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Plant Study
By Anna Richards Brewster
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Anna Mary Richards Brewster (1870-1952)
Plant Study
Pencil and gouache on gray paper, 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (14.9 x 20 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: AMR Jul 28.
Provenance
The ar...
Category
19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Lull in Summer Rain
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York;
DC Moore Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Ireland, until 2012
Exhibitions
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield Paintings, 19...
Category
1910s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Maples in Autumn Foliage
By John Marin
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
John Marin’s long and prolific career is best marked by his fervent love of painting and abiding belief that art must relate to lived experiences. His best work strikes a delicate ba...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Silhouette of a Young Girl
By John White Alexander
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York;
Samuel B. and Marion W. Lawrence Collection;
Christie's, Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, November 29, 2007, l...
Category
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Italy Goes to War
By Arthur Dove
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
An American Place, New York;
World House Galleries, New York, 1953;
Private collection, New York;
Betty Krulik Fine Art, 2007;
Avery Galleries until present
Exhibitions
An American Place, New York, Exhibition of New Arthur G. Dove Paintings...
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Elsa
By Daniel Garber
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Elsa, 1915
Charcoal on paper, 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Daniel Garber / 1915
Provenance
The artist;
Estate of the artist, 1958;
Tanis Garber Page,...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Rocks and Sea
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Alber...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Daniel Ricketson House, New Bedford
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Alber...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Still Life
By Earl Horter
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Best known as an impassioned supporter and avid collector of modern art, Earl Horter was also an artist himself. Largely self-taught, Horter was a highly skilled draftsman and engrav...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Woman with Red Sash
By Philip Leslie Hale
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
An influential critic, writer and teacher, Philip Leslie Hale was an American Impressionist with an experimental, avant-garde approach to painting. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of author Edward Everett Hale and the younger brother of artist Ellen Day Hale, Philip was raised in a lively intellectual atmosphere. He probably received his first artistic training from his paternal aunt Susan Hale, after which he entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School under Edmund Tarbell, an American Impressionist painter who greatly influenced Hale’s style. A year later in 1884, the young artist moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the Art Students League and studied under Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir. There, his fellow students included Theodore Butler and William Howard “Peggy” Hart.
In 1887, Hale traveled to Paris with Theodore Butler and Susan Hale, where he furthered his artistic training at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. During this first year, he studied with Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Gustave Boulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet...
Category
1890s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Diario, 3 de agosto de 2016
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Frank Mujica was born on December the 20th, 1985 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of fine Arts from 2000 to 2004 and at the Superior Institute of Art I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Tim's Birthday Bouquet, April 10
By Susan Headley van Campen
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold impressions of Maine’s landscapes. Her small impressions captur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cairo
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Alber...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Three Arab Figures
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Alber...
Category
1870s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Fisherman on the Rocks
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Born in Philadelphia, he became a nationally recognized cartoonist for his work with the "Evening Bulletin," a Philadelphia newspaper. In 1950, he had his own television show called ...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Landscape Abstraction
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Initialed lower left
Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 7/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018.
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist.
This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple.
In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Farmyard in Snow
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Original watercolor by John Whorf; winter scene
Signed lower right: John Whorf
Framed dimensions: 21 x 27 inches
John Whorf was born in Boston in 1903. His father, Harry Whorf, was ...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Crashing Waves
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Framed dimensions 20 7/8 x 27 5/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
Beckwith family, artist's godson (gift from the artist), Wellesley Hills, MA;
By descent in the family, until 2021
S...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cactus Flower
By Joseph Stella
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Silverpoint and crayon on paper
4 11/16 x 3 inches
11.9 x 7.6 cm
Framed dimensions 8 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By desc...
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Man at a Bar, Paris
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled (Pastel #2), Pastel with Ducks
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
Estate of the artist, until 2018
Exhibitions
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, The Art of John Pierce Barnes (1893–1954), June 28–August 30, 2009.
A native ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Pastel
Untitled (Pastel #3)
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Pastel
Synchromist Tree, Pastel
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018.
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist.
This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple.
In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Lightning, Graphite on Canvas
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Frank Mujica was born on December the 20th, 1985 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of fine Arts from 2000 to 2004 and at the Superior Institute of Art I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Graphite
Still Life of Red Geraniums
By Henry Bayley Snell
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower right: Henry B. Snell
Provenance
Private collection
Born in Richmond, England, on September 29, 1858, Henry Bayley Snell was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Snell. At ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Peonies, June
By Susan Headley van Campen
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Northern Island, March 31st, Watercolor on Paper
By Susan Headley van Campen
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Pastel #25), Pastel of Artist at Work
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Pastel
Blue Waterlily
By Joseph Stella
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By descent in the family, until the present
Joseph Stella’s artistic career defies easy categorization. He was ...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Sunset, Isleboro, Watercolor on Paper
By Susan Headley van Campen
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Titled lower left. Signed lower right: S. Headley Van Campen
Susan Van Campen’s plein-air oil paintings are painted with the confident brushwork of a watercolorist, achieving bold i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Cape Ann Harbor
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower left: H. Gasser / Demonstration / 1951
Provenance
Private collection
Painter, lecturer, teacher, illustrator and author, Henry Gasser was born in Newark, New Jersey on...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sand Dunes, Cape Cod
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower right: John Whorf
Provenance
Private collection
Sand Dunes, Cape Cod amply demonstrates John Whorf’s expert handling of the watercolor medium. The fluidity of his styl...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Golden Eagles
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower right: John Whorf
Provenance
Seattle Art Museum Collection
Golden Eagles amply demonstrates John Whorf’s expert handling of the watercolor medium. The fluidity of his ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Phlox, ca. 1906
By Hugh Henry Breckenridge
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
David Ramus, Ltd.;
Menconi and Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York;
Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, until 2010
Exhibitions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
