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Medium: Gouache
Ionic Column Capital
Ionic Column Capital

Ionic Column Capital

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Ionic Column Capital Graphite, wash, gouache and gum arabic, 4 Fev 57 (Feb 4 1857) Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Ionic columns are a classical architectural style characte...

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1850s Romantic Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

By Lucien Génin

Located in London, GB

'Parc des Buttes-Chaumont' in Paris, gouache on art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). A charming depiction of well turned out Parisians enjoying a day at the park. Boaters, strollers and swans all co-mingle around the peaceful lake. The reflection of the rocky bluff in the water is superbly treated by Génin. It's a cheerful and uplifting image of days-gone-by in 1930s Paris. The park takes its name from the 'bare hill' (chauve-mont) that once occupied the site. It became a place where gypsum was mined, and where the limestone was quarried to be used in buildings in Paris and the United States. Worse, though, it was a site that also became a dumping ground. Luckily, during the 19th-century renovation of Paris under Napoleon III, chauve-mont was chosen as a place for a large park, as part of the emperor's fascination with endowing Paris with green spaces. The artificial lake created at that time wraps around a hilly central island. The lake attracts waterfowl and other birds and is stocked with fish. The 19th-century planners cleaned up the site and added tons of soil to fill the pits left by a limestone mining operation. Then dynamite was used to "sculpt" the site into the craggy shapes seen today, including the 50-metre-high central hill with cliffs, an interior grotto, pinnacles, and arches. Up on top, overlooking the rest of the park - and depicted in this artwork - is a small, round belvedere, based on the Roman Temple of Vesta in Italy. From that spot you can see a lovely view of Montmartre and the white cupolas of the Sacre-Coeur. The painting is in very good condition. It has been newly framed and glazed with museum-quality glass (anti-reflective and UV protection) to preserve this significant artwork for decades to come. Dimensions with frame: H 62 cm / 24.4" W 76 cm / 29.9" Dimensions without frame: H 48.5 cm / 19.1" W 63 cm / 24.8" About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

New York Skyline the West Side with Hudson River - Vintage New York
New York Skyline the West Side with Hudson River - Vintage New York

New York Skyline the West Side with Hudson River - Vintage New York

By Frank S. Hermann

Located in Miami, FL

Rooftop view of the upper West Side Manhattan as it looked in the 1930s. There is a rough indication of a billboard and a glimpse of the Hudson River. The cluster of buildings depic...

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1930s American Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Oil, Gouache, Board

"Squares and Strokes (Viridian_16)" 2025, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.
"Squares and Strokes (Viridian_16)" 2025, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.

"Squares and Strokes (Viridian_16)" 2025, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.

By Joanne Freeman

Located in New York, NY

Joanne Freeman Squares and Strokes (Viridian_16), 2025 gouache on handmade paper 28 x 20 in. image: 16 x 16 in. (freem243) My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in ar...

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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Grapes Wine Bottles Long Serving Platter and Jug Golden Drapery Modernist Piece
Grapes Wine Bottles Long Serving Platter and Jug Golden Drapery Modernist Piece

Grapes Wine Bottles Long Serving Platter and Jug Golden Drapery Modernist Piece

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Grapes Wine Bottles Long Serving Platter and Jug Golden Drapery Modernist Piece Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 25.75 inches (h...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Impressionist Autumn Landscape with Lake / - Diffuse Concretion -
Impressionist Autumn Landscape with Lake / - Diffuse Concretion -

Impressionist Autumn Landscape with Lake / - Diffuse Concretion -

Located in Berlin, DE

Wilhelm Feldmann (1859 Lüneburg - 1932 Lübeck), Impressionist autumn landscape with lake, around 1905. Pastel on cardboard, 46 cm x 31 cm (inside dimension), 52 cm x 37 cm (frame), s...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Trajan’s Column View Rome Early 19th Century Grand Tour Gouache on Paper
Trajan’s Column View Rome Early 19th Century Grand Tour Gouache on Paper

Trajan’s Column View Rome Early 19th Century Grand Tour Gouache on Paper

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

This charming gouache on paper painting, from the early 19th century, presents a detailed view of Trajan’s Column in Rome, a historically significant landmark dating back to ancient ...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Eruption of Vesuvium - Gouache by C. De Vito - 1839
Eruption of Vesuvium - Gouache by C. De Vito - 1839

Eruption of Vesuvium - Gouache by C. De Vito - 1839

By Camillo de Vito

Located in Roma, IT

Vivid and fresh representation of one of the most spectacular and last eruptions of Vesuvium, that of January 1-5, 1839. Wonderful conditions. Framed in walnut and with passepartout...

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1830s Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paint, Gouache

Bar Coupole Haiti 1982 Figures Outside Cafe Watercolour Street Scene Painting
Bar Coupole Haiti 1982 Figures Outside Cafe Watercolour Street Scene Painting

Bar Coupole Haiti 1982 Figures Outside Cafe Watercolour Street Scene Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Bar Coupole, Haiti, 1982 – figures outside café, watercolour on paper (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 12 x 14.75 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: goo...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Cyclist
Cyclist

Cyclist

Located in Atlanta, GA

David Brayne's lyrical, dreamy and sensitive paintings have long been known to collectors. His paintings include landscapes, interiors, figures, and still-lifes. His rich, imaginary ...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gesso, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Nocturnal Nature: Painted Cyanotype Still Life of Hibiscus and Rose on Indigo
Nocturnal Nature: Painted Cyanotype Still Life of Hibiscus and Rose on Indigo

Nocturnal Nature: Painted Cyanotype Still Life of Hibiscus and Rose on Indigo

By Julia Whitney Barnes

Located in Hudson, NY

Hand-painted cyanotype still life of pink flowers on indigo with custom frame Nocturnal Nature (Double Hibiscus, Rose) — painted cyanotype by Julia Whitney Barnes 2024 watercolor, go...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Charmion von Wiegand - Pillar of Zen #124, signed painting Andre Zarre Gallery
Charmion von Wiegand - Pillar of Zen #124, signed painting Andre Zarre Gallery

Charmion von Wiegand - Pillar of Zen #124, signed painting Andre Zarre Gallery

By Charmion von Wiegand

Located in New York, NY

Charmion von Wiegand Pillar of Zen #124, 1959 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed, titled and dated on the front Unique Provenance: Andre Zarre Gallery, with label verso (Estate of renowned gallerist Andre Zarre, ne Andre Sowulewski) Measurements: Framed 26.5 inches vertical by 25.5 horizontal by 2 inches Artwork: 21 inches vertical by 22 inches horizontal Mid century modern, geometric, spiritual abstraction, mystical The Estate of the celebrated artist Charmion Von Wiegand has been represented exclusively by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery since 1998. From March 3 to August 13, 2023, Charmion Von Wiegand was the subject of an acclaimed retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Basel, and she has received major attention in the price, including a June, 2023 ArtNews feature entitled, "Who Was Charmion von Wiegand and Why Is She Important?". Her work was also featured in a solo presentation by Rosenfeld Gallery at the New York Art Show held at the Park Avenue Armory, which also received critical acclaim. Artists Biography - courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: Known for her vibrant, geometric paintings that originate a deeply personal language of spiritual enlightenment expressed through a constructivist mode of abstraction, Charmion von Wiegand (1896–1983) was born in Chicago but spent much of her childhood traveling. The daughter of a journalist for Hearst, von Wiegand eventually settled in New York in 1915 to attend Barnard College and Columbia University, where she took classes at the School of Journalism while nurturing a growing interest in art history. In 1925, von Wiegand realized that she wanted to be an artist and set up a studio in Greenwich Village, teaching herself how to paint while pursuing a career as a journalist. In 1929, she secured a position in Moscow as a foreign correspondent for Hearst, the only woman at the desk at the time. In 1932, von Wiegand returned to New York and married Russian émigré Joseph Freeman, who co-founded and edited the leftist journal New Masses. Von Wiegand began writing art criticism for New Masses as well as for other publications, including New Theatre, ARTnews, and Arts Magazine. When the Abstract American Artists (AAA) held their inaugural exhibition, von Wiegand reviewed it. An early champion of abstract art, von Wiegand became close friends with AAA founder Carl Holty. In 1941, Holty introduced von Wiegand to Piet Mondrian, who would have a profound impact on her art. Fascinated by Mondrian’s artistic philosophy, von Wiegand played a key role in the introduction of his work to American audiences, translating many of the Dutch artist’s writings into English and assisting in the composition of his influential article “Toward the True Vision of Reality” (1941). Through her friendship with Mondrian, von Wiegand re-kindled her interest in Theosophy (a religion established in the late 19th century that combines aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, occultism, and esotericism) and embarked on an extended study of neoplasticism. In her artwork, she incorporated Mondrian’s iconic grid but rejected the constraints of pure neoplasticism and embraced a wide range of influences including surrealism and German expressionism. In 1942, von Wiegand became a member of the AAA, exhibiting regularly with the group and eventually serving as its president from 1951 to 1953. In the late 1940s, sculptor and fellow AAA member Ibram Lassaw gave her a translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life, which inspired von Wiegand to immerse herself in a study of Buddhist art. She began incorporating Buddhist motifs such as stupas and mandalas into her paintings, and her spiritual practice steadily intensified throughout the 1950s. In 1953, her husband gifted her a copy of the Taoist I Ching Book of Changes, a guide for divining meaning from randomly derived numbers arranged in a hexagram—a form the artist readily incorporated into her painting. Von Wiegand’s study of Theosophy also intensified over these years, bolstered by her increased access to the religion’s primary sources composed by the religion’s founders and their successors at the New York Theosophical Society’s library. Von Wiegand’s search for the sacred and transcendent ultimately led her to Tibetan Buddhism and, in 1967, von Wiegand met Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, a Gelugpa monk who had recently arrived in New York, who would mentor her spiritual study in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism until her death. Her travels in the 1960s and 1970s took her to Tibet and India, where she had an audience with the Dalai Lama, who was living in exile in Dharamsala. Many works from these decades incorporate symbols and schematics drawn from Theosophical prismatic color charts, Chinese astrology and tantric yoga. In 1978, she was the subject of a PBS documentary titled The Circle of Charmion von Wiegand, which was scored by Philip Glass. In 1980, von Wiegand was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1982, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach (FL) organized her first retrospective exhibition. She died the following year in New York, bequeathing her estate to Khyongla Rato and the Tibet Center of New York. In 1998, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery became the sole representative of her estate and has presented her work in four solo and multiple group exhibitions. Recent notable exhibitions that have included her work are The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 2009) and Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America (Newark Museum, NJ, 2010). In March 2023, the Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland) opened the first comprehensive museum retrospective of von Wiegand’s work in Europe. Von Wiegand’s work is represented in numerous museum collections including the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy (Andover, MA); Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY); Arithmeum, University of Bonn (Germany); Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama); Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; Brooklyn Museum (NY); Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA); The Cleveland Museum of Art (OH); Indianapolis Museum of Art (IN); Fondazione Marguerite Arp (Locarno, Switzerland); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Massachusetts); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY); The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); Newark Museum of Art (New Jersey); Seattle Art Museum (WA); Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC); Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN); Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College (Clinton, NY); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT). More about gallerist Andre Zarre A tribute in the New Criterion: Dispatch August 11, 2020 Andre Zarre, 1942–2020 by Dana Gordon On the late New York gallery pioneer. Art should never be aggressively explained; art should be felt. —Andre Zarre, 1977 Often, in the starlit New York cultural mecca, a longtime important figure fades away through the penumbra and dies without notice. Such was the fate of Andre Zarre, the contemporary art dealer, who passed away a few weeks ago. Andy, as he wanted friends to call him, opened his eponymous gallery in 1974 just off Madison Avenue on Sixty-ninth Street. He soon moved it to the omphalos of the art world in that era, 41 East Fifty-seventh Street, the Fuller Building. Over the years he moved to SoHo and then to Chelsea, as fashion and real estate prices pushed the art souk hither and thither. To understand his importance, all you need do is take a look at a list of artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery. This includes such names, from an early generation, as Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Sari Dienes, and Perle Fine. Among a subsequent generation are Pat Lipsky, Jay Milder, Thornton Willis, and Kes Zapkus.1 And this list does not include the many knowns and unknowns who were in his lively group shows. Zarre had a real “eye” and was a champion of abstract art from the moment he founded his gallery—even among the gathering storms of conceptual and political art, which he eschewed. He showed a good deal of figurative art as well. His galleries were always spacious and unpretentious, oriented simply to show the art. In the words of Dee Shapiro, who showed with the Zarre gallery many times, “He had a photographic memory and knew a lot about art and was always interested in the artist’s life.” Reliable biographical information on Zarre is scarce, but he said of his background that he was born in Poland in 1942 and that his parents were a diplomat and a socialite. He left home for the United States at the age of fifteen. During his decades as an art dealer in New York, Zarre did not appear to accumulate wealth, though he acquired a collection and lived on Park Avenue. “He was not personally aggressive in that way. People had to come to him,” Dee Shapiro said. He was honest in his financial dealings with artists, which not all art dealers are. For a long time while running the gallery he had a second job as a supervisor in an airline office and he kept little to no additional staff in the gallery. He supported a brother who remained in Poland. Among artists, Zarre was known to be quite ornery. After my show at his gallery in 1997, I refused to enter it for seventeen years. Then I ran into him in Chelsea and he offered me another show, an opportunity I gladly accepted, but he remained just as disagreeable. He showed the work of many women, probably more than any other gallery, save those devoted to showing only women. Collectors, curators, and writers found him mostly friendly. As Peter Reginato put it, Zarre was a “strange guy but I liked him. I think he was a dealer who was more interested in the art than in making money, but somehow he lasted forty-plus years.” Zarre is not known to have kept extensive or extant records of his gallery’s long history, though these may emerge in time. Scouring the Internet, one may compile a partial list of more than eighty artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery:Nancy Azara, Ellen Banks, Mary Barnes, Tony Bechara, Juan Bernal, Stephanie Bernheim, Randy Bloom, Elena Borstein, Michael Boyd, Fritz Bultman, Ed Buonagurio, Yoan Capote, Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Cathy Diamond, Sari Dienes, Joseph Dolinsky, Beata Drozd, Ronnie Elliot, William Fares, Perle Fine, Lynne Frehm, Ben Georgia, Mikel Glass, Dana Gordon, Juanita Guccione, Fred Gutzeit, Don Hazlitt, Amy Hill, Clinton Hill, Monroe Hodder, Budd Hopkins, Arlan Huang, Richard Hunt, Rhia Hurt, Buffie Johnson, Alexander Kaletski, Robert Kaupelis...

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1950s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

"Girl Who Came to Supper" Costume Design 1963 Broadway Musical Tony Nomination
"Girl Who Came to Supper" Costume Design 1963 Broadway Musical Tony Nomination

"Girl Who Came to Supper" Costume Design 1963 Broadway Musical Tony Nomination

Located in New York, NY

"Girl Who Came to Supper" Costume Design 1963 Broadway Musical Tony Nomination Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) "Girl Who Came to Supper" 16 x 13 inches Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink o...

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1960s Performance Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024
"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024

"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024

Located in Denver, CO

Nana Williams’ "Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" is a captivating resin sculpture that merges delicate craftsmanship with intricate surface decoration. This 2024 original work is a resin cast, hand-painted with acrylic gouache, standing at 5.50 x 2 x 3.50 inches (13.97 x 5.08 x 8.89 cm). Inspired by the elegance of fine porcelain, the piece mimics the timeless beauty of blue-and-white ceramic motifs...

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2010s Realist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Resin, Acrylic, Gouache

Phenomena Royal House, Abstract Gouache on Paper, Late 20th Century
Phenomena Royal House, Abstract Gouache on Paper, Late 20th Century

Phenomena Royal House, Abstract Gouache on Paper, Late 20th Century

By Paul Jenkins

Located in New York, NY

Paul Jenkins American, 1923–2012 Paul Jenkins’s intuitive, chance-based painting techniques helped pioneer new approaches to Abstract Expressionism. Jenkins made his vibrant composi...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

Cubist Industrial Scene With Machinery And Factory Architecture
Cubist Industrial Scene With Machinery And Factory Architecture

Cubist Industrial Scene With Machinery And Factory Architecture

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Cubist Harbour Scene With Boats Nets And Fishing Equipment Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 14.25 x 21.25 inches (height x width) Proven...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Winter in Provence
Winter in Provence

Winter in Provence

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Winter in Provence', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). There is both beauty and melancholy in this delightfully charming artwork. The artist's naive style is at odds with the refinement, poise and sophistication of the painting. Perhaps the artist was making a statement as well with the broken wall...

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1970s Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

something better: Contemporary Mixed Media Artwork, Framed
something better: Contemporary Mixed Media Artwork, Framed

something better: Contemporary Mixed Media Artwork, Framed

By Miriam Singer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "something better" is an original artwork made from pencil, marker, watercolor, acrylic gouache on paper by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 13"h x 10"w framed.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Small Boat and Bather in Dinard
Small Boat and Bather in Dinard

Small Boat and Bather in Dinard

By Jean Pons

Located in London, GB

'Small Boat and Bather in Dinard', gouache and charcoal on art paper, by French artist, Jean Pons (1961). Painted in a naïve style, the piece dep...

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1960s Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

'Stately Pleasure Dome', South-East Asian, Mughal, Concubines, Fine Gilding
'Stately Pleasure Dome', South-East Asian, Mughal, Concubines, Fine Gilding

'Stately Pleasure Dome', South-East Asian, Mughal, Concubines, Fine Gilding

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

An 18th century, Mughal painting of a tribal chief, shown richly dressed and reclining in a courtyard surrounded by numerous concubines. Exceptional attention to detail throughout, p...

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Mid-18th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gold Leaf

Still Life with Dahlias in a Glass Vase French Modernist Watercolour Gouache
Still Life with Dahlias in a Glass Vase French Modernist Watercolour Gouache

Still Life with Dahlias in a Glass Vase French Modernist Watercolour Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Still Life with Dahlias in a Glass Vase French Modernist Watercolour Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 18.75 x 12.25 inches (heig...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Rouge Mouille (A00963)
Rouge Mouille (A00963)

Rouge Mouille (A00963)

By Alexander Calder

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Rouge Mouille (A00963)" is an abstract Post War gouache and ink on paper work by Alexander Calder in 1965. The artwork is 42 1/4 x 29 5/8 inches and is 49 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 1 7/8 inche...

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20th Century Post-War Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

"Interior View into the Patio" Colorful Post-Impressionist Scene Painting Framed
"Interior View into the Patio" Colorful Post-Impressionist Scene Painting Framed

"Interior View into the Patio" Colorful Post-Impressionist Scene Painting Framed

By Jacques Zucker

Located in New York, NY

This painting depicts an interior scene done in Paris. The fun details are what make this painting so attractive and desirable; the living room opens out into the terrace, as we are ...

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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache, Archival Paper

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

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Gouache, Oil

VERTICAL BRUSH STROKES
VERTICAL BRUSH STROKES

VERTICAL BRUSH STROKES

By Sol LeWitt

Located in Aventura, FL

Original gouache on paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 22 x 10 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of aut...

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1990s Abstract Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting
Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting

Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 24 x 18 inches (height x width...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Flower Beds in Garden
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Flower Beds in Garden

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Flower Beds in Garden

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Flower Garden Medium: gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed card: 9.75 x 12.75...

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19th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Hilma M. Armitage - 1937 Gouache, Deckchair
Hilma M. Armitage - 1937 Gouache, Deckchair

Hilma M. Armitage - 1937 Gouache, Deckchair

Located in Corsham, GB

A vibrant early 20th-century gouache by Hilma M. Armitage, depicting a lively beach scene. In the foreground, a deckchair is laden with towels, clothing, and a newspaper, capturing a...

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Early 20th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Cubic Falling Water Landscape Painting, Gouache & Watercolor, 1960s
Cubic Falling Water Landscape Painting, Gouache & Watercolor, 1960s

Cubic Falling Water Landscape Painting, Gouache & Watercolor, 1960s

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

5192A Antique American Cubic falling water gouache and watercolor painting Framed Signe Noel Freeman 61 Image size 17x12"

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1960s Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache

Profile Portrait of Sitting Woman, Charcoal and White Gouache, 1916
Profile Portrait of Sitting Woman, Charcoal and White Gouache, 1916

Profile Portrait of Sitting Woman, Charcoal and White Gouache, 1916

Located in Stockholm, SE

A finely tuned oval drawing by the Finnish artist Ester Helenius depicting a young woman in profile seated on a chair. The room is suggested only by a diffuse background. Signed and ...

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1910s Other Art Style Art by Medium: Gouache

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

21th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Figure Sitting
21th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Figure Sitting

21th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Figure Sitting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed inverso original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ e...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

Cy Twombly with pink chairs. From the Interiors series
Cy Twombly with pink chairs. From the Interiors series

Cy Twombly with pink chairs. From the Interiors series

By Manuel Santelices

Located in Miami Beach, FL

A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Acrylic

SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM
SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM

SUPERB 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE MODEL IN INTERIOR ROOM

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"The Model" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 18.25 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original painting by the widely exhibit...

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Late 20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed

Located in Columbus, OH

Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage green and accents of neon pink oil pastel. This is a part of Shap's '80s Interiors...

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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

Antique Hand Colored Engraving, Gouache and Watercolor, 19th Century
Antique Hand Colored Engraving, Gouache and Watercolor, 19th Century

Antique Hand Colored Engraving, Gouache and Watercolor, 19th Century

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

3942 Antique gouache and watercolor hand colored engraving on paper set in a period 19th century frame Signed Very 1850 Image size 10x5.5"

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Late 19th Century Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

Montmartre : Sacre Coeur Church and Moulin under the Snow - Lithograph - 1965
Montmartre : Sacre Coeur Church and Moulin under the Snow - Lithograph - 1965

Montmartre : Sacre Coeur Church and Moulin under the Snow - Lithograph - 1965

By (after) Maurice Utrillo

Located in Paris, IDF

Maurice UTRILLO Montmartre : Sacre Coeur Church and Moulin de la Galette under the Snow Lithograph enhanced with gouache and watercolor pochoir Printed signature in the plate On Ar...

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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Watercolor, Gouache, Lithograph

Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache
Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache

Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 24.25 inches (height x wid...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

A corner at Fashion Desginer Dries van Noten’s home. Watercolor interiors
A corner at Fashion Desginer Dries van Noten’s home. Watercolor interiors

A corner at Fashion Desginer Dries van Noten’s home. Watercolor interiors

By Manuel Santelices

Located in Miami Beach, FL

A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape
Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract Expressionist painting of Bay Area Hills by Honora Berg Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area abstract expressionist landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A brilliant e...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Archival Paper, Gouache

Grapes Wine Bottles Jug and Plate Golden Drapery French Modernist Still Life
Grapes Wine Bottles Jug and Plate Golden Drapery French Modernist Still Life

Grapes Wine Bottles Jug and Plate Golden Drapery French Modernist Still Life

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Grapes Wine Bottles Jug and Plate Golden Drapery French Modernist Still Life Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches (heig...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

1970's French Modernist Painting Geometric Style Red Tulips in Terracota
1970's French Modernist Painting Geometric Style Red Tulips in Terracota

1970's French Modernist Painting Geometric Style Red Tulips in Terracota

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flowers in Vase by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed (dated 1976 verso) original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges hav...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Middle Eastern Men Oil Painting Austrian Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Museum
Middle Eastern Men Oil Painting Austrian Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Museum

Middle Eastern Men Oil Painting Austrian Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Museum

By Arieh Allweil

Located in Surfside, FL

ARIEH ALLWEIL [ARIE ALWEIL] 1901-1967 Galicia 1901-1967 Safed, Israel (Ukrainian/Polish/Israeli) Pastel or Gouache on paper Hand signed lower right Dimensions: framed 20.5 X 23.5. im...

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20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache, Board, Oil Pastel

Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist
Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist

Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 24 inches (hei...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

”Admiring the Picture”
”Admiring the Picture”

”Admiring the Picture”

By Benjamin Kopman

Located in Southampton, NY

Very well executed original gouache on archival paper by the well known American artist Benjamin Kopman. The scene depicts three figures admiring a picture. Signed lower left. Circa ...

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1930s Ashcan School Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Underwater Algae, Abstract Marine Organic Painting, Green and Yellow Pastel
Underwater Algae, Abstract Marine Organic Painting, Green and Yellow Pastel

Underwater Algae, Abstract Marine Organic Painting, Green and Yellow Pastel

Located in Barcelona, ES

Underwater Algae is a luminous painting that celebrates the delicate beauty of marine life through a vibrant palette of pastels and soft organic forms. Inspired by the rhythmic patte...

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2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper

Original drawing-frame included-Golden Summer- British Awarded Artist-expression
Original drawing-frame included-Golden Summer- British Awarded Artist-expression

Original drawing-frame included-Golden Summer- British Awarded Artist-expression

Located in London, GB

Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gold

Chevaux de courses
Chevaux de courses

Chevaux de courses

By Raoul Dufy

Located in New Orleans, LA

Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 French Chevaux de courses (Racing Horses) Signed and dated "Raoul Dufy 1929" (lower right) Watercolor and gouache on Arches paper Raoul Dufy's fascination wi...

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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Roundel depicting St. Catherine
Roundel depicting St. Catherine

Roundel depicting St. Catherine

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unknown French Art and Workshop, Middle 15th century Roundel depicting St. Catherine (?) Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum Book of Hours folio attributed to the C...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache, Pigment

Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration

Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Society Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1940s. Gouache on heavy illustration paper, image measures 17 x 14 inches; 23 x 20 inches in matting. Signed lower left. Very good condition but matting panel should be replaced. Unframed. Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ. For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony. In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques. He found that talent in Barbara Shermund. For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice. Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence. “Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League. In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.” “While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund. And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral...

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1940s Realist Art by Medium: Gouache

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Gouache

Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes
Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes

Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Composition British School, monogrammed/ dated lower corner gouache painting on paper laid over card, unframed actual painting: 22 x 15.5 inches Superb - bold - and very co...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Gouache

Fawn, Contemporary Drawing in Ink, Colored Pencil, and Gouache, 30x22
Fawn, Contemporary Drawing in Ink, Colored Pencil, and Gouache, 30x22

Fawn, Contemporary Drawing in Ink, Colored Pencil, and Gouache, 30x22

By Henry Hablak

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Fawn" is an original ink, colored pencil, and gouache on paper artwork by Henry Hablak measuring 30"h x 22"w. Henry Hablak is a tattoo artist and illustrator based out of Philadel...

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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Gouache

Materials

Ink, Color Pencil, Gouache, Paper

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