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Medium: Gouache
Farm Animals Children's Book Original Illustration Little Golden Book
Farm Animals Children's Book Original Illustration Little Golden Book

Farm Animals Children's Book Original Illustration Little Golden Book

Located in Miami, FL

A British Children's Book Illustrator paints a charming picture of two happy boys painting a barn, surrounded by a gaggle of farm animals and a zebra. The present painting blends a s...

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1950s Outsider Art Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

Madeline and the Magician, Madeline's Christmas.
Madeline and the Magician, Madeline's Christmas.

Madeline and the Magician, Madeline's Christmas.

By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962

Located in Miami, FL

Little Madeline is at it again, but this time with a big magician cloaked in a commanding red gown. In the Christmas spirit of giving, Madeline reaches up and offers him a plate of n...

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1950s Outsider Art Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Casein, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

“Untitled”
“Untitled”

“Untitled”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original mixed media painting by Budd Hopkins executed in 1967. The artwork is composed of gouache and acrylic paint on archival paper. Signed and dated lower right, 1967. Conditi...

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1960s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Acrylic, Gouache

ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT PORTRAIT PAINTING OF FIGURE
ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT PORTRAIT PAINTING OF FIGURE

ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT PORTRAIT PAINTING OF FIGURE

By Claude Lagouche

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020) Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020. He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, ex...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

Jo Haran, Jewel Heads in Darkness, Contemporary Floral Art, Affordable Art
Jo Haran, Jewel Heads in Darkness, Contemporary Floral Art, Affordable Art

Jo Haran, Jewel Heads in Darkness, Contemporary Floral Art, Affordable Art

By Jo Haran

Located in Deddington, GB

Jewel Heads in Darkness [2021] Original Flowers Gouache, watercolour ink and gesso. Image size: H:53 cm x W:64 cm Paper Size: H:56 cm x W:67.5 cm x D:0.01cm Sold Unframed Please note...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Variety of Corals, Horizontal Coral Reef Forest, Pink Tones, Illustration Style
Variety of Corals, Horizontal Coral Reef Forest, Pink Tones, Illustration Style

Variety of Corals, Horizontal Coral Reef Forest, Pink Tones, Illustration Style

By Romina Milano

Located in Barcelona, ES

This luminous painting captures the vibrant intricacy of coral reef ecosystems through layered textures and flowing organic forms. Bold strokes of teal, violet, ochre, and coral oran...

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2010s Naturalistic Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Indian Chief, 30's - gouache, 29x23 cm., framed
Indian Chief, 30's - gouache, 29x23 cm., framed

Indian Chief, 30's - gouache, 29x23 cm., framed

Located in Nice, FR

Gouache on paper by the native american artist Mopope. Dimensions framed: 35x28 cm. Stephen Mopope was born on 27 August 1898 near the Redstone Baptist Mission on the Kiowa Reservation in Indian Territory. Qued Koi was his Kiowa name, which translates as "Painted Robe," and is sometimes spelled, "Wood Coy." His maternal grandfather was Appiatan, a famed Kiowa warrior, and his great-uncles were Silver Horn and Oheltoint (Ohettoint), both of whom were accomplished artists. Oheltoint was one of the Fort Marion ledger artists.[1] Mopope's paternal grandfather was a Spanish captive, adopted by Kiowa chief Many Bears. When Mopope was a young child, his relatives observed him drawing pictures in the sand, so the artists in his family taught him how to paint on hides in the traditional manner. His grandmother was also instrumental in his early education. In 1916, Mopope attended St. Patrick's Indian Mission School in Anadarko, Oklahoma, where he received further art instruction under Sister Olivia Taylor, a Choctaw nun. In a move that contradicted US federal policy at the time, Susan Peters, the Kiowa agency field matron, arranged for Mrs. Willie Baze Lane, an artist from Chickasha, Oklahoma, to teach painting classes for young Kiowas in Anadarko. Recognizing the talent of some of the young artists, Peters convinced Swedish-American artist, Oscar Jacobson...

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1930s American Realist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Abstract Mid 20th Century Signed Painting
French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Abstract Mid 20th Century Signed Painting

French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Abstract Mid 20th Century Signed Painting

By Louis Bellon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pointillist Large Abstract Design by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed lower left in the image gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 16.5 x 10 inches (overall the sh...

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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Marusza and horse. Mixed media drawing, Black and white, Polish artist

Marusza and horse. Mixed media drawing, Black and white, Polish artist

By Zofia Anna Misiak

Located in Warsaw, PL

ZOFIA ANNA MISIAK Zofia Anna Misiak is a contemporary painter from an artistic family. Her parents are Janina Żylińska and Stanisław Misiak. Zofia Anna Misiak graduated from the Acad...

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Early 2000s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache, Ink

Composition
Composition

Composition

By Geer Van Velde

Located in Paris, FR

Gouache, ca1950 Handsigned by the artist in pencil 22.00 cm. x 28.00 cm. 8.66 in. x 11.02 in. (image) Framed work Gouache on paper A certificate of authenticity etaliblished by Pie...

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1950s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

UNTITLED
UNTITLED

UNTITLED

By George Hoehn

Located in Portland, ME

Hoehn, George (American, 1935 - ?) UNTITLED ABSTRACTION. Gouache on heavy wove paper, 1967. Signed and dated, lower right. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (image), 15 x 11 inches (sheet). In ex...

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1960s Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Post Anthropocene

Post Anthropocene

By Francis DiFronzo

Located in Fairfield, CT

Born in San Pedro, California in 1969, Francis DiFronzo has been painting and exhibiting his artwork in the United States for more than thirty years. ...

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2010s American Realist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache, Wood Panel

Circa 1950 Les Musiciens de Jazz Original Gouache Painting
Circa 1950 Les Musiciens de Jazz Original Gouache Painting

Circa 1950 Les Musiciens de Jazz Original Gouache Painting

Located in PARIS, FR

This original gouache, entitled Les Musiciens de Jazz or The Jazz Musicians, was created circa 1950 by an unidentified artist. Its elongated horizontal composition and lively subject...

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1950s Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

Orchid and Bamboo (Sensu-e)
Orchid and Bamboo (Sensu-e)

Orchid and Bamboo (Sensu-e)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Japanese (mid 20th Century) Unsigned wood cut with hand embellishments in gouache created for a Japanese folding fan. Unsigned Image size: 8 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches Mounted on support sh...

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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

Return From The Masked Ball at The Opera, Victorian Era, Portrait of a Lady
Return From The Masked Ball at The Opera, Victorian Era, Portrait of a Lady

Return From The Masked Ball at The Opera, Victorian Era, Portrait of a Lady

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Margaret Mary Virdet (American) Signed: Virdet, Paris (Lower, Right) " Return From The Masked Ball at The Opera ", circa 1880s Watercolor with Gouache on Board 21" x 14" Housed ...

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Late 19th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache

By Edward Avedisian

Located in Surfside, FL

Edward Avedisian Gouache Watercolor Abstract Painting on Arches paper. (notebook cover not included) Unsigned, (bears name verso in pencil.) Dimensions: 10" X 14" Late 1970s, early ...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Large American Modernist Watercolor Painting Leeks Bernard Chaet Expressionist
Large American Modernist Watercolor Painting Leeks Bernard Chaet Expressionist

Large American Modernist Watercolor Painting Leeks Bernard Chaet Expressionist

By Bernard Chaet

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed and dated leeks on a kitchen table 31.5 X 39.5 framed. 21 X 28.5 sheet without frame. Bernard Chaet (born 1924, Boston, MA - 2012) was an American artist; Chaet is known for his colorful, dynamic modernist paintings and masterful draftsmanship, his association with the Boston Expressionists, and his 40-year career as a Professor of Painting at Yale University. His works also include watercolors and prints. In 1994, he was named a National Academician by the National Academy of Design. Chaet was instrumental in transforming Yale’s traditional art program into one with a more modernist approach that gained national prominence. Chaet melded landscape and abstraction in a traditional established by Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Edvard Munch, Piet Mondrian, and Ferdinand Hodler. His own tenure began in 1951 at Yale, where he worked closely with Josef Albers to revamp Yale’s art program. Between 1959 and 1962 he was the chair of what was then called the Yale Department of Art of the School of Fine Arts — prior to becoming one of the independent professional schools at Yale in 1973. Chaet taught painting and drawing and mentored generations of emerging talents. Chaet was the author of the 1970 textbook “The Art of Drawing” and “An Artist’s Notebook 1979,” both of which have since been reissued several times. In the latter book, alongside examples of work by his favorite artists, are student drawings by Yale graduates such as Robert Birmelin, Michael Mazur and Eugene Baguskas. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1924, Chaet studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and then earned a B.A. at Tufts University. Known for his expressionist landscapes and still lifes, Chaet’s work has continuously been shown in galleries in his native Boston, in New York City, and around the country. In 2010, a retrospective of his seascapes was featured at the Cape Ann Historical Society in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he had a home and a summer studio in nearby Rockport. His has also exhibited at David Findlay Gallery in New York and at Swarthmore College. Many of Chaet’s students went on to notable art careers, including Janet Fish, Chuck Close, and Richard Serra. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT, and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, MA. Chaet is the recipient of many awards including: the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant in 1967-68, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Benjamin Altman Award in Painting in 1997, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jimmy Ernst Prize in 2001. Chaet was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. He completed a dual program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—studying painting with Karl Zerbe—and Tufts University, graduating with a B.S. in 1949. Chaet is known for his association as a first generation Boston Expressionist. (along with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine) Chaet was a contributing editor to Arts Magazine. In 1960 he published the book Artists At Work, which features in depths conversations with artists Pat Adams, Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Al Blaustein, Hyman Bloom, James Brooks, Robert Engman...

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1970s American Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Watercolour squared abstract by Modern British artist Adrian Heath
Watercolour squared abstract by Modern British artist Adrian Heath

Watercolour squared abstract by Modern British artist Adrian Heath

By Adrian Heath, 1920-1992

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Adrian Heath (British, 1920 – 1992) Squared abstract Pencil, pastel, gouache and watercolour Signed with Initials and dated `AH 78` (lower right) 8.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (22 x 19.5 cm) Ad...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Dame de Plage
Dame de Plage

Dame de Plage

Located in Boca Raton, FL

This elegant work by Jean Lurçat reflects the artist’s deep appreciation for classical form interpreted through a distinctly modern sensibility. Depicting a standing female figure dr...

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1930s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

"There are Two of You" Early Modern Original Foley's Ad Layout of Woman & Mirror
"There are Two of You" Early Modern Original Foley's Ad Layout of Woman & Mirror

"There are Two of You" Early Modern Original Foley's Ad Layout of Woman & Mirror

Located in Houston, TX

Early modern original watercolor and gouache ad layout for Foley's by Houston portraitist Robert C. Joy. The work features a central reflection of a woman doing her makeup while wear...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Pastoral landscape, gouache, 18th century, French school, circle of Pillement
Pastoral landscape, gouache, 18th century, French school, circle of Pillement

Pastoral landscape, gouache, 18th century, French school, circle of Pillement

By Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Located in GOUVIEUX, FR

Gouache on paper – Animated pastoral landscape - Unsigned French school, late 18th century Circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement This delicate gouache on paper belongs to the tradition o...

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Late 18th Century French School Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Lilacs
Lilacs

Lilacs

By Raoul de Longpre

Located in New York, NY

Raoul M. de Longpre paints a beautiful still life rendering of a bushel of lilacs with a unique gold border in his work entitled, “Lilacs.”

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Late 19th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Gouache on paper fabric design circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy executed in dark blues and a deep red. Dimensions: Framed: 16"x12.5" Unframed: 11"x7.5" Provenance: P...

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1920s Fauvist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

Caught My Wife with Another Man Esquire Magazine Cartoon
Caught My Wife with Another Man Esquire Magazine Cartoon

Caught My Wife with Another Man Esquire Magazine Cartoon

Located in Miami, FL

When a husband catches his wife with another man, it's no joke, except if it's a Gilbert Bundy mid-century cartoon for Esquire Magazine. Caption: "You'd better introduce us – I disl...

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1950s Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

Jo Haran, Floral Burst In Glass Vase, Floral Art, Original Still Life Painting
Jo Haran, Floral Burst In Glass Vase, Floral Art, Original Still Life Painting

Jo Haran, Floral Burst In Glass Vase, Floral Art, Original Still Life Painting

By Jo Haran

Located in Deddington, GB

Jo Haran Floral Burst In Glass Vase Original Floral Painting Watercolour, Gouache and Gesso on paper Image Size: H 49cm x W 65cm Paper Size: H 51.5cm x W 68cm Sold Unframed Please ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Theater Sketch 2

Theater Sketch 2

By Alexander Oscar Levy

Located in Buffalo, NY

Alexander O. Levy was a painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer who was born in 1881 in Bonn, Germany. He died in 1946 in Buffalo, New York. At age three, he was brought to ...

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1930s Art Deco Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Toulalala in the Northern Forest

Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Toulalala in the Northern Forest

By Miyuki Takanashi

Located in Paris, IDF

Mixed media (acrylic, gouache, oil) on canvas Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache

Recollection 44 (Mt. San Angelo), pink and brown abstract landscape painting
Recollection 44 (Mt. San Angelo), pink and brown abstract landscape painting

Recollection 44 (Mt. San Angelo), pink and brown abstract landscape painting

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

On The Gallops Race Horses Equine Speed Framed English Horse Racing Painting
On The Gallops Race Horses Equine Speed Framed English Horse Racing Painting

On The Gallops Race Horses Equine Speed Framed English Horse Racing Painting

By John Rattenbury Skeaping

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

John Rattenbury Skeaping. English ( b.1901 - d.1990 ). On The Gallops, 1976. Gouache & Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 18.5 inches x 26.8 inches ( 47cm x 68cm )....

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled

Untitled

By Bridget Riley

Located in London, GB

1969 Gouache and pencil on paper 38 x 66 cm 15 x 26 inches signed lower left Bridget Riley is one of the most influential figures in postwar British art, celebrated for her rigorou...

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1960s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Antique Indo Persian Illustrated Manuscript of an Elephant
Antique Indo Persian Illustrated Manuscript of an Elephant

Antique Indo Persian Illustrated Manuscript of an Elephant

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Charming 18th Century illustrated manuscript of an elephant with passengers executed in gouache on paper on the front and exposed manuscript on the back. Presented in a gold tone woo...

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Mid-18th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

Fashion for Our Future: Contemporary Charcoal and Gouache Drawing
Fashion for Our Future: Contemporary Charcoal and Gouache Drawing

Fashion for Our Future: Contemporary Charcoal and Gouache Drawing

By Manuel Santelices

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Charcoal, Paper, Gouache

Mid 20thC French Modernist Interior Woman Playing Piano in Soft Pastel Colours
Mid 20thC French Modernist Interior Woman Playing Piano in Soft Pastel Colours

Mid 20thC French Modernist Interior Woman Playing Piano in Soft Pastel Colours

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Modernist Interior with Woman Playing Piano in Soft Pastel Colours by Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote. Medium: gouache on thin artist paper, unfra...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Peanuts

Peanuts

By Kaitlin Ziesmer

Located in Denver, CO

Peanuts

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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Coffee

Coffee

By Kaitlin Ziesmer

Located in Denver, CO

Coffee

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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Cocktails

Cocktails

By Kaitlin Ziesmer

Located in Denver, CO

Cocktails

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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Erté, "Phi-Phi, les Modeles de Phidias, " unique gouache, hand signed
Erté, "Phi-Phi, les Modeles de Phidias, " unique gouache, hand signed

Erté, "Phi-Phi, les Modeles de Phidias, " unique gouache, hand signed

By Erté

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is a unique gouache on paper by Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. This piece was created in 1940 as a costume design for a cabaret show entitled Phi-Phi. It is from t...

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1940s Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Napoleon III Review Painting, Tempera on carton, Signed, 19th Century
Napoleon III Review Painting, Tempera on carton, Signed, 19th Century

Napoleon III Review Painting, Tempera on carton, Signed, 19th Century

By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille

Located in PARIS, FR

Conditions: Very good condition. In its original frame and glass. A similar composition, but less accomplished, is currently part of the collections of the Musée des Invalides. Signed at the bottom and dated. Complementary shipping worlwide by DHL, FEDEX. Description: This work of art, framed by a majestic golden frame, accurately depicts a group of soldiers in 19th-century uniforms. Every detail, from the golden buttons to the epaulettes, finely illustrates the military equipment of the time. Behind them stands a sober architectural structure, evoking a barracks or a guard post. The color palette, dominated by earthy tones and dark shades of blue, gives a solemn and dignified atmosphere to the scene. The disposition of the soldiers, turned towards the artist, with an attitude both alert and relaxed, captures a moment of daily military life. This painting, with its attention to detail and harmonious composition, transports the viewer into a bygone era, inviting reflection on history and military traditions. EDOUARD DETAILLE The emperor is accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Colonel Castelnau, and Marshal Canrobert. In a gilded wooden frame, under a Marie Louise blue background. Life and time Born in 1848 into a close-knit bourgeois family, Édouard Detaille, the eldest of eight children, displayed early talent in drawing. “He was a prodigy,” notes François Robichon. By the age of thirteen, he exhibited an astonishing surety of hand and a phenomenal sense of composition. His father, connected to Horace Vernet, encouraged him. At seventeen, after passing his baccalaureate, he entered Meissonier’s studio. This relationship, which developed into mutual affection, spared Detaille the academic detour through the École des Beaux-Arts. Rather than dictating an official art style, Meissonier, at the peak of his fame, traveled with his students, introducing them to the nuances of Titian, Rembrandt, and Rubens in Brussels and Lille. In 1867, the Paris of “free trade” dominated the world through the technological revolutions of the Universal Exhibition, and the amiable young man, striking in appearance, discovered the salon of Princess Mathilde and the theater of Dumas fils. He even approached the Empress, noting in his journals, “Not bad, the Empress.” This observation encapsulated Detaille: he had no doubts about his talent, cultivated panache, enjoyed the company of beautiful women, and aimed to conquer the circles of power without sacrificing his freedom. From childhood, he listened to his calling: “Before I could read, I could guess the subjects of battles, the names of famous generals, the weapons of officers and soldiers from the images I admired in the books of Norvins and Laurent de l'Ardèche.” He mingled with collectors and regularly attended military reviews on the Champs-Élysées. His first painting exhibited at the Salon in 1868, “La Halte de tambours,” was praised by critics who immediately recognized “a remarkable truth of observation and simplicity of effect.” The purchase of this work by Princess Mathilde, cousin of Emperor Louis-Napoleon, made Detaille, at twenty, an envied celebrity known to Sainte-Beuve, Théophile Gautier, the Goncourt brothers, and Flaubert. The young artist’s humanistic vision contrasted with the compositions of his predecessors, depicting soldiers in maneuvers, contemplative and resigned as war loomed. **The Combatant’s Vision** The Siege of Paris, where he nearly lost his life in 1870, and the deaths of two brothers in that defeat darkened his outlook. From 1871 onward, Detaille no longer concealed the cruelties of war: German riflemen mowed down by machine gun fire, cavalrymen and panicked horses caught in ambushes, fields plowed by shells strewn with dead animals. The unvarnished tragedy: “It is an absolute fact that no painter has ever rendered a battlefield covered with corpses as it is,” commented Jules Claretie. The fallen bodies still bear the appearance of life in their frozen rigidity. Detaille’s testimony of the devastating defeat and the catastrophic effects of the first total war in history was not a celebration of heroism but a lament, a “lesson in darkness.” “From war, once considered the supreme effort of human genius, we now see only melancholy and horrors,” judged one writer in response to his canvases. “Detaille experienced the reality of combat at a young age during a war that foreshadowed the two world conflicts of the 20th century,” explains François Robichon. With great realism, Detaille painted war from the perspective of the combatant. He introduced a humanity and a critical lucidity regarding the evolution of warfare. His works intensely captured the violence and firepower of new weapons like machine guns. Before he turned thirty, Detaille had become a chronicler of these painful years. He exhibited, as a critic noted, a “striking portrait of modern war” that both French civilians and soldiers had experienced firsthand. He embodied a youth humiliated and eager for revenge. Yet this scrupulous artist also remembered, in his expansive landscapes—from the chalky plateaus of Île-de-France to the Russian plains—the lessons of Corot and Courbet. Manet was not far off. “I wouldn’t want my art to be reduced to mere patriotic art,” he asserted. “A system I often employ and love is to first execute the landscape, very effective, very tight, based on nature…” Echoing Meissonier’s advice: “Always nature, always nature!” Detaille remained close to this father figure, constructing a grand townhouse next to his mentor’s studio at 129 boulevard Malesherbes at the age of 26, having purchased 425 m² of land from the Pereire brothers. He even chose the same architect as Meissonier: Paul Boesvilwald. A bachelor and incorrigible seducer, the painter welcomed his conquests, including Valtesse de la Bigne, amidst his collections, having built his studio in the courtyard. Diplomatic Actor As Detaille’s fame grew, his Malesherbes townhouse quickly became a gathering place for foreign princes, politicians, and heads of state, where Juliette Adam, Léon Gambetta’s muse, offered him valuable advice. The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, developed a genuine friendship with the painter. “This fervent patriot, friend of Déroulède, was extraordinarily open to the world,” recounts François Robichon. In just a few years, he gained considerable social, cultural, and international stature. Received at Windsor, at the English court, he was close to Tsar Alexander III and a great friend of Félix Faure. In this capacity, Detaille played a decisive role in the Entente Cordiale, signed in 1904 between England and France, and in the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894, thereby contributing to the Triple Entente among the three powers. An engaged witness of his time—associated with the birth of the “Ligue des Patriotes” alongside Alphonse de Neuville...

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Late 19th Century Academic Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Oil

Apocalypse des Malassis #5-1
Apocalypse des Malassis #5-1

Apocalypse des Malassis #5-1

Located in Boca Raton, FL

This captivating Surrealist composition by Jean Lurçat reveals the artist at his most imaginative and poetic. Set within a dreamlike landscape, the painting combines fragmented archi...

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1930s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Folk Art Early 20th Century Gouache - S.S Electra
Folk Art Early 20th Century Gouache - S.S Electra

Folk Art Early 20th Century Gouache - S.S Electra

Located in Corsham, GB

An early 20th century maritime painting of the Hungarian steamship 'S.S. Electra'. Watercolour and gouache, on paper. Illegibly signed to the lower left. Framed & mounted. Image ...

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20th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Blue Amber - Gouache Botanical Painting Flowers Birds Monkey Garden Lilac, 2021
Blue Amber - Gouache Botanical Painting Flowers Birds Monkey Garden Lilac, 2021

Blue Amber - Gouache Botanical Painting Flowers Birds Monkey Garden Lilac, 2021

By Melanie Parke

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary painting in gouache on paper, a golden yellow monkey and blue, white and yellow birds are surrounded by brightly colored flowers and a peach urn in a lively gard...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

"The King and I" Academy Award Costume Design Musical Film Rodgers & Hammerstein
"The King and I" Academy Award Costume Design Musical Film Rodgers & Hammerstein

"The King and I" Academy Award Costume Design Musical Film Rodgers & Hammerstein

By Irene Sharaff

Located in New York, NY

"The King and I" Academy Award Costume Design Musical Film Rodgers & Hammerstein Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) "The King and I" costume design, 1956 Film Sight: 16 1/14 x 10 1/2 inches Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink, with applied to fabric swatches. Signed "Sharaff, titled (illegible) "The King & I" lower right Framed: 22 x 16 1/2 inches This is one of two costume design drawings...

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1950s Performance Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

La Famille by Pierre Bonnard
La Famille by Pierre Bonnard

La Famille by Pierre Bonnard

By Pierre Bonnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

Pierre Bonnard 1867-1947 French La famille (The Family) Signed "Bonnard" (lower right) Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper Among Pierre Bonnard’s most unique artworks, this f...

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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Recollection 142 (Montauk), dark colors, bright, landscape, abstract, texture
Recollection 142 (Montauk), dark colors, bright, landscape, abstract, texture

Recollection 142 (Montauk), dark colors, bright, landscape, abstract, texture

By Barbara Marks

Located in New York, NY

Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite

Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948
Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948

Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948

By Stevan Dohanos

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 13, 1948 The Post described, “Artist Stevan Dohanos felt like a baseball coach who had everything he needed excep...

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1940s Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper

Gold Flora Cornflowers - Metallic Botanical Cyanotype Painting Plants, 2021-'24
Gold Flora Cornflowers - Metallic Botanical Cyanotype Painting Plants, 2021-'24

Gold Flora Cornflowers - Metallic Botanical Cyanotype Painting Plants, 2021-'24

By Julia Whitney Barnes

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary botanical painting in watercolor, gouache, India ink, gold pigments and tea-toned cyanotype on cotton watercolor paper, meticulously detailed flowers, including ...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Tea

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