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Medium: Watercolor
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
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20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Cardboard

Art Deco Glamorous woman in Purple Evening Dress - Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Size 28.5 x 21 Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...
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1940s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

The Night Club Mystery
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Not Signed The Night Club Mystery, The Sexton Blake Library #284 cover, March 1953 This illustration appeared on the c...
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1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Woman Baking, Redbook Illustration, Mid - Century
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right, unframed - Interior Illustration for Redbook Magazine
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1950s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Roosevelt's Rose, Probable Paperback Cover
By Robert E. McGinnis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Board measures 23.75 x 15.75 inches.
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20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Experimental Railway Passing Bull's Head Inn" Philadelphia Whisky Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 12.50" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Saturday Evening Post Illustration. “ The Devil’s Stronghold” Original Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
The work is mostly black and white to indicate that this is a night scene. On closer inspection, you will see areas of magenta and ivory throughout The publisher's label on verso ide...
Category

1960s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Man Leading Horse
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1945 Medium: Gouache Dimensions: 23.50" x 35.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration, older man leading horse, concerned kids. "Don't sell him, Uncle Pete' Ba...
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1940s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Having Tea
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

Early 20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

A Soldier and His Girl, Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00"
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20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Time magazine cover, April 6, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
This work is meticulously and brilliantly rendered to capture not only the likeness of the sitter but spirit as well. The image is pushed to the forefront of the composition and s...
Category

1940s American Realist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

The Little Land
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Mixed Media on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poetry volume, 'A Chil...
Category

Early 1900s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Board

Couple at Museum
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Signature: Unsigned
Category

1940s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Beer Advertisement
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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...
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1940s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

View of the State House (now Independence Hall) as it appeared circa 1800
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right Snow at Independence Hall.
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Seats of the Haughty, Munsey's Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Seats of the Haughty, Munsey's Magazine illustration, December 1906 Literature: This illustration appeared in O. Henry's shor...
Category

Early 1900s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Scène fantastique
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1964, Nebojsa Bezanic was predominantly influenced by the 1980s. The generation of artists that grew up in, and took inspiration from, the nineteen eighties was influenced by a period of quickly growing global capitalism, political upheaval, significant wealth discrepancy, global mass media and distinctive music and fashion, including electronic pop music and hip hop. The 1980s was the era of African famine, the height of the Cold War, and also the end of it, as marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall. significant art movements of the era include Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and the global trend of Neo-Expressionism which manifested in Germany, the USA and Italy (where it was known as Transavanguardia). The decade was exemplified by artists like Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Training a Champ
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed "J. Gould" Lower Right
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

The Social Hour
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left Probable Redbook Magazine interior illustration, circa 1950
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Family Outing
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Center
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Do Bee Book of Manners
Located in Miami, FL
Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration, Art Seiden was a top children's book illustrator in the 1950' - 1060's Work comes in two parts that are butted together by the artist
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Ink, Paper

Kite Catcher
By Robert Hilbert
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Framed 31.00" x 23.00" American Weekly magazine cover, October 31, 1954
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Luckiness
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Title: Luckiness Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper D...
Category

2010s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

A Woman and Horses Outside a Farmhouse
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

1960s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

"The Dawn of To-Morrow", Crowd Reporting a Crime to a Policeman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

1925 Cream of Wheat Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1925 Medium: Gouache on Board
Category

1920s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Gina Lollobrigida
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: circa 1950 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 27.75" x 19.75" Signature: Signed "T. Kuck" Lower Right "Gina Lollobrigida." Portrait of the I...
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Figure in the Forest
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board Dimensions: 23.50" x 15.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Watercolor

Antique watercolour of Palazzo Signoria in Florence
By A. Marrani
Located in London, GB
This beautiful view of a Florentine courtyard was painted by A. Marrani, an artist who, in the late 19th Century, painted many views of the Tuscan city. The cortile (‘courtyard’) sho...
Category

Late 19th Century Naturalistic Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Board

Ride the Red Earth, Book Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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...
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Gouache, Board

Allegory
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Tempera and Watercolor on Board Contemporary Art Deco style frame; art exhibition entry label from Hudson Valley Art...
Category

1930s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor, Board

Looking Into a Neighborhood - Ginger Bread Houses - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Looking Into a Neighborhood , Dear Paul This is an intriguingly charming work by an overlooked and brilliant mid-century female artist - illustrator, and educator. Lorraine Fox. ...
Category

1950s Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Iodized Salt / Help Keep Your Family Goiter Free
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Artist unknown. Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Unsigned Dimensions: 24.00" x 21.00" Illustration for Morton's Iodized Salt, printed advertisement affixed to back.
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Grid Hero - Cream of Wheat Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1938 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 28.00" x 25.50" Signature: Unsigned Cream of Wheat Advertisement
Category

1930s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

"She's Stealin' Flowers, Mrs. Atherton!"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934 Medium: Gouache on Pencil on Board Dimensions: 19.25" x 19.75" Signature: Inscribed and Signed Illustrated for "The Sea Remembers" by Gordon Malherbe Hillman, American Ma...
Category

1930s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Pencil

Scène fantastique
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1964, Nebojsa Bezanic was predominantly influenced by the 1980s. The generation of artists that grew up in, and took inspiration from, the nineteen eighties was influenced by a period of quickly growing global capitalism, political upheaval, significant wealth discrepancy, global mass media and distinctive music and fashion, including electronic pop music and hip hop. The 1980s was the era of African famine, the height of the Cold War, and also the end of it, as marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall. significant art movements of the era include Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and the global trend of Neo-Expressionism which manifested in Germany, the USA and Italy (where it was known as Transavanguardia). The decade was exemplified by artists like Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

A Christmas Number, Judge Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: light pencil signature lower left in the artwork Front Cover Art Judge Magazine December 1933 In a departure from their typical flapper cov...
Category

1930s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Whistling Cat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for The Whistling Cat by Robert W. Chambers, Liberty magazine, November 21, 1931. Image of woman, young girl and dog at dory. Signed...
Category

1930s Other Art Style Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on looking king. The work has an abundant amount o...
Category

1970s American Realist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

It's Fun to Play, Wurlitzer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Sight Size 10.75" x 14.00," Framed 26.00" x 27.00" Framed under glass.
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor

Book Cover Illustration: The Detective
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Appealing To Be Allowed To Help Fight For The Union
By James Earl Taylor
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache Signature: Signed Lower Right a slave with shackles on the ground behind him appealing to Abraham Lincoln with the Civil War battle s...
Category

Late 19th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Country Gentleman Magazine Cover
By Robert Addison
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1953 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 32.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of Nov. 1953 issue of Country Gentleman magazine...
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Class Reunion Gone Wrong
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Tempera and Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 10.50" x 14.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

Early 20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Gouache

Watching the Geese
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper Paper size: 9.5 x 6.5 inches Framed size: 17.75 x 14.25 inches Signed lower left
Category

19th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"John Bartram in his Botanical Gardens" - Philadelphia Whisky Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 12.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Ovation at Niagara Falls
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 13.50" x 10.75"
Category

Early 20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Amazing Stories, Book Cover
By Leo Morey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 11.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Amazing Stories, Pulp Cover, August 1934 Exhibitions: A...
Category

1930s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Russian watercolour of the coronation of a Tsar
Located in London, GB
Russian watercolour of the coronation of a Tsar Russian, late 19th Century Frame: Height 39cm, width 30cm, depth 0.5cm Sheet: Height 36cm, width 2...
Category

Late 19th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Man on Floor Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Man on Floor Illustration ca. 1950–1959 Paintings, gouache on board 8 x 26.25 in. (20.3 x 66.7 cm.) Modern Magazine Story Illustration Heritage, Morris Weiss CollectionSunning work w...
Category

1950s American Realist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Blue Ribbon Parlors
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Wallpaper Blouse, Saturday Evevning Post Cover, October 1941
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, October 25, 1941
Category

1940s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Pajama Party
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Gouache on Board
Category

1950s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Minimalist Watercolor Painting of Orientalist Dancer
Located in New York, NY
Gypsie Dancer by Federico Fernandez y Giminez (1846-1873) Watercolor on paper, signed 'F. Fernandez Giminez' lower right. Diffused and hazy brushwork defines this work as the woman sits in a gestured garden depicted in stark contrast to her detailed clothing and jewelry. Instead of crafting an intricately detailed background similar to the famous Jean-Léon Gérôme, Giminez pins our focus on the figure, providing soft atmospheric gestures of background elements, hi lighting the details of oriental clothing...
Category

19th Century Minimalist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Orientalist Watercolor Painting of A Merchant by Amedeo Simonetti
Located in New York, NY
AMEDEO SIMONETTI Italian, 1874-1922 The Merchant Signed Amedeo Simonetti Watercolor on paper 21 x 14 inches Framed: 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
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Late 19th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Geese
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Geese” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in the lower left...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

If I paint us (in gold) V
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: gold gouache on paper 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 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Admiring the View
By Lawrence Jepson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 20.75" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right (Monogram)
Category

1920s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

If I Paint Us (in gold) VI
Located in New Orleans, LA
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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Man on Early Motorcycle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 13.00" x 11.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

Mid-20th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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