Sharon Horvath Art

Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm. Authentified by her son Charles Delaunay on the back. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...

Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...

Abstract black and white pencil drawing of a figure seated and gazing up into the sky, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...

Black and white French pen and ink with ink wash of weaving lines defining abstract complex alignements, circa 1970. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Eye catching abstract watercolor of a figure relaxing on the floor of a modern decorated room, circa 1970. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. A...

Classic modern black and white French ink wash, 2015. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certific...

'Amalfi Coastline, Italy' signed mixed media on paper. Glazed frame 53cmx 42cm painting 36cmx27cm A view of Amalfi, looking down to the shoreline from the hilly landscape that surrou...

Elegantly detailed French abstract pen and ink drawing, circa 1975. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate o...

Contrasting black and white abstract style spiral in ink on paper, 2006. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic ...

C. 20th Century Abstract Painting in Watercolor on Handmade Paper ( Signature on Bottom Left side ) Hertzberg

Fine piece by Gradwell on his exenstive tour of Italy. 'Amalfi Caostline' c 2005 signed original painting mixed media on paper 49cmx 50cm Glazed frame 68cm x 83cm Considered one of...

Pen and ink abstract by French artist Jaquel, 1978. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Arc...