Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson. Her birds are masterful. Although we use the word 'pencil' fo...

Mixed media on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1936. Collage, ink and watercolor. Very good condition, with a china ink and watercolor drawing on a woman on rear.

The House is a modern artwork realized by in the 19 th century Charcoal drawings. Good conditions 

Swimmers is a China ink and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena...

Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Pink Flowers, Medium: Tempera on paper, signed lower left, Size: 18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)

Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Pink Flowers with Greenery, Medium: Tempera on paper, signed lower left, Size: 19 x 25 in. (48.26 x 63.5 cm)

The Standing Men is an original Drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork is represented men ...

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. ...

Portrait is a drawing realized by Jean Lasnier in the Mid-20th Century. Oil pastel and watercolor ink on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through...

Nude is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Ink Drawing. Good Conditions. Georges Henri Tribout (1884-1962) ...

French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 17 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound c...

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...

B.J.O. NORDFELDT (Swedish/American 1878 – 1955) (WINDMILL AND WORKERS). c.1900. Color pastel on colored paper, unsigned. 22 ¼ x 15”. Sheet: 24 ½ x 18 ¼”. In 1900 Nordfeldt studied ...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 19.5 Dated August 13, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...

Dances is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...

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 sheet Condition: Excellent Ar...

The Family is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Ink, pencil drawing and watercolor; hand signed on the left ma...

Dorothy Rivo Still Life with Striped Wall Acrylic on panel Framed dimensions: 24 in. H × 26 in. W Contemporary black frame Dorothy Rivo’s Still Life with Striped Wall distills the s...

Another very pretty mixed media from the studio of this well collected British artist. Image 21" x 15" mounted Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in ...

Figures is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René Georges. ...

A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Tourists in Taxco", the watercolor was exhibited at the M...

Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007) Chrysantheumums on teal pastel on paper signed ‘B. Myers’ (lower right) 24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame) From the estate of Bern...

Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne, circa 1930-40 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long inf...

Gino Hollander: 1924-2015. Well listed American artist with Auction results over $14,000. He lived in California, Colorado, and Spain. This fabulous mixed media measures 11 1/4 inche...

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) Puslinch House Pencil 55 x 77 cm An architectural drawing of Puslinch House, a fine Christopher Wren-style Georgian mansion in Devon. The estate was owned by the Poslylinch, Mohun, and Upton families before being taken over by the Yonge family in 1718, following the marriage of John Yonge and Mary Upton. The Queen Anne House mansion was built on the occasion of their wedding and an earlier medieval...

It represents the "Petit Saconnex" square in Geneva, including the "café du commerce" and the "café du soleil". The work is signed and framed by René Zwahlen, painter and watercolour...

Mary Frank (British/American, b. 1933) Chant, 1984 Charcoal and pastel on paper 41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. Framed: 46 1/2 x 34 1/4x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right: Mary Frank 84 Midtown Payson Galleries Label Verso Mary Frank is known for creating stoneware sculptures that have the appearance of terra cotta fragments dug up at an archaeological site. Sometimes a half-finished relief head...

Portrait of a Lady is a Pencil Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Hand signed on the lower left corner. Passpartout included cm 51x35 Good condition. René Georges Hermann-Paul (27...

Louise Nevelson Female Nude, circa 1935 Pencil on paper 9 15/16 x 13 7/16 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, California Priva...

Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007) Study of flowers with oranges and pears pastel on paper Signed ‘B. Myers’ (lower right) 24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame) From th...

The Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in pencil. Hand-Signed on the lower. Vey Good conditions. Pierre-Georges...

Francesco Spicuzza (American, 1883-1962) Untitled Landscape, 20th century Pastel on paper Sight size: 24 x 30 in. Framed: 26 1/4 x 32 3/8 in. Signed lower right: Spicuzza Italian-born Francesco Spicuzza was primarily a Wisconsin painter who did portraits, still-lives and local landscapes. He spent the first part of his life in near-poverty to become a painter. An eternal optimist, in 1917, the artist reported: "I am happy and my only ambition now is to paint better and better until I shall have reached the measure of the best of which I am capable." (Spicuzza, 1917, p. 22). His predilection for beach scenes germinated early: reportedly, the five-year-old boy first drew the outlines of his father's fishing boat in the sand on the seashore near their home in Sicily. After setting himself up as a fruit peddler in Milwaukee, Spicuzza's father sent for his family when Francesco was eight years old. For the following six years the boy was unable to attend school because of his job in his father's fruit and vegetable business. The poor lad suffered a caved-in shoulder from carrying a heavy wooden crate. The young Spicuzza was aided by moral and financial support from a sympathetic Milwaukee businessman named John Cramer, publisher and editor of the Evening Wisconsin, who raised Spicuzza's salary as a newspaper assembler so that he could attend school. In 1899 or 1900, Spicuzza began studying drawing and anatomy under Robert Schade (1861-1912), a painter of panoramas who had been trained in Munich under Carl Theodor von Piloty. Spicuzza was also taught by Alexander Mueller (1872-1935), a product of the Weimar and Munich academies. Mueller realized Spicuzza was a colorist and encouraged that orientation (Madle, 1961). Spicuzza found it beneficial to accept an apprenticeship in a lithographic studio for $8 a week, which demanded most of his time. During the St. Louis Universal Exposition in 1904, still a struggling student, Spicuzza attended the fair, thanks to Cramer. It was not long before Spicuzza received a twenty-five dollar portrait commission, and this inaugural success led to new commissions and allowed him to continue as a painter. The earliest influences in his work appear to be from Edward H. Potthast and Maurice Prendergast, though Spicuzza never mentioned either artist. Already in August 1910, Spicuzza was described in a newspaper as "one of the most talented of Milwaukee's rising workers." He undoubtedly received lasting inspiration from his one summer study period in 1911 with John F. Carlson at the Art Students League's Summer School in Woodstock, New York. Certainly Spicuzza would have picked up spontaneity in handling the brush from Carlson. Although he executed numerous still-lives and an occasional religious work, Spicuzza is best known for his Milwaukee beach scenes populated with frolicking bathers in multi-colored attire, not unlike the images of Potthast, who used a similar technique. Many of these are small, preparatory works on canvas board executed between 1910 and 1915. Frequently with even greater animation than Potthast, Spicuzza produced moving images of youthful energy and uninhibited child's play. These beach genre scenes reflect the attitude of American impressionists who depicted the more pleasant side of life. Spicuzza manipulated a successful balance of rich pigment applied in varying degrees of impasto texture with subtle nuances of hue. Working all'aperto, he sought "the soft enticing shades of yellow, blue, green, pink and lavender . . . to get the effects of bright glistening summer air." (L.E.S., n.d.). As a painter whose color not only derived from direct observation but also from a personal theory of color symbolism, Spicuzza traded the linear approach of lithography for dynamic patches of brilliant color. Like Prendergast, he would often tilt the angle of the picture plane to bring the viewer's position above the scene. Spicuzza was unable to enter the 1913 Armory Show or the Panama-Pacific International Exposition two years later but he did submit work to the annual exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and those of the Art Institute of Chicago. His first important award was the bronze medal presented by the St. Paul Institute in 1913, which was followed by the silver medal two years later. Before long, Spicuzza had acquired a greater sense of security in his profession and was described by a writer in International Studio (April 1917) as "an independent artist with an assured future. His pastels and water-colours are poetic and joyous bits of nature with a genuine out-of-door feeling." In 1918, his Spirit of Youth, exhibited at the National Academy of Design, sold for $112.50. Four years later, the artist achieved his greatest local recognition by winning the gold medal from the Milwaukee Art Institute. Spicuzza spent a great deal of time painting en plein air and by 1925 he began summering at Big Cedar Lake, near West Bend, Wisconsin to gather his subject matter. Easter Morning (1926) owes something to the Symbolist movement, with its figure of Christ appearing over a seascape. During the difficult era of the Depression, patrons came to Spicuzza's aid and during the 40s, he taught housewives, businessmen and students at the Milwaukee Art Institute, the Milwaukee Art Center, and in his private studio. In the following decade, although his kind of art was no longer popular in the "make-it-or-break-it" New York gallery world, Spicuzza enjoyed regular patronage and sales. His beach scenes became more static and he would experiment with modernist techniques. Spicuzza died at the age of seventy-eight. Sources: L.E.S., "Do Colors Change a Person's disposition? Experiments of a Milwaukee Artist...

A 1930s cheerful & colorful watercolor depicting a Chicago Street scene by artist Constantine Pougialis. Image size: 15" x 22". Painting bears its original frame, which measures 21...

Charles Paul Gruppé. Loading the Catch [Katwyck Aan Zee] c. 1892. Watercolor. 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 (framed 19 1/2 x 23 1/2). Signed, lower left. Housed in an archival French mat and champ...

Women is a watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June ...

Sketches is an original Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition except for some spots on a white paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil....

Dining is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in 1924. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive ...

Stamped with the signature 'chAgAll' (lower left), inscribed '8 90-44 Passy.' (center left) and inscribed 'Carnot 35.40' (lower right) Pen and India ink on paper Executed circa 192...

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...

Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Theater Costume : Allegory of Spring and Little Dog Original ink and watercolor drawing Handsigned bottom right On ...

Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing! In this scene of a young 'cowgirl' is working a lasso while an 'old cowhand' looks on -- clutching a cigaret of...

Claude Howard Stuart is an artist working in Europe and America. Watercolor, ink ,acrylic and and even cold wax and oil are the many different mediums that Claude uses on his varied and exciting works. His influences come from all the different places and experiences he has had throughout his life, as well as the varied different art styles he’s studied. Having lived in many different places around the world the styles of art, architecture, traditions and religions have all played into the art he makes.. He studies a period of art and then works with antique, vintage and original pieces to build his collage pictures making each one a unique study of a period, city or style. Claude works on his pieces to bring together a feeling of the period and art movement that is inspiring him. Sometimes Matisse and Picasso and other times old master drawings and abstracts. These set of collage...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 8.25 x 10.75 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provena...

Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by André Gallaud in 1959. Titled, dated and signed in pencil in top right side. Very good condition.

Study for horses painting is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in 19 century. Ink drawing on paper. Includes wooden frame (minor def...

An early 1940s fashion study featuring women's hats in pink tobes. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...

Horse is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli. Black marker drawing on paper. Hand signed on the upper margin. Includes frame.

French Expressionist by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 19 x 15.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...

Profile of Woman is a Charcoal drawing on paper realized by an unkown artist in the early 20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower, illegible. Good conditions with some foxing.

This artwork titled "Audience" 1983 is a watercolor on hand made paper by noted artist Ruth Weisberg, born 1942. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwor...

The Hunger is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in early 20th century  Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition.

Artist: June Felter (1919-2019) Title: Untitled Year: 1964 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 20 x 14.25 inches. Framed size: 29.25 x 23 inches Signature: Si...

Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1945 ca. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.

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...

The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century. China ink on paper Good condition.

The Thinker is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in late 19th century Ink and watercolor on paper Good condition.

Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Lion on nude figure of wo,man. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. H...

Pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Karl Hanny (1879-1972) in 1935 ca. Not signed. Very good condition.

French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 17 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound c...

A 1920s caricature of Irish politician George Russell by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "For Richard Madden, George Russell "AE". Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8"...