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Maurice De Vlaminck House and Path
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maurice De Vlaminck: 1876-1958. Very important French artist. One of the key members of the Fauvist School. He has auction results for paintings well into the millions of dollars. A ...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Fall Fog Approaching'. Contemporary Landscape Clouds Moody sky Blue Green Brown
Located in Penzance, GB
'Fall Fog, Approaching'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Heavy skies moving in over the autumnal landscape of West Cornwall: a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue Elevated
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Watercolor on paper
Signed an...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Southwold Harbour Fish Market Scene with Figures and Sheds Original Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Southwold Harbour Fish Market Scene with Figures and Sheds Original Watercolour
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted
Size: 16 ...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Soap clouds - Drawing, Contemporary, Fantasy, Animals, Children's Room
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Soap clouds, 2014
Acryl, fineliner and colored pencil on paper
13.97 H x 19.68 W in
35.5 H x 50 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Acrylic
“Near Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original pastel on archival paper by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas Brewerton. A Northern California scene near Mount Shasta. Signed lower left and dated 1876. Recently professionally matted and framed in new antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Condition is excellent. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector.
George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...
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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Woodland Path - British 19th Century landscape watercolour by Helen Allingham
Located in London, GB
HELEN ALLINGHAM, RWS
(1848-1926)
The Woodland Path
Signed
Watercolour on paper
27 by 20 cm., 10 ¾ by 8 in.
(frame size 47 by 42 cm., 18 ½ by 16 ½ in...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
L’entrée d’un village animé de paysans en Artois
By Leon Lhermitte
Located in PARIS, FR
1905
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Signed lower left “L. Lhermitte”
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Lush Countryside Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Lush Countryside Landscape
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19 (height) x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Bright Pine Trees Overlooking the Bright Blue Sea of Mont Boron, Nice Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mont Boron, Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
Titled verso
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Seaton Devon Landscape View Through Trees with River and Garden Flowers 1981
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seaton Devon Landscape View Through Trees with River and Garden Flowers 1981
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on artists paper
Size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches
Annotate...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Stunning Sunflowers Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflowers on the Beach
English School, early 1900's
original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
overall paper size: 7.75 x 11.25 inches
From a large private collecti...
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
“New York at Night”
By Leon Dolice
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original pastel on archival paper of New York City at night with beacon by the well known American artist, Leon Dolice. Signed lower right. Circa 1930. Condition is excellent. Beautifully gallery framed with stained mahogany wood frame. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 21 by 30 inches. Birham Wood Galleries, East Hampton, New York provenance. Exhibited artwork. See photo gallery labels verso.
Leon Dolice was born in Vienna, Austria on August 14, 1892, the son of a machinest/welder. He went on to study art in Europe and viewing the works of the Masters. Dolice immigrated to the United States in 1920, finding a retreat in the European Bohemianism of Greenwich Village, he picked the streets of this landmark neighborhood as his first subjects. Concentrating on etching and with the encouragement of new found friends and artists such as George Luks and Herb Roth, he soon ventured out and devoted all his time to chronicling the architecture, back streets, dock scenes and other nostalgia that was fast disappearing from the face of Manhattan, mainly in copperplate etchings. A favorite subject for him was the Third Avenue El near one of his New York City studios on Third Avenue. He won accolades for his work, and although he traveled the East Coast recording landmarks in other cities including Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia, he always returned to his new home Manhattan.
A decline in popular favor for etchings led him to put aside his plates in the late 1930s and devote some ten years to pastels, linocuts and painting. His subject matter was almost exclusively New York City street scenes, but figurative works, country scenes, and even experiments with Abstract Expressionism at the height of its new found favor in the 1940s punctuated his career.
In 1953, after learning of the forthcoming demise of the Third Avenue El, in the shadow of which he had maintained his studio for over a decade, he once again took to his plates and press and created a final series of Third Avenue and or other New York City landmarks that were then threatened with extinction. His work brings to light aspects of nostalgic New York that survives today only in small part, whether in architecture or in spirit.
Dolice's works are in a number of notable museums and private collections, including the Museum of the City of New York; The New York Public Library Print Collection; The New York Historical Society; Georgetown University Lauinger Library; The Print Club of Philadelphia and others. In the past few years, his work has been exhibited at Hofstra Museum, Long Island, NY; with the Montauk...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Chequers Inn Henham with Boat and Horse Riders
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Chequers Inn Henham with Boat and Horse Riders
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measur...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Yorkshire Dales Road and Stone Houses in Summer Light English Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Yorkshire Dales Road and Stone Houses in Summer Light English Landscape
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 9.5 inches (height) x 12 inches...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Oakland Industrial Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century Bay Area urban landscape watercolor of an industrial neighborhood in Oakland by California artist Polly Hughett Wagener (American, 1908–1992). This industrial scene of a ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mountain Village with Grassy Foreground and Blue Sky Black Rock Sands Wales
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mountain Village with Grassy Foreground and Blue Sky Black Rock Sands Wales
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on board, unframed
Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 14.7...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1900's, English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Extravagant Green and Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green and blue meadows.
English school, early 1900's.
Original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed.
Overall paper size: 7.5 x 11 inches.
From a large private collectio...
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
"Chrysler Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
Chrysler Building
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
19 x 12 inches
The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the yo...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
On the Top, People Crossing the Mountains, Montana Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
On the Top, Montana, 1952
Watercolor and gouache on board
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 30 inches
25.5 x 34 inches framed
Frank Nelso...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Original Watercolour Southwold Harbour Boats and Fishing Huts Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Watercolour Southwold Harbour Boats and Fishing Huts Scene
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on artists paper
Size: 11 x 15 inches
Condition: Good overal...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Storm Sky Over the Farm
By Amos Sangster
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique watercolor by American artist Amos Sangster featuring a dramatic allegorical composition and spectacular hand carved frame.
Category
1890s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting Seascape La Cote Sauvage France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower left, Inscribed Verso.
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
10 x 14 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artists...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
"Central Park" Leon Dolice, New York Central Park Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
Central Park
Signed lower left
Watercolor on paper
12 x 19 inches
The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the young ma...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
French Watercolor of a Sunlit Mont Saint-Michel at Low Tide
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of a Sunlit Mont Saint-Michel at Low Tide
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.25 x 13.5 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
French Watercolor of L'Hippocampe Beachfront Restaurant with Coastal Views
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of L'Hippocampe Beachfront Restaurant with Coastal Views
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, mou...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Watercolor
Shining Through, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A serene woodland bathes in dappled sunlight. Tall trees cast shadows across a winding road and the grass, while streaks of light add a sense of peace to the sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Walberswick Black Sheds and Fishing Nets Suffolk Coast Landscape 1996
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Walberswick Black Sheds and Fishing Nets Suffolk Coast Landscape 1996
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Inscribed verso in pencil “Walberswick ‘96 July”
Medium: Watercolor on artist...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Welsh Road and Hillside Summer Landscape North Wales 1976 Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Welsh Road and Hillside Summer Landscape North Wales 1976 Watercolour
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on board, unframed
Size: 10 inches (height) x 14 inches (w...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A View of the Park in Menton
By Tony Minartz
Located in London, GB
'A View of the Park in Menton', France, watercolour on art paper, by Tony Minartz (circa 1930s). This is a depiction of serenity in a painting. From the South of France, the artist p...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,587 Sale Price
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Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Underwater Whale
Life Illustration published, c. November 7, 1953
1...
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge)" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturne
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), circa 1939-1940
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
12 x 19 inches
Exhibited
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Deco ...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.1 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.1 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil
Robin Hoods Bay Rooftop View Looking Out to Sea Yorkshire Coast 1983
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Robin Hoods Bay Rooftop View Looking Out to Sea Yorkshire Coast 1983
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 8.5 inches (height) x 11 inches (w...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Red Rock Country" - Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic desert landscape by Betty Jenkins (American, 20th Century). Red rock formations stretch across the center of the composition, executed with skil...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stormy Skies Over Marsh and Hills Laugharne South Wales 1967 Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Stormy Skies Over Marsh and Hills Laugharne South Wales 1967 Watercolour
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on board, unframed
Size: 10.25 inches (height) x 15.25 ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Landscape Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Landscape Scene
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 5 x 6.25 inches (Height x Width)
...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
This finely detailed watercolor painting captures a serene countryside setting with an old stone church, a rustic hous...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of the famed fishing village (and renowned surfing locale) of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen. Painted in the 1960s, this vivid waterco...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor
Sonoma Vineyards, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Catherine McCargar enjoys living in Northern California with the wine country of the Bay Area within easy reach. "I found the softly rolling hills of p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Coastal Figurative Landscape -- Walk on the Beach Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful vintage watercolor of a coastal landscape with two figures walking along the beach by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Hilltop View Overlooking Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Hilltop View Overlooking Village
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
French Watercolor of St. Tropez Skyline with Bell Tower and Sea View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of St. Tropez Skyline with Bell Tower and Sea View
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.2...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Cottages in Sherbourne, Traditional English Landscape Watercolour Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Elizabeth Chalmers. Watercolour painting of cottages and gardens in the Cotswold village of Sherbourne.
Size: H:29.00 cm x W:44.50 cm.
Artist Bio: Elizabeth Chalmers was born in N...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Water...
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Baigneuse dans un cours d'eau by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Gouache on paper
Located in London, GB
Baigneuse dans un cours d'eau by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Gouache on paper
49.5 x 36 cm (19 ¹/₂ x 14 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed lower left, manzana - Pissarro
This work is accom...
Category
1910s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Thawing Time, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A tranquil winter scene unfolds in this watercolor, where a partially frozen river winds through a quiet, snow-covered forest. Tall trees frame the foreground, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
For the Prodigal, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Barns stand as a sanctuary for many farms across America. In this painting, a lit lantern in a high window of the structure acts as a guiding light under the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tomas Sanchez Drawing, La nube
Located in Miami, FL
Tomas Sanchez
La nube, 2018
Conte on paper
12 x 16 in
Provenance:
Studio of the artist
Marlborough Gallery, NYC
Certificate by the artist included
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper, Graphite
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Brislington Village Smithy and Kings Arms Inn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Brislington Village Smithy and Kings Arms Inn
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measure...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tomas Sanchez drawing, Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Tomas Sanchez
Untitled, 1997
Conte on paper
18 x 12 in
Included a certificate of authenticity by the artist
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper, Graphite
Enid Mildred Gear - 1980 Watercolour, Cumbrian Hill Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a Cumbrian farm nestled in a mountain landscape in the Lake District. Sheep graze in the foreground and a bare winter tree nicely frames the ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Watercolor of Notre-Dame and the Paris Skyline at Dusk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Notre-Dame and the Paris Skyline at Dusk
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 4.75 x 6.25 inch...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sand Dunes, Cape Cod
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower right: John Whorf
Provenance
Private collection
Sand Dunes, Cape Cod amply demonstrates John Whorf’s expert handling of the watercolor medium. The fluidity of his styl...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, signed watercolor
By Paul Lecomte
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920)
L'étang à Mortefontaine, an autumn landscape
signed lower left
Watercolor on paper,
29,3 x 22.5 cm
In its original vintage frame : 46 x 39,5 cm
titled on t...
Category
1880s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier - Bleeding flowers -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Hänsch (1875-1945), Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier, 1918. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 24.5 cm (image), 27 x 37 cm (sheet size / frame), monogrammed and dated "19JH18" at lower left.
- Paper slightly darkened
About the artwork
Despite the relatively small format, the watercolor with an internal frame depicts a panoramic view of a flat landscape stretching to the horizon. As far as the eye can see, the poppies bloom in flaming red. The flowers are not rendered individually, however, creating an almost cohesive red surface. The bright red is interspersed with vegetal green. A complementary contrast that creates an intense color effect. In this color contrast, a white area breaks through from the middle ground, widening towards the foreground and surrounding a brown hole. Next to it, in blue, is the actual protagonist of the painting, the first thing that catches the eye: a dead soldier. Next to him is his helmet, revealing the empty interior. The brown, hollow shape corresponds to the hole in the ground. A shell funnel is surrounded by bright ash, which, like the inverted helmet, becomes a sign of death. The soldier's arms point to the funnel, while the empty helmet paraphrases the calotte of the skull and, like the funnel, thematizes the empty darkness of death.
The soldier's body, however, is intact and not - as in Otto Dix's triptych "The War" - a dismembered corpse. Instead, Johannes Hänsch activates the landscape, especially the color, to illustrate a blooming landscape of death that extends from the shell funnel in the foreground to the rising column of smoke on the horizon. If the soldier's body is intact, the tangle of barbed wire emblematically placed over the empty helmet also appears tattered. On the right side of the picture, the barbed wire even seems to stretch its arms to the sky in horror. Against the background of this allegory, the content of the bright red also becomes clear: the landscape is drenched in blood, literally a sea of blood, and the single unknown soldier stands pars pro toto for all those who died on the battlefield. Dying in war is not dying in community, but in solitude. In order to emphasize the isolation in death, Johannes Hänsch has set the blue of the soldier in the axis given by his body in the middle ground of the picture into the red sea.
A master of landscape painting, Hänsch succeeds in creating a natural-looking landscape allegory that illustrates the horror and death of war, without depicting the brutality of war itself. This singular 'war memorial' of the unknown soldier is the opposite of heroization and yet the dignity of the deceased soldier is preserved through the integrity of his body.
About the artist
As the son of the sculptor Adolf Haensch, the young Johannes received his first artistic training in his father's Berlin studio. However, he eventually decided to become a painter, and in 1897 he entered the Berlin Academy of Arts. He initially studied under Paul Vorgang and Eugen Bracht, and was particularly influenced by Bracht's increasingly colourful landscape painting. In 1901 he moved to the class of Friedrich Kallmorgen, with whom he spent several weeks on excursions into nature. In 1905 he became a master pupil of Albert Hertel, who taught him watercolour painting.
From 1903 to 1933 he exhibited annually at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, the exhibitions of the Berlin Artists' Association and the Munich Glaspalast. In 1905 he was awarded the Carl Blechen...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$1,328 Sale Price
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Lonely Giant. Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
By Ian Laurie
Located in Brecon, Powys
Limited Edition , 5 of 15, etching from this very collected Scottish artist.
Signed. Excellent condition
Image 9" x 7.5"
Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
$200 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of a Lush Garden Overlooking Coastal Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of a Lush Garden Overlooking Coastal Scene
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.25 (height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Yellow Landscape, Original Drawing on Paper , One of a kind Large size
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Mineral Oxide on Paper
(Canson Paper Montval 300gr)
70x100 cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pigment
$1,688 Sale Price
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“Waterfall with Birches”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of a waterfall with birch trees on illustration board by the well known American artist, William Paskell. Signed lower left. Condi...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
$960 Sale Price
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Summer, Iceland #5
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Bartlett
Summer, Iceland #5, 2000
Pastel on paper
30 x 44 1/4 inches (sheet)
Unsigned
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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Al Hirschfeld’s Take on Judy Garland Stands out among His Many Love Letters to Broadway
The revered artist created delightful caricatures of stage and screen performers for more than 75 years. This one is a prime example.
This Tempting Wayne Thiebaud Watercolor Is the Perfect Summer Treat
Although he also produced pensive portraits and idyllic landscapes, the artist’s best-known images are of ice cream, cakes and other colorful sweets.
In This Surreal Painting, the Pink Foot of Patriarchy Squashes a Pumpkin Worshipped by Women
In ‘Gourd,’ Isabel Rock creates a mythic scene that looks fresh and contemporary but feels as old as Eden.
Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.