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Period: 20th Century
20th Century French Modernist Original Painting Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist/ Modernist
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
stamped verso
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
c...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Watercolour Painting Rocks Path To Buffalo River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English watercolour painting. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the arti...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Acrobazie" pastello 1935 cm. 19 x 25
Located in Torino, IT
Robert Falcucci (1900-1989)
Famoso illustratore di manifesti famosi i suoi manifesti di corse automobilistiche e località turistiche francesi
Quest'opera è vicina llo stile Futurista...
Category
Futurist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002)
Seated Man
Charcoal on paper
Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right)
25.1/2 x 18.1...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fine Antique British Watercolour Painting Boat House In Blue Mountain River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English watercolour painting. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the arti...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful tablescape still life by Henri Clamen. The painting is not signed but was acquired form the atelier of the artist with o...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude II" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude II"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
The Peacock and The Skunk, Art Nouveau
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Willem Deiperink-Langereis (American, 1889-1966)
Signed: Willem Deiperink-Langereis (Lower, Right)
" The Peacock and The Skunk ", c. 1915-1920
Pen and Ink with Watercolor
9 1/2" ...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Horse - Drawing by Antonio Vangelli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli.
Black marker drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the upper margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 05535
...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Lovers - Drawing by Pierre Emile Lelong - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is a Watercolour realized by Pierre Emile Lelong in 1970s.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (46x32.5 cm).
Signed and titled on the lower margin.
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Clipper at Full Sail
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Watercolor signed in the lower left corner. The piece measures 19.25" x 23.25" including the frame and features a clipper ship at full sail.
Provenance: Bradbury Art and Antiques,...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1930
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo)
Condition: E...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Raphaël Delorme (1885-1962), Study of a female nude, watercolor and pencil
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphaël DELORME (1886-1962)
Study
Watercolor and pencil on paper
21 x 31 cm
frame 30 x 40 cm
Trace of fold in the bottom
Born in 1885 in Bordeaux, Raphaël Delorme is one of the majo...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Pastel Art by 20th Century British Artist
By Lionel Aggett
Located in Preston, GB
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Landscape Pastel Art. A fine example of the beautiful work of British 20th Century Artist, Lionel Aggett (1938-2009). Signed front and rear, fr...
Category
Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Board
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 37365
...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 24680
Co...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Expressionist Clown Portrait After Bernard Buffett
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil crayon on board portrait of a clown. The work is signed and dated top right.
A wonderful strong and colourful portrait. The subject is looking out at us with his s...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Mountain View Landscape Watercolor 1960
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mountain View With Flowers
watercolor 1960's
18.5x23.5 framed 25x30x1
Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Eugenie O'kin Jubin, Landscape, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Eugenie O'KIN, Eugenie JUBIN known as,
Landscape
Pencil and etching on paper
Studio sale stamp on verso
46 x 28 cm
original frame 65 x 46 cm
Provenance: artist's studio sale, Paris,...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo)
Condition: E...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo)No. 26190
Con...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles', Provence, watercolour and pencil on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1946). A line of Plane trees greets visitors to almost every vi...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in grey, gouache and wash on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in grey
Gouache and wash on laid paper
Signed "Montheillet" lower right
Dimensions of the work: 24 x 32 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 40 x 50...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, Little Girl, Blue Dress, 1920s Portrait
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Elinor M. Barnard (English/American, 1871 - 1942)
Signed: Elinor M. Barnard 27 (Lower, Right)
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, 1927
Watercolor on Paper
23" x 17"
Housed in a 2" Peri...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Women With Fans
By Walasse Ting
Located in Austin, TX
Chinese ink and acrylic on rice paper, stretched on canvas. Artist's stamp upper left.
71 x 38.25 in.
72.25 x 40.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple, float-mounted Gatorf...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper
"Baker's Dozen I" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 20" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Baker's Dozen I" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 20" in by Inji Efflatoun
Not signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Convalescence - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Convalescence is a modern artwork realized by Mino Maccari.
Mixed colored watercolor.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pierre COMBET-DESCOMBES (1885-1966), Female Nude from behind, 1928, Charcoal
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre COMBET-DESCOMBES (1885-1966)
Female Nude from behind, 1928
Charcoal on paper
Signed with the stamp lower right
Dated "26 sept 28" and annotated lower left
Size of the work : 4...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Marcel-Lenoir, Portrait of a bearded man, supposed self-portrait, pencil
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931)
Portrait of a bearded man, supposed self-portrait
Pencil and stump on paper
Signed "Marcel-Lenoir" lower right
63 x 48.5 cm
Sold in its ori...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
1968 gouache by British artist Hans Feibush 'The beauty of youth'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very magnificent work by 20th Century British artist Hans Feibusch of a boy looking out over a landscape, classically inspired with a modern flair.
Escaping the grip of Nazi Germa...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Brehal II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brehal II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
stamped & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Prison Portrait II" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prison Portrait II" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Prison Portrait" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prison Portrait" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibiti...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Brehal III" Landscape Watercolor Painting 8" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brehal III" Landscape Watercolor Painting 8" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
stamped & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Lac d'Annecy II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lac d'Annecy II" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibition...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Brehal IV" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Brehal IV" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 14" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Stamped and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exh...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting Busy Figures By Rowing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 12 x 15 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
By Eldon Dedini
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
An original watercolor illustration for The New Yorker...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Beautiful, Misty landscape of Loch Earn, Scotland Original Watercolour Framed
Located in ludlow, GB
This is a favourite place of the world famous Scottish Watercolour artist. Possibly more famous for his ever popular depictions of beautiful semi naked models but he himself said of...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait Of A Young Woman Attributed To Frank Weston Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Frank Weston Benson
American 1862-1951
Portrait of a Young Woman
Watercolor on paper
Signed “F.W. Benson 1912” (lower right)
This watercolor painting, entitled Port...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Little Boodge (1993) by David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph
11.02 x 16.54 in (28.0 x 42.0 cm)
Unsigned.
This is an original, vintage artist-authorised David Hockney poster print, printed in 1993. This is not a later repro...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The Tree-Lined Avenue - Original Watercolor on Paper by Pierre Segogne - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Tree-Lined Avenue is an original modern artwork realized in the 1930s by the French artist Pierre Segogne (1890-1958).
Original mixed colored watercolor and tempera on paper.
H...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964) "Street Signs" Modernist gouache and traces of pencil on paper in t...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tu...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
La Valse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La valse
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 4096 / La Traviata / Acte I / Scenes II et IV / La Valse / Composition origin...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Hammering Nails
39 x 50 ½ inches
Gouache on paper c. 19...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les travestis (The Transvestites)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté’s costume...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fin...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Paul Schürch (1886-1939) - Romantic Landscape Drawing 1917 Solothurn Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Paul Schürch
(Swiss, ∗ 14.2.1886 Wangen b. Olten, † 11.12.1939 Bern)
Romantic Landscape in area of Solothurn, Switzerland
• Charcoal/Pencil drawing delicately heightened in various...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil, Pastel, Charcoal
"Robed Woman" Watercolor Painting 24" x 16" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Robed Woman" Watercolor Painting 24" x 16" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1959
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
With a s...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study for “L’Acropole”
By Paul Delvaux
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul Delvaux
1897-1994 Belgian
Study for “L’Acropole”
Signed and dated "P.Delvaux 1965" (lower right)
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
This preliminary drawing for Paul Delvaux’s greatest masterpiece L’Acropole, which resides today in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, features the artist’s most beloved subject — mystical scenes of nude women. A centrally-placed, stoic woman draped in a long green gown stands with her arms outstretched by her sides. She gazes at another idealized woman in the foreground, lying nude on a chaise lounge, while behind her, multitudes of other women in white dresses undertake a long procession towards a distant door. The captivating scene exudes the unique Surrealist style for which the artist has become known.
With this skillful rendering of the surreal setting, Delvaux has mastered depicting nude women in a sensual yet non-erotic manner. The artist drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer, and blended them with his subconscious themes, which frequently included the nude female form. In combination with the loose concepts of form and perspective found in the 16th-century Mannerist paintings that Delvaux studied in Italy before World War II, his distinctive style served to create memorable dreamscapes without veering into lewdness. Like the very best Surrealist images, the work is both innovative and engaging.
Paul Delvaux's earliest and most lasting influences in his art were the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer. After completing his initial artistic training at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Delvaux exhibited with Surrealists Dalí...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Portrait of a Lady /// Impressionism British Augustus Edwin John Drawing Red
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961)
Title: "Portrait of a Lady"
*Signed by John lower right
Circa: 1910
Medium: Original red and black Chalk Drawi...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Bridge at Sonning on Thames /// Antique British Watercolor Bridge Architecture
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Alfred Sale Watson (English, Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century)
Title: "Bridge at Sonning on Thames"
*Signed and dated by Watson lower left
Year: 1905
Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on thin Illustration Board
Framing: Recently framed in a gold brush and rope-motif moulding with hand decorated archival French matting
Framed size: 26" x 31.88"
Matted size: 20.25" x 26.25"
Image size: 15" x 21"
Condition: Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition
Notes:
It is also titled and dated on verso, likely by a previous dealer.
Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Illustration Board, Gouache
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now"
Ralph Fasanella (1914-_1997) "Victory and After,” gouache on paper. Signed, titled...
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Outsider Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
La femme aux fleurs (Portrait de Mathilde See)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris.
Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat.
The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import.
Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...
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Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Linen, Pastel
Mid Century Windmill Rural Landscape
By H. Kendall
Located in Soquel, CA
Stoic watercolor painting of a tall windmill in a rural landscape by H. Kendall . Signed "H. Kendall" lower right. Presented in a yellow mat and wood f...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Son of Camille
Located in Holywell, GB
A delightful pencil sketch on watermarked laid paper by Camille Pissarro’s son, George Manzana Pissarro. Signed by means of his studio stamp and with auct...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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