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Medium: Watercolor
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, Gouache with Ink and Wash Painting, 1940-42 circa
By John Piper
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, Gouache with Ink and Wash Painting, 1940-42 circa
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache with ink and wash
15.2 x 18.5 cm
6 x 7 1/4 in
As part of an eight-page pamphlet for The Colour of English Country Houses in 1944, Piper included a lovely auto-lithograph of Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire. This work was most likely sketched on the occasion of his visit to the Hall at this time and is of a slightly different angle. It is a working version of the cover of C Aspinall-Oglander's 'Admiral’s Widow’, 1942 (Hogarth Press). The print is cat. no.51.\\\
Piper gives a lovely description of this Elizabethan country house in the introduction to the pamphlet as follows: ‘A yellow stone house of the seventeenth century, in rolling green hunting-country. It gleams in the sun, forms a warm eye-catcher in dull weather and glimmers whitely in moonlight. It is another ruin, partly roofless, and has recently taken over by the Office of Works to be preserved as a show-place.’ (John Piper). Here, Piper, painting at night in the light of the moon, depicts the north front from the inner courtyard, capturing the brilliance of the moonlit night as it dances over the ruins making it in Piper’s own words ‘glimmer whitely’ whilst the dramatic shadows darken the archways and windows.
John Piper was a painter of architecture, landscape and abstract compositions, a designer for the theatre and of stained-glass windows, and a writer on the arts.
Piper was born in 1903 in Epsom, Surrey, the son of a solicitor. Throughout his childhood, he regularly visited Italy, and by 1924 he had published a book of poems and his own illustrations. He worked in his father's office in Westminster until 1928 when he began studying at the Richmond and Kingston Schools of Art. This was followed by two years study at the Royal College of Art. In 1927 he exhibited with David Birch at the Arlington gallery, and in 1931 with Clarice Moffat, P. F. Millard, and his first wife Eileen Holding...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Raw Sienna on Grey, Gouache Painting, by Trevor Bell, 1959
By Trevor Bell
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled, Mixed Media on Rag Paper Painting, by Trevor Bell, 1998
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
35 x 45.5 cm
13 3/4 x 17 7/8 in
Signed and dated; further signed, dated and...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Étude en rouge, Gouache Painting by Henri Hayden, 1964
By Henri Hayden
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Étude en rouge, Gouache Painting by Henri Hayden 1883-1970, 1964
Additional information:
Medium: Gouache
50 x 50 cm
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
Signed and dated
Henri Hayden was a School of...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Price Upon Request
DAZZLE
By Gregg Louis
Located in New York, NY
Gregg Louis is a multidisciplinary artist born in St. Louis, Missouri and based in Brooklyn, New York. His works, in diverse formats, investigate fundamental philosophical quandaries with a great sense of playfulness and humor. Aspects of his work often revolve around perception, existentialism, and the construction and destruction of belief systems.
Louis’ sculptural work uses the objet trouvé, or found object, as a jumping off point. Meditating on our perceptions of everyday life, he often incorporates wigs, light bulbs, TV antennas, kitchenware, and other domestic objects to create uncanny forms. Through a process of alterations, sometimes violent, Louis twists...
Category
2010s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
UN LUOGO DOVE L'INFERNO STA DORMENDO
Located in Rye, NY
“With these works I wanted to represent the course of life with the self-portrait but not by realistically painting the features of the face and body but
by painting reality in a di...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Watercolor, Pigment
Price Upon Request
Seeds
Located in New York, NY
Françoise Ben Arous is a French born artist. She has traveled worldwide, delving into different local traditional cultures. Her artistic approach is cross-cultural, filtering through...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Leaves
Located in New York, NY
Françoise Ben Arous is a French born artist. She has traveled worldwide, delving into different local traditional cultures. Her artistic approach is cross-cultural, filtering through...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Constellations, Modern Painting by David Smith 1963
By David Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
For David Smith, America's greatest sculptor of the twentieth century, there is little difference between drawing, painting, and sculpture. He easily moved from one medium to the next and indeed one subject to the next, such that a drawing could be a unique object in its own right or a sculpture could in turn be an inspiration for a drawing. Smith was an artist of the outdoors; his work bears the mark of his surroundings. Black lines on white paper can suggest natural elements like sticks in a snow-covered field, or even less empirical and rather conceptual renderings of his sculpture imagined within the same snow-covered field. This oil on canvas painting is signed with the Greek letters "Delta Sigma...
Category
1960s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Price Upon Request
A Bird of Sea and Land, Abstract Gouache Painting by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original cubist gouache painting by American artist Benjamin Benno. This surreal teal composition does little to resemble anything from its title, i...
Category
1930s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Teatro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Dan Charbonnet’s art is grounded in the rudiments of painting. He strives to achieve balance between process and application. The construction process c...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Price Upon Request
"Vessels, " Acrylic Paint, Resin, Ink and Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
This lively multimedia display features an enchanting field of color across canvas. The luminous washes of blue amidst loose figurative gestures evoke a buoyant atmosphere, while abs...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Voice, " Acrylic Paint, Resin, Ink and Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
This emotive artwork effortlessly blends figuration and abstraction in colorful concert. Cascading down the length of this multimedia composition, luminous washes of color and abstra...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Fenceless, " Acrylic Paint, Resin, Ink and Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
This lively multimedia display features an enchanting field of color across canvas. The title alludes to the boundless character of creative conception, while expressive floral gestu...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Icarus Suspended" Abstract Mythical Figurative Mixed Media
Located in Detroit, MI
“Icarus Suspended” is an extraordinary painting of Ayrton's obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. This complex piece shows a figure in flight, frozen in action, either swooping down or, perhaps, falling to earth. Named after the Greek mythological figure, Icarus, who along with his father attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Flying too close to the sun the wax melted and both fell to earth. The positioning of Ayrton's figure is reminiscent of "The Fall of Icarus" by Jacob Peter Gowy, Museo Nacional del Prado.
This is part of a series of artworks on Icarus some sculptural and some three-dimensional paintings on canvas. Verso contains gallery label Matthiesen Gallery, 142 Bond St., London, England, with a signature and text in upper right corner: "To Morton Schotnick. Bought on the occasion of The Archives of American Arts Tour to London, England. October 10, 1961. Michael Ayrton...
Category
1960s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Washers and Dryers
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor, tempera, gouache, stickers, feathers, and mixed media on paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor, Gouache
Price Upon Request
Yes, it keeps floating by.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor and acrylic on paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus LXXXVIII
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite, watercolor, and ink on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus XCI
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite, watercolor, and ink on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus XCV
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Part of The Handshake (Käepigistus) Series.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Graphite, Pigment
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus XCII
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Part of The Handshake (Käepigistus) Series.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Graphite, Pigment
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus XXXVII
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Handshake (Käepigistus) Series.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus LXXXIX
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Part of The Handshake (Käepigistus) Series.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite, Pigment
Price Upon Request
Käepigistus LXXX
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Part of The Handshake (Käepigistus) Series.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Price Upon Request
ANOTHER ONE STRUGGLED
Located in New York, NY
abstract watercolor and ink painting of intertwined tubular forms on archival paper, varnished.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Price Upon Request
A FEW WERE QUITE LOUD
Located in New York, NY
abstract watercolor painting of intertwined tubular forms on a wood panel, varnished.
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Varnish, Watercolor, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emprunt 6% Souscrivez
(War Loan 6% Subscribe)
Signed "Raoul Dufy" (lower right)
Gouache on paper
This vibrant gouache on paper by the renowned Raoul Dufy is not only a work of exceptional artistry, but also represents an important period in world history. The piece was a special commission ordered by the French government, who sought to encourage the French people to join in the post-war reconstruction efforts. Following World War I, the French government was destitute. The cost of the Great War had been tremendous not only in lives lost, but also in terms of infrastructure and finances. In order to reclaim its place as a great power on the world stage, France needed funds to reconstruct its key industries, and quickly. Thus, the government turned to one of the most famous French artists of the day - Raoul Dufy - to create this gouache on paper as an advertisement for the country's war bonds.
The extraordinary work represents Dufy's own sense of patriotic duty. Entirely unique in his oeuvre, it is clear that Dufy wished to create something truly special to help his war-torn country. The artist deftly captures the industry of France in the colorful composition, showcasing bridges, buildings, ships and other key elements of the country's infrastructure in order to evoke the viewers' pride, patriotism and willingness to help. The words Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) are boldly written across the top, seeking subscribers to a 6% interest loan to help rebuild the country - a very healthy return for the age.
The powerful painting represents one of the most effective and extensive patriotic campaigns of all time. France relied heavily on the willingness of its citizens to lend money...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
UFO Adamski-Type
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
UFO Adamski-Type, 20167
Watercolor on paper
22 x 26 inches
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Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer in New York and Athens Greece. His artwork and projects have bee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Untitled
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Price Upon Request
Seascape #8
Located in New York, NY
Seascape, 2014
Gouasche on board
20 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
Price Upon Request
Seascape
Located in New York, NY
Seascape, 2014
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
Price Upon Request
Seascape #6
Located in New York, NY
Seascape #6, 2014
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
Price Upon Request
Seascape #4
Located in New York, NY
Seascape #4, 2014
Gouache on paper
9 x 12 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
Price Upon Request
Encore
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Price Upon Request
Venus
By Edmond Vandercammen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional and rare mixed media watercolor by Belgian artist Edmond Vandercammen.
Vandercammen was classically trained and well ...
Category
1920s Surrealist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Abstract Murano #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Price Upon Request
Walking Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Price Upon Request
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