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'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
'The Holy Grail', Last Supper, Egyptian Iconography, Seattle Art Museum, Surreal
By Leo Kenney
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Leo Kenney' (American, 1925-2001) and dated 1947.
A seminal figure in the second generation of Northwest School artists, Leo Kenney was, like many of his conte...
Category
1940s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
'Monterey Coast', California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
By George Gardner Symons
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and breezy view of the much-loved Pinnacle Point in Monterey painted with the artist's characteristic freshness and vigor and dating to the 1920's. Initialed lower right, 'G....
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Expressionist Seascape', Accademia di Belle Arti, New York, ASL, CSFA, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DeMartis' for James Joseph DeMartis (American, 1926-1996) and dated 1964.
Born in Queens, New York, James Joseph DeMartis s...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
'Cafe', Woman Artist, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Berkeley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Marie Pascal' (French-American, 20th century) and painted circa 1990.
Exhibited: Gallery Concord, December 1991.
Marie Pascal studied at the École Nationale Sup...
Category
1990s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Illustration Board
'Portrait of a Woman', Myanmar Neck Ring, Mill Valley, Mystic Seaport Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Norall' for John Norall (American, 1920-2024) and painted circa 1993.
Exhibited: Mill Valley Library Gallery, 1993
Born in North Platte, John Norall studied ...
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Modernist Cityscape', California Woman Artist, Chouinard, Scripps, Metropolitan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Emily Syminton' for Emily Elinor Syminton (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1965.
Emily Symington first studied at Chouinard for about three years, then fo...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
'Still Life, Jade and Gold', Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins (American, 1930-2021) and dated 1957.
Millicent Tomkins began painting at a young age and, as a child, was award...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Stonehenge at Sunset', Royal Academy, RSBA, Benezit, Wiltshire, Druid, Celtic
By Robert Gallon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'R. Gallon' for Robert Gallon (English, 1845-1925) and painted circa 1880.
This well-listed landscape and seascape painter maintained a studio in St John's Wood, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor
'The Agony in the Garden', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Gethsemane
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Jais' for Johannes Knud Ove Jais-Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1938.
A powerful figural work showing a view of Jesus kneeling in the Garden of Gethsemane on the evening before his trial and execution.
Born in Denmark, Jais Nielsen initially studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Kristian Zahrtmann and exhibited for the first time at the 1907 Autumn Salon at the Charlottenborg Palace. Nielsen participated in the early and groundbreaking, “Group of Thirteen" Modernist show, where his focus on dynamic figural painting and his bold use of color set him dramatically apart from his contemporaries. From 1907-11, Nielsen's use of 'primitive' Fauve colors would continue to reinforce his break with traditional Danish painting. During this period, he made study excursions to important art centres, including, in 1909, to Berlin. In 1911, he moved to Paris where he settled in the Latin Quarter near the Musée Cluny. His first formal Paris exhibition was at the Salon d’Automne of 1912. During this first Paris period, Nielsen attended meetings of the Section d’Or at the studio of Jacques Villon and, as a result, began to incorporate subtle, yet distinct, Cubist elements into his work.
With the outbreak of World War One, Nielsen returned to Copenhagen, taking with him both his increasing compositional sophistication and a thorough understanding of the principles of Modernism. During this period, ports, dance and circus life became subjects of interest and he painted many canvases in the style of Analytic Cubism, of which he became the earliest and, arguably, the finest Danish exponent. From 1915 onwards, Nielsen also created Cubist sculptures and, from 1922-28, was employed as a sculptor by the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory. Here, he produced a series of ceramic sculptures on Biblical themes which included the Good Samaritan and several versions of Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Charcoal, Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
'Flower Seller in Clichy', Parisian Street vendor, French Post Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and animated Parisian street view with a gendarme poised languidly to survey the street outside the Hotel de Clichy beside a flower vendor tending her colorful stall . A cha...
Category
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
'Reclining Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie 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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'At the Fruit Stand', Market Scene with Vendors, Mother and Child
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Stuart Miller' (American, 20th Century) and painted circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board, Pen
'Abstract in Azure and Jade', Large American School Watercolor
By D.M. Hubbard
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial abstract watercolor comprising harmonious geometric forms arranged on a grid of blue, green, ivory and buff mosaic-like rectangles. Signed lower right "D.M. Hubbard" (A...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Apples and Cherry Blossoms', Modernist Still Life
By Sally Mack
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sally Mack" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Painted on Arches paper.
A vibrant, Post-Impressionist still-life showing branches of cherry-blossom...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'China Cove, Corona del Mar', Southern California, Orange County beach scene
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Richard Soderman N.W.S', (American, 20th century), titled 'China Cove' and dated 1972.
Richard Soderman began drawing at the age...
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
'Woman Smoking a Pipe', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne et 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.
A cabinet-sized, Post-Impressionist figural drawing of a young woman smoking a pip...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, verso, 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 Center and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, 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 Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
'Golden Irises', St. Martin's School, California Woman Artist, Santa Cruz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and vibrant, botanical watercolor by this well-listed and widely exhibited California woman artist. Signed lower right 'Sally Bookman' (Bri...
Category
1990s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
'Seated Nude', 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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Black Woman Sleeping on Subway', Syracuse, University of Northern Iowa, Urban
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'M. Kestor' for Mary Peterson Kestor (American, 1948-2021) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Iowa, Mary Kestor first studied at the University of Northern Iowa, whe...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Pastel
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, 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 Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, 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 Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), estate stamp verso and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Ch...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA LACMA
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.
An elegant, cabinet-sized Post-Impressionist graphite drawing of a young woman, sh...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Après Le Bain', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp verso for Victor di Gesu (AmerIcan, 1914-1986) and drawn circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the C...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper
'San Francisco', Mid-century California Modernist, SFMOMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a semi-abstracted colorist background.
Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Pr...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Oberon, Series 1', Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Barbara Johnson' (American, 1927-2021) and titled, lower left, 'Oberon Series 1'.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, circa 1995 (accompanied by original label)
...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Eagle Rock', Woman Artist, Los Angeles, California, Ashland Art Center
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. L. Rahm' for Laura Rahm (American, 20th century); accompanied by old exhibition label.
Matted dimensions: 14.25 x .25 x 11.75 inches.
Laura Rahm has exhibite...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Sunset Abstract Collage', Orange County Art Association, Moraga, Nancy Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marianne K. Brown' (American, 20th century); additionally signed, verso, with certification of authenticity and dated 1987.
Brown has taught watercolor and des...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper, Graphite
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, 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 1950.
A bold figural study of a nude in contrapposto, shown posing with drapery and cont...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
'Woman Standing', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, 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 1950.
A dynamic and loose figural showing a woman in contrapposto, draped in a shawl and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Woman Standing', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, 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 1950.
A loosely drawn and and dynamic figural showing a woman standing in contrapposto, ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist, Carmel
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'The Garden, Mandelieu-la-Napoule', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Benezit, Oil
By Jean-Claude Picot
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'L'escalier du Jardin (Mandelie '.
From 1947,...
Category
1980s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Early Queenstown', New Zealand Plein Air, Queen Elizabeth II Collection
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'D. Badcock' for Douglas Badcock (New Zealander, 1922-2009) and painted circa 1948.
Preferring to paint en plein-air, Douglas earned a reputation as one of New Ze...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959.
Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen
'Golden Gate Bridge from Sausalito', Marin, Mid-century Modernist Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Elizabeth Flynn' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965.
A sunny, modernist view of California's Golden Gate Bridge viewed from Sausalito's Lime Point L...
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Cap Ferrat', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil
By Jean-Claude Picot
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, 'La Route Vers St Jean Cap Ferr'...
Category
1980s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Still Life', Washington Watercolor Society, Corcoran, Smithsonian, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Combs' for Frances Hungerford Combs (American, 1876-1973) and painted circa 1935.
This early Washington, D.C. painter and teacher was a member of the Washington Watercolor Club, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society and the Washington Art Club. Combs was employed as a drawing teacher at the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art (1902-1914) and her work was included in their exhibition, 'Woman at the Corcoran'. Thomas Jackson Simmons, college president of Wake Forest University...
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1930s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Girl in Red', Guggenheim, LACMA, Rome, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Biennale
By Carlo Maria Mariani
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'C. Mariani' for Carlo Maria Mariani (Italian, 1931-2021) and dated 1959.
A native of Rome, Carlo Mariani first studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts where h...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Woman Knitting by Cabin', American Frontier Life Oil, Westward Expansion, Cat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Watercolor and gouache on paper, American School painted circa 1830, Unsigned.
An idyllic view of Early American frontier life showing a peaceful scene of a young woman knitting and...
Category
1830s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
'Bowl of Fruit', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, 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 1950.
A still-life of pears and apples with stems and leaves set in a terra-cotta bowl.
...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, 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 1950.
A mid-century graphite drawing of a fashionably-dressed woman shown seated and re...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Black Tie and Tail', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso for estate of Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
A Post-Impressionist figural watercolor showing a young woman partially-clothed in evening w...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso for estate of 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 Center an...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of authenticity stamped, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Graphite
'Seated Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" (for Michael Decker, American, 20th century) and created circa 1975.
An elegant graphite and india ink figural study of a young woman shown seated an...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
'Young Woman', Figural, Chicago, Illinois, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E Gatechair' for Eileen Stigall Gatechair (American, 1916- 2010) and dated, lower left, October 1986.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Eileen Stigall attended the Un...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Graphite
'Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) Estate Stamp verso; drawn circa 1955.
An elegant, figurative drawing showing a view of a young woman seated and gazing candidly towards the view...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Young Lady Seated', Royal Academy London, PAFA, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'C. J. Turrell' for Charles James Turrell (British-American, 1845-1932) and dated 1876.
Framed dimensions: 12 x 1 x 10 inches
Charles James Turrell was one of the most talented miniaturists of his age. Born in London, he studied under a Mr. Sargeant, perhaps Frederick Sargeant who exhibited at the Royal Academy, before visiting the United States in 1867 where he painted miniatures at the studio of photographer Napoleon Sarony. During this time, Turrell had distinguished sitters including members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Morgan families. While in America, Turrell married and would go on to maintain successful careers in both New York and London where, in 1869, he opened a studio on Bond Street.
Turrell exhibited widely and with success including annually at the Royal Academy (1873-1904), the Society of Miniaturists (1873 – 1932), the Brooklyn Art Association (1868), the Pennsylvania Academy of Art (1901) and at the Paris Salons. His sitters included Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra, when she was Princess of Wales (1884). In 1890, he was appointed official miniature painter to Queen Victoria. Turrell's work is held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace as well as in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Mount Vernon Collection in Washington D.C., among others.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, page 863; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3354; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, page 444; The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, J. Johnson and A. Greutzner, 1980 Edition, Antique Collectors’ Club 1976, page 511; Dictionary of British Miniature...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Seated Nude', California Modernist Figural Drawing
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A graphite study of a young woman seated, shown contrapposto with her hair drawn back and gazing to her left. Michael Decker (American, 20th century) circa 1975 and stamped, verso, ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'Expressionist Seascape', New York ASL, L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DeMartis' for James Joseph DeMartis (American, 1926-1996) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Queens, New York, James Joseph DeMartis served with distinction in World War II and was decorated at the Battle of the Bulge. He subsequently attended painting classes at New York's Museum of Modern Art (1946-47) and, later, at the Art Students League of New York. He then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts in Santa Monica, California until 1949, before leaving t study in Europe in 1950. He settled in Florence, Italy where he attended L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1950-54). While continuing to study painting, he participated in several group and one-man shows in Italy and Switzerland.
In 1956, DeMartis returned to New York at the height of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. He settled with his new family in Brooklyn and, after participating in a series of grass-roots galleries opened with fellow artists, he opened the Armory Gallery and studio in Manhattan. He also exhibited in other Manhattan galleries and at the National Arts Club.
In 1961, De Martis was awarded the prestigious Emily Lowe Award for Painting. This led to to shows at the Ward Egglestone, ROKO, Pierantonio and Artemis West galleries from 1962-68. He then returned to Europe to participate in a group show in Florence. Upon his return, he opened the Brownstone Gallery in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, where he exhibited his own and others’ works until 1988.
James De Martis exhibited widely and with success including at one-man shows in Tokyo, Brooklyn, New York, Sarasota, Florida, San Francisco and Santa Fe.
Select Exhibitions:
1953 Brodighera, Italy
1954 Galerie an der Reuss, Lucerne, Switzerland
1955 La Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy
1956 Walden School, New York, New York
1957 Bottega 57 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1960, 61 Hicks Street Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1960 Heights Casino, Brooklyn, New York
1961 Ward Eggleston Gallery, New York, New York
1962 Ray Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1962 Pietroantonio Gallery, New York, New York
1962,3,5,7 Armory Gallery, New York, New York
1965 Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1966,9 Brooklyn Heights Association
1967 Roko Gallery, New York, New York
1970,3,4,5,8,9,83 Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1972 Artemis East Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1977 Marcoleo Gallery, New York, New York
1978 Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
1989,91,92 Gallery Gion Tokyo, Japan
1994 Private show, Sarasota, Florida
1995 Private show, San Francisco, California
1995 Private show, Copake, New York
1996 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
May, 2018 Retrospective show, Ashawagh Hall...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. C. Wiboltt' for Aage Christian (Jack) Wiboltt (Danish-American, 1894-1952) and created circa 1925.
Framed dimensions: 33.25 x 1.5 x 28 inches
A substantial, early twentieth-century, figural pastel showing a young woman wearing traditional gypsy costume and playing her flute beside a deep azure lake dotted with water-lilies.
Jack Wiboltt first trained at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen before moving to New York in 1919. In 1924, he settled in California where he lived and painted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. For 30 years, he practiced as an easel painter and was also commissioned to paint murals including for the 1939 exposition at San Francisco and for Hollywood's Fox Theater among others He exhibited widely and with success including at the Danish Royal Academy (1913), the New York World's Fair (1939), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939) and the Pasadena Art Institute (1932) among others.
Exhibitions:
Royal Academy, 1913; Danish Art Gallery, 1917 (1st solo); Pasadena Art Inst., 1932; Warner Gallery (LA), 1934; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1935 (solo); County Fair (LA), 1935; American Artists Congress, 1936; GGIE, 1939; NY World...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
'Sheila', Pacific Grove Art Association Exhibit, Woman Artist, LACMA, PAFA, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled on exhibition label, 'Sheila' and created circa 1965.
Exhibited:
Pacific Grove Museum of Natu...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite, Mica
'Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice', Venetian Vedute, Grand Canal
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Danail Ochkov' (Bulgarian-American, born 1977) and dated 2003.
Born in Bulgaria, Danail Ochkov studied fine art at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University in Sof...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Postcard
'San Francisco from Marin', Seattle, SAM, Frye Museum, Golden Gate, Sausalito
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jess Cauthorn' (American, 1923-2005), painted circa 1960.
A respected fine artist art teacher who transformed the art-school scene...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
