautiful quick ...
Category
1850s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
$540 Sale Price
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Lovely Couple - Mixed Media Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely couple is an original painting realized in 1960 ca. by Mino Maccari (1898-1989).
Mixed media on a zinc plate.
In good conditions.
The subject of this artwork is a portrait...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$765 Sale Price
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Guard - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Guard is an original drawing in Black Marker realized by an anonymous Artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Permanent Marker
$360 Sale Price
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Personnages - Pencil and Pen Drawing by Paul Garin - Mid 20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Personnages is a drawing pen realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963).
Black-ink stamp on the lower right corner: "Catherine Charbonneux Commissaire Priseur - Atel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pen
Untitled #1
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Holy Scene - Drawing by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Holy scene is an original modern artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 19th Century.
Ink and Watercolor.
Includes frame.
Good condition.
Category
1850s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,252 Sale Price
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Soviet Soldier - China ink and tempera by A. R. Hallman - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Soviet Soldier is original black China ink and tempera painting on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hall...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Ink
Beach Series, Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Beach Series - 14.5 x 11 inches (unframed size)
Ink on Paper
Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar from Bengal was solely responsible for the Benga...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
ES I - Birds Eye View of New York City, Original Acrylic & Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
ES I
acrylic and ink on paper
30h x 22w in
76.20h x 55.88w cm
PKV018
Abstractions, such as color, to me or or mood, don't really enter the f...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Parachutist - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Parachutist is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was a...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Young Girl - Original Drawing By P. G. Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Young Girl is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions with aged ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions except for aged ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Rural House - Pencil Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rural House is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in pencil and pen.
Good condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Pencil Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing realized by Tibor Gertler in 1960.
Good conditions, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (60x40 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the low...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$315 Sale Price
25% Off
The Drunkard - China Ink Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The drunkard is an original drawing in china ink on creamy paper realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th Century.
In good conditions.
This is an original draw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Femme Allongée - Charcoal Drawing on Paper - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Femme allongée is a superb original charcoal drawing on paper, realized by an unknown French artist in the end of XX century.
A beautiful and sensual woman is laying down on a bed a...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$360 Sale Price
25% Off
The Aphrodite - Etching by Edouard Chimot - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
The Aphrodite is an Original Color Etching and Aquatint realized by Edouard Chimot in 1929.
The artwork is marked test, good condition on a crem colored paper.
Included a cardboard...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
$315 Sale Price
25% Off
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