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Medium: Watercolor
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 4.25 x 6 inches Delightful early 20th century French watercolour dep...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Water lilies on the Novomilskyi Pond. Watercolor on paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
'Water lilies on the Novomilskyi Pond' Size 23 x 15 inches (57 x 38 cm). Original watercolor painting - painted on watercolor paper (Fabriano). Need a decorative frame. On the fron...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Pink Bristle Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Vibrant Color Abstract Twists and Turns
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant abstract gouache with purple, blues, oranges, and green colors by British artist Stephen Priestner, 2008. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size...
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1960s Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting -Beautiful French Town With Two Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 20 x 14 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed....
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Portrait Of Inspector In His Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed double sided original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Wine Bottle with Orange, Modern Italian Still Life, Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wine Bottle with Oranges" is a modern still-life that showcases a kitchen scene of a glass bottle catching the light while a cluster of oranges sits nestled on a surface. The scene exudes an air of sophistication and simplicity, with the bold colors and elegant shapes of the bottle and oranges creating a striking visual composition. Details: Title: Wine Bottle with Oranges Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 70x50 cm, (28x20 inches) Year: 2023 * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork shipped carefully rolled and packaged in a tube. * Certificate of Authenticity provided. Gio Bellagio...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15.75 x 19 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Train Station, " Max Kuehne, Industrial City Scene, American Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Max Kuehne (1880 - 1968) Train Station, circa 1910 Watercolor on paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Illinois Max Kuehne was born in Halle, Germany on November 7, 1880. During his adolescence the family immigrated to America and settled in Flushing, New York. As a young man, Max was active in rowing events, bicycle racing, swimming and sailing. After experimenting with various occupations, Kuehne decided to study art, which led him to William Merritt Chase's famous school in New York; he was trained by Chase himself, then by Kenneth Hayes Miller. Chase was at the peak of his career, and his portraits were especially in demand. Kuehne would have profited from Chase's invaluable lessons in technique, as well as his inspirational personality. Miller, only four years older than Kuehne, was another of the many artists to benefit from Chase's teachings. Even though Miller still would have been under the spell of Chase upon Kuehne's arrival, he was already experimenting with an aestheticism that went beyond Chase's realism and virtuosity of the brush. Later Miller developed a style dependent upon volumetric figures that recall Italian Renaissance prototypes. Kuehne moved from Miller to Robert Henri in 1909. Rockwell Kent, who also studied under Chase, Miller, and Henri, expressed what he felt were their respective contributions: "As Chase had taught us to use our eyes, and Henri to enlist our hearts, Miller called on us to use our heads." (Rockwell Kent, It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1955, p. 83). Henri prompted Kuehne to search out the unvarnished realities of urban living; a notable portion of Henri's stylistic formula was incorporated into his work. Having received such a thorough foundation in art, Kuehne spent a year in Europe's major art museums to study techniques of the old masters. His son Richard named Ernest Lawson as one of Max Kuehne's European traveling companions. In 1911 Kuehne moved to New York where he maintained a studio and painted everyday scenes around him, using the rather Manet-like, dark palette of Henri. A trip to Gloucester during the following summer engendered a brighter palette. In the words of Gallatin (1924, p. 60), during that summer Kuehne "executed some of his most successful pictures, paintings full of sunlight . . . revealing the fact that he was becoming a colorist of considerable distinction." Kuehne was away in England the year of the Armory Show (1913), where he worked on powerful, painterly seascapes on the rocky shores of Cornwall. Possibly inspired by Henri - who had discovered Madrid in 1900 then took classes there in 1906, 1908 and 1912 - Kuehne visited Spain in 1914; in all, he would spend three years there, maintaining a studio in Granada. He developed his own impressionism and a greater simplicity while in Spain, under the influence of the brilliant Mediterranean light. George Bellows convinced Kuehne to spend the summer of 1919 in Rockport, Maine (near Camden). The influence of Bellows was more than casual; he would have intensified Kuehne's commitment to paint life "in the raw" around him. After another brief trip to Spain in 1920, Kuehne went to the other Rockport (Cape Ann, Massachusetts) where he was accepted as a member of the vigorous art colony, spearheaded by Aldro T. Hibbard. Rockport's picturesque ambiance fulfilled the needs of an artist-sailor: as a writer in the Gloucester Daily Times explained, "Max Kuehne came to Rockport to paint, but he stayed to sail." The 1920s was a boom decade for Cape Ann, as it was for the rest of the nation. Kuehne's studio in Rockport was formerly occupied by Jonas Lie. Kuehne spent the summer of 1923 in Paris, where in July, André Breton started a brawl as the curtain went up on a play by his rival Tristan Tzara; the event signified the demise of the Dada movement. Kuehne could not relate to this avant-garde art but was apparently influenced by more traditional painters — the Fauves, Nabis, and painters such as Bonnard. Gallatin perceived a looser handling and more brilliant color in the pictures Kuehne brought back to the States in the fall. In 1926, Kuehne won the First Honorable Mention at the Carnegie Institute, and he re-exhibited there, for example, in 1937 (Before the Wind). Besides painting, Kuehne did sculpture, decorative screens, and furniture work with carved and gilded molding. In addition, he designed and carved his own frames, and John Taylor Adams encouraged Kuehne to execute etchings. Through his talents in all these media he was able to survive the Depression, and during the 1940s and 1950s these activities almost eclipsed his easel painting. In later years, Kuehne's landscapes and still-lifes show the influence of Cézanne and Bonnard, and his style changed radically. Max Kuehne died in 1968. He exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, and in various New York City galleries. Kuehne's works are in the following public collections: the Detroit Institute of Arts (Marine Headland), the Whitney Museum (Diamond Hill...
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1910s American Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting White Half Visage Character
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Trafford Mill, original British watercolour painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Trafford Mill by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 15 x 22 inches titled and dated 'April 1972' *FREE SHIPPING ON THIS PA...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting View Of A Park with Stone Urn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Parkland Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, ...
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19th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Colorful abstract dog
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my priate collection created by Jean Remlinger who has a figurative style reminiscent of the works of Francis Bacon. It is probably an acrylic gouache , as a print...
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1950s Post-War Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Lithograph

Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Etching

1930's French Impressionist Watercolour Tall Woodland Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 16.5 inches hig...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Houses In The Mountains 1930's French Impressionist Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 12 inches high ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Snake Plant, Home Plant Pot with Oranges, Modern Still Life, Green Leaves, Gray
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Snake Plant" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying a beautiful Snake Plant surrounded with some ripe vibrant oranges taking center stage against a minimalistic slate gra...
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2010s Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

20th Century French Cubist Painting Portrait of Mother & Daughter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Daughter by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 18.5 x 15.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and so...
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20th Century Cubist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1930's French Bare Trees On Green Hill Landscape Along The River Bank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting: 11 x 7.5 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this arti...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Provence Riverside Village Landscape Post-Impressionist Signed 1962 Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape, Panoramic View of a Riverside Village by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) Signed lower right, dated 62 (1962) watercolour painting on paper, unframed measurements:...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"093 - Plein Air-Boulder Falls, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "093 - Plein Air-Boulder Falls, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a rocky landscape covered in snow during sunrise. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Arthémis by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Arthémis Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed No. 4.8 (en verso) Gouache on paper This original gouache from the creative mind ...
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20th Century Art Deco Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Painting Coastal Cottage Track
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 17 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
A Judaica painting with Hebrew Calligraphy by noted Chicago Modernist. Alexander Raymond Katz (his Hungarian first name, Sandor, was anglicized to Alexander) was born in Kassa, Hunga...
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1930s Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Patricia Fabricant, 051720, 2020, Gouache On Paper, 12 x 9 inches, Color, Optics
Located in Darien, CT
Throughout her career as a painter Patty Fabricant has pivoted back and forth between figurative and abstract work. Each time she makes the switch it feels abrupt, and yet increasing...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Laid Paper

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the artist during the early 1900's. During the Victorian and Edwardian era in Britain, it was very fashionable for ladies of aristocratic and wealthy backgrounds to draw and paint still lifes of flowers and plants that they had picked or seen in gardens. Many were highly accomplished and extremely talented artists, who sadly were not encouraged to exhibit due to society frowning upon such activities. Artist/ School: Caroline Worsley...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

20th Century Fish Bowl and Blue Fish French Interior Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Anemones in a glass vase" by Alexandre Rochat - Gouache
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Gilded wood frame with glass pane 79 x 60 x 3 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

New York City Street Scene of China Town "Joy Ting Low Chow Mein"
Located in New York, NY
An exciting watercolor of a New York City street scene done in 1974. The fast brushwork is noted with much attention directed to abstracting the depiction. Freiman's execution of thi...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Del Amo - Figurative Surrealist Portrait Landscape Paintings on Exposed Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eddy Lee’s figurative surrealist portrait paintings on exposed wood depict emotive sirens who evoke a sense of mystery and seductiveness. His original artworks combine geometric elements with innocent women portraits seeking to trigger emotions, rather than communicating specific explanations. He reconciles the unconscious with rational life, exploring the power of dreams, embracing automatism, and freeing his subjects from the constraints of conscious thought. This colorful, intriguing portrait is painted with acrylic and gouache on a hand-built cradled wood panel. This one-of-a-kind original artwork is 48 inches high by 36 inches wide and is signed by the artist on the back. It is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this unique work. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Eddy Lee relocated to Los Angeles in late 2012 to pursue a full-time career as a fine artist. He started his career on the Venice Beach Boardwalk and quickly gained a large following across the United States with exhibitions in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The artist’s work is inspired by the works of Audrey Kawasaki...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel, Graphite

French 20th Century Modernist Painting of A Nude Blonde With Warm Pastel Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

English Country House Landscape British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original gouache painting on board, unframed size: 10 x 15 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Lion and Lioness, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Watercolor on Board Cover illustration for "The Saturday Evening Post," March 19, 1932, a copy of whic...
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1930s Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Board

Chevaux de courses
Located in New Orleans, LA
Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 French Chevaux de courses (Racing Horses) Signed and dated "Raoul Dufy 1929" (lower right) Watercolor and gouache on Arches paper Raoul Dufy's fascination wi...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Solar No 2
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Solar No 2 92 Gouache on black paper Image: 41.3 x 36.2 cm Frame: 58.7 x 54.0 cm Exhibitions: 1971 Nov. Marjorie Parr Gallery, London 1974 Dec. New...
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1970s Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Solar No 2
Solar No 2
$439 Sale Price
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Time ², 1989, NYC Vintage New York City, Time Square Painting, Photorealism
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Don Jacot (American, 1949 - 2021) Signed: DJacot ' 89 (Lower, Right) " Time ² ", 1989 (Titled, In Pencil, Center) (Time Squared) Gouache on Paper Painti...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

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...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condi...
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1960s Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ribbons of Memory, surrealist composition by D Ollard
Located in London, GB
D Ollard Ribbons of Memory Gouache and photographic collage 20 x 26 cm Signed to reverse Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about D Ollard other than the fac...
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1940s Watercolor Paintings

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Photographic Film, Gouache

1960's French Portrait Man With Fingers In His Mouth Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.25 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Narcissus Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Life Long Friends Rooted In History" (2024) by Deb Komitor, Original Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Life Long Friends Rooted In History" (2024) by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang. Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Wood Panel

Summer Blooms
Located in Napa, CA
Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Blue Mother Drawing #3 (Geometric Abstract Watercolor Painting in Blue & Black)
Located in Hudson, NY
Blue Mother Drawing #3, by Jeanette Fintz in 2020 22 x 30 inches watercolor, gouache on Fabriano paper Signed lower right corner Framed: 32 x 39.5 inches, custom white frame, 8 ply w...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

1960s "Fruit Bowl in Mexico" Gouache & Oil Pastel Abstract Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Mexican Fruit Bowl 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 36"x32" unframed $1600 *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Herbert Ferber, Abstract Expressionist sculptural study signed framed Provenance
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Ferber Untitled, 1968 Unique Ink and color wash on paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the front Framed with original Knoedler Gallery label (under the respected dir...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Panthéon and Bridge 2, Impressionist Watercolor Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Panthéon and Bridge 2 Charles Cobelle, French (1902–1994) Date: 1959 Watercolor on Paper, signed Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 31 x 37 inches
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1950s Fauvist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

River Pastel / contemporary minimal warm calm etherial realism
Located in Burlingame, CA
Serene 'River Pastel ' created with pastel on gessoed watercolor paper with gouache, and framed under Museum Plexiglass in warm silver, is created by American Artist Gail Chase Bien,...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache, Panel, Archival Paper

"Hong Kong"
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Hong Kong” Harbor view of battle ship and fishing boat with city and mountains in the background. Greys, blues, and gr...
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Mid-20th Century Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

King Tut No. 2, Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) King Tut No. 2, 1968 Gouache on paper Signed and dated upper right 11.25 x 8.25 inches 25.5 x 20.5 inches A surrealist mid-century fig...
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1960s American Modern Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Resurrection Lillies (Unframed)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Resurrection Lillies' - unframed by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) signed bottom right watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 6 x 9.25 inches Delightful early 20th century Fr...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Christmas Tree in Village Square
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Advertisement for the Interwoven Stocking Company, New Brunswick, NJ.
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1940s Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Locale - Blue Peach Orange Green Yellow Undulations Abstract Color Waves, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in watercolor and acrylic on canvas, undulating waves in shades of light blue, pale orange and light green are layered over a soft, luminous pa...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century French Signed Painting Track Leading To Snowy French Alps
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, mounted in a card frame card frame: 12 x 14.5 inches painting: 8 x 10 inches provenance: the artists estate, France con...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

ROGER HERSON (1922-2008) SIGNED FRENCH ABSTRACT PAINTING - FIGURATIVE STUDY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed gouache and crayon on paper, unframed painting: 20 x 14 inches Superb original abstract painting by the very well listed French abstract and surrealist artist, Roger Herson (1922-2008). The painting is signed and has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate in northern France. Roger Herson (1922-2008) was a French abstract, cubist and surrealist painter from Rouen, France. Influenced by Picasso, Braque and Léger, he infuses the canvas with a frenzied and tonic movement, a rigorous construction and a personal graphic power. Painter of woman, desire and fantasies, Herson draws his inspiration from the verve and surrealist movement inspired by Georgio de Chirico...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Rural River Countryside Landscape original British watercolour painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Town by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 14 x 18.75 inches *FREE SHIPPING ON THIS PAINTING*: AMERICAN, EUROPE &...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fruit Salad Patchwork, Circles and Squares, Geometric Grid, Yellow, Blue, Pink
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
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2010s Bauhaus Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

French Impressionist Watercolour Painting River Boat On The Gloomy River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Watercolour Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 inch...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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