Paper Paintings

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...

Mixed media on paper by Karl James Lubbering (b. 1969). Karl comes from a family of prominent Texas artists spanning several decades, embracing many st...

The four petite 20th century Parisian landscapes are painted and signed in oil on paper board by Andre Bessp. The artist has labeled and signed each one on the back: "Canal a Gaurnay fondly Bessp," "Place Furstenberg...

Nice, pastel on paper by the well international Phillipino artis Jose Legaspi, This work is title 'Landscape" in very nice and deep blue pastel color, also the image size is 35.25 X ...

Hans Schwarz (German 1922-2003) Large Signed Geese Watercolour Painting Dimensions: 92 x 72cm, signed Good condition, ready to hang From a private collec...

Portrait chalk sketching of a woman reclining nude. This piece features bold greens, blues, oranges, blacks and yellows. Woman is reclining on a fainting sofa, arms behind her head a...

Japanese two panel screen: Chrysanthemums Through the Mist Obara Paper Art Screen. Surreal and masterful rendering of chrysanthemums cloaked in mist that varies in opacity made entirely of carefully arranged mulberry paper fibers in a Japanese art practice called Obara. Accented with gold leaf. Unique in terms of both execution and dreamlike mood. Made by Yamauchi Issei (b. 1929), stamped in the corner. Issei is well known throughout Japan as the leading artist in Obara Paper Art. Starting in 1948, he apprenticed with Fuji Tatsukichi, a leading proponent of the arts and crafts movement in Japan who worked to revive many cultural traditions on the brink of extinction. Issei started exhibiting in the Nitten in 1953, won the gold medal in 1963, and eventually became a juror. His artwork was given as a gift to the Showa Emperor of Japan, as well as dignitaries such as General Douglas MacArthur...

An expressive mixed-media painting on paper depicting a modernist mask by Norman Laliberte. Hand signed in pencil and dated 1951. The mask motif was often explored by the artist. An ...

Original Fox Hunting Watercolor, Finch Mason. A wonderful original hunting watercolour signed by the renowned sporting artist George Finch Mason, titled ...

Abstract Painting by Eugene Kloszewski, circa 1950's. Kloszewski worked with and was personal friends with Josef Albers. These works were purchased from Kloszewski's widow.

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...

Yamin Young, 1980s Serigraph Signed And Numbered "Quartet" Variation Of The Gouache 29/175 Framed. Serigraph Is Professionally Framed And Ready To Hang. The Substantial Frame Itself...

Michelangelo - Mind of the Master by Emily J. Peters. Published by The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A new perspective on the brilliance of one of Western art's most celebrated visionaries through an esteemed collection of drawings The works of Michelangelo (1475-1564) remain an enduring source of awe and fascination more than 500 years after his death. Michelangelo:Mind of the Master offers a new context for understanding the drawings of one of art's greatest visionaries. Through a group of drawings...

A hot pink portrait painting of a woman by Clair Seglem. Found in the late artist’s studio, this piece is thought to have been painted by Seglem in the 1970s. The subject of the painting is a woman wearing a large floppy oversize hat...

The tennis girl, painting in watercolor. A fine, well-executed watercolor painting by Oscar Wilson (1867-1930),"The young tennis player". The image is of...

Architectural rendering of a Southern California ranch-style home by the artist Perrin. A watercolor rendering featuring greens and browns, with lush ...

Copy of a charcoal drawing titled,"Helmet of Warrior" showing Medieval piece of armor

Anders Fogelin, Komposition, 1974 Color lithograph Number 97/200 Work with the artist's signature, title and individual number (in pencil) Working dimensions 61/69 The work is f...

Master Paintings at the Tefaf and Antiques Fair, Maastricht, 18th - 27th March 2011. Master Drawings at the Salon du Dessin, Paris, 30th March - 4th April 2011, by Jean-Luc Baroni. Pair of 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets and slip-case. One book is Master Drawings and the other Master Paintings. Jean-Luc Baroni belongs to the third generation of a family of connoisseur art dealers. The family business first opened in Paris in 1919, and moved to Florence in 1967. In 1982, Mr. Baroni went into a 20 years long partnership with the eminent British firm Colnaghi. He has now been working from his gallery in St. James’s, London for over 10 years. The gallery holds regular exhibitions, produces catalogues that are fully researched and illustrated and participates in a number of International Art fairs such as Tefaf - Maastricht, the Salon du Dessin and the Master Drawings Week in London and in New York. These catalogs have 40 works by: Far Bartolomeo, Luca Cambiaso...

Painted in an era when African or African American figures were increasingly featured in painting and sculpture, both in America and Europe, this sensuous depiction of a black male figure by Rowena Meeks Abdy...

Original hand-painted Paper Collage Fish sculpture by Leslie Lewis Sigler in original picture frame. The collage sculpture is reminisced of the children's classic The Rainbow Fish an...

Nanga School; by female artist Kia Kozan. Showa Period (1926-1989) Translation: Kai Kozan 1867-1961, from Bungo area in Kyushu. Graduated from Bunchu-en Girls School. Signature and s...

Umar Tell (1927-2007), Sweden. Mixed media on paper. 1960s / 70s. Visible diemesions: 46 x 35 cm. Total dimensions: 50 x 38 cm. The frame measures: 6.5 cm. In excellent condition.

Fabulous Claudia Mengel original one-of-a-kind contemporary diptych abstract landscape acrylic painting on paper. Hand-signed by the artist in the lower right. This artwork is presen...

Watercolor and ink depicting three women with soulful and forlorn expressions to the right, a colorful floral bouquet in the foreground. Other male and female figures in the backgrou...

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...

Abstract painting on paper in turquois-black acrylic colors handmade frame (4.5cm) with white-gilt decorations, anti-reflecting glass Ricardo Santamaría – Biography Born 1920 in Zaragoza-Aragón (Spain) / died 2013...

Beautifully painted landscape forest scene with stream in original giltwood frame, watercolor under glass. Signed in the lower right corner L. Douglas. American, early 20th century. ...

Gouache on paper fashion sketch by Ginette Roger, in new custom gilt frame. France, 1940's

Large original painting signed lower right, Slade, having striking figurative rendering that's almost abstract. The figure appears to be female with a dreamy, bold and powerful styl...

Swedish artist. Watercolor on paper. Modernist floral still life. Colorful palette. Approximately from the 1970s. In perfect condition. Image dimensions: 38.0 cm x 45.0 cm. Total dim...

Fabulous Claudia Mengel original one-of-a-kind contemporary abstract landscape acrylic painting on paper. Hand-signed by the artist in the lower right. This abstract artwork features...

Presented is “Statue of Freedom,” an original chalk drawing by American artist Tom Lydon. The drawing shows an intricately detailed rendering of the ...

Italian Neo-classic style prints of various ancient Roman historical scenes matted in a green painted and gold trim frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040102A-O)

A neapolitan gouache depicting a Vesuvius eruption, circa 1840. Inscription on frame verso detailing provenance from Collins family of New York: "Charles Bush Collins bought this pi...

A surreal graphic linocut in colors on paper depicting a soaring dove over abstracted shapes. By Polish artist Zygmunt Czyz. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotat...

This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...

Sydney Harbour poster Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design Attributed to Douglas Annand in our opinion, this was an original drawing for the 1932 poster competition. In 1932, the poster competition committee asked Douglas Annand and Arthur Whitmore to collaborate together to produce the now-famous 19th March 1932 poster. There are clear similarities between ours and the collaborative poster. Our design clearly shows more of an Art Deco and feminine design, as opposed to the more masculine, collaborative Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design. Our drawing is Gouache on paper laid down on the artist's board. The drawing is in the original frame and mount, dated March 1932 and is unsigned. BIOGRAPHY Douglas Shenton Annand (1903-1976), graphic designer and artist, was born on 22 March 1903 at Toowoomba, Queensland, the third child of Frederick William Gadsby Annand, accountant, and his wife Helen Alice, née Robinson, both Queenslanders. Having taken the commercial course at the Central Technical College, Brisbane, in 1920, Douglas j...

A unique contemporary 4 panel room divider hand-crafted by Michigan-based artist Barbara Coburn. Each panel is a one-of-a-kind painting abstract paintin...

This collection of four prints, each distinct yet complementary in style, forms an exquisite set that showcases the versatility and depth of the artist's work. While each print stand...

This is a colorful abstract yet cubist style artwork by outsider Texas artist David F. Gatling. It's an earlier work of the artist. It's titled "Angels of Mercy" from 2018. This a...

An American framed watercolor from the mid 20th century depicting a hunting scene. Made in the USA during the Midcentury period, this watercolor features a scene depicted at sunrise....

St Clair, Isles of Wight (as situated at back of drawing). James Bourne was a known landscape artist specialized in watercolors who exposed his works at the Royal Academy in the earl...

( Visible size: 40 x 30 cm ) Inspired by his early training as a geologist, Per Kirkeby made quasi-abstract paintings of landscapes. He was influenced by the gestural works of mid-ce...

Elton John Anthology, Piano, Vocal, Guitar By John, Elton First published in 1969 Title Elton John Anthology. Piano, Vocal, Guitar. Author John, Elton Soft cover. Book condition used...

John Murray Thompson (1885-1974), British artist. Watercolor on paper. Ducks in a landscape. Mid-20th century. In perfect condition. Signed. Dimensions: 53.0 cm x 37.5 cm. Total dim...

Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Signed & Numbered, (MASHIKO)

Watercolor signed and dated 1965. Walnut frame. Ed Sotello is a graduate of Claremont Graduate University where he earned an MA with an emphasis on drawing and painting the human fig...

A pair of midcentury paintings depicting women as amazons. The feeling of Jazz, Dance, Miles Davis, Paris, clubs. The erotic in movement....

40x54 Large Vintage Abstract Painting on Hand Cast Paper by Mary Fisher 1990 Massive abstract textile art by Mary Fisher 1990 Abstract...

Yamin Young, 1980s Serigraph Signed, Numbered And Titled "FLAME" 151/175. Serigraph Is Professionally Framed And Ready To Hang. The Substantial Frame Itself Enhances The Artists Art...

The item is an early artwork of Chinese artist Hu Jieming. Hu Jieming's groundbreaking artwork, recently sold at a Christie auction for 3500 pound sterlings, showcases his innovative approach to digital media and video installation...

Mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young. Acrylic on paper, plastic and white metal sign insert cover. Folk Art painted in black, white, pink, yellow, red and green. Work on found obj...

Ernst Hase (1889 Münster-1968 Münster) “Flower Still Life with Vase” Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed lower left Framed with an antique molding, signed 1889 Ernst Hase w...

Mid-Century lithograph of two tropical fish, one brown, one pink and red, in a beige mat with gold bevel and a rectangular giltwood frame. (signed, Charles Skora, #9).  

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 striking skinny portrait painting of a woman. This piece is tall and skinny and depicts a woman in pink and purple on a matte black background. The lines are cubist or abstract in ...

Norha Beltrán (Bolivia, 20th century) "Two Women" original watercolor, circa 1980s Original watercolor on paper. Dimensions: 10.5" x 14.5". The frame ...

A large portrait painting of a woman at Mardi Gras. She wears a red off the shoulder dress and holds a feather Mardi Gras mask in a blue/green and oran...

Stencil painting by Peter Woodward stenciled acrylic paint on handmade recycled paper presented in UV resistant Perspex box frames Each painting is a unique piece by British contemp...