Gérard Blain Art

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Original 1940 Watercolor Illustration by Robert Ripley/Ripley Studio for Publication April 28 A colorful 1940 Believe It or Not illustration layout by Ro...

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Original 1940 Watercolor Illustration by Robert Ripley/Ripley Studio for Publication July 7, 1940 A 1940 Believe It or Not illustration layout by Robert ...

This circa 1855 Chinese hand painted pith painting portrays a Chinese tradition of a celebratory warrior dance to display fighting dominance; the two parties being a typical warrior ...

Lovely and authentic all original mid 19th century pair of small Chinese Pith Paintings; under glass and double matted in a single plain narrow black straight reeded trimmed wooden f...

Reginald Marsh, 1898 – 1954 Monseigneur News Theatre, 1925 Signed and dated at lower right: 'Reginald Marsh 1925' Watercolor on card 8 x 11 inches Born in Paris to parents who were American artists, Reginald Marsh became an adept illustrator at an early age. His family returned to the United States in 1900. Upon graduating from Yale University, Marsh moved to New York and in 1922 took a job as an illustrator at the New York Daily News. For the paper he provided cartoons of vaudeville and burlesque shows. In 1925 Marsh went to work for a new magazine -- The New Yorker -- as one of its original cartoonists. That same year he married Betty Burroughs, daughter of the paintings curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later that year they traveled to Europe where Marsh discovered the work of the old masters at the Louvre in Paris and British museums. With a sketchbook always on hand, he wandered the streets of Europe and began depicting bums or what he called figures of failure. Upon the couple’s return, Marsh, now with a serious interest in pursuing art, enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied under George Luks, John Sloan, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. This work, Monseigneur News Theatre, is accompanied by a letter from Marsh Scholar Professor Norman Sasowsky, University of Delaware...

Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) Two Ladies Standing, 1814 Watercolor on paper, 8 x 6 1/4 inches Framed: 15 x 13 inches (approx.) Signed and dated at lower right: "H.Vernet--1814."...

Difficult to find set of six diminutive mid 19th century Qing Dynasty hand painted Chinese Pith watercolor paintings; prepared for the tourist trade; depicting mores and customs of C...

A 19th Century WATERCOLOUR depicting a charming British rural scene with Milk maids and children in a farmstead size of image approx 28 x 23 cm (11" by 9") oval overall size( 41 x 46...

Maurice Freed (American, 1911 1981) Home Movies (I), c. 1940 Gouache on board, 13 1/2 x 12 inches FRAMED: 20 x 19 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “MAURICE FREED” Maurice F...

Fine quality three character mid 19th century (circa 1850) watercolor on pith paper; a Chinese painting; depicting an Emperor with. perhaps, a concubine by his side and a page or eun...

ADOLPHE BORIE (American, 1877-1934) Reclining Female Nude Watercolor & graphite on buff wove paper, 9 x 12 inches FRAMED: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches Signed at lower right: "Adolphe...

ADOLPHE BORIE (American, 1877-1934) Standing Female Nude Wash & charcoal on gray laid paper, 12 x 9 inches Framed: 16 x 13 inches Estate stamp lower right Born in Philadelphia, Adol...

Albert Nikolaievitch Benois (Saint Petersburg, 1852 – Fontenay-aux-Roses, 1936) Fantastic View from the Windows of My Studio 1907 Watercolour on cardboard 34.7 × 23 cm 48 x 37,5 c...

Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) Charlot, 1920 Gouache and pencil on paper 46 × 36 cm (18⅛ × 14⅛ in.) Unsigned Provenance: Collection of Julien Dutilleul (d. 1936), pupil and collaborator o...

Edith Bonney Franklin (American, 1881-1954) Child with Ball and Toy Rabbit, 1927 4 1/4 x 3 inches FRAMED: 5 1/4 x 4 inches Signed and dated at lower right: "EBFranklin/1927" [EBF mon...