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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Landscape with Village
By Irene Fowler
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Village" c.1940, is a watercolor on paper by noted Colorado artist Irene Fowler, 1884-1967. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The siz...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Japanese Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
By Sun Ying
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Japanese Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese/American artist Sun Ying, 1919-2016. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 15.5 x 22.5 inches, framed is 27.5 x 34 inches. It is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
1919
Sun Ying 孙瑛 ( 1919-2016 ) known as (Sun Dashi 大石) was born on November 8,
in a poor family, in Gaotang Xian, Shandong Province, in China.
1949
Based in Taipei, he devoted himself entirely to painting and influenced the world of art
by creating several painting societies as the Chinese Association of Ink Painting .
Taiwan awarded him the Golden Cup Award.
1960 / 1970
He exhibited his works in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and United States.
1974
He went to live in the United States.
1982
After a visit to his family, he returned to China.
1984
With Qi Baishi...
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Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Edgar Chahine Etching of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Edgar Chahine Etching of a Woman
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Lake Tahoe III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992)
Title: Lake Tahoe III
Year: 1957
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 19 x 23.75 inches
paper size: 19 x 23.75 inches
Signature: Signed lower right in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent, some hanging tape remaining on the back at the sheet edge.
About the artist.
Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955.
Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rhododendrons
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Rhododendrons' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spring Composition no. 1
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Spring Composition no. 1' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
19th Century Silhouette Portrait of Elegant Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Silhouette Portrait of Elegant Man
Stamped Barret 148 Holborn London
6.75"H x 5.5"W x 1"D
Category
19th Century Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sonoma County Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sonoma County Landscape" 1901, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Elizabeth Hoen, 1868-1955. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 6 x 7.5 inches, framed size is 12.5 x 13.65 inches. Custom framed in a gold frame, with beige matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born in Santa Rosa, California to a pioneering California family, Elizabeth Hoen was known for her watercolor paintings, many of them landscapes, in impressionist style. Her father, Berthold Hoen started a trading post in the Carillo adobe, the first building erected in the Sonoma Valley. He also helped survey and lay out the city of Santa Rosa.
Elizabeth Hoen is not only the first painter to have their work cataloged into the Sonoma County Museum’s collection, but she was also a prolific artist in California in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and maintained a studio during a period when California art was largely dominated by men. She was from an important family in early Sonoma County history. Her father, Berthold Hoen, purchased land from the Carrillo family that would one day be...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Signe Best
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
The Yellow Phone
Located in Burlingame, CA
'The Yellow Phone, 2021' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 24 x 14 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Quadrants Ephemeral
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Quadrants Ephemeral' from Irene Zweig, where intellect, science, mathematics and order are at play in shades of green, blue, grey and white, in the abstract mixed media painting tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Back Cover
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Swamper / acrylic painting - framed
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstracted figurative nude painting in mainly greens with purple from Kim Frohsin's "Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—from the movemen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space', 2003 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Spirit', 1992 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter Blooms, Original Painting
By Karin Johannesson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A bouquet of flowers in a wintery palette of blues and pink. Free flowing watercolor, excited brushwork and strong diagonals create a dynamic composition. On ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Camellia no. 1 - original watercolor
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia no.1' original watercolor painted in 2021, a singular camellia flower in pink with hints of yellow with beautiful green foliage from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2000's by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Garden Clippings no. 4
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Garden Clippings no. 4' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2007 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tall Iris no. 1
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tall Iris no.1' original watercolor painted in 2021 in brilliant and subtle shades of red and orange from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Cherry Pie
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cherry Pie' original watercolor painted in 2022 by Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Bukovnik’s art ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Camellia Study no. 1
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia Study no. 1' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lands End 2005 No. 4 / blue watercolor, beautifully framed
By William Stanisich
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious electric cobalt blue Land's end watercolor from William Stanisich, whose provocative Land’s End series was painted over a 40-year span with a force and directness that refle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
La Raccourcie
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Marya Disrobes
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
La Marguerite
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original gouache on Canson Mongolfier paper titled "La Marguerite," by Russian/French Artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is...
Category
1950s Art Nouveau Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Girasoli nel Giardino
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Here are late summer sunflowers, girasoli, growing in a garden that also produces fresh seasonal vegetables for us locals. Sunflowers are always smiling, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Camellia Study no. 2
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia Study no. 2' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ochre Hair
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
A Red Wig
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Infanta Soledad- graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Soledad,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chikako ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Street in Oxford
By Ken Messer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street in Oxford" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14,60 x 10.15 inches, framed size is 21.65 x 15.65 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition.
About the artist.
After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city.
He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life.
When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours.
He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired.
He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Texas Coast Line
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Texas Cpast Line" 1964 is a watercolor on paper by noted Texas artist Jim Jones, 1922-1999. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Garden Clippings no. 3
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Garden Clippings no. 3' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
John Chetcuti "Fishermen" Original Watercolor c.1950
By John Chetcuti
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Chetcuti "Fishermen" Original Watercolor c.1950
Watercolor dimensions 11" wide x 7" high
The frame measures 18.25" wide x 14.5" high
Signed in the lower right corner
Good vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Quadrants Quadrille
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Quadrants Quadrille' from Irene Zweig, where intellect, science, mathematics and order are at play in shades of calm blue, silver, grey and white, in the abstract mixed media painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled (Coastal Scene)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (Coastal Scene)" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 10 x 28 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 35.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some minor rubs and scratches.
About the artist:
Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85).
She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections.
Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines.
STUDIES:
Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA
Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73
Mt. Allison University, 69-72
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:
25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews.
Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999.
Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue)
Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991
New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987.
Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
"A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog
"Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs
"Moku Hanga Travelling Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll
Graphite on paper
Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high
The vintage ...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Jewish Family
By Boris Deutsch
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Jewish Family" 1968 is an acrylic and ink on wove paper by noted Lithuanian artist Boris Deutsch, 1892-1978. It is hand signed and dated at the lower left corner by the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Garden Views #4, Fiddlehead Fern with Dragonfly
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Landscape with Cattle
By Raphael Senseman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Cattle" c.1930 is a watercolor by noted American artist Raphael Senseman, 1870-1966 It is signed at the lower right ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Wilderness, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I love to paint atmospheric watercolors and wintertime provides a good source for atmospheric scenes. I paint from imagination but I am also influenced by nature and my experiences a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled #5
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #5" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 22 x 17 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Calm Before - Text Based Contemporary Abstraction, Red and Black
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Calm Before," is a text based contemporary abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece is built with washes of ink layered up leaving detailed forms through the piece inviting viewers to take it in up close. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. This piece is currently unframed, but framing options are available. For more works follow our storefront at Gallery 1202.
"As a painter, I often work on large, raw canvas. My abstract paintings merge formal painting and “bad” craft to challenge the high-low separation of materials (and related gender hierarchies) that have traditionally been present in the art world. The monotypes are like a calligraphic practice. I use them as a warm up to allow me to feel confident with a gesture before committing it to a larger scale. I work in layers, often sewing or incorporating fabric into the finished piece, and incorporate chance into each stage of my process. The text/titles often come from song lyrics, local radio commercials, and news headlines. I edit these snippets and piece them together to reflect my interpretation of current politics and social norms, especially as they relate to gender.
Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture.
Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Liddell’s work has been featured in solo and curated exhibitions throughout the United States, including at the Wiregrass Museum of Art, the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2019 she had two solo exhibitions of her “Men” series at the Versa Gallery in Chattanooga and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, with a review of the Versa exhibition in BURNAWAY and was recently picked by Berlin curator Tina Sauerlaender as a featured artist on Foundwork. Liddell hosts a podcast (Peachy Keen) as an extension of her art practice, interviewing women on art and the South. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Spray Paint, Ink, Monotype
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Lily Study III
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lily Study III' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
By Carolyn Bullis Blish
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is a watercolor on paper by noted artist Carolyn Bullis Blish, born 1928. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17 x 26 inches, framed is 28 x 37 inches. Framed in his original wooden gold and mahogany color frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, with very minor small dents and scratches, hardly visible.
About the artist.
A former model, actress, and newscaster, artist Carolyn Blish is known primarily for her watercolor landscapes. She received a very short training in painting under the tutelage of artist Edgar...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Selby with Hat
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Nude
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" 1947 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled IV
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled IV" 1993 is a large graphite drawing on two sheets of paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 23.5 x 37.5 inches, framed size is 32.75 x 46.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Pears / mixed media quiet still life, framed
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pears - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life drawing / mixed media work, created with dry pigment and conte crayon on 350 pound archival rag paper that is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pigment
Untitled #4
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 26.5 x 20.5 inches, sheet size is 28.5 x 22.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Camellia no. 2
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Category
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Materials
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Located in Burlingame, CA
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Monoprint
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By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
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By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bright Camellias' original watercolor painted in 2021 in beautiful shades of pink, green with hints of blue and yellow from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
By Ray Swanson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
Fine portrait of a Native American Indian by listed Western artist Ray Swanson.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
For Jeannette's Mother
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Pierre Eugene LaCoste Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pierre Eugene LaCoste (1818-1908) Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
A beautifully detailed watercolor illustration of a 19th century opera costume by list...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
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