Robert Azensky Fine Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Wonderfully provocative sketch drawing of a gathering of men and women in pencil by outsider artist Mylo Quam (American, 1941-1996). Signed lower right. Presented in giltwood frame with black mat under glass. Image size: 8.25"H x 10.50"W. A long-time Woodstock area resident, Mylo Quam was a self-taught painter and draughtsman whose provocative figural work has been compared to Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as to twentieth-century artists Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Quam was an avid reader who derived inspiration from such varied arenas as Shakespeare, the occult, the Bible, Eastern and Western mythology, politics, and popular culture. "I look at everything," the artist was quoted as saying in 1990. "I read the comic pages. Anything visual. There's very little I don't think is a subject for art." Born in North Dakota, Quam studied Greek language and other classical subjects at Brandeis, Boston, and New York Universities, and worked as a translator of Greek plays while just 17 years old. After a successful career as an actor that included numerous Off-Broadway performances and a leading role in the 1968 Broadway production of Royal Hunt of the Sun, Quam turned his focus to painting. His first one-man exhibition was at the Boatman Gallery, NYC in 1969 and was followed by twenty solo shows over the course of his career at venues including Gallery A, Flynn Gallery, CFM Gallery, Brewster Gallery, Imperial Gallery, Runyon Winchell Gallery and the Gallery of Erotic Art, all in New York City. Quam's work was also exhibited at the John Pense Gallery in San Francisco, the Clark-Whitney Gallery in Massachusetts, the Barrett House and Desmond Weiss Galleries in Poughkeepsie, and for many years at the Ann Leonard Gallery in Woodstock. Quam's paintings were exhibited internationally, as well, notably in a solo exhibition in Haiti-- the first by an American artist in that country. In addition, he was one of four artists to represent the United States in La Bienalle di Venezia, Italia of 1986. As a young man, Quam designed sets and/or costumes for the Actor's Playhouse in New York City, the Lucas Hovig Ballet Company, and the Opera Municipal de Marseilles, France. He also created illustrations for The Story of O...

A beautiful and skillful pencil drawing by Gail Hodin-Reeves; her subject - watercolor painter and astrologer John Varley (1778-1842), taken from the orginal done by Varley's student...

Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker An original watercolor illustration for The New Yorker...

Mid Century Rural Farmhouse Landscape Watercolor with Barn Beautiful mid century landscape watercolor of a farmhouse surrounded by autumn trees in a rural setting by watercolor art...

Horse in the fields, a figurative watercolor landscape by Louis John Stellman (American, 1877-1961), c.1935. Presented in a wooden frame with linen liner. Signed "Stellman" lower right. Image size, 15"H x 19"W. Stellman moved to CA in 1901. By 1920 he had settled in San Francisco where he worked both as an artist and a writer for the Call-Bulletin newspaper. He later moved to the Monterey Peninsula where he remained until his death. Married to artist Edith K. Stellman (1877-1957). Works held: de Young Legion of Honor. His books include: Mate o'dreams and Other Poems Mother Lode; The Story of California's Gold Rush Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Said the Observer Sam Brannan, Builder of San Francisco; A Biography That Was a Dream Worth Building; the Spirit of San Francisco's Great Fair Portrayed in Pictures and Words The Vanished Ruin Eta; San Francisco's Classic Artistry of Ruin Depicted in Picture and Song Stellmann was a protegé of Arnold Genthe...

Substantial modernist watercolor by California artist Yukako Okudaira (American, b. 1943). Signed lower right. Metal frame. Image size, 18"H x 20"W. (We inlcuded a reference image of the artist in the image section, we don't have the actual photograph) Yukako Okudaira was born in Tokyo and raised in Kugenuma Kaigan. She immigrated to California in 1962. She holds a Master’s degree in painting from California State University in San Jose. In 1985 she studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture under Elizabeth Murray, Richard Serra, John Chamberian, Mary Heilman...

Colorful abstract work by Bay Area artist Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 15"H x 11.25"W. Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...

Street art style figurative abstract of blue face by Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower right. Unframed. Ima...

White Iris & Spring Flowers Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still Life Beautiful mid century floral watercolor still life of a bouquet with white irises and other blooming flowers by H...

"Ear of Corn, Sioux", Mid Century Native American Portrait Beautiful mid century portrait titled "Ear of Corn, Sioux" by Robert Floodstrand (American, 19...

Double-sided mid century watercolor of Pleasure Point Cove, Monterey Bay by listed artist Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). On verso is a beautiful botanical watercolor study....

Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W. A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s. Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...

Antique pencil and faded watercolor wash portrait titled "L'Amazon" (French, translates "horsewoman") by Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892), circa 1860...

Detailed figurative watercolor landscape the Monterey Wharf with figures and boats by Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Skerce" lower le...

Elegant mid-century watercolor still-life with grapes, a vase, and fine china depicting three cranes by Laurelda Cecille Schmidt (American, 1903-1994). Presented in a giltwood frame...

Masterful Scottish watercolor landscape of Loch Tay with boats and small figures on the short by Aaron Edwin Penley (English, 1826-1897)....

1948 Nude Study of woman's back with sanquine and charcoal. Titled "Diana" by Carlo Taliabue (Italian/American). Signed and dated lower right corner. Titled upper right corner. Image...

An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...

Muskateer 28th Foot (Gloucestershire Regiment) 1746 in Watercolor on Paper A beautiful watercolor of a British Musketeer of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, in full uniform standing with poise and readiness by English artist Clarence F. Bretherick (b. 1868). Signed lower right. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 12"H x 9"W. In 1892 Bretherick was appointed permanently on the Liverpool Weekly Post as artist to that journal, to be responsible for all illustrations therein. His great specialty was figure drawing, military figure subjects in particular. This particular watercolor is a fine example of his skill as an artist and his fine attention to detail. 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment was first raised in 1694 by Colonel Sir John Gibson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, as Sir John Gibson's Regiment of Foot and was posted to Newfoundland to protect the colony there. They saw action in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession...

A crayon illustration of Dilbert, the WWII pilot, off to see the world with his attentive passengers. Signed "Osborn" lower right. Also, dedication lower ce...

Urban landscape of a tram car on a city street with tracks and cables criss-crossing the composition by an unknown artist. Signed illegibly "T. Zu '95" lower ...

Vintage Rose Illustration -- "Georgia On My Mind" Beautiful and highly detailed illustration of a pink rose on a complex matrix background by Ben Black (American, 1922-2003). Titled "Georgia on My Mind" lower left. Signed "Ben Black" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 22.5"H x 18.25"W on a 25"H x 20"W Mat. The artist takes many days creating the hand drawn matrix background of circles and line. Ben Black was born in Boston, he graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art 1947. He served in World War 2. He was an art director at one of Boston's leading advertising firms, later opened his own studio where his works were included in The New Yorker Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, establishing himself as a leading American Illustrator. He had many solo and group exhibitions throughout New England and his work is collected throughout the world. Originally known for his clowns, he created a limited edition series of plates for Royal Daulton as well as clown figurines...

Light and airy portrait of a resting nude by David Stephens (American, 20th century). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. Unframed. Image, 22.25"H x 27"L. About the artist - ...

Lovely early 20th century colored pencil landscape sketch of Shoreham Downs by an unknown artist (United Kingdom, 20th Century). Signature i...

Lilacs and Peonies, Mid Century Floral Still-Life with Pink & Purple Vibrant mid century floral still-life featuring lilacs and peonies by Carolyn Tyson (American, b-1941). This lov...

A striking modern abstract pastel on paper by listed Monterey, California artist Henry Elinson (American, 1935-2010), 1980. Featuring clean lines and bold geometric shapes in a palet...

Study of a young man with his golf clubs by listed artist Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, 1867-1944). Image, 14"H x 20"W. Displayed in vintage mat. S...