Arthur Willett Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Colorful study of grape leaves in autumn with abstracted elements and a pink/magenta background by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the est...

Original watercolor on archival paper of a busy French beach scene with a host of sailboats just off the shore. Signed by the artist lower left with inscription. Condition is excellent. Circa 1965. The watercolor is housed in a narrow gold gallery frame with a wide and very deep mat. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 22.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota. Florida collector. About the artist: Jean Monneret, born November 27, 1922 in Chalon-sur-Saône, is one of the best known painters of the School of Paris after the war. He is founding president of the Federation of Fairs historic Grand Palais. From 1944 to 1949, Jean Monneret is a student at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in the studio of Jean Dupas after preparation to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lille. At the same time, it passes the support of education in fine arts high schools. As a teacher, as well as course director Montmartre (1960-1975), that when he became professor of fine arts and art history at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris (1974 - 1988), it maintains the study of drawing as many teachers are no longer able to teach it or waive it. His painting, figurative, with a graphic black outlines to very expressive part of a modern context. Present in most rooms with paint, and very representative of the spirit of freedom of the painters, it is duly elected president of the Salon des Independants from 1977 to 2001. Among his friends painters include Jean Carzou particular, Jean-Pierre Alaux, Pierre-Henry...

Original watercolor and ink marine painting of a topsail schooner under full sail. The schooner flies the Betsy Ross flag. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1980...

Algesa O'Sickey (American, 1917-2006) Horses and Trees Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 22 x 29.75 inches 25.25 x 33.25 inches, framed Born Algesa D’Agostino on June 4, 1917, ...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1976. Hand signed lower right. Dated in pencil on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September ...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Titled on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911,...

The watercolor landscape painting "Two in the Mountains" is created in the most modern watercolor technique on "liquid paper" (on a special primer applied to a regular canvas). It wa...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1975. Hand signed and dated lower left. Hand signed, titled and dated on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was bor...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1975. Hand signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1977. Hand signed lower right. Dated on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, d...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1980. Hand signed lower right. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice i...

My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...