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Art Subject: Face
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) A Young Woman in profile, Signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895)
A Young Woman in Profile
Signed with the monogram lower right
Pencil on grey-blue paper
17.7 x 11.5 cm
Framed : 36.5 x 27 cm
This drawing shows Bida's tec...
Category
1880s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Man sitting with a cigarette, black stone on paper, siigned
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955)
Man sitting with a cigarette
Black stone on paper
Signed "R. Schlichter" at the bottom right
51 x 30 cm
Small damages o...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink
" double face " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau , certified and signed .
exceptionnel "Oedipe " drawing 27,7 x 22, 6 cm .
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Pastel 1916 portrait of 'Zoum', the artist's daughter sleeping by Eeckhoudt
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautiful early 20th Century profile portrait by the Belgian artist Jean van den Eeckhoudt of his daughter Zoum, drawn 1916. This special work is from the artist's studio.
Zoum E...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Lovers - Original ink and pencil drawing, 1953
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN
Lovers, 1953
Original ink and pencil drawing
Signed by artist stamp
On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch)
Good condition, one small tear on the right edge an...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Charcoal
Au Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIPPE NOYER
"AU BAR"
WATERCOLOR, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960S
25.5 X 19.5 INCHES
Philippe Henri Noyer
1917-1985
Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyons, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. Next he moved to Paris, where he worked in decorative arts and advertising. It was during this time, he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943.
That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who would promote his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris.
In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American art dealer who had agreed to organize an exhibition of them in the United States. However the American dealer sold the paintings at cost, in order cover a gambling debt, to Robert Goldstein...
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Red Pillow, mixed media pastel acrylic charcoal drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, mostly in pastel. The series show...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
The poet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Support size
22 x 22 x 0.4 cm
Category
20th Century Italian School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
'Life Among the Clouds', Hookah, Persian, Indian, Sufi, Hashish
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
How To Capture This Feeling - Whimsical Figurative Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
M. Demancy - 1844 Watercolour, Lady with a Flower Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful portrait study depicting a woman dressed in white lace. She wears a bonnet with black trimmings to match the ribbon in her hair and rests her arm over a basket of flower...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Cry - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Cry 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) w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) , Study for "Le Cocher" original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938)
Study for "Le Cocher"
carbon pencil on thin paper
14.5 x 13 cm
In good condition
Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm
Provenance: Estate of the artist and...
Category
1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Frosch Serenade - Drawing by L. von Hoffmann - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Frosch Serenade is an original drawing in watercolour and pencil on paper, realized by Ludwig Von Hofmann .
Framed.
In very good conditions.
The artwork represents a nude woman-bu...
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Brothers - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Brothers is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981 ca. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Couple and Roosters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple and Roosters is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Paddling Woman" Watercolor Minimalist Painting #1 by Christopher Paul Cobb
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Paddling Woman" is a minimalist watercolor that captures the essence of the human experience. Through the delicate strokes of a brush dipped in watercolor, the artist has conveyed the inner turmoil of the main subject, which may be remembering or dreaming of past or previous journeys. Her long, curly hair cascading down her shoulders symbolizes the wildness within us all. The simple black ink lines that create the birds and ships in the background add a touch of innocence and childlike wonder, evoking a sense of nostalgia for a simpler time.
The signature is in the right corner, and it is dated (September 1995). It sits in a simple black wood frame. Christopher Paul Cobb is an American artist born in the 20th Century. He is the grandson of baseball great player Ty Cobb.
Category
1990s Post-Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Young woman
By Henri Fehr
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Workshop stamp on the back of the work
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Baby Drawing
By Keith Haring
Located in Washington , DC, DC
"RADIANT BABY" DRAWING on the catalogue endpaper executed the evening of the Los Angeles gallery exhibition of ten paintings on canvas, thirty bl...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Miniature Late 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Woman in Black
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of a Victorian woman dressed in a black ruffled dress and a hat. Presented in an oval brass frame. On a white bone-like substrate.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor, Gouache
Infante & Infanta Mellizos
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Blue ink drawing on paper.
Signed "M...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Figurative etching and watercolor of four men sitting, wearing coats and berets by San Francisco artist Margaret (Maggi) McEll...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
My Reflecttio, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
This is from a photo my daughter took of me getting ready. It is about the view she has of me. :: Drawing :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authen...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Nude of Woman - Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Of Woman is a charcoal drawing on brown paper. Unsigned. Good conditions except for some folds and some rips on the corners.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century.
Original colored pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on colored cardboa...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pastel
Mata Hari - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mata Hari is an original charcoal and watercolour drawing on paper, realized around the early 1970s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Si...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Sleeping Female Nude
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Oliveira's "Female Sleeping Nude" is a captivating artwork that elegantly combines style, technique, and layered interpretation, offering a rich and multifaceted experience to...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
The actor Karl Seydelmann, probably as Max Piccolomini / - Theatrical Realism -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann probably as Max Piccolomini, around 1840. Watercolor with pencil, 20.5 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), sig...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The Boy at the Sea - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The boy at the sea is an original drawing pen realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a fresh a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
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...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
A Tender Bare Heart - Dreamlike Whimsical Figurative Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Attrib. William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) Watercolour, The Little Fortune Teller
By William Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young woman wearing a dress and smock. She points to her left hands showing her palm to the viewer. The artist captures her with a delicate...
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Medusa Mask - Black China Ink, Pencil and Watercolor Drawing - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Medusa Mask" is an original black China ink, pencil and watercolor drawing on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, signed and dated by Eugene Berman, ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Watercolor
Mid 20th Century Watercolour - A Piercing Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking watercolour study depicting a woman draped in blue staring directly at the viewer. Her eyes are piercing and she wears a stony expression in her face. Unsigned. Presented in a rustic gilt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bernard BOUTET DE MONVEL (1881 - 1949), "Portrait of Miss Lise Brissaud"
Located in Paris, FR
Bernard Boutet de Monvel was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator and interior decorator. Although first known for his etchings, he earned notability for his pai...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier / - The expressiveness of a simple pose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier, around 1840. Watercolor in pencil, 22 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), signed “Th.[eodor] Hosem...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT
(1937-2010)
Girl in a Hat
Pencil on tinted paper
Framed
24 by 18 cm., 9 ½ by 7 in.
(frame size 46 by 39 cm., 18 by 15 ¼ in.)
Sergeant was born in London, the son o...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Strange Thoughts - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Strange Thoughts 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Study of woman in bathing suit - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Study of woman in bathing suit
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10.4 x 7.8 in)
Ver...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
Civitavecchia - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Civitavecchia is a pen and watercolor drawingrealized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Multiple Opportunities - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Multiple Opportunities is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Dream is Over - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dream is over is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Figure 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.
T...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract Landscape, Surrealist Gouache Painting by Yohanan Simon 1962
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yohanan Simon (1905-1976)
Title: Landscape
Medium: Gouache on paper laid to card
Date: 1962
Signature: Signed and dated in Hebrew
Paper Size: 16.75 x 21 inches
Frame Size: 24...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
The Boy on the Motorcycle - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
The boy on the motorcycle is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The man is depicted ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Hermes Head
Located in Columbia, MO
William A. Berry (American, 1933-2010) was an accomplished artist and renowned illustrator who left thousands of drawings, paintings, photographs, and mixed media works, a multitude ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen
Gouache Painting Jules Pascin Hand Signed Woman in Boudoir German Expressionism
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist
Subject: Woman
Medium: gouache paint
Surface: Paper board
This is hand signed lower right.
Framed it measures 17.25 X 15.5, sheet 12 X 10
This came from a Jewish estate. there was no additional paperwork or provenance.
Julius Mordecai Pincas (March 31, 1885 – June 5, 1930), known as Pascin Jules...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard
Figure - Original Watercolor on Paper by Cazanove - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Raymond Cazanove in 1922.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
In good conditions, with aged margins.
Sheet dimension:...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Glance, female nude pastel painting direct gaze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artists switch to working w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Drawing Chalk Portrait of a Lady Renaissance French Romantic 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Léonie POISSON (XIX)
Black chalk and white chalk
56 x 45 cm (66 x 55 cm with frame)
Signed and dated lower right "Léonie Poisson / Août 1845"
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Four drawings - Okada suit of playing cards
Located in Burlingame, CA
Four (4) original individual drawings depicting the complete suit of playing cards. (Diamond): Infanta Vida y Muerte, (Heart): Infanta Viento Frio, (Club): Infanta Conocimiento and (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
'Reclining Nude', Glasgow School of Art, Dundee, Post-Impressionist Figural
By Sydney Horne Shepherd
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Shepherd' for Sydney Horne Shepherd (British, 1909-1993) and painted circa 1960; accompanied by old exhibition label.
A lyrical watercolor of a woman reclining and gazing towards the viewer.
Born in Dundee and educated at Harris Academy, Sidney D’Horne Shepherd attended Dundee School of Art from 1924-1926 and then Glasgow School of Art...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude after Michelangelo - Mixed Media by Luigi Russolo - 1933/34
Located in Roma, IT
Nude after Michelangelo is an artwork realized by Luigi Russolo, 1933/34.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Good conditions.
Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo (Portogruaro, 30 April 1885 - Laveno-...
Category
1930s Futurist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure with Rose
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid century figure study in pastel on brown paper depicting a seated nude woman with a hat and rose, by by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed Nadalini upper right. Presented in a simple wood frame, with new mat and new foam core backing. Image size: 29"H x 19.5"W. Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed.
ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini
In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
William Hyams (1878-1952) - Framed Watercolour, The Artist's Daughter
By William Hyams
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour portrait of William Hyams's daughter seated on a large wooden chair. Well presented in a modern gilt frame. Signed in the lower left. On paper.
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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