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
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso, Shoulder & Arm) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal ...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
To The Bathroom - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
To The Bathroom is a Colored lithograph realized on japan paper by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.
French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director.
...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
$767 Sale Price
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Reclined Nude from the Back - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude from the Back is a drawing realized in the Early 20th Century.
Charcoal on paper.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$406 Sale Price
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1940s WPA Era American Modern Colorado Mountain Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original watercolor painting by American artist Edgar Britton captures the serene beauty of a Colorado mountain landscape. Created in 1946, this piece showcases soft, airy tones...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Irving Lehman, Untitled (Woodland Reflection), watercolor, c. 1955. Unsigned, with the artist's estate stamp verso: 'Original Artwork By: IRVING G. LEHMAN Russian/American 1900-1982'...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
THE KIDNAPPING OF EUROPA
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich shades, depicts the mythological scene of the "Abduction of Europa." The central figure is a red bull, symbolizing Zeus, who to...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Kiev - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Kiev is a Watercolour and Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition and vivid colors on a sheet of a notebook.
No Signature, ...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
$523 Sale Price
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Mid Century "Driver with Hard Hat" Gouache and Oil Pastel Figurative 1960s SF
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Driver with Hard Hat
1960s
Gouache and Oil Pastel on Paper
27"x36" unframed
Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield
July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015
Came from...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
The Dance - Drawing - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is a pencil drawing realized in 1920 and attributed to Augusto Monari.
Good condition, no signature.
Mounted on a grey cardboard passpartout ( 23.5x18.5).
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$469 Sale Price
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Man at a Bar, Paris
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
The Portrait - Drawing by Gustavo Boldrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a drawing artwork realized by Gustavo Boldrini in 1968.
Tempera and Watercolor on paper.
Signed and dated.
Good condition.
The drawing is likely a portrait or a ...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hampton Ferry, Bodycolour painting by Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of marine works from Laurence Dunn's Archives. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Laurence D...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
A 1950s Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for you hockey enthusiast! A 1950s pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted size: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the Artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Alfred Bendiner, Avalon (New Jersey)
Located in New York, NY
Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing! From Bendiner's Philadelphia the New Jersey beaches were an easy drive. Avalon is st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Figures Sketches - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in pencil and pen and pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pen, Pencil
The Fish - Pencil on Paper by J. P. Verdussen - 1775 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The Fish is a beautiful drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1755 ca.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower in pencil.
In good condition, and aged.
The artwo...
Category
1770s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$812 Sale Price
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Portrait - Original Drawing in Mixed Media - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized by Frick Mueller (XX-XXI).
Sheet dimension: 29.3 x 19.3 cm.
The artwork represents a portrait, skillfully created...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$225 Sale Price
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WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold E...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$585 Sale Price
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The Forest - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a drawing realized by an anonymous french artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor on paper.
Good condition.
Poetic and beautiful drawing with harmonious colors.
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$270 Sale Price
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The Poetry - Vintage Offset Print on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Poetry is a vintage offset print h on paper, realized by unknown artist in the early 20th Century.
In this artwork there is a poetry "il s'eteignit humblement, sans un bruit, so...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Offset
$180 Sale Price
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Blanche Grambs, (Young Bird with Ferns)
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson.
Her birds are masterful. This charming piece places the yooun...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
A 1920s Caricature of Author Sean O’Casey by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Sean O'Casey, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of 'Juno and the Paycock' etc," Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archivally...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Landscape - Original Pencil Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
The artwork has some folds rips and foxings and is repaired on the middle line.
T...
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Mid-18th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Le Croates - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$406 Sale Price
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'Life Among the Clouds', Hookah, Persian, Indian, Sufi, Hashish, Pipe Dreams
By Keith Halonen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Keith Halonen" (American, b. 1946), dated 1969, and titled lower left, "Life Among the Clouds".
Richly patterned, ink figurative showing a man lounging on the f...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Horses - China Ink Drawing by Yves Brayer - 1954
By Yves Brayer
Located in Roma, IT
"Horses" is an original china ink drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized by Yves Brayer in 1954.
In excellent conditions.
This is an original drawing representing two horses.
...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$361 Sale Price
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Valentino hat fall, Watercolor and Ink on Paper fashion illustration
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Paris : The Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre - Original Handsigned Painting
Located in Paris, IDF
Gabriel Paris
The Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, 1959
Original gouache painting
Handsigned and dated
On Arches vellum 64 x 50 cm (c. 25.1 x 19.6 inch)
Very good condition, wit...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Fish and Cat" Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, Vibrant, Colorful, Japanese-American
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani
Fish and Cat, 1998
Signed and dated lower left
Crayon on paper
Sight 17 x 23 inches
When Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, a native of California, returned to the ...
Category
1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Seascape - Drawing by Michele Ricciuti - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a watercolor on paper realized by Michele Ricciuti in 1980s.
Hand signed in pencil lower left.
In very good condition, it includes a wooden frame.
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$270 Sale Price
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Figure - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fra...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
$315 Sale Price
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1950's Modernist Painting - Portrait Of Figure On Gold
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gold Man
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$485 Sale Price
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Abstract Mid 20th Century WPA Non Objective American Modernism New Hope Modern
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Mid 20th Century WPA Non Objective American Modernism New Hope Modern.mixed media. 21 x 16 (sight). Housed in a hand carved frame.
Louis King Stone ...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
On The Gallops Race Horses Equine Speed Framed English Horse Racing Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1990 ).
On The Gallops, 1976.
Gouache & Watercolor.
Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Image size 18.5 inches x 26.8 inches ( 47cm x 68cm )....
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
A Pair of Mid-Century, Pen & Ink Interior Drawings by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of delightful, Mid-Century interior scenes in pen & ink by artist Harold Haydon.
Image sizes: 6" x 9" each. Each are archivally matted to 12" x 16".
Harold Emerson Haydon w...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Le Sentier
By Paul Cézanne
Located in London, GB
Paul Cézanne
Le Sentier
ca. 1890
Watercolour and pencil on paper
34.6 x 51.5 cms (13 5/8 x 20 1/4 ins)
PC16325
Category
1890s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$280,416
WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold E...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$585 Sale Price
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March Hares Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Pair Of Heart Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Forever Love''
by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary)
signed on front and to the reverse
watercolour/acrylic/oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches unframed
provenance: private collector, U...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Watercolor
The Bird - Original Drawing by Henri Lehmann - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Henri Lehmann (1814-1882).
Drawing in Pastel. Stamped on the lower.
Good conditions.
...
Category
19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$442 Sale Price
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'New to the World', Hans Hoffmann, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran, Parson School, ASL
By Frances Pratt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Frances Pratt' (American, 1913-2003) and dated 1947.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Frances Pratt moved to New York City where she studied at the New York School of Applied Design for Woman (1930-33), and, subsequently, at the Arts Students League (1933-35). She then met her first husband, Christopher Ritter, with whom she opened Laurel Gallery in Greenwich Village and printed the Laurel Folios.
Frances Pratt taught drawing and painting at the Ballard School from 1942 into the early 1950's. She also taught mixed media and watercolor techniques at the Parsons...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled 31 (Figurative Drawing Polaroid Transfer of a Young Female Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, Polaroid transfer of a nude female
PT 31, Made in 1996
9.5 x 6.5 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
signed & dated lower right
Uniq...
Category
1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
Hall - Drawing by Alexandre Berlant - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hall is a drawing realized by Alexandre Berlant in the Mid-20th Century.
Tempera and Watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape Abstraction
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Initialed lower left
Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 7/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018.
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist.
This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple.
In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hugh Casson: Oriel College, Oxford watercolour
By Hugh Casson
Located in London, GB
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Hugh Casson (1910 - 1999)
Oriel College, Oxford
27 x 39 cm
Watercolour
We are lucky to be able to offer here the original watercolour from which Casson’s print of the College was produced. We also (elsewhere on the site) offer the print from his ever-popular Oxford and Cambridge series.
Sir Hugh Casson was educated at Eastbourne College; St John’s College, Cambridge; and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Trained in the 1930s in the early modernist style, he taught at the Cambridge School of Architecture. After employment as a camoufleur during World War 2 by the Air Ministry, in 1948 he was appointed as director of architecture for the Festival of Britain. A close friend of the Royal Family, he undertook designs for the 1953 coronation...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Italy Goes to War
By Arthur Dove
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
An American Place, New York;
World House Galleries, New York, 1953;
Private collection, New York;
Betty Krulik Fine Art, 2007;
Avery Galleries until present
Exhibitions
An American Place, New York, Exhibition of New Arthur G. Dove Paintings...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still Life - Drawing by Sante Monachesi - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a modern artwork realized by Sante Monachesi in 1939.
Charcoal drawing on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$586 Sale Price
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Mermaid - Charcoal Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mermaidt is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$586 Sale Price
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Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
Pencil, coloured pencil and chalk on paper, titled (lower left), signed (lower right), 31cm x 46cm, (51cm x 68cm framed).
John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an impo...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil
$2,313
Satiric Scene For l’Asino - Pen and Pencil Drawing by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Satiric Scene For l’asino is an original drawing in pencil and pen realized in 1910 ca. by Gabriele Galantara.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
The artwork with a ...
Category
1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
A ca. 1924 Caricature of Irish, Senator W.B. Yeats by Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of Irish senator W.B. Yeats by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Senator W.B. Yeats, Nobel Prize, 1924". Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archi...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
French Neo-Impressionist Modernist Dog in a Tent Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Neo Impressionist Dog in a Tent
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed lower left
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 11.75 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection of the artists work, Provence, France
Condition report: very good, colour strong, very shallow crease to lower right corner of sheet
Interesting Neo-Impressionist 1950's French painting of a rather lively dog at the entrance to brightly coloured canvas tents...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,079 Sale Price
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Alley - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alley is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
watercolor on Paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$270 Sale Price
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Ca. 1950, Black & White Ink Abstraction by Notable Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome ca. 1950 black & white Abstraction by important Modernist artist Jan Matulka. Image size:
6" x 6 1/2". Framed size: 12 3/4" x 12 3/4".
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Portrait - Original Original Pastel on Paper by Rolando Persi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pastel on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the Mid-20th Century.
Not signed.
Good conditions, with some foxing and folding.
The artwork ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Geneva's landscape; Villa in front of the Salève by Goetz - Drawing 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled #3
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #3" 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 21.75 x 16.75 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Canal in Venice, English Watercolour
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very atmospheric watercolour capturing the light and shimmer of a Venetian canal. One of two views of Venice by the artist that I am offering - please see my other listing.
Dennis Page (born 1926)
Venice Balcony
Signed
Watercolour
8½ x 12 inches including the frame
16¾ x 21 inches with the frame
Painter, mainly in watercolour who was born in Hampstead, London. He studied art at Harrow and the Central School of Arts & Crafts, where his tutors included Mervyn Peake...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$564 Sale Price
30% Off
The valley by Charles Goetz - Watercolor 36x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on Paper by Isaac Charles Goetz
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$320 Sale Price
28% Off
Beach Seascape
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Beach Seascape, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 19.75" H x 25.25" W. Provenance: From...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Abstract Coposition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Coposition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
$315 Sale Price
25% Off
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