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Medium: Watercolor
Harbour, Cornwall, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1956 circa
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Harbour, Cornwall, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1956 circa
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Medium: Gouache
20 x 24.5 cm
7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a P...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wall with Railings, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1954-1955
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Wall with Railings, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1954-1955
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Medium: Gouache
24 x 27 cm
9 1/2 x 10 5/8 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Po...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life, Flowers and Bowl, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1950s
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Still Life, Flowers and Bowl, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1950s
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Medium: Gouache
33.3 x 23.6 cm
13 1/8 x 9 1/4 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowsk...
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20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life, Red & Yellow Flowers, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, c 1955
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Still Life, Red & Yellow Flowers, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, c 1955
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Medium: Gouache
23.6 x 33.3 cm
9 1/4 x 13 1/8 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (Blue and Yellow), Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled (Blue and Yellow), Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski
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Medium: Gouache
26.7 x 39.3 cm
10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life on a Table, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1954
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Still Life on a Table, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1954
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
23.6 x 33.3 cm
9 1/4 x 13 1/8 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Gate to the Town, Morocco, Gouache and Pastel Painting, 1991
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Gate to the Town, Morocco, Gouache and Pastel Painting by Padraig Macmiadhachain 1929-2017, 1991
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Medium: Gouache and pa...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Gate, Corsham Court (Blue Sky), Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1953/55
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Gate, Corsham Court (Blue Sky), Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1953/55
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Medium: Gouache
23.5 x 33 cm
9 1/4 x 13 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski ...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (Four Hills), Gouache and Paper Collage Painting by Breon O'Casey
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled (Four Hills), Gouache and Paper Collage Painting by Breon O'Casey 1928-2011
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Medium: Gouache and paper collage
15.5 x 23 cm
6 1/8 x 9 1/8 in
Signed a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cornish Coast, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1952/3
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Cornish Coast, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1952/3
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
20.3 x 33 cm
8 x 13 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Groton Presence, Watercolour Painting by Roy Turner Durrant, 1955
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Groton Presence, Watercolour Painting by Roy Turner Durrant 1925-1998, 1955
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Medium: Watercolour
7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in
19.5 x 12.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Christmas Card (Dark Grey with Four Painted Cut Outs) Painting by Breon O'casey
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Christmas Card (Dark Grey with Four Painted Cut Outs) Painting by Breon O'casey
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Medium: Gouache and collage
10.2 x 14.2 cm
4 x 5 5/8 in
Born in London 1928, Breon O’Casey was the son of the actor Eileen Reynolds and the playwright Sean O'Casey. In 1937 the family moved to Totnes where Breon O'Casey thrived at Dartington Hall School. Dartington was founded by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, who had a vision of a Utopian community which combined the working of the land with the life of the spirit through the arts. The emphasis the school placed on physical activities and skills, considering them equally important to academic skills, was crucial to him. At Dartington O’Casey learnt “to think with my hands as well as my head.”
After National Service he attended the Anglo-French Art Centre in St John’s Wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Birthday in the Souk, Morocco, Gouache and Pastel Painting, 1991
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Birthday in the Souk, Morocco, Gouache and Pastel Painting by Padraig Macmiadhachain 1929-2017, 1991
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Medium: Gouache an...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Harbour Scene, Cornwall, Black and Grey, Gouache Painting, 1953-1955
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Harbour Scene, Cornwall, Black and Grey, Gouache Painting, 1953-1955
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Medium: Gouache
22 x 26.5 cm
8 5/8 x 10 3/8 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a ...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wagons in the Field, Poland, Watercolour and Charcoal Painting, 1958
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Wagons in the Field, Poland, Watercolour and Charcoal Painting, 1958
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Medium: Watercolour and charcoal
20.6 x 32.3 cm
8 1/8 x 12 3/4 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter)...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Corsham Court (Garden Structure) Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski 1952-1957
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Corsham Court (Garden Structure) Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski 1952-1957
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Medium: Gouache
22.5 x 16.5 cm
8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potwo...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Coastal Scene, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1950s circa
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Coastal Scene, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1950s circa
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
17 x 21.5 cm
6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract, Italy, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1955, circa
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Abstract, Italy, Gouache Painting by Peter Potworowski, 1955, circa
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
37.3 x 24.9 cm
14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figurative painter who lived and exhibited in Paris, Poland, Sweden and England.
Potworowski was born in Warsaw in 1898. After serving in the First World War, Potworowski enrolled at the Warsaw University of Technology to study architecture, though his studies were halted by the Bolshevik campaign. After the end of the Polish-Soviet War in 1921, Potworowski returned to Warsaw and began to study art at the school of Konrad Krzyżanowski. By the following year, he had taken a place at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied under Józef Pankiewicz. It was Pankiewicz who incorporated Potworowski into the Paris Commute, or Kapists, a group of Polish artists who travelled to the French capital in 1924.
During his seven years in Paris he became personally acquainted with Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Jean Cocteau, Constantin Brancusi and attended for a short time Fernand Léger's studio. It was through this job that he met his first wife Magdalena Mańkowska, a student of anthropology in Paris. After marrying in France, and visiting Britain in 1928, the couple returned to Poland in 1930, where their first son John was born.
In 1931, Warsaw was the locale of the first Kapists exhibition, entitled New Generation, which took place at the Artist's Club, Hotel Polonia, and the Institute of Art Propaganda. Here, Potworowski received a prize for his painting Three Women in the Interior. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Makowski Salon in Poznań. This success was sustained through 1937 when the artist received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris, as well as the award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After this strong development, Potworowski had a travelling solo exhibition arranged, held in 1938 at the Institute of Propaganda of Art in Warsaw and then in Lviv.
Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, Potworowski escaped to Sweden via Lithuania. It was from here that the artist, with his wife and two young children, made his way to Britain, arriving in 1943. After serving in Scotland, Potworowski settled in London, and in January 1946, an exhibition of 33 of his works was held at the Redfern Gallery. This was followed by regular exhibitions with the Redfern, Gimpel Fils (1948 onwards) and The London Group, to which he was elected a member in 1949. He was also the president of the Association of Polish Artists and published regularly in the monthly magazine "Nowa Polska".
Potworowski's teaching career included eight years as Professor of Painting at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (1949-57), where he had considerable European influence, specifically on abstraction, and was acknowledged by contemporaries including Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Lago Maggiore, Watercolour Painting by Charles March Gere, 1918
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Lago Maggiore, Watercolour Painting by Charles March Gere, 1918
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Medium: Watercolour
23 x 35 cm
9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in
Signed with monogram and dated
Charles March Gere RA RWS was an English painter, illustrator of books, and stained glass and embroidery designer associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
He painted his signal work in 1897 entitled The Lady of Grey Days.The painting was purchased in 1912 and given to Aurora Howard, a descendant of the Earl of Carlisle (of Castle Howard). It was last seen...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Coastal Composition, Gouache and Ink Painting, by Trevor Bell, 1955
By Trevor Bell
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Coastal Composition, Gouache and Ink Painting, by Trevor Bell, 1955
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache and ink
18.5 x 9 cm
7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in
Trevor Bell was an abstract painter...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (Kite Painting), Gouache, Watercolour by Richard Smith, 1983
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled (Kite Painting), Gouache, Watercolour by Richard Smith, 1983
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Medium: Gouache, Watercolour, Pastel and Coloured pencil
76 x 109 cm
29 7/8 x 42 7/8 in
Signed, dated and indistinctly titled in pen and ink
Charles Richard "Dick" Smith was an English printmaker and painter.
Smith was born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, to Doris (née Chandler), a nurse and daughter of a chemical company director. He studied at Hitchin Grammar School and Luton School of Art. After military service with the Royal Air Force in Hong Kong, he attended St Albans School of Art followed by post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1954-57. Smith shared a flat-cum-studio with Peter Blake in his second year at the RCA, and then again for two years after he left the college in 1957. When Terence Conran's Soup Kitchen opened on Fleet Street in the late 1950s, it featured a letter-collage mural by Smith and Blake. Michael Chow would later commission Smith to design installations for his restaurant in Los Angeles, and Chow and Conran have remained two of his biggest supporters.
In 1959 he moved to New York to teach on a Harkness Fellowship, staying for two years, where he produced paintings combining the formal qualities of many of the American abstract painters which made references to American commercial culture. The artist's first solo exhibition was at the Green Gallery. As his work matured it tended to be more minimal, often painted using one colour with a second only as an accent.
In trying to find ways of transposing ideas, Smith began to question the two-dimensional properties of art itself and to find ways by which a painting could express the shape of reality as he saw it. He began to take the canvas off the stretcher, letting it hang loose, or tied with knots, to suggest sails or kites - objects which could change with new directions rather than being held rigid against a wall, and taking painting close to the realm of sculpture. These principles he carried into his graphic work by introducing cut, folded and stapled elements into his prints; some works were multi-leaved screenprinting, and others printed onto three-dimensional fabricated metal.
Smith returned to England in 1963 - specifically East Tytherton, Wiltshire where Howard Hodgkin was a neighbour - and gained critical acclaim for extending the boundaries of painting into three dimensions, creating sculptural shaped canvases with monumental presence, which literally protruded into the space of the gallery. Evocative titles such as Panatella and Revlon, and cosmetic, synthetic colours alluded to the consumer landscapes of urban America which had proved so influential. He showed at the Kasmin Gallery, a venture between Kas and the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava in New Bond Street, throughout the 60s, more-widely known as David Hockney's first gallery.
After being awarded the Grand Prize at the 9th São Paulo Biennial in 1967 and important exhibitions at Kasmin in 1963, Tate in 1964, and Richard Feigen Gallery in 1966, Smith was invited to exhibit at the XXXV Venice Biennale as the official British artist in 1970. Smith was chosen by a committee of art experts, who were Director of Tate Norman Reid, art historian Alan Bowness, art collector David Thompson, the British Council’s Lilian Somerville and art historian Norbert Lynton. Smith taught with Richard Hamilton at Gateshead in 1965, where he met Mark Lancaster and Stephen Buckley, and again in 2000, becoming close to the artist and his wife, Terry.
By the late 1960s Smith's ambition to produce paintings which shared a common sensibility with other media, such as film and photography, began to wane and he focused on the formal qualities of painting. The freestanding installation Gazebo exhibited at the Architectural League of New York in 1966, and a tent project at the Aspen Design...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Christmas Card (Red), Gouache and Collage Painting by Breon O'casey
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Christmas Card (Red), Gouache and Collage Painting by Breon O'casey
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache and collage
10.2 x 14.2 cm
4 x 5 5/8 in
Born in London 1928, Breon O’Casey was the son of the actor Eileen Reynolds and the playwright Sean O'Casey. In 1937 the family moved to Totnes where Breon O'Casey thrived at Dartington Hall School. Dartington was founded by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, who had a vision of a Utopian community which combined the working of the land with the life of the spirit through the arts. The emphasis the school placed on physical activities and skills, considering them equally important to academic skills, was crucial to him. At Dartington O’Casey learnt “to think with my hands as well as my head.”
After National Service he attended the Anglo-French Art Centre in St John...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Christmas Card (Dark Grey with Three Painted Cut Outs) Painting by Breon O'casey
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Christmas Card (Dark Grey with Three Painted Cut Outs) Painting by Breon O'casey
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache and collage
10.2 x 14.2 cm
4 x 5 5/8 in
Born in London 1928, Breon O’Casey was the son of the actor Eileen Reynolds and the playwright Sean O'Casey. In 1937 the family moved to Totnes where Breon O'Casey thrived at Dartington Hall School. Dartington was founded by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, who had a vision of a Utopian community which combined the working of the land with the life of the spirit through the arts. The emphasis the school placed on physical activities and skills, considering them equally important to academic skills, was crucial to him. At Dartington O’Casey learnt “to think with my hands as well as my head.”
After National Service he attended the Anglo-French Art Centre in St John’s Wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Oil
Halloween- earth tone color circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing
Located in New York, NY
Richard Garrison collects information from typically overlooked aspects of daily life. Observed data from places like big box stores and parking lots are systematically transformed i...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Graphite
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Tigers In Tropical Wallpaper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique American Modernist Abstract Cubist Painting Architectural Composition
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract composition by John W. Hatch (1919 - 1998, American). Exhibited work with a tag lower left. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed.
Category
1950s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
Colourful Abstract Yellow Painting of Scottish Highlands by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Yellow Abstract Landscape Painting of the Scottish Highlands by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. Framed in the highest quality hand-finished off-white mouldin...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' In...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract Lilac Turquoise Red Pink & Green Canvas Art by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Lilac Turquoise Red Pink & Green Canvas Art by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Honolulu Watercolor (unique signed heart watercolor by West Coast Pop art star)
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston
Honolulu Watercolor, 1992
Watercolor on handmade paper with deckled edge in artist's hand made frame with studio label verso
Signed, titled and dated in pencil lowe...
Category
1990s Pop Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in a h...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Life is better on the beach"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
This vibrant expressive artwork makes part of my Abstract Word Art series dedicated to the expression of emotions and feelings.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Study for Spring Sweep, Signed 1960s painting, Washington Color School, Framed
By Howard Mehring
Located in New York, NY
HOWARD MEHRING
Study for Spring Sweep, 1964
Oil, oil stick, charcoal, gouache painting on paper
Hand signed, dated and annotated with the names of the colors in graphite pencil on the front
This is a unique work
Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality dark blue wood frame with UV plexiglass
This 1964 hard edge painting on paper...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil, Gouache, Mixed Media
English Meadow Landscape with Wild Red Flowers by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
English Meadow Landscape with Wild Red Flowers by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
Frame measures 42 x 30 inches
Presented in the highes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Warm Spanish Sunset Landscape with Wild Flowers by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Warm Spanish Sunset Landscape with Wild Flowers by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
Frame measures 42 x 30 inches
Presented in the highe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract watercolor (de-accessioned from Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), w/ label)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Duran
Untitled #1 (with Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) label), 1974
Watercolor on paper
Includes labels from the Museum of Modern Art rental gallery label and Donna Schneier Inc; the artist's name is written on the board, not signed
18 × 23 1/2 inches
Unframed
This work was removed from the original vintage frame but comes with the back board with the original labels from MOMA Rental Gallery in New York and Donna Schneier Gallery in Manhattan (and later Palm Beach)
Robert Duran Biography (courtesy of KARMA):
Robert Duran (b. 1938, Salinas, CA; d. 2005, New Jersey) found his way from San Francisco to New York City in the mid-1960s, where he became associated with a Minimalist cohort that included Brice Marden, David Novros, and Paul Mogensen...
Category
1970s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Intersecting Magic Square
By Charmion von Wiegand
Located in New York, NY
Charmion von Wiegand
Intersecting Magic Square, ca. 1963
Gouache on paperboard
Signed and titled on the back of the artwork. The signature shown on the frame back is a photo of the actual signature on the artwork itself.
Frame Included: elegantly floated and framed in hand made white wood museum frame with UV plexiglass
This work is signed and titled on the back of the artwork itself. The signature shown on the back of the frame is a photo of the actual signature, since the actual pencil signature and title is on the artwork itself, which can't be seen within the frame
Measurements:
Frame:
21 x 17 x 1.5 inches
Artwork:
18 x 14.25 inches
The Estate of the celebrated artist Charmion Von Wiegand has been represented exclusively by Michael Rosenfeld...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil
Untitled (Abstract, Vibrant, Drips, Neon, Gestural, Contemporary, Expressionism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Russell Shoemaker
Title: Untitled
Year: 2018
Medium: Gouache on Yupo Paper
Size: 12 x 9 inches
Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist
Russell Shoemaker received his BFA from the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Synthetic Paper
Untitled (Abstract, Vibrant, Drips, Neon, Gestural, Contemporary, Expressionism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Russell Shoemaker
Title: Untitled
Year: 2018
Medium: Gouache on Yupo Paper
Size: 12 x 9 inches
Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist
Russell Shoemaker received his BFA from the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Synthetic Paper
Old Door
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Old Door, 1953
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
20 × 14 inches
Unframed
This unique and extre...
Category
1950s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Jazz, Big Band)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1636
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Category
2010s Outsider Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Patti Smith - Horses (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Pop, Legend)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Patti Smith - Horses
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1646
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Grammy, Album Art, Music, Iconic, Disco)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1625
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Category
2010s Pop Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Etta James - At Last (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Music, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Etta James - At Last
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x22in
Framed
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1621
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Category
2010s Street Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Music, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x22in
Framed
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1622
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Category
2010s Outsider Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Patsy Cline - Showcase (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Music, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Patsy Cline - Showcase
Gouache, Conservation Glass
Year: 2018
Size: 21x22in
Framed
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 92-1658
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Category
2010s Pop Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
Radiohead - Amnesiac (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Pop, Legend)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1641
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Category
2010s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
R.E.M. - Murmur (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop, Legendary)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
R.E.M. - Murmur
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1633
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"Of...
Category
2010s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Board, Mixed Media
The White Stripes - Nine Miles From The White City (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
The White Stripes - Nine Miles From The White City
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2017
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 92-1662
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Category
2010s Street Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Eric Clapton - Slowhand (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Pop, Guitar)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1644
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Black Flag - Who’s Got The 10 1/2? (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Black Flag - Who’s Got The 10 1/2?
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2020
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1638
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Pop)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1645
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Folk Music, Rock)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2021
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1629
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Category
2010s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Soul, Funk, Jazz)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1637
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Board, Mixed Media
Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2016
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 91-0194
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Category
2010s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Pop)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1643
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Pop, Crooner, Jazz)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1647
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Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Watercolor abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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