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Medium: Watercolor
1960's French Portrait Man With Fingers In His Mouth Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.25 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

In a small town. 1969, paper, watercolor, 36x48 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In a small town. 1969, paper, watercolor, 36x48 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers an...
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1960s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Read the Signs Year 2020 Part 1.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Read the Signs Year 2020 Part 1. Signed with the artist's initials lower right Signed with the artist's "Yummy" drystamp lower right corner Watercolor on Arches paper Archival framin...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Figurative Abstract Gouache on Paper - Woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract Gouache on Paper by Minnesota/Chicago artist Richard Koppe (1916-1073). Simply titled “Woman,” the work is an excellent composition by the artist created 1941. The painting ...
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1940s Abstract Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Les Ecrins/French Alps
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
This watercolor represents a view of the French Alps in the National natural park of Les Ecrins. The mauve mountain in the background is painted with oil a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor

1960's French Portrait Stylish Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper stamped to the reverse Image : 12.75 x 9.5 inches Overall size: 25 5 x 19.75 inches Superbl...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Setlists, Pop Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2017 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1623 *Black frame with a mirror-gl...
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2010s Pop Art Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

1960's French Portrait Man In Checked Blazer Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.5 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

CLAUDE LAGOUCHE (1943-2020) 1970'S LARGE SURREALIST OIL - FIGURES & BIRD
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020), see provenance details below. Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020. He quickly gained rec...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Woman of St. Victoire / 2007 framed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue and grey with peach abstracted figurative painting in neutral cool colors from Kim Frohsin's "Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache

Icing the Cake, Cover of The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Tempera on Masonite Sight Size 14.50" x 11.25", Framed 20.50" x 17.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 16, 1945
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1940s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Tempera, Gouache

Judith Brenner, Rich Seated 1, Original Life Painting, Cubist Impressionsit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Rich Seated 1 Original Figurative Painting Mixed Media on Paper Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Rich Seated 1 is a contemporary nude painting by Judith Brenner.This is an original drawing from life on paper using acrylic, pan pastel , ink and watercolour pencil. The idea is to capture the essence of the pose using line and wash...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Flowering Tree)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Flowering Tree) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good P...
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1960s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

"A Path Through the Wood" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "A Path Through the Wood" is an gouache painting that depicts the dense brush and thicket of the trees growing densely together Bio/artist statement: Judd...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

ARLETTE MARTIN (b.1924) FRENCH GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT PAINTING - 1990's DESIGN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Design" by Arlette Martin (French, b.1924) signed and dated 90'S gouache/watercolour painting on card, unframed painting: 15.5 x 11.5 inches Stunning original pain...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

1960's French Portrait Man With Red NoseCaricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.25 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

1960's French Portrait Grumpy Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper inscribed verso stamped on reverse Image: 25. 75 x 19.75 inches Superbly decorative 1960's...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Movers New Yorker published, September 20, 1935 18 X 11 1/2 inches...
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1930s American Realist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Goldfinch
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "Goldfinch" is an original, handmade gouache painting that depicts yellow and blue mandala patterns swirling behind a Gold finch and its ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT PORTRAIT PAINTING OF FIGURE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020) Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020. He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, ex...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

View Of The City
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Early 20th Century European School, view of the city, with buildings in the background, gouache on paper unsigned in a beautiful custom made Haydenryk frame under glass.
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Early 20th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Brick Layers House Beautiful cover proposal, c. 1939 ...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Letter to Hieronymus Bosch - XX century, Colourful figurative painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
ADAM NIEMCZYC (born in 1914) Painter, graphic artist, poet, novelist. He practiced easel, mural painting and book illustration. Since 1958 he participated in numerous exhibitions in ...
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1980s Other Art Style Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Gouache, Board

1960's French Portrait Flower Girl Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper inscribed verso stamped on reverse Image: 25.5 x 19 inches Superbly decorative 1960's Fren...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Mother and child.
Located in Zofingen, AG
SERIES "MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVINE." The maternal principle in Hinduism symbolizes the divine feminine energy, from which all existence is born. It embodies the power of creation, pro...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Lovers Entangled. Mixed Media Double Sided Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
DOUBLE SIDED works and have been created to intentionally depict 2 images, one on each side of the paper. They are created using 100% cotton 300g watercolour paper, watercolour, penc...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Thread, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Figure Drinking from Bottle
By Alois Mosbacher
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Alois Mosbacher– Austrian (1954- ) Title: Figure Drinking from Bottle Year: 1982 Medium: Mixed Media – Acrylic and watercolor on paper Size: 16.75 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm) ...
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1980s Other Art Style Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

The Ponytail
Located in Burlingame, CA
Painting on paper is 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches. Professionally hinged into an 8ply museum mat with an outer dimension of 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches, with an archival crystal clear case. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

"Reclining Lady" framed, signed painting of a nude female by artist Joy Laville
By Joy Laville
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Reclining Lady" signed painting of a female nude by artist Joy Laville. Framed with a linen-wrapped mat. Image size: 17 1/2 x 21 inches.
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20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

1960s "Hanging on a Bar" Gouache and Pastel Mid Century Female Nude Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Hanging on a Bar 1960's Gouache and Oil Pastel on Paper 17.75"x17" Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015 Came from a ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Eye of the Desert, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 16 x 12 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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1960s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Graphite

Nirvana - In Utero (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Pop Art, Grammy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Nirvana - In Utero Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1630 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish av...
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2010s Pop Art Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Pair of French Character Portraits, Pink and Blue Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pair of French Character Portraits French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache on unframed paper Both stamped and named on the backs, with the artists ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

King Tut No. 2, Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) King Tut No. 2, 1968 Gouache on paper Signed and dated upper right 11.25 x 8.25 inches 25.5 x 20.5 inches A surrealist mid-century fig...
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1960s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Through the Trees" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Through the Trees" is an gouache painting that depicts the dense brush of a forest growing with large trees Bio/artist statement: Judd Mercer is a waterc...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid Century Gouache and Oil Pastel Figurative Painting 1960s Bay Area Female Art
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Yellow Purple Figure 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 36"x28" unframed $800 *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Monterey Bay Crab Fisherman
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous earth-toned figurative watercolor painting of Monterey crab fishing by James Tazewell Hughins (American, 1922-2009), circa 1980. Signed ...
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1980s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Pair of French Character Portraits, Purple and Green Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pair of French Character Portraits French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache on unframed paper Both stamped and named on the backs, with the artists initials written on both right hand...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

"Feeding Time" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Feeding Time" is an gouache painting that depicts a lone cow feeding in a small fenced pasture, framed with a white barn and towering trees Bio/artist stat...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

1950s "Slit" Mid Century Painting Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Slit c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Retirement" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Retirement" is an gouache painting that depicts a rusted old tow truck among other cars in a lonely junkyard car lot Bio/artist ...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Pirika and Yume
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Sapporo in Japan. She is graduated from Hokkaido University of E...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache

1950s "Shapes with Figure" Mid Century Cubist Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Shapes with Figure c. 1950's Gouache on paper 15" x 18", Unframed From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

19th century American silhouette of man Ink and Watercolor Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century American silhouette of man Ink and Watercolor Painting 6.26" x 10" unframed 11.5" x 15.5" framed
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19th Century Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Jazz, Soul, Pop)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1634 *Black frame with a mirror-glo...
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2010s Pop Art Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Young technicians. 1978, watercolor on paper, 25x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Young technicians. 1978, watercolor on paper, 25x28 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flower...
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1970s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled Fashion Design, 1920
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (Fashion Design) was created for Harper's Bazar and appeared in the February, 1920 edition of the magazine. This is a gouache painting on tissue paper measuring approximately 10 x 6.5 inches and framed in a custom, closed-corner Art Deco...
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20th Century Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Hidden Falls" Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Hidden Falls" is an gouache painting that depicts a water fall cascading to the rugged reddish rocks below flanked with colorful green moss. Bio/artist sta...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Untitled, Gouache on Handmade Paper by Modern Artist Ganesh Haloi “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ganesh Haloi Untitled, Gouache on Handmade 23 x 15 inches 2022 ( Framed & Delivered ) Born : In 1936 Ganesh Haloi born in Jamalpur, Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh. Education : He m...
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2010s Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Handmade Paper

House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inche...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Fadeaway Girl on the beach, Good Housekeeping Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A cover illustration for the June 1915 issue of Good Housekeeping depicting Coles Phillips’s iconic “Fadeaway Girl” kneeling at the seashore holding a beach umbrella. Phillips’ “Fade...
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1910s Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Board, Watercolor

"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street in Watercolor, Colored Pencil and India Ink
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rue St. Marguerite" Montreal Street Scene in Watercolor, Pastel, and India Ink Vibrant drawing of Montreal, Canada, by Richard D. Wilson (Canadian, 1920-1994). A street scene of 1960s Montreal, complete with cars, people walking and crisscrossing telephone and power lines...
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1960s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, India Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Pandora Rose, 2021, female figure, sunbathing, yellow, blue & pink painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Female figure, basking in the sun; Ink, marker, watercolor, and pastel on paper; custom framing available. Pink, blue, yellow and black. Figurative and folk art style. Prominent line...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

1950s "Mark" Oil Pastel and Gouache Figurative Painting NYC Modern Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Mark" c.1950s Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper 14x17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

South African Village - Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed village scene by notable South African artist Tsepiso Lesenyeho (b. 1968). A cluster of houses sit atop a hill, against a dramatic backdrop of mountains and clouds. I...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Au Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIPPE NOYER "AU BAR" WATERCOLOR, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1960S 25.5 X 19.5 INCHES Philippe Henri Noyer 1917-1985 Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyons, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. Next he moved to Paris, where he worked in decorative arts and advertising. It was during this time, he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943. That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who would promote his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris. In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American art dealer who had agreed to organize an exhibition of them in the United States. However the American dealer sold the paintings at cost, in order cover a gambling debt, to Robert Goldstein...
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1960s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Femmes Fatal
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and professional graphic artist. "Femmes Fatal" is a...
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1930s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Watercolor figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Watercolor figurative paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Wolfgang Leidhold, Arlette Martin, Roger Herson, and MAE Curates. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Art Deco, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Watercolor figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 28 inches across are also available Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $520 and tops out at $720, while the average work can sell for $620.

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