Gouache Figurative Paintings

June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She live in Laramie, WY. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in B...

In Case of Need, Original Contemporary Surrealist Painting, 2014 18" x 11.25" x 1.625" (HxWxD) Gouache on Wood Panel Hand-signed. by the artist. A conceptual surrealist painting in a muted color scheme, this work makes the viewer think about the juxtaposition of subject matter present in attempt to piece together a logical narrative that appears to be out of reach. Two hands poke out from beneath an undulating sandy landscape. One rests upon the ground's surface, the other sticks straight up, delicately holding a baby bottle...

“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...

This Golden Age of Illustration painting juxtaposes modern and ancient industrial practices. Giant eclectic generators from the current ti...

Chhotu Lal - Untitled, 10.25 x 14 inches Gouache and Gold on Acid Free Paper, 2020 ** Shipped in roll form. Born in 1957, Chhotu lal is an acclaimed artist based in Udaipur, Rajasth...

Yugal Kishor Sharma - The Tree - 18 x 18 inches (unframed size) Gouache and Gold Leaf on Paper. About thwe Artist & his works : Born : Rajasthan in 1959. Education : Post Graduation (Painting) M.L.S. University, Udaipur Ph.D (Painting) M.L.S. University, Udaipur. Fellowship : 1989-1990 National Jr. Fellowship by M-HRD,GoI-New Delhi. Work Experience : 1970-80 : In traditional miniature painting of Nathdwara, School, Nathdwara 1982-83 : In graphics art, Lalit Kala Academy’s Artists Studios, Garhi, New Delhi. Participation : 1980-2001 9th International Exhibition of Art AIFACS. 5th International Biennial of Print Art-2001,Bhopal National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. Selected Exhibitions : 1992 & 94 : The Heritage, Chennai 1991, 2000 & 03 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2002 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata 2004 : Harmony Show by Tina Ambani, Mumbai 2005 : Exhibition at Kriti Gallery, Varanasi. Awards : 1980 : Maharana Raj Singh Award, Mewar Foundation, Udaipur 1983 & 2001 : State Award of Art, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academy, Jaipur 1989 : All India Silver...

Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...

This work is remarkable for its intense dramatic lighting effects and wide-angle composition. Very few artists conceived and executed with acutely dramatic light in the arc of art hi...

Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...

Francis Hopkinson Smith paints a colorful and detailed scene of Venice in his artwork entitled, Venice (Canal View Along the Fondamenta S. Giuseppe).”

The artist says of the inspiration in her latest work . . . Moving to Washington, DC in 2016 changed me. The unraveling of this country's leadership elicited a strong, visceral rea...

Commercial illustration depicting happy California framers for California Prunes. The work is rendered in a charming and highly stylized manner. Unfr...

This graphic composition depicts Lord Cardigan on horseback commanding an equestrian military unit with the Union Jack flag proudly displayed. The famous battle scene "Charge of the Light Brigade...

This brilliantly rendered female portrait by a major American post-war illustrator known for his stunningly glamorous women. Notice how all the elements of the composition work tog...

Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...

It's 1964, and the brilliantly inventive artist/illustrator Bob Peak is turning the world of commercial art upside down. In "Pregame Football Players" for Sports Illustrated, Peak pu...

Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...

Cover illustration for mid-century children's book publisher Merril Publishers. Signed lower right. Unframed. Retta Scott or Retta Worcester was (February 23, 1916 – August 26, 1990) was an pioneering Female Illustrator / American artist. She was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Scott worked on storyboards to develop scenes of Bambi, his mother, and the film’s hunting dogs, on which she spent weeks to develop them into “vicious, snarling, really mean beasts.” Male artists in the company were stunned who initially assumed that only a man could create drawings with such intensity and technical skill. Her sketches caught the eye of Disney, so when the film went into production, she was assigned to animate scenes of hunting dogs chasing Faline. She worked under the film's supervising director, David D. Hand,and was tutored by Disney animator Eric Larson. This was a significant coup for the young woman, since at the 1930s-era Disney studio, women were considered only for routine tasks: "Ink and paint art was a laborious part of the animation process, and was solely the domain of women..." Her promotion to animator was in part thanks to the success of herself and other women such as Bianca Majolie, Sylvia Holland, and Mary Blair as storyboard artists. Even after receiving a promotion to animator, she and her animations continued being under appreciated in the industry. Though the most recognized Walt Disney female artist is Mary Blair, it is Retta Scott who opened up the doors for women in the animation industry. She became the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator. By the spring of 1941, Scott was also considered a "specialist in animal sketches." Scott helped produce Fantasia and Dumbo, as well as an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows that was later cancelled. She also made an appearance in The Reluctant Dragon...

Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...

Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: Sight Size 22.00" x 29.00," Framed 26.50" x 33.50" New York Welcomes the President Elect, Great Moments in American History...

The artist says of the inspiration in her latest work . . . Moving to Washington, DC in 2016 changed me. The unraveling of this country's leadership elicited a strong, visceral rea...

Albert Eugène LECHAT (Lille 1863 – Berck sur Mer 1918) The crier's shop in Arras Watercolour, pencil and gouache highlights H. 22 cm; W. 27.5 cm Signed lower right. Exhibition labels...

Original cover illustration for Reader's Digest, published August 1978 "Below the Falls" (Angler's Paradise) The illustration features a man fishing near a waterfall. Medium: Gou...

"I work largely with the figure, concentrating on women. In awe of the strength women behold, I feel the need to express their character through my work. I can't explain how I choose...

Archivally Matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches Signed lower left

A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...

Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Gouache on Board

Bamboo design. Sealed on the back with design studio name and number 972 We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain), ...

When the Wood Grows Dry "Good House Keeping Magazine" illustration Surreal depiction of a young mid-century girls social life Good House Keeping Magazi...

This deceptively naive painting was most likely done for a children's book. Upon close study, the viewer will recognize that this painting is anything but a child's effort. It's a g...

This Gil Elvgren gouache painting on board was probably intended to be used as an ad for beer. The husband is returning from work with a bouquet of flowers behind his back, while his wife is waiting at the door with a bottle of beer for her husband. This painting was probably done in the late 1940's. The model in this image has the typical Elvgren look, which is very similar to Elvgren's models that he used for his pin up calendar...

Iconography Study IV: Three Figures, Gouache Painting by Victoria Crowe, 1967/8 Additional information: Medium: Gouache 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in 14.5 x 12 cm

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Contact for exact dimensions. "Crammed Scene" filled with men from the army and civilian women.

Signed lower right, unframed - Interior Illustration for Redbook Magazine

Date: 1951 Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 22.50" x 17.50", Framed 28.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Middle Right Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, Sep...

Signed upper left

Make Believe Heroine depicts a Young Girl with a Bow & Arrow painted in 2017 by DeLoss McGraw. Signed lower right. Not framed. PROVENANCE: Private collection San Diego, Ca. Acquired...

What makes this work important? It's not that it's a commissioned artwork for a men's 60s pulp adventure magazine depicting the instant a soldier is shot. The big point of the painting is how brilliantly the formal elements are thought out, designed, and executed. John McDermott tells a story using a complex figural composition in an unexpected wide-angle vision. The work is as abstract as it is representation. His use of light is significant because it creates a high-contrast two-color style that bears the mark of its creator. This is a work done by a master artist/illustrator without peers compared to artists living today. If the contemporary art world gave awards for draftsmanship, painting technique, and graphic design .... John McDermott would win the highest accolades. Initialed lower left - unframed John McDermott (August 30, 1919 – April 20, 1977), also known under the pen names J.M. Ryan and Mariner, was an American illustrator and author noted for action and adventure illustrations.[1] McDermott worked as an in-between and effects animator for Walt Disney Studios and as a US Marine combat artist,before establishing himself as a cover illustrator for 1950s paperbacks and pulp magazines such as Argosy, American Weekly, and Outdoor Life. Under his J.M. Ryan pen name, he wrote the novels The Rat Factory (1971), a derogatory satire of Walt Disney and the Disney studio; Brooks Wilson Ltd (1967), on which the 1970 film Loving was based; and Mother's Day (1969) about Ma Barker. Under his own name, he novelized director-writer Bo Widerberg's screenplay for the 1971 film Joe Hill, which would be his final published book. Early life John Richard McDermott was born 30 August 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado, the younger of two sons of Henry McDermott, an oil broker. McDermott was a young child when his father committed suicide.[4] The family eventually moved to Los Angeles where McDermott's mother, Hazel, worked in a beauty parlor. He graduated from Hollywood High School in 1936. Although he had had no formal art education, he took a job as an artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Career Disney At Disney, McDermott worked as an in-betweener and effects animator on Brave Little Tailor, Pinocchio, The Reluctant Dragon and Fantasia. His experiences while working at Disney, particularly during the time of the 1941 Disney animators' strike, would later become the basis for his 1969 satirical novel The Rat Factory. McDermott left Disney to fight with US forces during World War II. US Marines McDermott World War II sketch titled "Buddy is Wounded" On September 29, 1942, McDermott enlisted with the US Marine Corps. He served as a "pistol and palette" combat artist assigned to the map-making section. As a sergeant with the III Amphibious Corps, McDermott was involved in battles in the South Pacific theater of war, documenting the Guam, Okinawa and the Guadalcanal Campaigns. McDermott considered his wartime years to be his art education. "In the Marines, as a combat artist, I traveled with the troops and for three years got all the drawing opportunity anyone could want. My work changed enormously during this time and I’m sure it was due to constant drawing, every single day, from life, just putting down what I saw around me. In a few instances it was a dangerous kind of scholarship." According to the Marine Corps history journal Fortitudine, McDermott was so prolific that his contemporary style pen-and-ink sketches became easily recognizable to both Marines, from published work in Leatherneck Magazine, and civilians, from glossy copies supplied by the Marine Corps to the nation's press.His wartime art appears in World War II history books and is displayed at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Illustration Following the end of World War II, McDermott moved from California to New York City to work as a freelance illustrator. McDermott made his reputation drawing modern action, war and adventure scenes. His work adorned the covers and inside story pages of popular pulp magazines of the 1950s such as Argosy, Adventure, Blue Book, Outdoor Life and American Weekly. McDermott's illustrations appeared on numerous covers of 1950s paperback novels published by Dell, Fawcett Gold Medal, Bantam Mystery and others. His action graphics were geared toward thriller and detective genres, such as Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm books Murderers' Row and The Betrayers. He also created covers for science fiction comic titles such as Voyage to the Deep[citation needed] and horror-themed paperbacks such as the classic 1955 science fiction novel The Body Snatchers...

Story illustration for “Amos Tries it Tudor” by Sewell Ford for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1924, page 35. The image shows an elegant woman holding a fan. Medium: Ink ...

Medium: 1958 Medium: Gouache on Tempera on Board Dimensions: 17.00" x 15.50" Signature: Signed and Inscribed Lower Right This illustration was published as the dust jacket for the h...

Gouache on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist

Date: 1987 Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 17.00" x 24.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right Published in Time Magazine, November 23, 1987. Large promotional advertisement execute...

Sarah Noble Ives, artist (1864-1944). Original drawing of three Dutch children, with an ink inscription reading: “Full Page / 6 Buff / Three children sliding on the ice / upon a summer’s day” above image. Ink, watercolor, and gouache on linen/board. Illustration for Mother Goose...

The artist invents and then captures a moment of a peak drama with soldiers being shot and bombs exploding. It's beautifully rendered. This work was published as a two-page spread...

Medium: Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left A well-crafted, stylish, and eye-catching cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and commercial illustrator Fritz Willis. This was used as a cover for a Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies...

Medium: Gouache and Pencil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Carter's Monthly, February 1898, cover illustration. Newly Framed.

Gustaf Tenggren- Attributed This masterfully designed and graphic interpretation of the Arabian Nights saga features a monumental figural profile while small figures float above on a magic carpet. Gustaf Tenggren (American 1896-1970) Attributed - We are not certain if Tenggren did this work. There is stylistic evidence to support Tenggren. It's the brilliance factor of how he assembles all the elements of the work and composes it into a cogent and readable form. This says Tenggen. As a former New York advertising agency art director, I have seen artists work in different styles. Usually this is not the case but great artist can do it. Their styles can change but the brilliance remains. Untitled Untitled 1957 Gouache on illustration board - Unframed Not signed 9 x 7.25 live - 10.5 x 9.5 board Original book illustration...

Legendary female illustrator creates a graphic and tightly designed triple portrait of her signature subjects. Kids! Signed lower right. Unframed on heavy illustration board. Grace Drayton had a recognizable style which is a hallmark of all great artists. Instantly recognizable, a Grace Drayton subject is a stylized child with a cherubic style, often with round faces, plump bodies, rosy cheeks, and a happy disposition. Three Rosy Cheek Children is an excellent example of her best work. Grace Drayton Born: Grace Gebbie October 14, 1878 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Died: January 31, 1936 (aged 58) Cartoonist, Illustrator Grace G. Wiederseim Notable works Campbell Soup Kids Dolly Dimples Dolly Dingle...

Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...

Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Exhibitions: Allentown Art Museum, At the Edge: Art of the Fantastic (June 3- September 9, 2013)

Elizabeth Voss was a top mod-century illustrator at Merrill Company and was a major figure in Children's Art and Children's Illustration Published by Merrill Company Publishers, Co...

We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller with 100% 5-star reviews. From the Estate of Irving Zucker. Formerly exhibited at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. A beautiful example of Greck's semi...

O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration Supreme technical skill allows the artist to realistically capture an...

Pioneering Female Illustrator Barbara Briggs Bradley was an in-demand illustrator in the 1950s. Merrill Publishers of their famous children's books hired Barbara Briggs Bradley to d...

Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 21.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 2,1960. The Post described, ““Golfe '' was outlawed during its infancy in Scotland because too many archers, on whom ...

Gouache on card, signed lower right Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (42 x 29.25 cm) Contemporary style frame Joan Fairfax Whiteside Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious arti...

Signed lower left. Provenance: Private Collection, Boca Raton, Florida Zwi Raphaeli was an Israeli impressionist painter. He studied in Paris at the Beaux-Arts and the Bezalel Acad...