JOSEPH GROSSMAN FINE ART Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

This artwork titled " But it Seemed so Real" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Holman, b.1949. It is...

This artwork titled "Am I Excluded ? or do I Exclude Myself ?" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Hol...

This artwork "The Old Church" c.1970 is a watercolor on Strathmore panel by American artist James Hamil, 1937-2002. It is signed at the lower right corner b...

This artwork titled "Night Light" is a watercolor on paper by noted Indian artist OM Prakash Sharma, 1932-2019. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 11 inches, framed size is 22 x 17.85 inches. Framed in a black frame, with black and white matting. it is in excellent condition. About the artist: Om Prakash Sharma (born 14 December 1932) is an Indian painter, visual artist, professor, writer and sitarist based in New Delhi, India. He was bestowed with National Award for Painting of Lalit Kala Akademi in 1969, by the President of India. Sharma has won All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society's Annual Art Exhibitions thrice in 1966, 1967 and 1969, and has been awarded with multiple awards at various state exhibitions. Sharma was born in 1932, in Bawal, Haryana. He attended Meerut College where he graduated in drawing and paintings in 1951. Sharma earned The National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1958 from Delhi Polytechnic with First Class and Distinction. From 1964 to 1966, Sharma attended Columbia University and Art Students League of New York as a Fulbright scholar where he completed his postgraduate studies in Fine Arts and Art History Om Prakash Sharma's career as an artist spans over six decades. His work as an artist has been centered around New Delhi. Sharma is known primarily as a practitioner of a uniquely Indian visual style. Sharma started his career as an artist in 1956 during annual exhibition at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society in Delhi. His paintings has been exhibited at over 100 solo and group exhibition. His art works has been part of permanent collections at various art galleries and museums including Berlin Museum, Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Moscow and Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan. He is regarded as the one of the founders of the Neo-Tantra art...

This artwork "Jewish Family" 1968 is an acrylic and ink on wove paper by noted Lithuanian artist Boris Deutsch, 1892-1978. It is hand signed and dated at the lower left corner by the...

This artwork titled "Blind Beggar" 1959 is a watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board by noted California artist Frank Moss Hamilton, 1930-1999. It is signed and dated at t...

This artwork "Haitian Village" 1996 is a watercolor on paper by noted Haitian artist Martino Dorce, b.1943. It is signed and dated at the lower right cor...

This artwork "Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland" c.1940 Is a watercolor on paper by noted British artist William Lyons Wilson, 1892-1981. It is signed at the lower right co...

This artwork "Village de Provence" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Sharon Galigan, b.1939. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17.5 x 13.75 inches, framed size is 25.5 x 22.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden light brown and grey frame, with beige matting and light brown filet. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Sharon Galligan (American, b. 1939) is an artist painting in watercolor, oil, acrylic, monoprint and mixed media. She was an art major in both high school and college: San Jose State University, West Valley College, and Evergreen College. She has also studied with nationally noted artists and teachers, including Ted Goeschner, Frank Webb, Charles Movali, Howard Rees, Tom Lynch, Dale Laitinen, Marilyn Simandle...

This artwork titled "Port Stephenson" c.1950 is a watercolor by noted American maritime artist Rockwell Smith Brank Jr. 1917-2007. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artis...

This artwork " Woman in a Chair 1937" is a watercolor on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated...

This artwork " Guess Who is Who's Clothing" 1945 is a watercolor, ink and pastel on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink drawing on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink drawing on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink drawing on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink and watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...

This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...

This artwork "Landscape with House" 1973 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Rachel Bentley, 1894-1991. It is signed and dated at the lower righ...

This artwork " Landscape " 1939 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the ...

This artwork "Sitting Woman" 1941 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...

This artwork titled "The Voyeur" 1949 is a pastel on light green paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right ...

This artwork "The Model" 1939 is a pastel on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist...

This artwork "Sitting Nude" 1949 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at t...

This artwork "California Landscape with Farm" 1943 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower r...

This artwork "Nude" 1947 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist....

This artwork "Flowers Bouquet" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/Canadian artist Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, 1894-1954. It is signed a...

This artwork "Overlooking the Bay" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right co...

This artwork "Mill Valley, California" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower righ...

This artwork "South San Francisco" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right co...

This artwork "Hanging on in Tracy, California" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lo...

This artwork "A Summer Day, Stanford" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right...

This artwork "California Coast" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right corne...

This artwork "The Abandoned Train Car" c. 1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted Californian artist Dan (Daniel Stookey) Lutz, 1906-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 14 x 20.75 inches, framed size is 27.35 x 33.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Daniel Stookey Lutz was born in Decatur, Illinois on July 7, 1906 to Florence Stookey and Samuel Milton Lutz, who owned a music store in Decatur. His father was a noted violinist and his mother a fine watercolorist and occasional painter. He came of age in the 20s but he matured, as the country did, under the pressures of the Great Depression. He was twenty-three when the stock market fell in the fall of 1929. Fortunately for Lutz, he had already commenced his studies at Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) when the panic of Black Thursday occurred. After four years of studies at the AIC, Dan Lutz...

This artwork "Otavalo Girl" c.1965 is a color pastel on paper by Ecuadorian artist Arturo Nieto Checa, 1933-1995 It is signed at the lower right corner by...

This artwork titled "Unscrewed" 1981 is a colored pencil on Mylar by American artist Darryl Sapien, b.1950. It is unsigned. The image size is 16.5 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 17.15 x 14.5 inches. It is custom framed in a yellow metal frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Selected exhibitions. San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., Sculpture 1974 "Introductions 74," Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., Sculpture 1976 "17 Artists, Hispano/Mexican American/Chicano," The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 "Other Sources," San Francisco Art Institute, (catalog)(Group Exhibition) 1977 "Work in Progress,” Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California (catalogue) 1977 "Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," (catalog) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & The Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Tokyo-Bay Area Exchange," Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, Tokyo, Japan (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Arte Fiera di Bologna," Bologna, Italy (Group Exhibition) 1978 "California-Hawaii Biennial," San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group Exhibition) 1979 “Darryl Sapien, Recent Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California 1979–1980 "From Self-Portrait to Autobiography," Neuberger Museuem, Purchase, New York, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Ohio (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1980 "Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "19 Artists, Emergent Americans," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "La Vue Independante," The American Center, Paris France (Group Exhibition) 1981 “American Roulette”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Performances) 1982 "California Art on the Road," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 “Darryl Sapien at Studio Ink,” San Francisco, California 1984 "Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 "Artists and the Theater," Phillipe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1985 "The Twentieth Century," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Group Exhibition) 1985 Contemporary Art, 30,000 B.C. to the Present," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California (Group Exhibition) 1987 "Connotations," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1988 “Darryl Sapien: Artspace Painting Grant Award” Artspace Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalogue) 1988 "Digital Visions: Computers and Art," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, New York (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1989 "Darryl Sapien and David Flipse" Riskin-Sinow Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1990 "The Written Word," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (Group Exhibition) 1991 "Four Hispanic Artists," San Francisco Art Commission Gallery (Group Exhibition) 1994 “Darryl Sapien: Recent Work,” Opts Art, San Francisco, California 1995 "Facing Eden: One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area," M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1996 “Darryl Sapien,” City College of San Francisco 2003 "Reactions, Artists Respond to September 11, 2001," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 2005 “Darryl Sapien,” Swallowtail Gallery, San Francisco, California 2010 "75 Years of Looking Forward" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2010 “Radical Light,” U.C. Berkeley Art Museum (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2011 “State of Mind: new California Art circa 1970” (catalog) Orange County Museum of Art, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Berkeley Art Museum, U.C. Berkeley, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Canada (Group Exhibition) 2013 Site Santa Fe, NM (Group Exhibition) 2013 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY (Group Exhibition) 2013 “Son of War Games”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY (Performances) 2013–2014 The Smart Museum, Chicago, IL (Group Exhibition) 2014 "The site a live" San Francisco Art Institute (Group Exhibition) 2015 "Out Of This World," Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California Public Collections Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California The American Academy of Opthalmology, San Francisco, California National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company, Pasadena, California City and County of San Francisco-Public Utilities Commission Building Performances “Synthetic Ritual”, San Francisco Art Institute “Initiation”, San Francisco Art Institute “War Games”, corner of Third & Howard Street San Francisco, California (outdoor sitespecific) “Split-Man Bisects the Pacific”, the ruins of Sutro Baths...

This artwork "Coastal Landscape with Child" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by noted Filipino artist Teresita (Tessie) Duldulao. It is signed and dated...

This artwork "Landscape with Houses" c.1970 is a watercolor on Arches paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the l...

This artwork "Abstract Landscape s" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the lower rig...

This artwork titled "Tresses" c.1990 is a watercolor on Wove paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) 1939-2016. It i...

This artwork titled "Daydreaming in Tiger Land" is a watercolor and gouache on paper by artist Jacquie Marie Vaux. It is signed at the lower right c...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Seated Nude Year: c.1980 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 21.25 x 17.85 i...

This artwork "Landscape with House" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jen Sorensen, 1920-2005. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 21 x 28 inches, framed size is 29.5 x 36 inches. Custom framed in a wooden rustic grey frame, with light grey matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Jean Sorensen...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Oaxaca Playtime Year: c.1980 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 12.25 x 16 ...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: The concrete Plant Year: c.1970 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 11.25 x...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Alcatraz Year: c.1980 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size:12 x 15.90 inches ...

This artwork titled "Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at...

This artwork "Nude" 1998 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Betty Rees Heredia A.K.A Betty Snyder Shapiro, 1919-2011. It is signed and date...

This artwork titled "Earl Scwaiger's Barn" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by American artist W. Ralph Murray, 1932-2009. It is signed at the lower righ...

This artwork "European City Scene" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Stan Beckman, born 1933. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...

This artwork "Napa Vineyard" c.2000 is a color pastel on paper by noted American artist Reif Ray Charles Erickson, 1949-2015. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 12.25 x 19.25 inches, Framed size is 24.5 x 31.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with gold color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has very minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist: Reif Erickson...

This artwork "The Old Carriage" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The ar...

This artwork "Two Children with Dog" is an original ink drawing on vey thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed a...

This artwork "Ford T" is an original ink drawing and gouache on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the arti...

This artwork "Two Monkeys) is an original ink drawing on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower rig...

This artwork "Winter Landscape" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by artist John E. Detore, 1902-1975. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 13.5 x 19.5 inches, the framed size is 22.75 x 28.75 inches. Custom framed in original oak white wash frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: A native of Syracuse, John E. De Tore was born in 1902. DeTore enjoyed painting continuously since the age of 8. Although he became an engineer with the Niagara Mohawk Power corporation he carried on elective training in the required branches of art. He took seriously to the watercolor medium from 1940 and by 1955 he was well known for his decisively composed watercolor landscapes and their rich, deep chromatics - earning him acknowledgment in the American Artist Magazine November 1961 issue. Besides teaching art at Syracuse Museum John DeTore...

This artwork titled "St Mary, Morro Bay, California" c.1940 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Cecil Wray Goodchild, 1901-1983. It is s...

This artwork "Flower in a Vase" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Sara Ethel Kolb Danner, 1894-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 15.25 inches, framed size is 27.25 x 23.25 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in NYC on Oct. 2, 1894. As a child Sara Kolb was taught to paint by her father who was an artist and student of Thomas Eakins. She grew up in Philadelphia where in 1917 she wed William Danner. The Danners moved from South Bend, IN to Santa Barbara in 1926 and remained. She studied under Henry Snell at the PAFA (the Sara Kolb Danner...