Paper Paintings

This set of four antique 19th century Italian mixed media painting on paper hand made with gouache, tempera and watercolor, features several characters acting in a theater play. These fine artworks are very unusual, they probably were sketches for theatrical costumes and sets. A rare example of Venetian 19th century theatrical figures in the scenery of Italian opera or characters of the Italian Commedia dell'arte. These four paintings featuring costume design figurines, with the characters acting in a theatrical set, are rendered through the decoupage technique mixing watercolor painting or gouache with tempera on paper. Each tiny figurine is made of paper hand-colored in watercolor, then cut and applied to an antique sheet...

Lester C. Pancoast (American, 1931-2003). 'Rococo', a watercolor depiction of palm leaves. Signed lower right. Gallery label for Garth Davidson Gallery, NJ to verso. Pancoast was wel...

A pair of Gouache chinoiseries in the style of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. Jean-Baptiste Pillement was a painter and designer, known for his exquisite and delicate landscapes, but whose...

A fine French Rococo watercolor depicting and amusing scene of the game 'Blind Man's Bluff', a popular subject in 18th century Europe. Goya, Fragonard and Boucher all painted the subject. This watercolor has similarities to a painting by Nicolas Lancret, (1690-1743) Blindman’s Bluff (Le jeu de colin-maillard). 'The drawing portrays and amorous scene, that of 'jeu d'amour' in which the blindfolded participants are meant to guess the identity of the players who touch them in a play on the blindness of love. Originally a children's game, blindman's bluff was adopted by noble adult society and furnished Lancret with a subject in which he specialized: aristocratic games played indoors.' J P Morgan Library Painted on paper laid down on another sheet, no signature that I can see. In an Empire rosewood frame with gilt wood inner molding. A charming piece of 18th century French art...