Paper Paintings

History Of Modern Art By Arnason, H. H.; Mansfield, Elizabeth C. For undergraduate course in Modern Art, Origins of Modernism, Art since 1945, Contemporary Art and other courses fo...

"Nature 1" by Peter Astrom, Swedish abstract expressionist painter. Acrylic paint and modelling paste on Arche paper Measures: Height 30 in x Width ...

During the early 1950s Guy Bourdin had established himself as an artist with the eye of a painter, working primarily on paper Bourdin created images containing fascinating stories and compositions. His early experimental work bridges the gap between Surrealism and his later photography which at the time was still in its infancy. This early cat drawing...

A set of three framed gestural drawings by Paul Chidlaw (1900-1989) depicting flocks of birds rendered in black ink on paper. Paul Chidlaw was an earl...

Original mixed-media contemporary work of art by Chris RWK, professionally framed in a white shadowbox frame. A child of the 1980s, Chris’ world was often completely flooded with th...

On Brewster's Creek: Views of Bay Shore, Long Island by William Glackens, by Geoffrey K. Fleming. Huntington Museum of Art, 2017. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The book h...

Ralph de Burgos (b. Shanghai, China 1906 d. Washington DC, US 1979) mixed-media collage and oil abstract on paper, circa early 1960s. Burgos was known largely as a painter, with a l...

A portrait painting of a woman on green. This wonderful painting is large and in charge. At 23” tall, it is is painting on a stiff white paper. The subject of the piece is a woman in...

Mixed-media on paper by Dan Miller, mostly shades of grey with blue, red and gold overtones. White highlights on center robot's face give this a tribal feel. Art work size is 18.5" h...

This painting represents a man waiting under a dark tree. The composition is extremely simple but suggestive. The artist, with few elements, can, in fact, create a vivid and dynamic scene, based on the tension between the strong ink stain that renders the tree and the elegant figure of the man, dressed in an aristocratic robe. Painter and designer, Kamisaka Sekka...

A landscape still life painting of fruit and white vessels on a table. Measures: 13" x 17.5". This lovely painting depicts deep purple plums and green pears sitting upon a table. A w...

This hand painted nautilus shell on a piece of parchment paper (that dates to the early 19th century) will make a definite stylish statement. Note: Dimensions of image paper are 1...

Sunset In Harbor by Dong Moy Chu Kingman (1911-2000) Watercolor Signed. A charming watercolor painting created by Dong Kingman. This is an extraordinary piece of his art style and un...

Large and beautiful original watercolor painted by Colorado artist Keith Finch and dated 87. The piece shows beautiful colors and is very vibrant. ...

Composition by Rune Hagberg, Sweden. 1960s. Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrköping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture...

An original portrait painting by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. This tall portrait depicts a woman on a bright green background. She wears an Art Deco style outfit in black. ...

Original expressionist painting by Bernardo Damiano (also known as Bernard Damiano). He was an Italian expressionist painter and sculptor born on January 10, 1926 in Coni (Piemont...

This is a beautifull two volume catalogue raisonne in a slip case, which presents more than 2000 works by O'Keeffe in a variety of media, displaying her innovative use of colour and ...

Mountain landscape, watercolour on paper, 20th century. Evelyne Luez, School of Paris Measures: H 21, W 25.5 cm.

Rare Mid-Century Modern signed 1949 cubist gouache painting of skyscrapers, rooftops and skyline of the City of New York including The Chrysler building by painter Theodore "Theo" Ha...

Owens, John Joseph (American/West Virginia 1887-1931), Model Portrait Study, signed and dated 1909, charcoal on laid paper and pen and ink, about 21 x 17 inches. Provenance: artist's...

Bucolic watercolor by Saturday Evening Post illustrator, Stevan Dohanos, (1907-1994). The painting measures: 7" H x 8" W. Frame size is approximately 18" H x 18 3/4" W. It is in ex...

Lithograph by Mihail Chemiakin, Russian / American. 1960s.

19th century framed hand colored engraving by Armand Mathey (1854-1931) is a superb example of 18th century portraiture reproduced in the 19th century via engravings and deftly hand-...

Large painting signed on the right top. Very pleasant animated landscape full of positive and aerial atmosphere. Few figures going around and sailing on small boats on the river. E...

Unsigned oil and watercolor drip technique on fine art paper. Framed in simple wood frame. Photographed with Knoll chair for scale.

Carl Link(1887-1968) "Mittenwald-Bayerische Alpen" Watercolor signed Carl Link (lower right), Measuring: 22.5 in. x 31.5 in. (57.15 cm. x 80.01 cm.).  

Watercolor painting on paper of a tropical scene with houses, palm trees, and figures executed in a lush pallet. Signed by American artist Margaret Morrish in 1956 at Port Antonio Ja...

For your consideration is an outstanding original gouache on board painting titled "Trapper's Alley" - created in 1994 by Detroit artist Don Jacot (8 x 7, 16...

Mid-Century Modern vintage landscape painting with motif Schneeberg in Lower Austria in pastel tone color blue, grey, silver, green and white with watercolor on cardboard behind glas...

The enema of Louis XVI style amazing subject treated to the watercolor erotica or curiosa in the style of the 18th century illegible signature.

Impressions of Giverny Monet's World Charles Weckler hardcover book A short text describes impressionist Claude Monet's house and gardens at Giverny, a village 40 miles northwest of...

Church interior with an angel, drawing and watercolour on paper, framed under glass, 20th century. School of Paris, Evelyne Luez Measures: H: 30.5 cm...

French post-Impressionist black ink on paper landscape drawing mounted in custom simple black wood frame. The image nearly vibrates with moveme...

Chinese painting by Qu Jian Xiong Fantastic original painting by noted Chinese artist Qu Jian Xiong. Original mixed media with paints and inks. Dimensions 23" x 23". The fra...

Artist: Rolph Scarletti (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) Object: Modernist Abstract Composition Period: Ca. 1950’s Medium: Guache on paper, framed Dimensions (unframed): Height: 9-1/3” Width: 12” Dimensions (framed): Height: 22-3/4”” Width: 25-3/4” Rolph Scarlett (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) was a consummate explorer of twentieth-century abstract painting. Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him while steadfastly aware that he was on his own path and his alone, Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist of the eras in which he lived. Exposed very early on to the work of Paul Klee through a chance meeting in Europe with the artist himself, Scarlett took up abstraction with a fervor that never diminished during his long and impressive career. To create something that had never existed before: this was Scarlett’s great cause. And that is what is most obvious when you look at Scarlett’s work—you have never seen anything quite like it. Scarlett was Canadian-born, came of age in the Midwest, and spent few important years in Hollywood, where he designed stage sets. His work from this early period echoes Klee’s use of color, his confidence in naïve, primitive forms, and his blend of abstraction and figuration. In its flat spatial qualities it prefigures the Indian Space painting of the 1940s by a decade. He moved to New York in 1933 and eventually found his first great patron at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, directed by Baroness Hilla Rebay and art patron Solomon R. Guggenheim. Guggenheim would collect over 60 works by Scarlett for his collection, more than any other artist outside of Vasily Kandinsky and Rudolf Bauer. As a frequent exhibitor and lecturer at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (MNOP), Scarlett honed his sensitive feel for bodies in space and capitalized on his trademark use of bright, vivacious colors into accomplished, perfectly harmonized geometric works. However, Scarlett soon morphed these hard-edged forms into a nuanced expressionistic abstraction which, at its best, seems to be populated by dancing forms that animate the canvases. Along this way he was advised by Rudolf Bauer, the German expatriate and one of the originators of non-objective painting in the teens. Bauer had the idea for the Museum, and Rebay, his champion, had found in Solomon Guggenheim a patron for manifesting it. When Bauer emigrated just before World War II, he wanted to meet Scarlett. The two became friends, and Bauer advised Scarlett on his work over the course of many years. Even in a 1979 interview, Scarlett began to tear up as he recalled his first meeting with Bauer, a man whose work he "worshipped," describing that, "It was a touching moment for me, I’ll tell you." Scarlett and Rebay also had a close, important relationship, one in which he bore the brunt of her sometimes condescending, if motherly, critiques and admonitions with tolerance and gratefulness. Eventually, though, he had to push back. In a letter from 1951 he writes, "I have noticed with growing amazement that during the past three years you have accepted less and less of my work—and, that same work, which you rejected has been accepted and shown in the best and largest shows all over this country." This period—the late 1940s to the early 1950s—did in fact correspond to Scarlett’s most critical success, and to a return to the fanciful forms and characters of his pre-war work. At the same time, he found his own rhythm and complexity using a drip style similar to, though denser and more opaque than, the one made famous by Jackson Pollock, who had worked for many years at the MNOP and with whom he shared common influences. In 1949 he had a very well received solo show in 1949 at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery, reviewed very favorably in The New York Times: "The impression made by these paintings is one of originality and strength." He was also included in a juried show "American Painting Today" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950 and in the Whitney Annual of 1951. The curator for the Whitney show in fact bypassed a selection of Scarlett’s careful geometrics in favor of a new "lyrical" drip painting—one which he describes as having had "a helluva good time" making. Rebay articulated her loss of control over Scarlett very keenly in one of her last official letters to him: "So your way ended in the horrid jungle it is in now; even a Mr. Pollock’s smearage was not bad enough for you to have a try at; and betraying yourself, you betrayed art and my faith in you, and my present disgrace by my failure to foresee such an outrageous possibility—since you even paint objectively now." Yet, despite the fact that he was moving in his own direction when the change in leadership took place at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting and Rebay was forced out as director, Scarlett was hit hard. He understood this change rightly as a betrayal by the establishment. Scarlett was a unique individual and soul, and was affected personally and philosophically by the idea that the movement with which Scarlett had aligned his talents seemed to disappear overnight, and his life’s work rendered valueless. Without the Museum’s support, Scarlett decided eventually to move to the artists’ community of Shady, New York, just outside of Woodstock. He had occasional shows throughout the years, but mostly settled down to regional obscurity. He began making jewelry, which had been his first trade, and it was following a show of his jewelry in 1975 at the Jaro Gallery, that he was rediscovered by Samuel Esses, and his wife Sandy. Samuel Esses was a successful businessman and an avid collector. He always sought out that which was unusual and, like Scarlett, was ahead of his time in many ways. For example, in 1979, Sam became enthralled with the early graffiti appearing on the New York subway trains. With the sole goal of preserving these groundbreaking yet short lived works of art he was inspired to create "The Esses Studio," a painting warehouse and workshop for graffiti artists to work in a studio, collaborate, and paint on canvas. The biggest names of graffiti writing participated—Futura, Crash, Dondi, Zephyr, and Daze to name a few. The project was well received and provided critical validation at an important time for this alternative form of abstraction to be recognized by the established art world. The success of the "Esses Studio" helped fuel an alternative fire that would propel gallerists and curators to acknowledge other street artists and provide a foundation of acceptance for the early careers of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is not a stretch to say that what Esses saw in the graffiti art of the 1970s was very similar to what he saw in 1950s-era Scarletts—something raw, honest, and melding many twentieth century influences into one unique form. Inspired by the importance of the collection and the passion of the collector, Weinstein Gallery...

Portrait of a young man in charcoal, mounted in custom ebonized wood frame. Sensitive and soulful, the piece reveals a tender, complex relationship to its subject.

Figure by a Woodstove, oil on paper, 20th century. Measures: H: 31.5, W: 24 cm.

Ricardo Santamaria (1947-2004), acrylic and collage on canvas titled "Blue Recomposition" dated 1968. Measure: Format 93/77 cm Member of the Zaragoza Group, Ricardo Santamaria is a...

Y. Gianni (Italian) The Gulf of Naples, 19th Century. A beautiful signed "Y. Gianni" gouche on paper, framed and matted with description & name on matti...

Nancy Mitchnick: Uncalibrated, by Lynn Crawdord, Jens Hoffmann, Renee Hoogland, Steve Hughes, Claire Lehmann and Marsha Miro. This book accompanies the...

Original MCM Pen and ink architectural study for a Palm Springs Residence (unbuilt). Framed and signed; J.H.Hahn, Reminiscent of the famed Dinah Shore hous...

A vintage landscape watercolor on board painting of hillside scene, signed Fred Hines, 20th century Measures: 19.25" H x 13.75" W x 0.15" D. Catalogue Not...

Riccardo Magni signed gouache on paper, a beautifully illustrated pastel of an interior with furniture from the 40's done in the way only the v...

19th century oil on canvas landscape with bridge.

A tall portrait painting of a woman with a flower in her hair. This piece was painted by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem and is well known for his ...

For your consideration is a stunning, framed, oil on paper painting, "Girl Lifting Her Skirt," signed by Richard Jerzy (31.5 x 21 in). Richard Jerzy was a well-known artist in the De...

Jean Miotte (1926-2016) Oil & Gouache on paper depicting a flower. Signed lower right and dated 84. Matted and framed Measurements: H. 25" x W. 19" artwork H. 33"1/2 x W. 27"...

Postwar Hawaiian airbrush tropical hibiscus floral on paper in original period white wood frame. Signed by artist Hammis Measures: Art 26" x 36" ...

Oil on cardboard, Woman with crossed arms, Luez, year 1960. Measures: H: 46 cm, W: 38 cm, D: 1 cm.

An energetic abstract work on paper by the artist M.P. Landis. The artist's abstract paintings and works on paper are the type that take form through the artist's layering of materia...

A lovely portrait sketch by Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. This piece depicts a woman with short dark hair and a light blue v neck shirt. This piece is on ...

Titled "Avanzando" & "Incertidumbre" by Leonora Sisto, Mexico, 21st century. Using cold wax.

This ink and watercolor figurative abstract expressionist piece on paper is signed by its creator, noted New York School artist Salvatore Grippi. Though undated, the piece is fits in...

Stunning example of the artist’s work, original abstract painting by C. Azuelos resembling a waterfall. Wonderfully decorative original, hand-signed on the lower right. Untitled, painted in the manner of Barbara Kreitman...

Scenic panoramas inspired by 19th century papier peints. Price is related to 1 sheet (100 x 300 cm) Available upon order: we design and execute hand-p...

John Kingerlee: A Painter’s Passage, by Jonathan Bennington. Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008. 1st Ed softcover. This survey of Kingerlee’s work includes p...

Abstract multicolored mixed-media painting reds gold black, late 20th century, from a Palm Beach Estate. Back shows this was originally displayed by an owner in Stockholm. Pain...