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Item Ships From: California
Fishing Boats at Shore, 1940's Seascape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century small-scale watercolor landscape of fishermen with their boats on the shore by unknown artist. Signed lower left corner illegibly. Circa 1940's. Unframed. Image...
Category
1940s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Acquired with a collection of her work.
Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 26"H x 24"W
Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
Category
1990s Photorealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Bright yellow and ochre make up this self-portrait in chalk pastels by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century).
Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 30"H x 24"W
Paper size: 24"H x 18"W
Presented in a new soft peachy cream mat with foam core backing.
Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century) is a San Francisco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Alcatraz
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Alcatraz
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size:12 x 15.90 inches
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Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Voyeur
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Voyeur" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower left cor...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beachcomber with Clam Rake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beachcomber - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A lone figure walks a shoreline carrying a tool towards a line of trees stretching towards the water. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting.
This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son.
Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 10"H x 13"W
Image size: 4.25"H x 7.19"W
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Artist's Board
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Cardstock
Portrait of a man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The man is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutral expression. He has white hair and a mustache, and is wearing a brown suit with a red tie.
Signed "Honora Berg" in the bottom right corner.
Stamp from Miller Fine Art on verso
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Initialed and numbered "HB 117" on verso
Unframed.
Board size: 20"H x 15"W
Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
Category
1950s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
On the Road
By Henry Waltermar Doane
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "On the Road" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Henry Waltermar Doane, 1905-2002. It is signed by the artist at the lower ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Eastern Europe Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "Eastern Europe Cityscape" 1963 is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Janis Brekte, 1920-1985. It is signed and dated at the lowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper Signed "Ting"
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait has full, curly hair that i...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
"The Great Mouthpiece" - Vintage Political Cartoon
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage political cartoon by H.M. Talburt (American, 1895-1966). A man in a suit is speaking about the president into his "hat," which is the mouthpi...
Category
1930s Other Art Style California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jane Burnham, 1926-2016. It is signed at ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pioneer Mountain Landscape with Horse and Buggy, Multi-Color Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid pastel depicting a figure on horseback with horse and buggy traversing a vast landscape by an unknown artist. A steep cliffside illuminated with ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
1940s Netting the Catch
By Walter P. Taylor
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive watercolor figurative of fisherman pulling in the nets by Walter P. Taylor (American, 20th Century). Signed "W.P. Taylor U.S.N.R.'45 (for United States Naval Reserve)" low...
Category
1940s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Olga Nikistens dans Athena
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Olga Nikistens dans Athena" 1949 is a watercolor, pastel and black stone on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Garden Landscape with River', 19th Century Kano School
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A finely-drawn Kano School watercolor and gouache showing figures in kimonos on a bridge and seated beside a stylized river flowing through a graceful garden. An elegantly formal com...
Category
Late 19th Century California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. There are embossed wavy lines running horizontally, with ri...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, verso, for VIctor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Danse Espagnole, Teresa Viera Romero
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danse Espagnole" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Teresa Viera Romero, is a watercolor, on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flower in a Vase" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Sara Ethel Kolb Danner, 1894-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 15.25 inches, framed size is 27.25 x 23.25 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born in NYC on Oct. 2, 1894. As a child Sara Kolb was taught to paint by her father who was an artist and student of Thomas Eakins. She grew up in Philadelphia where in 1917 she wed William Danner. The Danners moved from South Bend, IN to Santa Barbara in 1926 and remained.
She studied under Henry Snell at the PAFA (the Sara Kolb Danner...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
banana market
By Jonathan Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Banana Market" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/American artist Jonathan Hartley Folliot Scott, 1914-1995 It is signed at the lower left corner by the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Danseurs Espagnols, Antonio and Rosario
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Danseurs Espagnols Rosario and Antonio" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Antonio Ruiz Soler and Florence Perez Padilla ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Taking a Rest
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Taking a Rest" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Nat Levy 1896-1984. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ballerina
By Charles Kiffer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ballerina" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by French noted artist Charles Kiffer, 1902-1992. It has the estate stamp of the artist on the back. The artwork size ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fishermen at the Shore in Concarneau - France Landscape by M. Saint-Guily
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishermen at the Shore in Concarneau - Seascape after Edouard Doigneau
Fishermen at the Shore in Concarneau - France Landscape by M. Saint-Guily. Lively watercolor of boats at the s...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Avril Navarre, Dans Mam, zelle Angot
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Avril Navarre, Dans Mam,zelle Angot" referring to the famous ballet dancer, Avril Navarre, c.1950 is a watercolor, pastel and crayon on brown paper by noted Fre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La Jeune Danseuse Espagnole Rosita Rivera, Dans la Danse du Feu
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Jeune Danseuse Espagnole Rosita Rivera, Dans la Danse du Feu" c.1945 is a watercolor, pastel and black stone on paper by noted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The size is 28.25 x 20 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Charlotte Huntley might have been a renowned graffiti artist – her earliest work consisted of drawing on walls. But fate intervened and she learned to control these urges with a formal education at Scripps College, Chouinard School of Art, and the Los Angeles County Art Institute. These early tendencies reemerged not just in painting, but in other artistic ways as well, to the benefit of community theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago. She spent years as a professional puppeteer and set designer, and developing her own unique watercolor painting style. Charlotte’s use of pointillism. Charlotte Huntley AWS, June Workshop Instructor “Charlotte Huntley has special insights into color and fresh approaches to cliche subject matter. Her work in watercolor is truly unique. Charlotte adapts the Pointillism of Seurat and other post-Impressionists and makes it her own in watercolor. With Pointillism, distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary colors. The technique relies on the perceptive ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to mix the color spots into a fuller range of tones. Charlotte truly makes the most of this style of painting. Over her illustrious career, Huntley has been awarded a signature membership in 29 watercolor societies, including the American Watercolor Society, California Watercolor Association, Transparent Watercolor Soc. of America, Northwest Watercolor Society, and Watercolor West. Overall, Charlotte has received 45 Awards in National Exhibitions since 2000 – an impressive achievement
This imaginative Watercolor Artist has had over 575 paintings accepted in National Juried Art Exhibitions in 46 states, also Canada and Puerto Rico, with 113 Awards.
Charlotte has proven to be a popular Juror, knowledgeable Juror, inspiring Workshop Instructor, and an Award-winning Author.The work of Charlotte Huntley is held in collections in the U.S. Canada and Puerto Rico as well as in some European country.
In 2016 Charlotte has been accepted in 14 National Exhibitions with 1 Award: Signature American W/C Society (CA), Rockies West National (CO) , Animals in Art (LA) (Judge’s Award) , Georgia W/C Society , Missouri W/C Society, Society of W/C Artists (TX) , Gibson Co. Visual Arts Ass’n (TN) , Illinois W/C Society, W/C Soc. of Alabama, Rocky Mountain Nat’1 W/C (CO), Alaska W/C Soc., Aqueous USA 2016 (KY), Niagara Frontier W/C Soc . (NY) and Northwest W/C Soc. (WA).
Elite Awards
Sylvan Grouse Guild Award, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
Elite Signature Status , Watercolor Art Society-Houston
Master Signature Member, Western Colorado Watercolor...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Band
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Band" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower left corne...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1980's Figurative -- David Bowie, Iman and Friends
By Zoa Ace
Located in Soquel, CA
Color, music, fashion, fame, fishnet stockings, sports, the party scene and allegory - elements of the 1980s - all are captured in this pastel image by Denver artist Zoa Ace (America...
Category
1980s Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper
Masks
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Masks" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Knife
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Knife" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the low...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Scarecrow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Scarecrow" 1933 is a watercolor on paper by noted Kansas artist Robert Ivan Lockard. It is signed an dated at the lower right co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nomad Camp
By Donald Teague
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Edwin Dawes Teague (American, 1897-1991)
Title: Nomad Camp
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 10 x 15.25 inches
paper size: ...
Category
1950s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'French Courtyard', Large School of Paris Drawing, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lyon
By Denis Paul Noyer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Denis Paul Noyer' (French, b. 1940) and created circa 1975.
An exceptionally finely-detailed, silver point and colored pencil drawing showing a view of a Parisia...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Metal
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink drawing on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Clown Portrait #8
By Marjorie May Blake
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower left corner. Unframed.
Marjorie May Gulley Blake wa...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of the Bay of Naples
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "View of the Bay of Naples" c.1935 is a watercolor on paper by noted impressionist Italian artist Maria Ada Gianni, 1873-1956. It is si...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Flamenco Dancers Antonio, Antonio Ruiz Soler and Rosario, Florence Perez Padilla
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Danseurs Espagnols Rosario and Antonio" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Antonio Ruiz Soler and Florence Perez Padilla ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ford T
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ford T" is an original ink drawing and gouache on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
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Late 20th Century American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
European City Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "European City Scene" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Stan Beckman, born 1933. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Guess Who is Who's Clothing
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Guess Who is Who's Clothing" 1945 is a watercolor, ink and pastel on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Overlooking the Bay
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Overlooking the Bay" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ink drawing by Californian artist Michael Dormer.
Located in Pasadena, CA
Dormer constructs a scene where two hybrid figures meet halfway between the organic and the mechanical. A threadlike, almost insectoid form on the left unfolds in a complex tangle o...
Category
1960s Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Night Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Night Light" is a watercolor on paper by noted Indian artist OM Prakash Sharma, 1932-2019. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 11 inches, framed size is 22 x 17.85 inches. Framed in a black frame, with black and white matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Om Prakash Sharma (born 14 December 1932) is an Indian painter, visual artist, professor, writer and sitarist based in New Delhi, India. He was bestowed with National Award for Painting of Lalit Kala Akademi in 1969, by the President of India. Sharma has won All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society's Annual Art Exhibitions thrice in 1966, 1967 and 1969, and has been awarded with multiple awards at various state exhibitions.
Sharma was born in 1932, in Bawal, Haryana. He attended Meerut College where he graduated in drawing and paintings in 1951. Sharma earned The National Diploma in Fine Arts in 1958 from Delhi Polytechnic with First Class and Distinction. From 1964 to 1966, Sharma attended Columbia University and Art Students League of New York as a Fulbright scholar where he completed his postgraduate studies in Fine Arts and Art History
Om Prakash Sharma's career as an artist spans over six decades. His work as an artist has been centered around New Delhi. Sharma is known primarily as a practitioner of a uniquely Indian visual style. Sharma started his career as an artist in 1956 during annual exhibition at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society in Delhi. His paintings has been exhibited at over 100 solo and group exhibition. His art works has been part of permanent collections at various art galleries and museums including Berlin Museum, Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Moscow and Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan. He is regarded as the one of the founders of the Neo-Tantra art...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Summer Day, Stanford
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "A Summer Day, Stanford" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lower right...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Village by a Road
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Village by a Road" c 1940 is a watercolor on paper by noted artist Donald Jeffries Bear 1905-1952. It is signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 10.65 x 14.5 inches, framed size is 17 x 21 inches. Framed in original frame. The artwork is in good condition, paper is toned by time, the four extreme corners are slightly discolored by hanging tape. The frame is also in good condition with minor dents, the linen is slightly discolored by time. The item is over all in good condition.
About the artist.
Donald Jeffries Bear, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's founding director from 1940 to 1952, was born on this day, February 5, 1905, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He previously served as the Director of the Denver Art Museum (1935-1940), regional advisor for the Federal Art Project (1935-38), and as principal of the World's Fair in New York (1938-39). While director of the SBMA, Bear served as president of the Western Association of Art Directors from 1943 to 1946. He was also an art critic and, last but not least, an artist.
Bear was well travelled, spoke numerous foreign languages, and as a Renaissance man, he was a singular match for another local polymath, Wright S. Ludington. In addition to his duties as director, Bear was also the curator and was responsible for producing over 600 exhibitions during his tenure. The exhibitions were as remarkable for their quality as well as their quantity, including SBMA's inaugural exhibition, Painting Today and Yesterday in the United States (June 5―September 1, 1941), which featured pieces from George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Robert Harnett, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Georgia O'Keefe, and numerous others. Perhaps most remarkably, the SBMA displayed two of the most influential paintings of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937) and Marcel Duchamp’s revolutionary Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912) as part of the “Free France” exhibition in 1942. He was also responsible for producing numerous solo artist exhibitions, many of which were the first of their careers, including: William Dole, Clarence Hinkle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers Bouquet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers Bouquet" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/Canadian artist Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, 1894-1954. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A figural line drawing of a woman reclining on her side and with her back to the v...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"The Old Carriage" Large watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Old Carriage" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland" c.1940 Is a watercolor on paper by noted British artist William Lyons Wilson, 1892-1981. It is signed at the lower right co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Harvest Time', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors.
Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter...
Category
1930s Academic California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
A loose, Post-Impressionist study of a woman, shown nude and standing, while resti...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Mother and Child', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988). Stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fauvist Dual Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant double protrait by California artist Virginia J. Hughins (American, 1923-2004). There are two portraits in this compostion, partially overlapping each other. They are execute...
Category
1970s Fauvist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Foam Board
California Landscape
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "California Landscape" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Danseuses Espagnoles (Spanish Dancers)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danseuses Espagoles" (Spanish Dancers) is a watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is hand signed at the lower r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
