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
The Hanged - Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late-19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in ink and Watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century
In good conditions.
Alfred Grévin (1827- 1892),
was a 19th-century caricatur...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Ink, Pencil
Sketches - Original Drawing by Unknown - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by an Unknown artist in mid-20th century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway
Located in New York, NY
Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway.
Boris Aronson (1898 – 1980) "Day and Night," 17 ½ x 13 inches. Gouache ...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
size: 25.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Farm view by Charles Goetz - Watercolor 27x34 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper by Isaac Charles Goetz
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Orgy - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Orgy is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Sole Tree - Drawing by Mareal Abougit - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Sole Tree is a drawing realized by Mareal Abougit (1903-1985) in 1974.
Pencil, pastel and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower left.
Good conditions with slight...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Before the Storm
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor on paper by American modernist Charles E. Burchfield, created in 1916.
This work comes in an archival frame presentation and has been authenticated by the Bur...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Jazz Age Dancer Illustration by Broadway Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston
Untitled, c. 1930s
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston
The first tidb...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Town Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 14 x 16.75 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
1930s Modernist Line Drawing: Native American on Horse, Pinto, Black Ink Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1933 black-and-white line drawing titled "Pinto" by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966) captures a striking Native American figure wearing a feathered bonnet headdress, riding horseback. Rendered in fine ink on vellum, this drawing reflects Hiler’s signature style with clean, fluid lines that embody the modernist movement. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner, adding authenticity and value. Custom framing options are available to enhance this timeless piece.
About the Artist: Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed an early interest in art. He studied at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design as a child, before pursuing further education at several renowned institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Paris. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919 to 1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician while continuing his artistic endeavors.
After relocating to San Francisco in 1934, Hiler became involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), where he painted murals in the Aquatic Park...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century, Cleveland
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, c. 1929
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
13.75 x 20 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study for a Frieze - Original Pen Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for a Frieze is an original drawing in pen realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th Cent.
Good conditions but aged.
The artwork is depicted through perfect hatching in a w...
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18th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century.
China ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Horse - Drawing by Antonio Vangelli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli.
Black marker drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the upper margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Duel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1935
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Duel is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1935.
Monogrammed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Locomotive - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Locomotive is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman in Blue
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publications (like Harper's Bazaar) and elegant shops (such as Bonwit Teller), in addition to many smaller independent fashion companies.
In the mid-1950s Warhol became synonymous with shoes after creating a successful campaign for shoe retailer Miller & Sons. Although Warhol had a parallel art practice, primarily focused on drawing, surpassing the designation of “commercial artist” proved difficult. Consider that this era was the height of popularity for the Abstract Expressionist painters. Despite the prevailing aesthetic, Warhol continued to be dedicated to making elegant or playful line drawings.
This untitled illustration is an intimate example of Warhol at his best in the 1950's. It is ambiguous whether this was created for a client, or whether Warhol was inspired by an encounter in real life. With the lightest touch, the artist renders a glamorous woman's profile as she holds a young child in her arms.
Unique to this drawing is the subtle presence of the child, who rests gently against the woman's chest in a tender embrace yet is almost entirely abstract. This maternal exchange represents an unexpected deviation from Warhol's typical subject matter, possibly serving as a tribute to his own mother, Julia Warhola, whom he admired deeply.
This elegant drawing is a marvellous precursor to Warhol's Pop Art era when he became transfixed by images and representation of women.
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Untitled "Woman in Blue...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Three Figures - Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Three figures is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century
Mixed colored drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
New York
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
This watercolor of New York City bursting with energy in the 1960s is typical of Lersy's colorful and exuberant style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Brookdale, New Jersey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brookdale, New Jersey
Graphite on paper, 1922
Signed with the artist's initials l.l., and dated 1922 (see photo)
Annotated "Brookdale" front and back of she...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Nude of Woman- Original Drawing by Jean-Hyppolyte Flandrin - Mid-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Jean-Hyppolyte Flandrin.
The little artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper.
Signature by pencil on the back of the drawing, included a white cardboard passpartout (34x21.5 cm).
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (23 March 1809 – 21 March 1864) was a 19th-century French painter. His celebrated 1836 work Jeune Homme Nu...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Morning in the Forest - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002)
Morning in The Forest
Original charcoal drawing
Handsigned on the bottom left of the sheet
On canson paper 64,5 x 50 cm (c. 25,3 x 19,6 inch)
Excellent condition
Gaston Coppens studied sculpture in the prestigious Ecoule Boulle (Paris). Working in Boulogne Billancourt, just near Paris, his drawings keep the influence of his first formation : modeling volumes, subliming with harmony light and shadow. He was also influenced by the first cubist painters...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Landscape - Painting by Alberto Gillani - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork realized by Alberto Gillani, in 1981.
Oil on Canvas.
49 x 69 cm; 79 x 89 cm with frame.
Handsigned in the lower margin.
Very good conditions
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Portrait - Drawing by Bruno Cassinari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Bruno Cassinari in 1970s.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Includes frame
Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
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
Italian Modernist Abstract Drawing, Gestural Lines
By Agostino Ferrari
Located in Surfside, FL
Agostino Ferrari was born in Milan on 9 November 1938.
He commenced his career as as professional artist in 1959.
In 1961 he held his first one-man show at the Galleria Pater, in Mil...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media
Juchiteca, 1964 Portrait Drawing by Raul Anguiano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raul Anguiano, Mexican (1919 - 2006)
Title: Juchiteca
Year: 1964
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 31 x 22 inches
Frame Size: 39 x 30 inches
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Snowy undergrowth
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Seascape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a Watercolour and Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Three Mischievous Figures In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper mounted on card
size: 16 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Street with Figures - Original Pencil and Ink by Helen Vogt - 1929
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Street with figures is an original pencil and china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1929.
The state of preservation is very good.
Not signed.
Stamp of the artist on the ...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Two Portraits - Pencil Drawings by Tony Minartz - Early 20th Century
By Tony Minartz
Located in Roma, IT
Two Portraits is included two original drawings in pencil on paper, realized byTony Minartz (1873-1944), with the stamp of the artist on the rear.
Sheet...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Studies of Juliet - Original signed charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002)
Studies of Juliet
Original charcoal drawing
Signed in the bottom right
Stamp of the artist on the back
On drawing paper 52 x 43 cm (c 21 x 17 inch)
Ex...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
“Reclining Female Nude”
By Byron Browne
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper by the well known American artist, Byron Browne. Signed lower right and dated 1956. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally rematted. Original frame in very good condition. Overall framed measurements are 23.75 by 31.75 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
Byron Browne: American (1907-1961)
Byron Browne was a leader of the American Avante Garde art movement in the 1930’s and 40’s along with Bolotowsky, Greene, Gorky, and de Kooning. These artists helped pave the way for America, New York in particular, to be seen as a center for art innovation after decades of France being the art center of the world. He had more than 70 solo exhibitions during his lifetime.
Browne's early artistic training was conventional, and little about his time at the National Academy of Design (1924-1928) suggested he would depart from the traditional methods in which he was being schooled. Several experiences are identified as being important to his transformation to an abstract artist. In 1927, he and his friend Arshille Gorky visited Albert Gallatin...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Shrewsbury Abbey, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Jane Gray (b.1931)
Stained Glass Design
Watercolour
39 x 19 cm
Signed, dated and studio stamp verso
Provenance: the artist's studio sale
The red sandstone Abbey that resides over Shrewsbury is a welcoming landmark to visitors entering the town and dates back to the Norman era. Despite many renovations and alterations over the years, the medieval and Victorian elements marry remarkably naturally in this grand yet dignified place of worship. Shrewsbury abbey is home to several notable tombs and monuments as well as the remnants of a medieval shrine to St Winefride who was once venerated there. The central light at the top depicts the Trinity, where the Holy Spirit is represented by a dove, God by a vortex (left) and Christ by a lamb (right). The trinity remain linked throughout the design by a blue ribbon decorated with crosses and water droplets. St Winefride’s spiritual strength is represented by the large, central red cross, and her initial rests at its foot. In the left light, beneath the vortex, is corn, and to the right, grapes, both symbols uniting to form a timeless reference to the Eucharist. Below is the ship, a symbol of thee Ecumenical church, and on the right are seven doves representing the seven gifts of the holy spirit: wisdom, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. Two small roundels with Alpha and Omega (‘I am the beginning and the end’ as God notes in the Book of Revelations) unify the upper and lower windows in the design. The central lower light depicts St Winefride, set against a starry backdrop, holding the Martyr’s Palm and Cross beneath her martyr’s crown. The water that is said to have spewed forth from her decapitated head is symbolically illustrated in the fountain at her feet that flows into the adjacent lights. Further symbols to Saint Winefride adorn both the left and right lights. The crossed keys and inverted cross (left light) represent Saint Peter, and the sword...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mouse - Drawing by Antanas Jankauskh - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mouse is a contemporary artwork realized by Antanas Jankauskh in the late 20th Century.
Water color and ink.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes.
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
4 American Watercolors, c. 1950s, by Mary M. Johnsen
Located in New York, NY
Mary M. Johnsen
Four Paintings, c. 1950s
Watercolor
Dimensions:
1. Mat: 18 x 21 1/4 in., page: 8 x 12 1/4 in.
2. Page: 14 7/8 x 22 in.
3. Mat: 15 x 19 in., page: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in....
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lovers in Garden - China ink by Renzo Vespignani - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers in Garden is an original drawing in China ink on paper realized in 1959 by Renzo Vespignani.
Applied on a Passepartout: 22 x 17 cm.
Very good conditions.
The artwork represents exquisitely lovers lying down on the grass of a garden through...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
A Drawing of a ca. 1930s Bicycle Race by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for your cycling enthusiast! A 1930s charcoal on paper drawing of a bicycle race by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 11" x 14". Archivally matted to 16" x 20". 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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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Modern Light Blue, Brown, and Black Geometric Abstract Circle Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern light blue, brown, and black geometric abstract circle pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 32.75 in. x W 35.63 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of Canal in Venice - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Canal in Venice is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents the color...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Sketches - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist, early 20th century.
Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper.
Not signed.
This artwork represents two sketches ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Bay of Naples 1857 - Watercolor and White Lead on Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Bay Of Naples is an original artwork realized in 1857 by Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham.
Watercolor heightened with white on paper. Signed and dated on lower right.
This beautif...
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1850s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Mother Cat and her Two Kittens - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, IDF
Laszlo TIBAY
Mother Cat and her Two Kittens
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20 x 30cm (c. 7.8 x 11.8 inch)
Excellent...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Le Croates en Allemagne - 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
1950s "Mark" Oil Pastel and Gouache Figurative Painting NYC Modern Mid Century
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Mark"
c.1950s
Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper
14x17" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Design for Modernist Brutalist Institute III mid-century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
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V A Hards...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Ringstead Bay & White Nothe Dorset Weymouth & Portland 1960s Jurassic Coast
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Lionel Horsnell.
English ( b.1932 - d.2011 ).
Ringstead Bay & White Nothe, The Jurassic Coast, Dorset.
Watercolor On Buff Paper.
Signed Lower Right.
Ima...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A man lazes in a lounge chair, book still in hand, as he dozes off with a content e...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Ganesha, Watercolor & Ink on Paper, Black, Brown by Modern Indian "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Badri Narayan - Ganesha - 7.5 x 7.5 inches ( unframed size ) 17 x 17 inches ( Framed Size )
Watercolor & Ink on Paper
Style : The artist’s paintings are narrative, and titles like ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
Women in Marocco - Original Pencil Drawing by Helen Vogt - 1930s
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Women in Marocco is an original pencil drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1930s.
The state of preservation is very good.
Not signed, Only stamp of the artist on the lower margin.
...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
people on the bar terrace spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Bar - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 11x13cm.
Frame measures 35x37 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Die Moralische Eifersucht - Drawing by Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Die moralische Eifersucht is a contemporary artwork realized by Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern in 1964.
Pencil and colored chalks on Schoellershammer cardboard.
Signed "F. S. SONN...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Tourists — vintage drawing, original 'Superman' artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'Tourists', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove drawing...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, India Ink
The Posing Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Posing Nude is an original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by An anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented posi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Hebron, 1967 Israeli Judaica Mixed Media Print Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Baruch Nachshon, was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1939, in the city of Haifa.
Nachshon began to paint in early childhood, and developed his relationship to art and to artists throu...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Soldier - Drawing By Isidore Pils - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is a modern artwork realized by Isidore Pils in the Mid-19th Century.
Pencil drawing.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed 'Todros Geller' (Russian-American, 1889-1949) and dated 1937
An elegant and painterly, southwestern landscape painted when the artist was 48 years old.
Born in Vinnytsia, now in the Ukraine, Todros Geller first studied in Odessa before moving to Canada. He continued his studies in Montreal (1906) and, subsequently, at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Bellows and John Norton. Geller exhibited widely and with success including, from 1925, at the Chicago Art Institute as well as at the Riverside Museum (New York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1941) in addition to other national institutions.
Geller was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards and his work may be found in private and public collections including the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a member of professional associations including the Artist's Union, the Artist's Congress and the Chicago Society of Artists, which he also served as president. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and his large-scale murals and stained glass windows may be found in Chicago and Detroit as well as Tel-Aviv. We are pleased to offer this elegant, South-Western landscape painted when the artist was 45.
Reference:
Todros Geller Archives, Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago; Sparks, Esther. "A Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Sculptors in Illinois 1808-1945." Diss., Northwestern University, 1971, p. 390; Yochim, Louise Dunn. Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists. Chicago: 1979, pp. 28, 44, 238; Mavigliano, George J. and Richard A. Lawson. The Federal Art Project in Illinois 1935-1943. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990, p. 120; Dijkstra, Bram. American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003, p. 155. Chicago Modern...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Heraldic Stained Glass Window Design c. 1900 For TW Camm by Florence Camm
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of designs for stained glass windows from the TW Camm studios. To see more of them scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1950's Modernist Painting - Lady Reflection In Mirror
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mirror Reflection
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original gouache/watercolour painting on board
overall size: 11 x 8 inches
condition: very good and ready ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Expectation - Drawing by Angelina Beloff - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
he Expectation is an Artwork realized by the Russian Artist Angelina Beloff.
Drawing on paper.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced composi...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Room Perspective - Lithograph and Stencil
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul KLEE (after)
Room Perspective
Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet process)
Printed signature in the plate
On canson vellum 50 x 38.2 cm (19.6 x 14.9 in)
INFORMATION : This lithogr...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
North Sea
Located in Dallas, TX
from the Padoli Monotypes III
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype
Boxing - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boxing is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Broadway Costume Illustration by Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston
Untitled, c. 1920s
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 18 x 12 1/2 in.
Framed: 39 x 21 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston
The first tidbit I fou...
Category
1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Italian Modernist Abstract Drawing, Gestural Lines
By Agostino Ferrari
Located in Surfside, FL
Agostino Ferrari was born in Milan on 9 November 1938.
He commenced his career as as professional artist in 1959.
In 1961 he held his first one-man show at the Galleria Pater, in Mil...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media
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