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Item Ships From: California
The French Model
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original drawing, "The French Model", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibi...
Category
1930s Art Deco California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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
Landscape with House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with House" 1973 is a watercolor on paper by American artist Rachel Bentley, 1894-1991. It is signed and dated at the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
By Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
Category
1930s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
$2,112 Sale Price
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"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Dramatic sunset landscape by notable watercolorist Douglas W. Trowbridge (American, b. 1960).
Signe...
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2010s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Infanta Flower Head with Mountain Body
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"North of Turku" Finland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "North of Turku" Finland, c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled, Flowers
By Charlotte Britton
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Flowers" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Charlotte Britton, American, b.1938. It is signed at the middle left side by the artist. The artw...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Infante & Infanta Mellizos
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" - Figurative Drawing of Artist at Work
By Frances Beatrice Lieberman
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W.
A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s.
Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...
Category
1930s Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Carmel Mission Basilica
By Jeanne A. Ocker
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Carmel Mission Basilica" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Jeanne Ocker, born 1922. It is signed and dated at the...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th to 19th Century "Art Presentation" Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th Century "Art Presentation" Old Master Drawing
Remarkable old master pen, ink and wash drawing of an art presentation
Dimensions 14" wide x 8.5" high
The lightly distr...
Category
Early 19th Century California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Wartime / Head Study No. 76
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Wartime / Head Study No. 76 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in yellow. The work is created with mixed media on Canson paper, including stabilo penc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil
Infanta de la Verdad
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta de la Verdad' features the face of a young woman with cactus surrounding her head and a bird and flowering cactus (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
For Nicolai / Head Study No. 88
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
For Nicolai / Head Study No. 88 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in blue. The work is created with mixed media on paper, including stabilo pencil, g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Gouache
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
Infanta Primavera, 2019
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Primavera' features the face of a young woman's head with a flowering cactus in an intricately patterned and a succulent coated body. It is complex graphite drawing on Kent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Freedom
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Landscape #II
By Merton Clivette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931)
Title: Landscape II
Year: Circa 1925
Medium: Gouache
Paper: Watercolor
Size image: 17.35 x 22.65 inches
Size paper: 17.35 x 22.65 inches
Signature: Signed lower left by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock.
He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations.
Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him.
Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes.
He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Infanta de la Resistencia
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists.
The drawing is 16 x 12 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
1860s Drawing L'Amazon Figurative
By Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique pencil and faded watercolor wash portrait titled "L'Amazon" (French, translates "horsewoman") by Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892), circa 1860...
Category
1860s Victorian California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
$700 Sale Price
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The Model
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Model" 1939 is a pastel 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...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman in Beige and Red by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Beige & Red"
Ink on Handmade Paper
30” x 22.5”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. Americ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Desaccord"
By Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Itzchak Tarkay (1935 -2012)
"Desaccord"
2002
Mixed media watercolor on Paper - signed lower right. COA provided.
Sheet Size 16"H x 12"W
Frame Size 31"H x 27"W x1.5" D . ...
Category
Late 19th Century California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
China Town San Francisco 1896 - Watercolor on Paper
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
China Town San Francisco 1896 - Watercolor on Paper
A vintage watercolor by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "T. Langguth" lower right. Watercolor circa 1920-30. Image: 12.5"H x 8.5"W. Painted from the photograph by Arnold Genthe...
Category
1910s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$584 Sale Price
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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
$612 Sale Price
30% Off
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Colored Engraving
Collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational Histor...
Category
17th Century French School California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Paper
"Am I Excluded ? or do I Exclude Myself ?" Large colored ink and watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Am I Excluded ? or do I Exclude Myself ?" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Hol...
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Late 20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Gazebo
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Gazebo" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is signed and dated at the middle right corner by the artist. The image size is 14 x 17 inches, framed is 22.75 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Beautiful, soft original drawing by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic depiction of a short-haired woman, her large lips parted into a soft smile. She's surrounded in geometric shapes offering a wonderful juxtaposition to the natural curves of her face and hair.
Signed in pencil, "Eugene Hawkins '62"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 20"H x 16"W
Paper size: 18.5"H x 14.5"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist known for his detailed portraiture and printmaking. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, and his work was exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art. He spent the majority of his life working and exhibiting in Southern California. His work frequently touches upon socio-political subjects, making strong statements about the world. The California African American Museum features Eugene Hawkins's work in the Permanent Collection. Exhibition: 2017
Paperworks: Selections from the Permanent Collection focuses on works on paper produced from 1950-2000 and includes figurative, impressionistic, and abstract styles. The exhibition showcases the radically diverse range of works on paper created by African American and other artists over the last two centuries, and includes drawings, prints, paintings, and collages by Edward Mitchell Bannister...
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1960s American Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$1,400 Sale Price
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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...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman with Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman with Cityscape" c.2010, is a watercolor on paper by noted Israeli artist Patricia Govezensky, b.1961. It is signed at the lower...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Abstract Nude Figurative Painting in India Ink on Paper
By Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern abstracted nude figurative study in bold black ink by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed in the top left corner under the mat, "L Nadalini"...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
$920 Sale Price
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Seated Male Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Male Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Figurative piece with a nude male by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$460 Sale Price
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Figures on the Beach, Mid Century East Java Indonesia Coast Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century landscape watercolor of figures on a beautiful beach in Indonesia, and early work by Sufi artist Amang Rahman Jubair (Indonesian, 1931-2001). Four tall palm trees tower o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
By Charles Edmund Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W.
Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...
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1910s Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Man in a Flannel Shirt in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man in a Flannel Shirt in Ink on Paper
Expressive line drawing of a man by Shirley Pittman (American, 1929-2013). He is sitting, cross legged, with a drink and an asht...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
$1,000 Sale Price
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Turn of the Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful turn of the century figurative landscape by F.S. Mediary (American, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "F.S. Mediary" lower right....
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1890s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
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The Artist and His Muse - Original Figurative Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist and His Muse - Original Figurative Drawing on Paper
Original figurative drawing depicting the "artist" holding a pencil, drawing a nude woman, his "muse." The artist' fac...
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20th Century Post-Modern California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Laid Paper
$357 Sale Price
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Woman Sitting with Coffee Cup and Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork ""Woman Sitting with Coffee Cup and Flowers" c.2010, is a watercolor on paper by noted Israeli artist Patricia Govezensky, b.1961. It ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure with Rose
By Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid century figure study in pastel on brown paper depicting a seated nude woman with a hat and rose, by by American artist Louis Nadalini (Italian, 1927-1995). Signed Nadalini upper right. Presented in a simple wood frame, with new mat and new foam core backing. Image size: 29"H x 19.5"W. Signed and dated "Nadalini 85" lower right. Unframed.
ARTFORUM article: Louis Nadalini
In the last couple of seasons, San Francisco has lost several of its galleries. Some others have just recently begun operating but often with an entirely new group of artists. Some members of those apparently secure gallery stables that went out of business have found their way into other stables, but a larger group is without a place to show. I decided to look into such a person’s studio in my endeavor to find out what is really happening in the Bay Area art world. I went to see Louis Nadalini. His latest painting continues with the lattice of slats protruding forward with two variations of the painting painted on the sides of the slats which are viewable when standing to either side. This was always a very abstract method and he had quite often painted pure abstractions which centered quietly into hypnotic devices of exceptional color richness, but which gave a kaleidoscopic change as you moved past it. Untitled #42 (the most recent painting) has subject matter and was done in a much more painterly way. The side variations were flat in color, and there were some elements seen only in the side views, a skeleton’s arm and a black hand, for example. Nadalini says that he may abandon the lattice altogether if it gets in his way, but so far it seems to work better than it did with the abstractions. He is enthusiastic about the work he is doing, felt very free about making changes, and was, at the same time still happy about work from several years ago and unwilling to think that older work and new work should not be exhibited together. He hasn’t been thinking about galleries for a while. Nadalini goes to sea periodically which gives him time for contemplation as well as for renewing his resources. by —Knute Stiles...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Earl Scwaiger's Barn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Earl Scwaiger's Barn" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by American artist W. Ralph Murray, 1932-2009. It is signed at the lower righ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
State of Grace
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: State of Grace
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist 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...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three Fish Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Fish Watercolor on Paper
Lively watercolor of three fish by unknown Japanese artist "Eichito" (20th Century). The fish are swimming from left to...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$920 Sale Price
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Chinatown Under the Rain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown Under the Rain" 1966 is a watercolor by Japanese/Taiwanese artist Paul Kuo, 1920-1995. It is signed and dated at the lower righ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Flamenco Avec Rosario" (Florence Perez Padilla)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Flamenco Avec Rosario" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Antonio Ruiz Soler and Florence Perez Padilla A.K.A Rosario, c.1945...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Nude Reading" c.1970, 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. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Otomisan
By Mike Saijo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gouache on paper.
Artwork is 7.5 x 7.5 in. and framed it is 13 x 13 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$520 Sale Price
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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
'Figural Interior', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello
By André Dignimont
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Figural Interior' by André Dignimont.
Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello
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Signed lower right, "Dignimont" for André Digni...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Larry Rivers Modernist Male Figure Original Charcoal Mid 20th C.
By Larry Rivers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Larry Rivers (1923-2002) Modernist Male Figure Original Charcoal Mid 20th C.
Rare charcoal portrait by American modernist painter Larry Rivers.
Original charcoal on paper. Dimensions 17" x 22". The frame measures 29.5" x 34".
Signed lower right. Very good condition.
Figurative artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings.
Rivers attended Hans Hofmann's school for nearly two years. In 1949, he had his first solo show at the Jane Street Gallery, an artist's co-op in the Village. Rivers received favorable reviews and was invited to join the Tibor de Nagy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Landscape with Trees
By Frederick Leo Hunter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trees" 1909 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Frederick Leo Hunter, 1858-1943 It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 9.5 x 14 inches, framed is 18.5 x 22.35 inches. It is framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Frederick Leo Hunter was born in New York City in 1858. He was known for street scene paintings and etchings of...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized figurative drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). A woman is seated on a workbench, drawing on a larg...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
$300 Sale Price
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"But it Seemed so Real" Large colored ink and watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " But it Seemed so Real" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Holman, b.1949. It is...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist 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
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
A Day At The Lake - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
A Day At The Lake - Original Watercolor on Paper
Original watercolor on paper depicting a day at the lake by Ken L. Stephens (. The viewer looks on as two women can be seen painting...
Category
2010s American Impressionist California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Felt Pen
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
By Eldon Dedini
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
An original watercolor illustration for The New Yorker...
Category
1980s Pop Art California - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off