USA - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

POOR ME is a small watercolor on Arches paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 7x5". Matted and framed in gold, it measures 13x11". Though completed over a year ago, it's a tim...

Black and yellow abstract charcoal drawing by Houston artist Paul Forsythe. The piece features an abstract, organic shape floating against a white background. Currently hung in a lig...

Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) Untitled Graphite on Paper 13 3/4 x 11 in. Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that o...

Abstract Still Life with Bouquet and Teapot in Watercolor on Paper Colorful still life with flowers and a teapot by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). A tall, brig...

Mid century modern still life of fruit basket and cobalt blue plate with rich, velvety surface treatment done in oil pastel by Mary Reeves (American...

Artist: Patricia Hunter - American Title: Sitting Ducks Year: 1985 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 18 x 24 inches. Matted size: 24 x 30 inches Signatur...

White Iris & Spring Flowers Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still Life Beautiful mid century floral watercolor still life of a bouquet with white irises and other blooming flowers by H...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of iris and yellow freesia, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Americ...

In the 1950s and 60s Grambs worked on many commissions. This was probably for a cookbook. The dimensions are for the drawing. The sheet is somewhat larger, 7 x 6 1/2 inches.

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Japanese irises, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.19...

Carnation Wonder by Lu Haskew Watercolor 24x18" image size 32x26" framed as pictured, behind glass with archival matte Still life of flowers in reds pinks and whites Shipping price ...

Yosl Bergner Abstract Composition, Kitchen Utensils. Oil painting of kitchen implements. Hand signed in English bottom right Titled and signed ve...

Beautiful watercolor still-life of Calla lily and other flowers by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signe...

Elegant mid-century watercolor still-life with grapes, a vase, and fine china depicting three cranes by Laurelda Cecille Schmidt (American, 1903-1994). Presented in a giltwood frame...

In the 1950s and 60s Grambs worked on many commissions. The symmetrical nature of the drawing suggests it was for a book or magazine project with facing pages -- possibly a cookboo...

Homage to Morandi Watercolor, c. 1990 Signed lower right: Sloane An important exhibition size watercolor by the artist. Acquired by the Cleveland Clinic, de-accessed in 2021 Conditio...

Whimsical 1970's hand painted botanical silkscreen of a spider plant by Babette Joslyn Bauman Eddleston (American, 1922-1990). This limited edition screen print has splashes of color painted in by hand. The edition number 22/270 is written lower left. It is titled "Spider Plant" and signed "Babette Eddleston...

Margot Glass reimagines color with her newest specimen, anemones, using luminescent ink to translate vivid shades into bursts of white-gold. Ever-interested in fragility and ephemera...

"Afternoon Daisies," Modernist Still Life Original in Watercolor on Paper Still life watercolor by C. Borda (American, 20th C.) A beautiful vase filled with daisies in calming, neutr...

Colorful still life with flowers and a mandolin by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson"...

A still-life painting of wine and fruit by Charles Cobelle. This piece features more muted and neutral colors than his other works and bears his signature in the lower right front co...

Highly detailed still-life in graphite of a balancing stack of rocks by Pacific Northwest artist Kate Scott (American, b.1943). Signed "K. Sc...

My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...

This stunning study of George Washington's hands is a unique and remarkable drawing pair. Mora was noted as an exceptional draftsman and actually traveled america giving lectures ab...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Still Life with Chessboard) Untitled Year: circa 1964 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 14 x 11 inches Condition: Good Prove...

Sean Lyman is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Missouri State University, with an extensive list of international exhibitions and work in public permanent collections including...

Vibrant study of sunflowers by D. Bennett (20th Century). Several sunflowers sit in a striking blue vase, rendered in a loose but skillful style. The flowers and foliage are partiall...

Wonderful watercolor depicting a plant/flower. These were used at a Belgium University to teach the students about botany. Dating from the early 20th century...

Wonderful watercolor depicting a plant/flower. These were used at a Belgium University to teach the students about botany. Dating from the early 20th century. They are watercolor on ...

Sweet Pea and Roses, Green, Drawing by Jeffry Mitchell, 2010 Additional information: Medium: Colored Pencil on paper Dimensions: 20 x 16 in About artist: Jeffry Mitchell’s primary ...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Still Life) Untitled Year: circa 1964 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 10 x 9 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of ...

Watercolor of pink begonias by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). A large tuberous begonia is potted in a green pot. There are several large blossoms, and a few ...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of light pink roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1...

Sumi-e Brushes and Bowl - Still Life by Elizabeth Harrington Vibrant still life of Sumi-e Brushes in vase and rinsing bowl by Elizabeth Mae Harrington, "Betty" (American, 1919-1990). A small vase holds several sumi-e brushes, next to a small red bowl. A small piece of blotter cloth is in front of the bowl. Signed "Elizabeth Harrington" in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat of pink and tan. Image size: 10.5"H x 9"W Frame size: 19.5"H x 16.5"W Elizabeth "Betty" Harrington (American, 1919-1990) was born in San Diego, California in 1919. She studied at the University of California and the California School of Arts and Crafts. She also studied privately with Richard Yip...

Pastel, circa 20th century

Vibrant still life by Free Dean (American, 1907-1987). Expertly executed depiction of yellow, red, and orange flowers arranged in a pot. To the left of the arrangement is a small jar...

Original watercolor on archival paper by Rosalind Oesterle. Circa 1970. Signed lower left by the artist. Oval format. Condition is excellent. Profe...

Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) At Dawn, 1975 Pencil on paper 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Framed: 14 2/3 x 11 1/3 in. Signed upper right: Kipniss '75 Verso bears Hirschl & Adler Galleries Label Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up tree. Kipniss studied at the Art Students League* in 1947; Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, 1948-50; and the University of Iowa, receiving a BA degree in English literature in 1952, and an MFA in painting and art history in 1954. The artist employs a meticulous technique combining a multiplicity of specific strokes, whether with brush, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin*, to create the essence of his generalized, non-specific forms. Light and darkness are clearly Kipniss' compositionally constructive elements. They also exist as contestants in the emotional drama at the heart of each work of art. The contrast, and sometimes combat, between these two opposites, symbolically represent with blackness -- ideas of threat, fear, trouble, evil; with whiteness safety, redemption, fulfillment and good. In Kipniss' 1995 mezzotint*, Clear Vase and Landscape, with a foreground image of precisely leafy stalks, the vase holding them, nearly invisible in its transparency, suggests an almost Salvador Dali-like surrealist device. This central image dominates but seems to invite association with, and commentary from, the surrounding clumps and individual round-topped, yet cedar-like trees. His mezzzotint, For Stella," 1997, depicts a gently twisting, curving, pale and smoothly-barked foreground, leafless tree limb or trunk, like a female human body, suggesting weakness, fatigue, an inability to deal with the staccato background screen of textured bush that seems to uncomfortably impinge upon it. This print is arguably a metaphor for a delicate soul struggling to overcome the prickly difficulties of domineering life. The classic mezzotint process, invented in the middle of the 17th Century, is the reverse of most of the other print-making media, since the artist works from a black ground to increasingly lighter areas. The copper plate is first roughened by a "rocker," creating a burr over the entire surface (the more burr left intact, the more ink it holds, the darker the final finished print). The artist, Robert Kipniss, in this instance, gradually burnishes, smoothes down the burr in varying degrees to produce the gradations of lights and darks of the final design. The deepest darks in the final picture are those areas on the plate that have been little touched after the initial roughening. Mezzotint relies on shade and tone rather than outline for its effect, which fits the Kipniss style of atmospheric* masses of value. A recent oil painting by Robert Kipniss, Hillside Silhouettes, 2001, 40 x 29, is somewhat more complex in composition than many, with four cubically-constructed houses each set in their own zones, seemingly unrelated to one another, with receding hills and similarly isolated, increasingly misty trees beyond. In his career, Robert Kipniss has had over 40 one-man shows since the first in New York in 1951, including an important retrospective exhibition at the Associated American Artist Gallery, New York in 1977. Many of these one-man exhibitions have been mounted by over 50 museums in the United States, South America and Europe, including the Chicago Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modem Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of Congress and British Museum in London. Robert Kipniss is represented in the permanent collections of the institutions above, among many others, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York Public Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Detroit Art Institute; Yale University Museum; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He was elected to the National Academy of Design* in 1980, and to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London in 1998 Robert Kipniss can be referenced in numerous publications, including Who's Who in American Art from the 1950s to the present, and multiple reviews in periodicals like Art News, Art in America and Art Forum. There are also three important catalogues raisonne published on his work. Robert Kipniss has received many awards: 1965 - Ohio University National Drawing Show, Purchase Prize 1976 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Ralph Fabri Prize 1978 - The Print Club of Philadelphia, Charles M Lea Prize 1979 - Charlotte Printmakers Society, Purchase Award 1979 - Society of American Graphic Artists, Printmaking Award 1979 - Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, Honorary Doctorate 1980 - Elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City 1980 - Audubon Artists, New York City, Silver Medal 1980 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Leo Meissner...

Crabapples Watercolor on paper, 30 x 23 inches (76.2 x 58.4 cm) Framed dimensions: 33 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches Signed lower right Susan Van Campen’s plein...

Very well executed watercolor and gouache on heavy card stock of a spring bouquet composed of mainly roses and pansies. Unsigned. Circa 1915. Original gold painted wood frame. Under...

Artist: Lou Fink Title: Wood Edge Year: 1976 Medium: Pencil on paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)

Here for your consideration is a beautiful watercolor still life on heavy paper by the German artist, E. Riehle. Signed and dated lower right, 1903. In good condition with it's orig...

Install images by Em Joseph Artist Statement Rachel Burgess makes autobiographical works on paper of landscapes and domestic scenes. Window-like in scale, her pieces combine elements of oil painting, folk art and commercial illustration, exploring our attempts to impose narratives on our lives. Attracted by the accessible, democratic nature of printmaking, she works primarily in monotype, straddling the divide between popular and elite forms of storytelling. “Deli Flowers My Husband Bought Me” is based on flowers that Burgess’ husband, an NYPD detective, has brought home over the years from their local corner deli. Through iconic renderings of these simple gifts, Burgess pays tribute to the things we take for granted – to the city, to its essential workers...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Apple Study Year: 1985 Medium: Graphite on vélin paper Size: 12 x 10 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, NY ...

HOPE is a new watercolor on Arches paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30". The artist has written that in the spring of 2020, at the height ...

Sean Lyman is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Missouri State University, with an extensive list of international exhibitions and work in public permanent collections including...

Surrealist landscape with skull and red daisy Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970 Unsigned Stamped with the artist's estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Refere...

"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right and used iridescent acrylic, water...

KK Kozik is an artist living and working in Sharon, CT and Brooklyn, NY. Her paintings have ben exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and have been reviewed in publicatio...

Charming watercolor still-life of a cozy interior with a woodstove and bouquet of bright flowers by California artist Virginia Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-200...

Design-quality illustrations of Intelledex machinery by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The machine is expertly rendered, with smooth shading and specific details. Highli...

Three design-quality illustrations of Hahn (Steyr-Hahn) brand Air Pellet Pistols by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). Each pistol is expertly rendered, with smooth shading ...

Design-quality illustrations of Intelledex machinery by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The machine is expertly rendered, with smooth shading and specific details. Highli...

Colorful two-sided watercolor; a still-life of brightly colored flowers with a bowl of fruit, and a coastal seascape on verso, by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009)....

Beautiful mid-century floral watercolor still-life of a bouquet of colorful wildflowers by Jane Boyd (20th Century), c.1960s. The beautiful bouquet features a coral pink flower in fu...

Abstract Still Life with Bouquets and Fruit in Watercolor on Paper Colorful still life with two bouquets of flowers by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). A tall, b...

*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of lilacs, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943). Signe...

Design-quality blueprint of a concept vehicle by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). Top and side views are highlighted, with a partial rear view to the left hand side. The v...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of deep red roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943...