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Item Ships From: California
Roses in a Blue Vase
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Roses in a Blue Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral imag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
State Capitol at Night, Sacramento, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "State Capitol at night, Sacramento, California" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he low...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Goldfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
163
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Goldfinch,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Figurative Scene from "Great Exhibition of 1851", London
By Lowes Cato Dickinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-colored steel engraving of a the Turkish section of the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Lowes Cato Dickinson (British, 1819-1908). On verso i...
Category
1850s Aesthetic Movement California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Color of unloved #1 & #2 diptych-abstract art in red, yellow, black, white
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in orange, yellow, turquoise and black. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode, be part of diptych and as a proper art piece.
Lena Cher...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2005 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 California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spring Table Still Life with Floral Bouquet & Fruit
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring still life with bright, luminous colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$300 Sale Price
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Eagle, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
337
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Eagle
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Daydreaming in Tiger Land" is a watercolor and gouache on paper by artist Jacquie Marie Vaux. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Auto Portrait
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throu...
Category
1930s California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Earthslide 565
By Susan Moss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and oil crayon on paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
$8,800 Sale Price
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Nature through the Mirror Nude and with a Whirlwind Style of Childe Hassam
Located in Soquel, CA
Nature through the Mirror Nude and with a Whirlwind Style of Childe Hassam
Exquisite watercolor on card stock in the style of Childe Hassam by American Impressionist Wilhelmina (Minn...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Postcard
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 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 California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rowboat Outing - Fall Landscape with Rowboats in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Rowboat Outing - Fall Landscape with Rowboats in Watercolor on Paper
Serene lakeside landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Two birch trees with bright yellow leaves are gro...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
By Eldon Dedini
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
An original watercolor illustration for The New Yorker...
Category
1980s Pop Art California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,100 Sale Price
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Hoopoe, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
215
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Hoopoe
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Farmhouse Amador Foothills - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse in the Foothills - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Idyllic country landscape by California artist Alice Duke (American, 1921-2012). Amador County California. A rustic farmhouse sits at the bottom of a sloping hill at dusk. The sky is a misty grey blue, as if the sun has just recently set. Just below the farmhouse, there are a few fields divided by a simple fence.
Titled a signed on verso “Amador County Alice Duke” “AC23”. Presented in a vintage frame with a double mat.
Frame size: 16.75"H x 20.75"W
Image size: 10"H x 14"W
Duke, Alice (American, 1921-2012) was an artist from Jackson, California. She was a student of Dorner Schueler.
Memberships:
Founding member, Gallery 10.
Member, Northern California Arts.
Member, Society of Western Artist
Shows and Awards:
1999 - Gallery 10, Sutter Creek, CA
1986 - (1st Place, Watercolors) Sonoma Valley Art Center, Sonoma, CA
1985 - (Hon. Mention, Watercolors) Sonoma Valley Art Center, Sonoma, CA
1982 - Sunshine Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Autumnal Country Barn in Watercolor Landscape on Paper
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumnal Country Barn in Watercolor Landscape on Paper
A vibrant rural watercolor scene by Lewis Suzuki (American, 1920-2016). Suzuki is considered an important figure in the waterco...
Category
1970s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$520 Sale Price
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"The Secretary" Minimalist Portrait in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Secretary" Minimalist Illustrative Portrait in Ink on Paper
This charming portrait by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), depicts a tight-lipped woman with stern eyebrows in a fun and simplistic style. Her lips pop in red and the fine line detail of her hair gives texture and movement to the piece. Her rounded figure is created using basic shapes cleverly placed, dressed in a turtleneck with dangling earrings. She is looking sideways, drawing the viewer's eyes in that direction.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Presented in a new blue mat.
Mat size: 32"H x 26"W
Paper size: 28.5"H x 22.5"W
Image size: 15.5"H x 11.5"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Raccoon, Animal, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
329
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Raccoon
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tall Iris I
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tall Iris I' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Odd Fellows No. 44 / watercolor framed
By Mary Robertson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Family and friends cooling off in a lazy river on Odd Fellows Beach, from important Bay Area figurative contemporary artists Mary Robertson, who is associa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Detailed watercolor of a Florida island beach by unknown artist "Dowst" (American, 20th Century). Scrub brush and ot...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$316 Sale Price
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Contemporary Abstract Painting with Chine Colle and Watercolor, Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary painting (Monotype) in primarily grey and black, with found object collage composition of stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauk...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Boonton Falls" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Boonton Falls" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene landscape by Hedy Pfreundschuh (American, b. 1937). A river is flowing towards the viewer, with a waterfall in the mid...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Raven, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
340
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Raven
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cloudy Day at the Point
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I painted this on a piece of blue-grey sanded pastel paper. I let much of the paper show through in the water and just 'scumbled' across it to create some lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
A.D. Turner Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman at Gardens Gate c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th C. Watercolor Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman at Gardens Gate c.1910
Absolutely beautiful watercolor by A.D. Turner. This elegant young woman stands in a country lands...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Scarlet Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
217
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Scarlet Robin
Size: 12 x 16 ...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sparrow, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
101
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Sparrow,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Large-scale Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
Large-scale early 1970's landscape watercolor of quaint and historical Old Town Auburn, California by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). This 1971 watercolor depicts the iconic landmarks of Auburn, known for it's California gold rush history.
Signed "Les Anderson" lower left.
Titled "At Auburn, California", signed and dated "Les Anderson '71" on verso.
Gallery tag on verso from Wharf Gallery in Monterey, California.
Displayed in a vintage wood frame with linen liner.
Image size: 18.25"H x 27.25"W.
Framed size: 24.75"H x 33.75"W x 1.5"D.
Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009) owned and operated Wharf Gallery, Monterey and the Bear Flag Gallery in San Juan Bautista, California for many years and was known for his plein air watercolor paintings and abstracts in oil...
Category
1970s American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$812 Sale Price
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Tipsy Lilies
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tipsy Lilies' 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 California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Suite of five Lands End paintings / watercolor, beautifully framed
By William Stanisich
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious electric green, yellow with pale blue Land's End series of five watercolors from William Stanisich, whose provocative Land’s End series was painted over a 40-year span, with a force and directness that reflects the artist’s search for the essence of light through the medium of watercolor. The 5 iconic works that are included in this collection, are newly framed in a museum quality ebonized black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 10 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
Category
1930s American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Serena, Abstract Figurative art, Original, Ink Paper, Black and White
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mkrtich Sarkisyan (Mcho)
Work: Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Ink on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Abstract Figurative
Subject: Serena
Size: 11" x 14"...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vintage Landscape -- Big Sur Coast
By Barbara Bailey-Porter
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor landscape of the rocky Big Sur Coast by Santa Cruz artist Barbara Bailey-Porter (American, 20th Century). Signed lower left. Signed...
Category
1980s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
California Landscape with House
By James March Phillips
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork (California Landscape with House" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by California artist James March Phillips, 1896-1977. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 20.15 inches. Custom framed in a wood frame, with beige matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it have very minor scratches.
About the artist:
James March Phillips (1913-1981) Born: Fresno, California; Studied: Turner Art Center (San Francisco). James March Phillips studied art in San Francisco. His intructors were Alfred Owles...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Abstract Vertical Sunset
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor fragment of a sunset over a field by Irene Pattinson (American, 20th Century). Tag on verso reads "Miller Fine Art / The Estate of Irene Pattinson". Unsigned. Acq...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Tissue Paper
$308 Sale Price
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Sunflowers in a Blue Vase - Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant study of sunflowers by D. Bennett (20th Century). Several sunflowers sit in a striking blue vase, rendered in a loose but skillful style. The flowers and foliage are partiall...
Category
1990s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$240 Sale Price
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Capybara, Animal, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
293
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Capybara
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Life Drawing II - Figurative Female Nude in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Life Drawing II - Figurative Female Nude in Pen on Paper
Stylized figurative drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). A woman stands leaning on a pedestal, her back to the v...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
$396 Sale Price
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Japanese Iris - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Japanese irises, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.19...
Category
1980s American Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Abandoned Wharf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 20 x 12 (image), 22 x 14 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but not framed
Ex...
Category
1940s American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Lexington No 2
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired by the metropolitan areas of France, New York and California, Frédéric Choisel’s abstracted city scapes tell a story of urbanized grace. Artwork is 60 x 42 inches. Mixed med...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"The Abandoned Farm" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The abandoned Farm" c.1960 is a large watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Junco, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
283
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Junco
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
43
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Robin,
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of George Arliss in Conte Crayon on Cardstock 1934
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately portrait of George Arliss by Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980). Mr. Arliss is depicted wearing his signature monocle, looking directly at the viewer. Although this piece appears to be done rapidly, there is a clear confidence in Opffer's work - he was an accomplished portrait artist - and the resemblance to the subject is unmistakable. George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932).
Signed and dated "Ivan Opffer 1934" in the lower right.
Titled "Mr. Arliss" in the lower left.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 22"H x 16"W
Art size: 17.5"H x 12"W
Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980) was born in Nyborg, Denmark, on June 4, 1897, to a family of Danish scholars and journalists. His brother was Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant seaman and journalist who was known for his relationship with American writer Hart Crane.
Ivan was raised in Mexico City and New York, where his anarchist father was the editor of a radical Danish-language newspaper. His involvement in painting and drawing began at an early age. At a summer workshop, he met and studied drawing with Winslow Homer, then went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.
When the US entered World War I, Opffer was one of the members of the American Army Camouflage Corps, headed by Homer Saint-Gaudens (whose mother was a relative of Winslow Homer), the son of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a camoufleur, Opffer served with other artists and architects, some of whom became well-known, including Barry Faulkner, Sherry Edmundson Fry, Kimon Nicolaides, Robert Lawson, Abraham Rattner, Kerr Eby, and others.
It was this same unit, while still in training in at Camp American University in Washington DC, that launched a camp newspaper called The Camoufleur. Only three issues were published before the unit’s deployment to France in late 1917. In the October 31 issue, a satirical portrait by Opffer of Homer Saint-Gaudens (titled “Our Boss”) was published on page 5.
After the war, Opffer returned to New York, where he became known for his caricatures of leading Modern writers, among them James Joyce, Edgar Lee Masters, Siegfried Sassoon, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Sandburg, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Mann.
In the years between the wars, Opffer married Betty à Beckett Chomley, and settled in Paris, where he was a student at the Academie Julliard. He also lived in London and Copenhagen, where his drawings were frequently published in newspapers and magazines. With the outbreak of World War II, he and his family returned to New York and lived in Greenwich Village.
Among his friends in that era were William Butler Yeats, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...
Category
1930s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Postcard, Illustration Board
$920 Sale Price
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Abstract Shapes, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This abstract is painted using watercolors straight from the tube onto watercolor paper that has been spritzed lightly with water. I used a spatula to disburse the paint so I would g...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Calla Lily Floral Still-Life
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor still-life of Calla lily and other flowers by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signe...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Betty Guy San Francisco Skyline Watercolor c.1950
By Betty Guy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Betty Guy San Francisco Skyline Watercolor c.1950
Dimensions 25" wide x 18" high.
Frame 25.5" wide x 28.5" high.
Signed by the artist.
Lightly distressed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fort Ross
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Judith Biehler – American (1940- )
Title: Fort Ross
Year: unknown
Medium: Watercolor on heavy watercolor paper
Sheet size: 18 x 28 inches
Sight ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Light Box No. 2614 - electric light emanating wall or table sculpture
By Sophia Dixon Dillo
Located in Burlingame, CA
Electric, remote controlled wall or table sculpture created with mixed media: LED's, Mi-Ttentes paper & plexiglass from abstract light installation and mixed media artist Sophia Dixo...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Metal
Iris in a tall vase
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Iris in a tall vase' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Shag, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
280
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Shag
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$104 Sale Price
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'The Cote d'Azur', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist California Artist
By Irma Engel Grabhorn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Cote d'Azur' by Irma Engel Grabhorn.
Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist California Artist
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Signed lower right 'Engel G' for Irma Engel Grabhorn (American, 1908-2003...
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1960s Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Chamaecyparis Eureka - Original Black and White Abstract Calligraphy Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New York artist Thomas Hammer is known for his motion filled ink works on paper. The physical process of creating his ink paintings involves a degree of performance. The brushwork re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Chipmunk, Animal, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
262
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Chipmunk
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chickadee, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
206
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Chickadee
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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Blue-tail, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
300
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Blue-tail
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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