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Item Ships From: California
"The Cognoscenti", Contemporary Symbolist Figurative
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Cognoscenti", a large-scale contemporary charcoal on canvas figurative scene by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2008. A group of bearded men, whom the title ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal
Waves Over Rocks Seascape and Seagulls
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor seascape of waves over rocks by Donald Swyner (American, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic wood frame. Shipped without glas...
Category
1990s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
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
Seated Rainbow Nude Figure
By M. E. 'Mike' Bailey
Located in Soquel, CA
Rich rainbow of saturated color in this study of a nude figure by listed California artist M. E. "Mike" Bailey (American, 1943). Signed by the artist, lower right. Presented in a fro...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Opel
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Opel
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic, with silver and gold embellishment
Paper: Wove
Size image: 29.5 x 39.5 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Figures & Flowers, Surreal Abstract Meditation
By Noel Howard
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal abstract figurative of a dreamy, meditative scene including multiple figures and flowers, blended with sill-life and landscape elements by Noel Howard (American, 20th Century...
Category
1970s Symbolist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Crayon, Laid Paper
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Landscape with Boat and House, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Boat and House, California" is a watercolor by California artist Catherine Rubino Eaton Baca, 1907-1978. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 17 x 23 inches, framed size is 25 x 31 inches. Framed in original dark wood and gold frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist:
Born in Oakland, CA on Jan. 18, 1907. Catherine Rubino studied at the CCAC and with Phil Paradise...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Woman Figurative Portrait
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage watercolor portrait of a seated female figure with red robe in front of a plant by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" in the lower left corner. Presented...
Category
1970s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Watercolor
British Taxis for Hire - Figurative Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming figurative landscape in a British town, with taxis pulling up to a hotel or apartment building to pick up and drop off passengers by B. Cook (English, 20th Century). Signed ...
Category
1980s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Rock Stack, Contemporary Nature Still-Life Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed still-life in graphite of a balancing stack of rocks by Pacific Northwest artist Kate Scott (American, b.1943). Signed "K. Sc...
Category
2010s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Figural', Carmel, California Post-Impressionist, Ruskin School of Art, Madrid
By Robert Moesle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A large study of several people in action contrasted against a background of saffron yellow and cerulean blue.
Signed lower right 'Moesle', painted circa 1975 and titled verso 'On ...
Category
1970s California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
La Danseuse Espagnol Rosita Segovia ( The Spanish Dancer Rosita Segovia)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Danseuse Espagnol Rosita Segovia: c.1950. Is a pastel and black stone on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997. It is hand signed an titled at t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
1930s Nude Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous 1930s figure drawing of a seated female nude by student of Lee Fritz Randolph (American, 1880-1956), 1937. Signed "Randolph," "C.S.F.A." for California School of Fine Art and dated "6/28/37" upper right. "C.S.F.A" and "6/28/37" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 25"H x 10"L. We believe a student of Lee Randolph...
Category
1930s American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Unscrewed
By Darryl Sapien
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Unscrewed" 1981 is a colored pencil on Mylar by American artist Darryl Sapien, b.1950. It is unsigned. The image size is 16.5 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 17.15 x 14.5 inches. It is custom framed in a yellow metal frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Selected exhibitions.
San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., Sculpture
1974
"Introductions 74," Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1976
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., Sculpture
1976
"17 Artists, Hispano/Mexican American/Chicano," The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1976
"Other Sources," San Francisco Art Institute, (catalog)(Group Exhibition)
1977
"Work in Progress,” Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California (catalogue)
1977
"Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," (catalog) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & The Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition)
1977
"Tokyo-Bay Area Exchange," Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, Tokyo, Japan (Group Exhibition)
1977
"Arte Fiera di Bologna," Bologna, Italy (Group Exhibition)
1978
"California-Hawaii Biennial," San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group Exhibition)
1979
“Darryl Sapien, Recent Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1979–1980
"From Self-Portrait to Autobiography," Neuberger Museuem, Purchase, New York, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Ohio (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
1980
"Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
1981
"19 Artists, Emergent Americans," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
1981
"La Vue Independante," The American Center, Paris France (Group Exhibition)
1981
“American Roulette”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Performances)
1982
"California Art on the Road," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California (Group Exhibition)
1984
“Darryl Sapien at Studio Ink,” San Francisco, California
1984
"Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California (Group Exhibition)
1984
"Artists and the Theater," Phillipe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1985
"The Twentieth Century," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Group Exhibition)
1985
Contemporary Art, 30,000 B.C. to the Present," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California (Group Exhibition)
1987
"Connotations," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1988
“Darryl Sapien: Artspace Painting Grant Award” Artspace Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalogue)
1988
"Digital Visions: Computers and Art," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, New York (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
1989
"Darryl Sapien and David Flipse" Riskin-Sinow Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1990
"The Written Word," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (Group Exhibition)
1991
"Four Hispanic Artists," San Francisco Art Commission Gallery (Group Exhibition)
1994
“Darryl Sapien: Recent Work,” Opts Art, San Francisco, California
1995
"Facing Eden: One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area," M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition)
1996
“Darryl Sapien,” City College of San Francisco
2003
"Reactions, Artists Respond to September 11, 2001," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition)
2005
“Darryl Sapien,” Swallowtail Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010
"75 Years of Looking Forward" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
2010
“Radical Light,” U.C. Berkeley Art Museum (catalog) (Group Exhibition)
2011
“State of Mind: new California Art circa 1970” (catalog) Orange County Museum of Art, California (Group Exhibition)
2012
Berkeley Art Museum, U.C. Berkeley, California (Group Exhibition)
2012
Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Canada (Group Exhibition)
2013
Site Santa Fe, NM (Group Exhibition)
2013
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY (Group Exhibition)
2013
“Son of War Games”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY (Performances)
2013–2014
The Smart Museum, Chicago, IL (Group Exhibition)
2014
"The site a live" San Francisco Art Institute (Group Exhibition)
2015
"Out Of This World," Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California
Public Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
The American Academy of Opthalmology, San Francisco, California
National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company, Pasadena, California
City and County of San Francisco-Public Utilities Commission Building
Performances
“Synthetic Ritual”, San Francisco Art Institute
“Initiation”, San Francisco Art Institute
“War Games”, corner of Third & Howard Street San Francisco, California (outdoor sitespecific)
“Split-Man Bisects the Pacific”, the ruins of Sutro Baths...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Signature #XV
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Signature #15
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size image: 30 x 22.5 inches
Size paper: 30 x 22.5 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Cypress
By Frank Serratoni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Frank Serratoni (American, 1908-1970)
Title: Cypress
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Size of image: 15 x 21.75 inches
Size of paper: 15 x 21.75 inches
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bird on a Fence, Abstract Expressionist Miniature Etching
By R. Silvestrov
Located in Soquel, CA
An abstract expressionist miniature etching on paper depicting a bird on a fence, with abstract expressionist animals floating in the sky by R. Silve...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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
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
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is an ink and watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Saint Cergue Switzerland
By Willam Stewart Orr
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Saint Cergue Switzerland" c.1930 is a watercolor by noted Scottish artist William Stuart Orr, 1872-1944. It is hand signed by the artist at the lower left corner...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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 California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sitting Woman" 1941 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 th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Landscape, with Woman and Cat
By Paul Lilo Stenberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Lilo Stenberg (Norwegian, 1893-1981)
Title: Winter landscape, with woman and dog
Year: Circa 1940
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 12 x 19 inches
p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dog and Wolf Fighting
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: Wolf and Dog fighting
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Ink drawing
Signature: signed in pencil on the reverse
Paper: Bainbri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Hanging on in Tracy, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Hanging on in Tracy, California" 2003 Is a watercolor on paper by Filipino artist Ephraim Samson, b.1947. It is signed and dated at the lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Nude in Coral and Jade' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
A bright, Post Impressionist figural gouache of a woman shown sta...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, 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.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Modernist Avant-Gard Figurative Abstract, Large-Scale Primary Colors Pastel
By Henry Elinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning modernist avant-garde figurative abstract pastel in deep royal blue, with red and yellow accents by Henry Elinson (Californian/Russian 1935-2010), 1996. Signed and dated "H....
Category
1960s Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Abstract Landscape s" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the lower rig...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Red Medusa Mantle" (Ruffled Kimono) - Hand Augmented Collotype
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype on layered paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. Titled "Red Medusa...
Category
1980s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
Landscape with Houses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Houses" c.1970 is a watercolor on Arches paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the l...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century landscape watercolor with a tall, stately tree in the foreground, its many forking branches depicted with exceptional detail, and a verdant background of rollin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Madame De Chateaubedeau
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Madame De Chateaubedeau," circa 1935, is an original gouache by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff 1892-1990. It is hand sig...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century watercolor landscape of a cottage in the woods, executed with phenomenal attention to detail, by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sam and the Inkspot
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: Sam and the Inkspot
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Ink drawing
Paper: Bainbridge Bristol Art
Size image: 10.25 x 7.75 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Concrete Plant
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: The concrete Plant
Year: c.1970
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 11.25 x...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circle Lime
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Circle Lime
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pap...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
'Preparing for the Recital', Woman Artist, Michoacán, Mexico City, San Francisco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Patricia Torres' (Mexican, born 1963) and dated 1987.
Previously with: Robert Dana Gallery from accompanying label and titled 'Duo...
Category
1980s Surrealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Oak Tress #1
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Oak Trees #1
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Ruffled Kimono (Orange, Teal, and Purple)
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate kimono by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other...
Category
1980s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Color Pencil, Gouache
'Reclining Nude', Mid-century German Expressionist, Düsseldorf, Venice Biennale
By Kurt Craemer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signer lower right, 'Craemer' for Kurt Craemer (German, 1912-1961) and dated 1954.
Born in Saarbrucken, Craemer first attended the Academy of Cologne in 1928 where he worked under Friedrich Ahlers-Hesterman. He later traveled to Paris with his teacher, where he was introduced to the work of Henri Matisse. From 1930-33, Craemer lived in Düsseldorf where he studied at the Art Academy under Paul Klee. With the Nazi's ascent to power late that year, Craemer moved to Italy and lived there at the Art colony in Ischia until the end of the war when he moved to Positano.
Throughout the 1950's, Kurt Craemer continued to live in Italy exhibited with success internationally, including at the Venice Biennale...
Category
1950s Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vintage Bi-Plane Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage bi-plane
Category
20th Century California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
London Lodge
By Henry Waltermar Doane
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "London Lodge" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Henry Waltermar Doane, 1905-2002. It is signed by the artist at the lower right corner. The art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Figures and Landscape, Surreal Line Drawing Composition
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic surrealist line drawing of figures in an abstracted landscape by David Rosen (Canadian, 1912-2004). Signed "Rosen" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new tan mat with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Horse in the Fields - 1930's Watercolor Figurative Landscape
By John Stellman
Located in Soquel, CA
Horse in the fields, a figurative watercolor landscape by Louis John Stellman (American, 1877-1961), c.1935. Presented in a wooden frame with linen liner. Signed "Stellman" lower right. Image size, 15"H x 19"W.
Stellman moved to CA in 1901. By 1920 he had settled in San Francisco where he worked both as an artist and a writer for the Call-Bulletin newspaper. He later moved to the Monterey Peninsula where he remained until his death. Married to artist Edith K. Stellman (1877-1957). Works held: de Young Legion of Honor.
His books include:
Mate o'dreams and Other Poems
Mother Lode; The Story of California's Gold Rush
Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
Said the Observer
Sam Brannan, Builder of San Francisco; A Biography
That Was a Dream Worth Building; the Spirit of San Francisco's Great Fair Portrayed in Pictures and Words
The Vanished Ruin Eta; San Francisco's Classic Artistry of Ruin Depicted in Picture and Song
Stellmann was a protegé of Arnold Genthe...
Category
1930s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dona Lupe
By Miguel Arguello
Located in Soquel, CA
Pastel titled Dona Lupe by Miguel Arguello (Spain, 1941-2005), who was invited in 1978 by the University of Santa Cruz, California to teach as an artist in residence. In 1993 he emba...
Category
1990s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Egyptians
By PEDRO BARRIOS
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PEDRO BARRIOS
"EGYPTIANS"
MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, C.1980
23.5 X 19 INCHES
Born in 1947 in Cuba, Pedro Barrios was a staff illustrator for Women’s Wear Daily and illus...
Category
1980s Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a new cream mat with foam-core backing. Paper size: 24.5"H x 19.75"W. A Northern California Artists and Musician.
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
California Coast with Cypress Tree
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: California Coast with Cypress
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 16 x 18.75 inches
paper: 16...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Raspoutine, Costume d'Hiver
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Raspoutine, Costume d'Hiver," is an original gouache on Canson Montgolfier paper by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is hand signed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Landscape with Barn
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016)
Title: Lanscape With Barn
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 14.5 x 10.25 inches
paper s...
Category
1970s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ballet dancer Helene Sauvaneix dans Neige, Theatre Montparnasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ballet dancer Helen Sauvaneix dans Neige, Theatre Montparnasse" referring to the ballet dancer, Helene Sauvaneix, 1950 is a watercolor, pastel and crayon on pap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Elite Workers", Small-Scale Modern Figural Collage w Watercolor by Dick Crispo
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern small-scale watercolor and collage, a mixed media composition featuring a modified photograph with colorful watercolor accents by Dick Crispo (American, b. 1945). Titled "Elite Workers" at the top. Signed and dated "D. Crispo 87" in the lower left corner. Presented in a cream mat with foamcore backing. No frame. Paper size: 10"H x 7"W
Dick Crispo, born in New York City on January 13, 1945, has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
Category
1980s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper, Pen
Fishing Net
By Edward Duncan
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fishing Net" c.1875 is a watercolor by artist Edward Duncan (British, 1803-1882) It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 18.55 x 13.85 inches, framed size is 28.25 x 22 inches .Custom framed in a wooden dark gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Edward Duncan was the son of Thomas Duncan (c1781-1841) and Peggy née Watson. He was born on 21 October 1803 at St Pancras in London. He was apprenticed to Robert Havell, the principal aquatint engraver of Audubon's Birds of America. Duncan was afforded frequent opportunities of studying the works of Havell's brother, the watercolorist, William Havell. These developed his taste for drawing and the use of colour. After tutelage under the Havell Brothers in London, Duncan started his own engraving studio, and primarily created print works for Fores of Piccadilly. In 1826, a project to engrave maritime scenes, after paintings by William John Huggins...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Les Danseurs Espagnols Teresa and Luisillo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Danseurs Espagnols Teresa an Luisillo" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Teresa Viera Romero and Luis Perez Davila A.KA Luisillo, is a watercolor, on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
