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Item Ships From: California
"Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionis...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Guiding the Herd
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Guiding the Herd" 1967 is a watercolor and ink on paper by noted Uruguayan artist Enrique Castells Capurro, 1913-1997. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 13 x 19 inches, framed size is 20.35 x 26 inches. Custom framed in a wooden light brown frame, with light grey matting and green fillet. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Enrique Castells Capurro ( Montevideo , March 9 , 1913 - Punta del Este , J...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ar...
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Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Therese
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Therese
Year: Circa 1935
Medium: Gouache on paper
Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,600
Tresses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tresses" c.1990 is a watercolor on Wove paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) 1939-2016. It i...
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Late 20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" is a watercolor on heavy rag paper by noted Arkansas artist Bruce Roy Anderson, 1907-1985. It is signed at the lower left corner ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three Poses - Original Male Nude Figurative Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Poses - Original Male Nude Figurative Drawing on Paper
Original male figurative drawing on paper depicting a nude male posing in three diff...
Category
20th Century American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Laid Paper
$357 Sale Price
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Bowling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Watercolor on paper, 7 ¾ x 10 ½ inches unframed, 14 ½ x 16 ½ inches framed, signed, dated, and located lower left as follows: “David McCosh...
Category
1920s American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude, Abstract Figurative, 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: Nude
Size: 14" x 11" x...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Harbor Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Harbor Scene" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Detailed harbor landscape by Ernest Clegg (British, 1976-1954). The Whitehall Building towers over the sce...
Category
1930s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,480 Sale Price
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Church in the Cotsworld Way, England
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Church in the Cotsworld Way, England" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Party, Figurative Original Painting, Ink on 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: Party,
Size: 12" x 9" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Farmers Market, Glasgow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Farmers Market, Glasgow" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Boats Docked On The River - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats Docked On The River - Original Watercolor on Paper
Original watercolor on paper depicting boats parked along the water by Ken L. Stephens (American. ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$920 Sale Price
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WINDMILL AND WORKERS (Large Pastel)
By Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
B.J.O. NORDFELDT (Swedish/American 1878 – 1955)
(WINDMILL AND WORKERS). c.1900. Color pastel on colored paper, unsigned. 22 ¼ x 15”. Sheet: 24 ½ x 18 ¼”. In 1900 Nordfeldt studied ...
Category
Early 1900s Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,600 Sale Price
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Pretty Woman in a Red & White Dress with Flowers in Her Bonnet (Impressionist)
By Lucius Rossi
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lucius Rossi (1846-1913) was an Italian portrait and figurative painter who worked and lived in Paris. He was a friend and painter of many of the High Society people in Paris. A pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
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 - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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 - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Loser's Rack" - Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Loser's Rack" - Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing on Paper
This drawing by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), provides brilliant 1-point perspective in a val...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
$280 Sale Price
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Mel and Leslie - Vibrant Colorful Figurative Artwork on Paper Los Angeles Artist
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ink, Paper
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Vivid abstracted figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's profile of her face and her breasts and leg is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Unsigned
Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"W
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Casting, Figurative Original Painting, Ink on 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: Casting,
Size: 12" x 9...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Casting, Figurative Original Painting, Ink on 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: Casting,
Size: 9" x 12...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lounge, Abstract Figurative, Original Painting, Ink on 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: Lounge
Size: 14" x 11...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Funchal, Madeira Franciscans Convent" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"Funchal, Madeira Franciscans Convent" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Delicate and detailed drawing of Funchal, Madeira by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (181...
Category
1830s Romantic California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil
Party, Original Painting, Ink on 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: Party,
Size: 12" x 9" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Friendship II" by Frida Willis - Beautiful Minimalist Figurative Watercolor
Located in Carmel, CA
Frida Willis (Swedish, born 1971)
"Friendship II" 2024
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
The artist signed the bottom right of the artwork.
In Friendship II, Frida Willis captures the delicate...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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
$656 Sale Price
25% Off
Fashionable Faces, Surrealist Figurative Line Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun and playful figurative line drawing with three stylized female faces by SusanBrooks (American, b. 1951), 1985. Signed and dated in the lowe...
Category
1980s Surrealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman in a Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Woman in a Chair 1937" is a watercolor on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with House" is a watercolor by noted California artist Earl Thollander, 1923-2001. It is signed at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
La Fonctionaire, Elle
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: La Fonctionaire, Elle.
Year: February 26 1962
Medium: Original gouache
Paper: Canson Mongolfier
Size paper: 14.75 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, An Ottowa Chief Hand-Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
KA-NA-PI-MA, AN OTTAWA CHIEF., from History of the Indian the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1842, hand-colored lithograph
The lithograph by Charles Bird King depicts Ka-na-pi...
Category
1840s Hudson River School California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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 - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Postcard
On the Hunt - Early 20th Century Figurative Drawing with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative ink and wash drawing of beagles and a terrier leading the hunter to the quarry by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic black and bro...
Category
1930s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$375 Sale Price
21% Off
The Old Red Barn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Old Red Barn" c.1965 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Frederick Cole. It is signed at the lower right corner by the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fresh North Wind - Whimsical Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates ...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Found - Original Abstract Yellow and Black Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Gouache Jardin Au Chien by Paul MASCART
By Paul Edmond Marie Joseph Mascart
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gouache by Paul Edmond Marie Joseph MASCART
Born in 1874 in Condé-sur-l'Escaut (Nord), died in Paris in 1985. Painter of the 19th-20th centuries. French school. SCHOOL OF ROUEN.
F...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Merged - Original Abstract Figurative Colorful Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1949
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo" 1949 is a watercolor and crayon on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is signed at the lower right corner, titled at the upper right corner by the artist, and dedicated by Serge Golovine to the artist, at the lower left corner. The artwork size is 11.75 x 9 inches, framed is 21 x 18 inches. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with matting and silver color spacer. it is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist.
Jean Target was born in France in 1910. From a very young age early on, he was impassioned by the two forms of art that would remain the focal point of his career for all his life: visual arts and performing arts. In the 30s and 40s, as a young man, Jean Target frequented the Parisian theaters and cabarets, just like his role model, the famous impressionist painter Toulouse Lautrec, did at the end of the 19th century. Jean became friends with many performers and captured many formal as well as candid depictions. He gained exclusive access and used this privilege to create art with unparalleled perspective as an insider to the seedy, dark, yet glamorous underworld of Parisian cabaret. He drew the dancers on-site, capturing the dancer’s movements in his immediately recognizable signature style. In the 40s and 50s, he continued his artistic career, gaining recognition among collectors in France and all over Europe. His work depicting the Parisian performing art scene captures the feeling and history of the the theater and golden age of cabaret in Paris. Jean Target continued to draw, paint and sculpt until his death in 1997. The work of Jean Target is held in collections and museums worldwide including the world renowned Victoria And Albert Museum in London.
About the subject.
Serge Golovine, a star of the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in the 1950's who was considered one of the most brilliant dancers of his generation. As popular as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov in later years, Mr. Golovine was known for the airborne quality, lightness and virtuosity of his dancing. His best-known roles were the Blue Bird in ''The Sleeping Beauty,'' where the articulation and elegance of his footwork were seen to their best advantage, and the title role of ''Le Spectre de la Rose.'' He was also greatly praised for his poignant portrayal of Petrouchka, which he danced at the Paris Opera in the 1970's. Mr. Golovine was a leading teacher at the ballet school at the Paris Opera from 1981 to 1997. He stood out for the gentleness and quiet wit of his teaching in master classes last summer at the New York University School of Education, where he was a guest professor with his wife, Claude Bessy, the director of the Paris Opera Ballet School. Mr. Golovine, born in Monte Carlo, was one of three siblings who became noted dancers. (His sister, Solange, died several years ago. George Goviloff, a brother, is now the director of the Theatre de la Danse in Avignon.) He began his training in Nice with Julie Sedova, a former Maryinsky dancer, followed by studies with Gustave Ricaux at the Paris Opera. Mr. Golovine made his professional debut at 17 with the Nouveaux Ballets de Monte Carlo, a refuge for dancers reluctant to perform in Paris during the German occupation. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 but left in 1950 to join the de Cuevas company. During his years with the troupe, which he left in 1962, Mr. Golovine created the role of Iphias in John Taras's ''Piege de Lumiere.'' His repertory also included the ''Black Swan'' pas de deux from ''Swan Lake,'' ''Les Sylphides'' and the lead male roles in ''Giselle'' and the Bournonville production of ''La Sylphide.'' He effectively retired from the stage in 1964, when he joined the Geneva Ballet as its resident choreographer and ballet master through 1968. Mr. Golovine's best-known ballets were ''Feu Rouge, Feu Vert'' and ''La Mort de Narcisse.'' He was considered an expert in the staging of ballets from the 20th-century Russian repertory. He also taught for Maurice Bejart...
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Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Danielle" Nude Figurative Drawing in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold nude pastel drawing by Albert Hutson (American, 1923-1994). A woman is reclined on a soft red surface, leaning up against a yellow pillow. The model is skillfully sketched, with quick but confident marks. Hutson has captured the character of the model in her expression and posture, both of which appear relaxed and natural.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper.
Signed, dated, and titled twice in the lower right corner ("Al Hutson Danielle 89")
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size:
Paper size: 19.75"H x 25.5"W
Albert L. Hutson (American, 1923-1994) had two careers: first as a professional military officer, and second as an artist and member of the Board of the Graphic Arts Council in San Francisco. He was born in 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia, into a family with a long military tradition. His father and maternal grandfather were Annapolis graduates, and his paternal grandfather served in the Civil War. Colonel Hutson graduated from Staunton Military Academy in 1941 shortly after World War II began. He later earned an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Nebraska in the late 1960s. As a young second lieutenant in World War II, he served with the First Armored Division in the Italian Campaign, starting with the Battle of Anzio, and participated in the liberation of Rome. His interest in art began at this time when his commanding officer introduced him to Italian art.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper. A graduate of the Fine Arts Museums docent [tour guide...
Category
1980s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$920 Sale Price
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Looking for the East Atlanta Santa - Figurative Artwork Winter Inspired Artwork
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Glitter
Rough Weather at Blatchington Pulling in the Fishing Nets on the English Coast
By Sir Frank Short
Located in Soquel, CA
Drypoint etching rawing of a coastal scene with figures drawing a net or boat form the sea by Sir Francis (Frank) Job Short (British, 1857 - 1945)
Sir Frank Short, Royal Academy*, was a printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint* and aquatint* engraving, and also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public.
Signed "Frank Short" lower right with monogram in the print "S within a shield"
Titled lower left "Rough Weather at Blatchington"
Lower left "Trial Proof"
Image, 8.5"H x 10.88"W
Mat, 16"H x 20"W x 0.13
Professionally cleaned and ph nuetral washed by our paper conservator. (new images posting)
Francis Job Short was born on 19 June 1857 in Britain, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was educated to be a civil engineer.
He was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin Latham in connection with the Parliamentary Inquiry into the pollution of the river Thames. In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Having worked at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art*, in 1883. He also worked at the life class under Professor Fred...
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1870s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Gouache
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
"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 - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Golf, Figurative Original Painting, Ink on 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: Concert,
Size: 12" x 9...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sylvia
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Sylvia
Year: Circa 1935
Medium: Gouache on paper
Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower rig...
Category
1930s Art Deco California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,600
Mid Century Country House Landscape
By Rene Weaver
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid watercolor of a country house and grove of trees in a rural landscape of rolling green hills, with farm animals in the distance, by California artist Rene Weaver (American, 189...
Category
1940s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Ten Bottles
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ten Bottles"c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted South African/Canadian artist Kiff Holland, b.1942. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Modernist Seated Nude Figure Study
By George Giusti
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract nude figurative drawing by George Giusti, (Italian 1908-1990). India ink on gesso patterned drawing paper created in 1949. Signed “George Giusti 1949” in the lower right corner. Presented in a distressed giltwood frame with glass and a light pink and grey mat. Image size: 15.75”H x 10”W
This extraordinary artist was born in 1908 in Milan, Italy, of a Swiss father and an Italian mother. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and did graphic design there before deciding to move to Zürich, Switzerland, where he opened a design studio, which he operated for seven years.
While on a visit to the United States in 1938, Giusti was induced to stay by the several excellent commissions that were offered to him, including the opportunity to collaborate with Herbert Matter on the design of the Swiss pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Giusti is well known in Europe and America for his architecture and sculpture, as well as his graphics. He studied architecture in Milan and worked at it from time to time, producing stunning examples of contemporary design.
For more than four decades in America, and before that in Italy and Switzerland, George Giusti’s graphic designs have graced the covers of Time, Fortune, Holiday and other major magazines, as well as most of the publications of the United States Information Agency, and Giusti had a twelve-year design association with Geigy Pharmaceuticals.
He has done advertising and graphic designs, illustrations, trademarks, client and employee publications, package designs for major corporations, and drawings. He has succeeded to the extent that his designs are consistently ahead of their time. It is Giusti’s expressed intention to build a bridge between fine art and art for commercial use. He disdains the terms “fine” and “commercial” as defining a distinction which should not exist. Art is art, he believes, whatever its purported use.
Exhibitions:
George Giusti’s work has been exhibited in America’s large cities and in most of the capitals of the world. His portfolio has been published in Graphis, Switzerland, Idea, Japan, Gebrauschsgraphik, Germany, Pagina Art, Italy, and Communication Art, and The United States.
Awards and Affiliations:
Over the years, Giusti has garnered more than ten gold and silver medals and eighty other awards and citations.
He is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Alliance Graphique Internationale, International Center for Graphic Art (Typographic Art...
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1940s Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Paper, India Ink
$1,202 Sale Price
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Two Dogs Playing in Front of a Fence
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret Sweet Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: Two Dogs Playing in Front of a Fence
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Ink drawing
Paper: Stock
Size of image: 10 x 8.75 inches
Con...
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Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Woman in Purple" from the "Colcha" series
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Woman in Purple" from the "Colcha" series, 1989, is a watercolor and ink on hand made paper by noted American artist Amado Maurilio Pena...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figurative Abstract - Blue Face
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Street art style figurative abstract of blue face by Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower right. Unframed. Ima...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$460 Sale Price
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Napa Vineyard
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Napa Vineyard" c.2000 is a color pastel on paper by noted American artist Reif Ray Charles Erickson, 1949-2015. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 12.25 x 19.25 inches, Framed size is 24.5 x 31.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with gold color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has very minor restorations, practically invisible.
About the artist:
Reif Erickson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Bright Lashes / Head Study No. 93
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bright Lashes / Head Study No. 93, drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in monochromatic grey, brown and white. The work is created with mixed media on ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil
Red Lashes / Head Study No. 56
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Red Lashes / Head Study No. 56 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. The work is created with mixed media on paper, including stabilo pencil, gouache, in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Dog
By Gladys Emerson Cook
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Gladys Emerson Cook (American, 1899-1976)
Title: Dog
Year: Circa 1940
Medium: Pastel
Paper: Velvet paper
Image size: 15.25 x 15 inches
Paper size: 19.5 x 18.75 inches
Signature: Signed lower right by the artist
Condition: Very good, light marks on the margin due to previous framing
About the artist.
Gladys Emerson Cook is best known for her drawings of dogs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
