Acapulco Beach Scene, Impressionist Watercolor by Dong Kingman
By Dong Kingman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dong Moy Chu Kingman, Chinese/American (1911 - 2000) Title: Acapulco Beach Scene I Year: 1968 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Signed and Dated Lower Right Size: 10.5 x 18 on 13....
Watercolor, Paper
$850
H 16.75 in W 13.88 in D 1 in
Taxco, Mexico - 1930's Figurative Village Landscape
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage watercolor capturing a daily scene in the Spanish colonial town of Taxco, Mexico by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Titled, dated and signed lower ma...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$750
H 29 in W 37 in D 1.5 in
Vintage Watercolor Still Life -- The Antique Store Santa Cruz
By Ross Jones
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Watercolor Still Life -- The Antique Store Santa Cruz Watercolor of an antiques store titled "Paradox" by Ross Jones (American, 20th century). Signed "Ross Jones" lower right...
Paper, Watercolor
$5,500
H 18 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
“Venice, 1889” San Pietro di Castello Canals American Impressionist Watercolor
Located in Yardley, PA
“Venice, 1889” by Louis Ritter (American, 1854-1892). A fantastic example of Ritter’s renowned European watercolors. This beautifully poised composition captures the sun-washed faça...
Paper, Watercolor
$6,000
H 23 in W 28 in
"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View
By Edward Dufner
Located in New York, NY
Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...
Paper, Watercolor
Boats Along the Wharf Landscape
By Henry Hank Volle
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor landscape of boats along the wharf by Henry Hank Volle (American, 20th Century). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Henry Volle" lower left. Artists bio...
Paper, Watercolor
$895
H 22 in W 28 in D 0.75 in
Oregon Trail, Vintage 1970s Western Figural Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative oil painting of pioneers traveling by wagon train across the vast western plains by California artist Harry Roerade (American 1908-1987), circa 1...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 12 in W 13 in D 0.13 in
Colorful Impressionistic California Watercolor Landscape with Winery, Signed
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Impressionistic California Watercolor Landscape with Winery, Signed Colorful watercolor painting by Aptos, California artist Virginia J. Hughins (American, 1923-2004). A sm...
Paper, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Bay Area Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique landscape watercolor painting of a country road in San Rafael, California, circa 1880. Unsigned and unframed. Presented in mat. Im...
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Tonalist Landscape of California Country Road
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful tonalist landscape of California foothills and country road. Signed and dated "CKP" and "'69" lower right corner. Presented in rustic wood frame with eggshell mat under nonglare glass. Image size: 18.25"H x 13.25"W. Framed size: 23.5"H x 18"W. California Tonalism was art movement that existed in California from circa 1890 to 1920. Tonalist are usually intimate works, painted with a limited palette. Tonalist paintings are softly expressive, suggestive rather than detailed, often depicting the landscape at twilight or evening, when there is an absence of contrast. Tonalist paintings could also be figurative, but in them, the figure was usually out of doors or in an interior in a low-key setting with little detail. Tonalism had its origins in the works of the French Barbizon school and in the works of American painters who were influenced by them. California Tonalism was born when the emphasis in California landscape painting passed from the grand landscapes of works like those of Thomas Hill and William Keith's early career, to more intimate views of a domesticated landscape. At the same time, the parallel Pictorialist Photography...
Laid Paper, Gouache
Mount Monadnock
By Gifford Beal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine monochromatic watercolor landscape painting of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire by American artist Gifford Beal (1879-1956). Beal was b...
Paper, Watercolor
Breath of Dawn, 1970's Sunrise Lake Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor/gouache painting of a family of ducks swimming in a lake at dawn by Bill Reynolds (American, 1918-2008), 1970. The foreground is...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$750
H 28 in W 21 in D 1 in
Pt. Pinos California, Coastal Figural Landscape Watercolor
By Donald J. Phillips
Located in Soquel, CA
Pt. Pinos California, Coastal Figural Landscape Watercolor Striking depiction of a lighthouse by Donald J. Phillips (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "DONALD J. PHILLIPS WW/7-89" in the lower right corner. Tag on verso with artist and exhibition information. Presented in a double mat of white and cream, in a green metal frame with glass. Image size: 21"H x 15"W Donald J. Phillips (American, 20th Century) is an artist from San Leandro, CA. He attended California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, where he met his wife. Phillips served in Marine Corps Reserve and was called to duty from 1950-1951 during the Korean War. Exhibitions and Memberships: 21st Annual Santa Cruz Art Exhibit, 1950 New England Watercolor...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 22.25 in W 29 in D 1 in
China Town Park San Francisco on a Sunny Day Water Color 1940
By Dong Kingman
Located in Soquel, CA
China Town Park San Francisco on a Sunny Day Water Color 1940 San Francisco neighborhood and park with residents enjoying the sunny San Francisco weather by Dong Moy Shu Kingman (American, 1911 - 2000). Image under mat, 14.5"H x 21"W Image Full Sheet, 15.25"h X 23"W Frame, 22.25:H x 29"W x 1"D Dong Kingman was born Dong Moy Shu on March 31, 1911 in Oakland, California. At age five he returned with his family to Hong Kong where his father established a dry goods business. According to Chinese custom, Kingman was given his new name when he entered school. Hearing that he aspired to be an artist, his teacher gave him the name of King (scenery) Man (composition). In later years he combined the two words into Kingman and following Chinese custom, he used the family name first and the given name second, thus Dong Kingman. At the Chan Sun Wen School, Kingman excelled at calligraphy and watercolor painting, and while his family, including his mother, an amateur painter, didn't encourage him, he was not discouraged in his love of art. He studied with Szeto Wai, the Paris-trained head of the Lingnan Academy, who introduced Kingman to Northern European trends. Szeto Wai, he would acknowledge, was his "first and only true influence." Kingman returned to Oakland, California in his late teens in 1929 and attended the Fox Morgan Art School while holding down a variety of jobs. Here the artist decided to concentrate on watercolors. At the time, Charles Burchfield, John Marin and George Grosz were the leading practitioners of the medium. During the Depression era decade that followed, Kingman would emerge as one of America's leading artists and a pioneer of the California Style School of painting. A 1936 solo exhibition at the San Francisco Art Association brought him instant success and national recognition. Beginning in 1936, Kingman was a participating artist in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created by the federal government to help support the arts. In the next five years he painted nearly five hundred works for the relief program which not only helped artists financially, but also made America aware of its own art. In 1941 Kingman earned the first of two, back to back, Guggenheim Fellowships which allowed him to travel. During World War II he joined the army and was assigned to the Office of Strategic Service at Camp Beal, California and then Washington, D.C. The nature of his duties allowed him to continue his career. After the war Kingman settled on the East Coast, in Brooklyn, New York, assuming teaching positions at Columbia University and Hunter College in 1946 for the next ten years. In 1954 Kingman became a cultural ambassador for the United States in an international lecture tour for the Department of State. He was also a founding member of the Famous Artists Painting School of Westport, Connecticut, which taught art by correspondence. Kingman became involved in the film industry during the 1950's and 60's where he served as technical advisor. In addition, he created brilliant main title backgrounds for such films as "55 Days in Peking" and "Flower Drum Song...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge by Dong Kingman
By Dong Kingman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dong Kingman, Chinese/American (1911 - 2000) Title: San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Year: 1976 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, ...
Lithograph