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Medium: Rag Paper
Chris Ofili, The Caged Bird’s Song (Voyeur) 2024. Limited, Signed Print & NGBook
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Edition (No. 1–100), with the numbered and signed print The Caged Bird’s Song (Voyeur), 2024, by Chris Ofili. Art print, Giclée on 340gsm Hahnemühle Rag Metallic paper with deckl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Rag Paper, Giclée

Floral Triptych of Large Floral Bouquet, Botanical Cyanotype in Classic Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Category

2010s American Realist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Rag Paper

Bassett Hound minimal black and white ink painting on Indian rag paper
Located in Charleston, US
This lovely minimal black and white dog painting of a Bassett Hound, is a contemporary portrait in ink on Indian rag paper which displays Ian Mason's unique ability to harmoniously i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Rag Paper

Dense Rolling Clouds, Blue Sky Landscape Triptych, Handmade Cyanotype on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of gorgeous rolling clouds. Details: + Title: Dense Rolling Clouds + Year: 2025 + Edition Size: 100 + Stamped and Certifi...
Category

2010s Rococo Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

Jungle (Jaguar)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France. Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization. Matt Kinney...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Shadows of Peace I (Gestural Abstract, Persian Female Artist, ~35% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani Shadows of Peace I 2025 Oil Pastel on Fine Paper Size: 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm) Signed and dated in pencil COA provided *Framing Options available - Please Inquir...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Rag Paper

Composition in Red / oil and metal leaf
Located in Burlingame, CA
Composition in Red - Framed. French American Frédéric Choisel is inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area and creates elegant abstractions that tell a story of urb...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Parade, hand-finished cyanotype on paper, with pressed flowers and gold leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
Rosie Emerson, born in 1981, is a contemporary artist working almost exclusively on representing the female form. Emerson’s figures draw reference from archetypes old and new, from Artemis to the modern day super model, each solitary figure, an allegory of her own fantasy. Interested in surface, the interplay between photography and painting. Emerson’s works are playful constructs; Photography is used, not as a device for capturing reality but for creating romanticised optical illusions. Inspired by her love of theatre, performance, shrines and rituals, she uses lighting, costume, set and prop making, alongside printmaking and painting to create other worldly one off pieces. Her photography is inspired by both the drama of the baroque, and ethereal qualities of Pre Raphaelite works. Other important influences include late medieval and renaissance paintings, Japanese prints, and magical realist literature. Emerson’s screen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper

Arrested Love – Floral, Giclée, Rag, Blue, Pink, Purple, Orange, Color, Medium
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Arrested Love" captures the volatile beauty of emotion held mid-bloom — a moment when passion, tenderness, and restraint coexist in luminous tension. Bursts of fuchsia, cobalt, gold...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Timeless: Blooms in Crystal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Timeless: Blooms in Crystal" is a beautiful rendering of April blooms and antique bottles collected by the artist. In this mesmerizing watercolor painting, the artist masterfully ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper

Commanding Curve - Equestrian Watercolor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Commanding Curve" is a captivating watercolor painting on rag paper that beautifully portrays the freedom horse riding allows. The artwork depicts a woman with short brown hair grac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Parrot (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Parrot, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Victory Gallop - Equestrian Watercolor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Victory Gallop" is a mesmerizing watercolor on textured rag paper, capturing the essence of the Bon Vivant lifestyle. A woman, adorned in resplendent garments and an exquisite hat, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Land of the Free Home of the Brave, Acrylic and collage on paper, Signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Peter Max Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, 2005 Acrylic and collage on heavy art paper Hand signed in acrylic paint on the front, the back bears the artist's copyright and unique...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rag Paper

Flying Gulls on the Surf
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist st...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Shadows of Peace III (Aliens, Surreal, Expressionism, Urban, ~35% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani Shadows of Peace III 2025 Oil Pastel on Fine Paper Size: 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm) Signed and dated in pencil COA provided *Framing Options available - Please Inqu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Rag Paper

Fishing Boat in Storm
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin. Tape residue marks on back. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Forget the Destination, Colorful Abstract Art on Paper
Located in New york, NY
Forget the Destination, 2023 by a.muse is a one-of-a-kind work on paper. The art is a visual poem on wanderlust, inviting viewers to embrace the unknown. For a traveler without a map...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Spring Rhododendron II (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Manchester Maine #4 Expressionist Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Elizabeth Osborne (American/Philadelphia, b. 1936) Manchester #4, 1988. Watercolor painting on paper. Signed and dated l.l. Sight: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Frame: 17" x 20". Provenance: Purchased from Jane Haslem Gallery in 1990. From the collection of Nancy Elizabeth Stanley. 1936, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1959, BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1954-58, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SOLO EXHIBITIONS Berry Campbell, New York, Elizabeth Osborne: A Retrospective, 2022. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Reflections: Painting Memory, 2017. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Watercolors: Five Decades, 2017. The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, Elizabeth Osborne: The 1960s, 2016. Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Color Bloc: Paintings by Elizabeth Osborne, 2015. The James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Veils of Color: Juxtapositions and Recent Work by Elizabeth Osborne, 2015. (Traveled to The Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2016.) Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Luminous Gestures: New Works by Elizabeth Osborne, 2013. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Osborne: Watercolors, 2011. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Work, 2011. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light, 2009. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Figurative ‘60s, 2007. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Floating Landscapes: 1971-1979, 2006. J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, Works on Paper, 2006. The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Recent Prints, 2005. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Osborne: 30 Years, Works on Paper, 2002. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vantage, 2000. Old Main Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1998. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1997. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994. Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1994. North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1993-94. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992. Arronson Gallery, The University of Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Watercolors, 1991. University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990. Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1988. Fischbach Gallery, New York, 1988. Fischbach Gallery, New York, 1984. Fischbach Gallery, New York, 1982. Fischbach Gallery, New York, 1980. Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978. Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976. Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Ltd., New York, 1977. Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Ltd., New York, 1974. Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Landscapes, 1972. Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970. American Consulate, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1969. Peale Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967. Perakis Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967. Perakis Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1963. GROUP EXHIBITIONS Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, The Women of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Past to Present, 2024. Berry Campbell, New York, Perseverance, 2024. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, From Dusk Till Dawn, 2015. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, “Something Clicked in Philly”: David Lynch and His Contemporaries, 2014. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, It’s Not the Numbers, 2014. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Works on Paper, 2013. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, 2013. Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Four Visions/Four Painters: Murray Dessner...
Category

1970s Realist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Creekside Madrone (30 x 22" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca.1930 double-sided abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). On the Docks, Sunset. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. S...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Abstract Patterns of Fish in Pink and Green, Painting on Watercolor Paper 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) # - Small Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) is an 11 x 13-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. The artist works with n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment

Raccoon (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Raccoon Watching Fish, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). Christopher Street, 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15.5 x 20 inches. Window in matting measures 15 x 19 inches. Framed measurement: 23 x 30 inched. Bears fragment of original label affixed on verso. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC Exhibited: The American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition. From the facade of The Waverly at Christopher is depicted One Christopher Street, the 16-story Art Deco residential building erected in 1931. It is not a casual coincidence that the structure appears in this cityscape: 1 Christopher Street is the subject. The original intention of this project was to transform the neighborhood, bring a bit of affluence and make a bid to rival the Upper West Side. Margules, a sensitive aesthete, understood how a massive piece of architecture such as One changes a neighborhood. Sound, scale and focal points are forever altered. A pedestrian's sense of depth and distance becomes pronounced. All of these factors contribute to the intent behind this image. Tall buildings disrupt the human scale, change the skyline and carve up space. In this piece, negative space conforms to the man-made geometries. Clouds become gems fixed in settings. De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
Category

1930s American Modern Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Impressions of Maine (fishermen)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist ...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Mallorca, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14.5 x 19 inches. Signed lower margin. J...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Hopefully in Love II – Fine Art Giclée on Rag Created & Hand Signed by Artist
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Hopefully In Love II”, part of a four part series, bursts with energy, color, and emotion — a fearless composition that channels both chaos and beauty in equal measure. In this dyna...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Abstract Patterns of Fish, Seascape Painting on Watercolor Paper, Orange Sea, 24
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Man & Woman (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Man & Woman, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Live Composition I by African American Artist Bai, Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
Bright with pastel colors Live Composition I, 2024 by African American artist Bai is a 30” x 22” abstract acrylic and oil pastel work on paper. Rendered in a primitive art style that...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Turtle (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Turtle, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Dessert Landscape (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dessert Landscape, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Canadian Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Newfoundland, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Spring Forest Floor (30 x 22.5" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Square, Circle and Triangle Tiles in Pink and Yellow, Floating Geometry on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of hand painted acrylic paintings by Natalia Roman are inspired by the colors and textures of Italian terrazzo tiling. The patterns created combine a variety of vivid col...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rag Paper

Birds in Flight (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Birds in Flight, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper

Rainbow Flowers Diptych, Fresh Urban Art Painting on Watercolor Paper, Pastel
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
Category

2010s Street Art Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Rag Paper

Abstract Patterns Botanical Painting, Shape Booster Flower, Blue, Yellow, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
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2010s Street Art Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Rag Paper

Sea Birds in Surf
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful seascape painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Seabirds, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin. SHIPS ROLLED. Matting removed. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses. Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I. During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter. In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Kit Carson, Colorado
Located in Dallas, TX
n Lloyd Brown’s examination of America, we see small town intersections, train crossings, and rural stretches of road, in paintings made after he traveled across the United States on...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Cardboard, Rag Paper

Tropical Vintage Painting of Duo of Colorful Seaweed, Purple, Yellow, Diptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Duo of Colorful Seaweed" is an acrylic painting on high-quality watercolor paper of minimal botanical algae, drawn and painted in the style of Henry Matisse...
Category

2010s Fauvist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rag Paper

Abstract Walking Figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Walking Figure, ca. 1960. Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 15.5 x 22 inches. Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed. Estate stamps500 on verso....
Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Newfoundland Canadian Loggers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist st...
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Delight In Bloom – Fine Art Giclée on Rag, Hand Signed by the Artist
Located in Woodstock, GA
Radiant yet serene, "Delight in Bloom" celebrates the quiet joy found in nature’s unfolding moments. Soft layers of yellow, orange, white, and plum mingle in a gentle play of light a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment, Rag Paper

Seascape, Abstract Geometric Fish Patterns, Orange Monoprinting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Abstract Composition
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Abstract Composition ca. 1960. Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 17.5 x 22 inches. Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed. Estate stamps500 on v...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

"Finger Wave" Nightlife, Cityscape, acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Finger Wave" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale and is made from acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper. This piece measur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Rag Paper, Acrylic

Passion Fruit - Giclée on Rag, Signed, Purple, Green, Modern, Contemporary
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Passion Fruit” radiates with the essence of ripened emotion — a lush and dynamic exploration of color, texture, and vitality. The composition unfolds like an abstract harvest, where...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Delight In Bloom II – Giclée on Rag, Signed, floral, yellow, purple, flowers
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Delight in Bloom II” captures the essence of unrestrained joy — a vivid celebration of color, light, and emotional resonance. The composition bursts forth with radiant vitality, emb...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Daylight Shadow - Giclée on Rag, Hand Signed, Black, White, Modern, Contemporary
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Daylight Shadow” captures the moment where illumination meets resistance — a study in duality rendered through gesture, motion, and restraint. The work embodies the paradox of contr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment, Rag Paper

Study In Grace III – Fine Art Giclée on Rag, Created & Hand Signed by Artist
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Study in Grace III” is an intimate graphite portrait that honors the quiet eloquence of the human form — a meditation on beauty, memory, and time. Drawn over forty years ago, the pi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Flourish - Giclée on Rag, Signed, Floral, Tulip, Colorful, Red, Orange, Yellow
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Flourish” celebrates the exuberance of life in full bloom — a radiant orchestration of color, motion, and emotion. The composition pulses with vitality, capturing a moment where nat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

Bird on Sea Rocks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Red Bird on Sea Rocks, ca. 1960. Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed. Estate stamps500 on v...
Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Pink Seascape, Abstract Geometric Fish Patterns in Red, Monoprinting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category

2010s Abstract Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Modern Still Life Painting of Classic Breakfast Sandwich, Yellow, Illustration
Located in Barcelona, ES
"BLT Sandwich with Beer" is a contemporary still-life painting that depicts a classic breakfast diner scene with a modern twist, featuring a sandwich and a beer as the central subjec...
Category

2010s Realist Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Rag Paper

I Am – Fine Art Giclée on Rag, Created and Hand Signed by the Artist
Located in Woodstock, GA
“I Am” emerges as both declaration and meditation — a visual affirmation of existence itself. This work transcends the boundaries of abstraction to inhabit a spiritual register, wher...
Category

2010s Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital Pigment

"Iridescent Fluorescent" Nightlife, cityscape, acrylic gouache on rag paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Finger Wave" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale and is made from acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper. This piece measur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Acrylic, Rag Paper

"Third Wheel" City scene/ figurative illustration, acrylic gouache on rag paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Third Wheel" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale and is made from acrylic gouache on Stonehenge rag paper. This piece measur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rag Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Rag Paper

Rag Paper paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Rag Paper paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, pink and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Terri Dilling, Orazio De Gennaro, James Floyd Clymer, and Arno Hoth. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Rag Paper paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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