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'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Sottosanti' for Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (American, 1917-2004); additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Pedro of Tehuan Tepee, Mexico' and painted circa 1940.
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1940s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Greatest Show', Circus, Merry-Go-Round, Fun Fair, Balloon, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center left, 'A. Dygert' for Audrey Dygert (American, 1922-2010) with artist seal and painted circa 1995.
Audrey Dygert was a lifelong painter inspired by her natural surroun...
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1990s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'The Race for the Brass Ring', Carousel, Merry-Go-Round, Amusement Ride, Funfair
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Dygert' for Audrey Dygert (American, 1922-2010) with artist seal and painted circa 1985.
Born Audrey Harper of Albany, California, Audrey Dygert was a lifel...
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1980s Other Art Style Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
'Carousel', Merry-Go-Round, Fun Fair Ride, Truckee, California, Texas, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Dygert' for Audrey Dygert (American, 1922-2010) with artist seal and painted circa 1995.
Audrey Dygert was a lifelong painter inspired by her natural surroun...
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1990s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Study of a Woman', Copenhagen, Danish Modernism, Benezit, Thieme-Becker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'de Sala' for Eugène de Sala (Danish, 1899-1987) and created circa 1955. (Brush name for Oswald Lykkeberg Salomonsen).
A stunning, mid-century portrait of a youn...
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1950s Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Academie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
'Still Life, Red Tulips with Japanese Porcelain', Belgian Lace, Japonaiserie
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A finely-drawn, pastel still-life showing red tulips informally arranged in a Chelsea soft paste porcelain Chocolate pot decorated in the Japanese style and set beside a cup and sauc...
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1890s Academic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
'La Cloture, Hiver', Monet, French Impressionist, Salon des Indépendents, Paris
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Paulemile Pissarro' (French, 1884-1972) and created circa 1935; titled, verso, 'La Cloture en Hiver' (The Fence in Winter). Formerly in the collection of Katia Pi...
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Two Women', Continuous Line Drawing, BAFTA, Maltese Falcon, Oscar, Hollywood
By Jean Negulesco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Two Women' by Jean Negulesco, Continuous Line Drawing, BAFTA, Maltese Falcon, Oscar, Hollywood
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Signed lower left 'Negulesco' for Jean Negulesco (Romanian-American, 1900-1993) a...
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1960s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Gouache
'Four Hills, Albuquerque', Guggenheim, McDowell Fellowship, Dallas Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Firschein' for William Firschein (American, born 1930) and painted circa 1965.
Titled, verso, "Four Hills" and with Exhibition 'Award of Merit' noted.
Firschein exhibited widely and with success throughout the 1950s and '60s, including at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts 10th Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings (1960). In 1968, he was awarded a McDowell Fellowship that enabled him to live for a year in the New Hampshire countryside where he worked and painted in the Cheney Studio. William Firschein was represented by Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles and the his archives are held in the repository of New York's Guggenheim Museum. The artist's work is held in public and private collections including the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.
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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Siamese Cats', Feline Portrait, Embroidery artist, Shorebird Studio, Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Siamese Cats', Feline Portrait, Embroidery artist, Shorebird Studio, Watercolor
Signed lower right, 'Kathryn Molineux' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995.
Additionally...
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1990s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
'Old Carmel Cottage', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
A mid-twentieth century watercolor and graphite study of an early c...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Venice', French Impressionist, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Venetian Vedute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Bonnaure' for Alain Bonnaure (French, born 1941) and painted circa 1995.
When he was a young artist, Alain Bonnaure's work was purchased by the renowned French p...
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1990s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Monterey Breakers', San Francisco, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Turner Art Academy
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'James March Phillips' (American, 1913-1981) and painted circa 1965.
Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Turner Art Aca...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Standing Nude in Rose', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Standing Nude in Rose', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Created circa 1965 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu esta...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Reclining Nude' Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Reclining Nude' Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, Carmel
Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Kneeling Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Kneeling Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu" for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Watercolor nude showing a woman kn...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award, LACMA, Guggenheim Museum
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Initialed lower right, 'DJ', for Dorothy Jeakins (American, 1914-1995) and dated 1957. Titled, 'Look Homeward, Angel' and 'Eugene Grant, Anthony Perkins'. Inscribed with costume designer notes and bearing costumer's fabric swatches. Costumes for this production were mostly undertaken by Motley Design Group (Margaret Harris, Audrey Sophia Harris and Elizabeth Montgomery). Jeakins was a close personal friend of Perkins and would likely have designed this costume as a personal favor to the actor
Premiering on November 28, 1957 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, 'Look Homeward, Angel' ran for a total of 564 performances, closing on April 4, 1959. Directed by George Roy Hill, written by Ketti Frings, and based on Thomas Wolfe's 1929 largely autobiographical novel of the same title, the cast starred Jo Van Fleet...
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1950s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Graphite, Watercolor
'Lone Cypress', Carmel Seascape, California Plein Air, Pebble Beach, Monterey
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'James March Phillips' (American, 1913-1981) and painted circa 1965.
Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Turner Art Ac...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Sweet Peas', Louvre, Paris, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor Di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pencil, Gouache
'Tropical Fish', Psychedelic Piscatorial, Aquatic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Murray' and painted circa 1990.
A large and vibrant study of three colorful fishes shown stacked vertically.
Category
1990s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Three Young Beauties', Art Nouveau, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Musée Bordeaux
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, “Ch. Henrida” for Charles Henrida (French, 1854-1924) and painted circa 1900.
Unframed and displayed in a beveled, ivory mat with gilt inner slip.
Matted dimens...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Study for a Stained Glass Window', Devotional, Ecclesiastical, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn and highly-detailed study for a three-panel set of stained glass windows showing the ascension of Jesus by angels and mortals.
Initialed, lower right, 'EB-J', an...
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1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
'English Landscape with Figures', Royal Academy, London, RBA, Hibernian, Benezit
By John Faulkner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "John Faulkner, RHA" (Anglo-Irish, 1835-1894), titled, 'Return from the Meadows' and painted circa 1880.
A substantial nineteenth century watercolor and gouache s...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Postcard
'Mother and Child', Académie Julien, Paris Salon, Amsterdam, Maternity, Infant
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Mother and Child' by Carel Eugene Mulertt, circa 1900, Académie Julien, Paris Salon, Amsterdam, Maternity, Infant
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Signed lower left, 'Carel Mulertt' for Carel Eugene Mulertt...
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
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Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor d...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Reclining Woman', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Seated Nude, Blue Loincloth', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Standing Nude', Paris, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Chouinard Art Institute, De Young
By Etienne Ret
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed with brush name, upper left, 'Francois' and titled, upper right, 'Paris'.
A delicate figural study by this well-listed and exhibited French Post-Impressionist who made Califo...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
'Reclining Nude', Académie Grande Chaumière, Musee d'Art Moderne, LACMA SFAA
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and painted circa 1965.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Janet Ament studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, the Los Angeles Art Center, and at the Otis Art Institute. After World War II, she traveled abroad and continued her studies first with André L’Hote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Paris) and, subsequently, at the Accademia di Belle Arte (Rome) and the Academie des Belles Artes de San Jorge (Barcelona). Ament exhibited internationally with success, including at The Salon d'Automne (1954), The Salon Des Artes Decoratifs (1955), the Museum of Modern Art, Paris (1955), the Gallier Charpentier (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A long-time member of the Carmel Art Association, she is listed in all relevant art reference works.
Reference:
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Seated Woman', Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Musee d'Art Moderne, LACMA SFAA
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and painted circa 1965.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Janet Ament studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, the Los Angeles Art Center, and at the Otis Art Institute. After World War II, she traveled abroad and continued her studies first with André L’Hote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Paris) and, subsequently, at the Accademia di Belle Arte (Rome) and the Academie des Belles Artes de San Jorge (Barcelona). Ament exhibited internationally with success, including at The Salon d'Automne (1954), The Salon Des Artes Decoratifs (1955), the Museum of Modern Art, Paris (1955), the Gallier Charpentier (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A long-time member of the Carmel Art Association, she is listed in all relevant art reference works.
Reference:
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
'Venice', Post-Impressionist Woman Artist, Salon d'Automne, Paris, France, SFMA
By Irma Engel Grabhorn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Engel G' for Irma Engel Grabhorn (American, 1908-2003), titled 'Venezia IT' and dated 1961.
Born in Badenweiler, Irma Leisinger first studied in Paris with Andre Lhote from 1926. In 1930, she entered the Berlin Academy and continued her studies with Carl Hofer. With her first husband, Samuel Engel, she settled in San Francisco in 1939 and, after his death, married the fine art...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
'Woman Reclining', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, SFAA, Chouinard, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Interior', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cen...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Two Nudes', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Academie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Drawn circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los A...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'White Iris', California Post-Impressionist Landscape, SJSU, Mount Madonna
By John Maxon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Maxon" for John Maxon (American, 20th century) and created circa 1995. Additionally titled, verso, 'White Flower'.
Monotype with additional hand-painted detail. ...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Monotype, Gouache
'Window Series No.3', Dog, Weimaraner, Fresno, California Artist, CSUF
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on original backing, 'Shannon Bickford' (American, 20th century) with artist information, titled, 'Window Series III' and painted circa 1990. Sheet dimensions: 14.75 ...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Rainy Day, Pool and Billiards', Laguna Beach Art Association, Solvang, Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marshall Thomas' for Marshall F. Thomas, (American, 1916-2011), and painted circa 1945.
An elegantly composed and atmospheric view of a California Main Street sh...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'The Artist with her Portfolio', Paris, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lyon, Young Woman
By Philippe Henri Noyer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ph. Noyer' for Philippe Henri Noyer (French, 1917-1985), inscribed, 'Paris' and dated 1959.
After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Philipp...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Green Chair' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended th...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Mekkin' Home Time', Caribbean island life, Barbadian artist, Barbados
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'N. Olugemi Legall' for Neville Olugemi Legall (Barbadian, 20th century) and dated 1987.
Neville Legall first attended the historic Alleyne School in Belleplaine and continued his formal studies at the Barbados Community College. He later participated in the Detroit Jazz Centre Artistic Exchange Programme where he studied with Harold Neal and Andrew Manier. A regular winner of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), Legall has exhibited widely and with success and has been the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards including the 'Spirit of Detroit' prize and a 'Best in Show, Architecture Award'. He has also n served as President of the Barbados Art...
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1980s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) and painted circa 1935.
This early twentieth-century painter, lithographer, muralist, author, poet and ill...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
'Standing Girl', École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de Troyes
By Grégoire Michonze
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Michonze' for Gregoire Michonze, also known as Gregoire Michonznic (Russian-French, 1902-1982) and dated 1945.
Grégoire Michonze (Michonznic) was born into a Je...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Age 9', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Corcoran
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) as a full-page illustration for the book 'The Buttermilk Tree', circa 1935. A rare example of a fully-developed pen, ink and gou...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
'Muse', Mid-Century Modern, Dalzell Hatfield, Cleveland Ballet, Syracuse Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Sascha Brastoff' (American, 1918-1993) and dated 1960.
1918 - Sascha Brastoff was born Samuel Brostofsky in Cleveland, Ohio.
1935 - At age 17, Brastoff studies dance and joins the Cleveland Ballet.
1940 - Attends Western Reserve School of Art in Cleveland and, subsequently, works for Macy's in NYC.
1942 - Brastoff enters the Army Air Force. Initially designing posters, he joins the ATC road show.
1944 - Brastoff moves to California and signs a seven year contract with 20th Century Fox as a designer and entertainer.
1947 - Brastoff opens his first ceramic plant in Los Angeles producing hand painted earthenware.
1948 - Brastoff is awarded Best of Show for Pottery at the Syracuse Museum.
1952 - With backing from Winthrop Rockefeller, Brastoff opens a new, larger factory in Los Angeles. The factory is destroyed by fire shortly after.
1953 - A larger 35,000 sq. ft. factory and show-room opens and employs more than 100 people.
1960 - Brastoff's company begins to suffer from financial losses after years of success.
1962 - Brastoff has a nervous breakdow, his company continues to sell items...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Standing Nude', Whitney Museum of Art, Bohemian Club, Oakland Museum, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Willard Cox' (American, 1902-1974) and painted circa 1935.
Board dimensions: 18.75 x 12.5 inches.
An elegant, Art Deco period figural watercolor showing a young woman with bobbed hair standing with her hand resting on the back of a bent-wood chair.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Willard Cox moved to San Francisco where he shared a studio with Maurice Logan...
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1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor, Gouache
'Train Station, Geneva', Swiss Woman Expressionist Artist, Vienna Secession
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signature lower right, 'Dopplera' for Freida Wilhelmine Doppler (Swiss, 1870-1968) and painted circa 1890. (Also spelled Frieda Doppler.) Accompanied by label with title, 'Train Stat...
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1890s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
'Gorges of the Tarn, France', New York Armory, Ashcan School, ASL, AIC, NYMoMA
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Titled lower right, 'Gorges of the Tarn' and painted circa 1905.
American Master's Gallery label, verso, with artist's name, 'A. B. Davies' for Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862-1...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Abstract', Marin, Watercolor Artists of San Francisco, De Young Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Cunningham' for Alfred A Cunningham (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965.
Alfred Cunningham was active in Northern California from the 1950's thro...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'A Young Lady', Flapper, Roaring 20's, Figural, Portrait of a Woman, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted in the style of Frederick Appleyard. Initialed lower left, 'FR.A' and created circa 1925. Bearing signature, verso.
An elegant and psychologically-penetrating pastel study of a fashionable young brunette with gray-green eyes, shown standing and gazing to the viewer's left.
This notable British landscape and portrait artist attended Scarborough School of Art where he studied under the genre and landscape painter Albert Strange. He then proceeded to the National Art Training School at South Kensington and from there, on the recommendation of the artist John Sparkes, to the Royal Academy. At the Royal Academy, he was met with immediate success, first receiving the Turner Gold Medal, followed by the Creswick Prize and the Landseer Scholarship.
Frederick Appleyard was a painter of landscapes, portraits and allegorical compositions of the decorative kind frequently associated with English Impressionism. Over the course of a long and storied career, he received a number of prestigious public commissions that included mural decorations for the Royal Academy of Art. He exhibited for many years at the Royal Academy (1900-1935), the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. From 1918-1950, he was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal West of England Academy of which he was elected a full member in 1926.
Appleyard's work is well-represented in private and public collections including in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery which holds 'A Secret', a Chantrey Bequest purchase from the Royal Academy Exhibition...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
'From Buena Vista Park', SWA, St. Ignatius Church, California Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pamela Della S.W.A' ( American, 20th century), titled, 'From Buena Vista Park' and painted circa 1985.
A painterly, Post-Impressionist sketch of San Francisco's...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Fremantle Harbor, Perth', Western Australia, Post Impressionist, SFAA, MoMA
By Byron Randall
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Byron' for Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999), dated 1947 and titled, 'Aus'.
A dramatic, Post-Impressionist view of the Western Australian port of Fremantle wit...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Pastel
'Basket of Apples', California League of Woman Artists, Sacramento, Boise Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Maria Winkler' (American, born 1946) and dated 1991.
Professor Emeritus of the Art Department at California State University, Sacramento, Maria Winkler earned h...
Category
1990s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
'Still Life, Plums with a Navaho Blanket', California League of Woman Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Maria Winkler' (American, 20th century) and dated 1991.
Professor Emeritus of the Art Department at California State University, Sacramento, Maria Winkler earne...
Category
1990s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
'Still Life by the Beach' Dahlia, Daisies, Mums, Chrysanthemum, Lodi
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and breezy still-life showing a variety of spring flowers informally arranged in a pink ceramic vase set on a stone ledge with a panoramic view beyond towards the ocean and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Boy with a White Cat', Philadelphia Woman Artist, Moore College of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Anne Jenkins' (American, 1923-2023) and dated 1958.
An elegant and psychologically penetrating study of a young boy, shown seated and holding a white cat.
Born...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur interrupting the playing of his pan pipes to cast a speculative eye towards a dancing nymph. Datin...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
