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Artist: William C. Grauer
The Model
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Model
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
signed lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
A few bits of adhesive residue verso
Colors fresh and unfaded
Housed in a Marin style meta...
Category
1930s American Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Watercolor
WILLIAM C GRAUER Cloaked Woman, child & Birdcages acrylic 1960s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s acrylic on panel from the 1960s, about 38.5 by 28.5 inches, is one of those paintings that feels familiar and unsettling at the same time. It shows a building faç...
Category
1960s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Malaga Beach Setting (Fishing village & boats, Spain) WILLIAM C GRAUER colorful
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s Malaga Beach Setting presents a Mediterranean harbor as a mosaic of color and texture. Boats rest along a stony shore, their hulls in teal, violet, and white set ...
Category
1950s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
WILLIAM C GRAUER 1940s Cows Cleveland School Cubist WC
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This small 7 x 10–inch watercolor from the 1940s by Cleveland School artist William Grauer is a compact demonstration of how mid century modernism could be fused with a keen eye for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
WILLIAM C GRAUER "Amish Series: Husbandry" 1940-50s Cleveland School oil/canvas
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s oil painting, Amish Series: Husbandry, is a vivid example of mid century Cleveland School modernism. It merges regional subject matter with a sophisticated, Cubis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WILLIAM C GRAUER Abstract Archaeological Fresco acrylic 1970s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This powerful 1970s painting by William C. Grauer is executed in acrylic on panel at an impressive scale of 48 by 36 inches. The work immediately draws the viewer in with a glowing f...
Category
1960s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
WILLIAM C GRAUER 1930s Fishing Village, Gaspé Coast, Québec Cleveland School WC
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s watercolor A Fishing Village Along the Gaspé Coast (c. 1930s) presents a quiet yet enduring image of maritime life on the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged stretch of coa...
Category
1930s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
WILLIAM C GRAUER "Oriental Hints" 1970s Cleveland School acrylic/panel ABSTRACT
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s 1970s acrylic on panel Oriental Hints stands as a striking late career exploration of abstraction and surface. Unlike his earlier representational watercolors, th...
Category
1960s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
WILLIAM C GRAUER Men & Horses in Landscape 1940s cubist WC Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s painting from the 1940s shows him working at the edge of figuration and abstraction. A few figures and several horses gather on open ground, yet the scene is buil...
Category
1940s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
WILLIAM GRAUER Caribbean Fishing Village men boats 1960s wc Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This 1960s watercolor by William C. Grauer shows a small fishing village (Caribbean or Mediterranean) caught in a bright, wind scrubbed moment. The buildings are simple white rectang...
Category
1960s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Canyon Country
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Acrylic on board
Signed lower right corner
Condition: Painting is excellent
Frame has surface wear
Provenance: Estate of the artist
William C. Grauer (1895-1985)
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans...
Category
1970s American Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
WILLIAM C GRAUER Caribbean Fishermen boats fishing nets 1950s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This 1950s watercolor by William C. Grauer, about 10 by 13 inches, shows a Caribbean fishing village on an ordinary working day. Nothing dramatic is happening, yet the scene feels fu...
Category
1950s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gaspe Homes
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Title Unknown (Gaspe Bay Houses)
Acrylic on board, 46 1/4 x 34 inches
Signed lower right
Condition: Good
Minor surface wear to the frame
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by decent to his daughter Gretchen
William C. Grauer (1895-1985)
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans...
Category
1970s American Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Acrylic
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
Gouache on paper, c. 1965
Signed with the estate stamp lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by decent
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans...
Category
1960s Realist William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Gouache
Before the Cock Crow Twice, Thou Shalt Deny Me Thrice
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower right William C. Grauer
Exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art "37th May Show," 1955.
Category
1950s William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Oil, Board
WILLIAM C GRAUER Barn & Windy Autumn Sky, wc & gouache 1950s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s watercolor and gouache from the 1950s shows a barn set back behind a slanting fence, with trees gathered around it and a sky full of quick, layered strokes. The p...
Category
1950s Modern William C. Grauer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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Located in Fairlawn, OH
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