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Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #9, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. Framed 16" x 18 " The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. Also shown are other drawings available. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

High Moorland Landscape in the fog - The world as a transcendent phenomenon -
Located in Berlin, DE
Charles Edward Brittan Jr (1870 Plymouth - 1949). High moor landscape in the fog. Gouache, signed at lower left "Charles E. Brittan", 18 x 34.5 cm (passepartout), 45 x 62 cm (frame)....
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Norwegian Pine Grove - The inner glow of the trees -
Located in Berlin, DE
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Big Sur Coast Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
By Paul Dougherty
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur Coast Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Serene coastal landscape by notable artist Paul Dougherty (American, 1877-1947). The viewer looks out ov...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

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Paper, Watercolor

Canal in Venice, English Watercolour
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very atmospheric watercolour capturing the light and shimmer of a Venetian canal. One of two views of Venice by the artist that I am offering - please see my other listing. Dennis Page (born 1926) Gondolas Venice Signed Watercolour 8½ x 10½ inches including the frame 17 x 21 inches with the frame Painter, mainly in watercolour who was born in Hampstead, London. He studied art at Harrow and the Central School of Arts & Crafts, where his tutors included Mervyn Peake...
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Drypoint, Etching, Gouache, Rag Paper

"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878 A rare and exceptional watercolor of two ladies viewing a New Jersey stream in fall by William C. Bauer (American, 1856- 1...
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1870s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

“Birches in Winter”
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival paper of birch trees in winter along a fenced roadway with a quaint home in the background. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1960. The watercolor is in a solid mahogany frame under UV glass in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 14 by 11 inches. Provenance: A East Hampton, Long Island, New York collector. Born in Queens, Long Island, NY, Impressionist landscape and seascape painter Francis Dixon studied at the Art Students League in New York City under Impressionists Frank Vincent DuMond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts artist, Charles W. Hawthorne, and modernist Robert Henri. Having a good singing voice Dixon was an Army and Navy Song Leader for the War Department during World War I. From 1915 to 1917 was living and painting in Los Angeles, Carmel and Point Lobos, California. Dixon exhibited his California paintings at Folson Galleries New York City in 1917. Dixon continued to travel and paint, visiting Bermuda in 1923 and 1925, and Europe in the mid-1920s. In the 1930s he was living on West 55th Street in Manhattan with a number of other artists. He was a member of the Allied Artists of America (NY); Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; and the Salmagundi Club, NY. He exhibited at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1916); Folson Gallery (NY, 1917, solo); Society of Independent Artists (NYC, 1917-18, 1920-22, 1924); Salmagundi Club (NYC, 1917-1940, 1943, 1945); National Academy of Design (NYC, 1925); Studio Guild Galleries (NYC, 1937); Barbizon-Plaza Galleries NYC, 1939); Allied Artists of America (NYC, 1940); and Salons of America (NYC). Dixon’s solo exhibitions included Babcock Galleries (NYC, 1926 and 1927); Women's University Club...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Rocky California Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
By Paul Dougherty
Located in Soquel, CA
Rocky California Seascape in Watercolor on Paper Dramatic coastal landscape by notable artist Paul Dougherty (American, 1877-1947). Waves are churning ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

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Paper, Watercolor

Reflection of Mt. Fuji on Lake, after Niimi Sei - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflection of Mt. Fuji on Lake, after Niimi Sei - Watercolor on Paper A serene watercolor in subdued hues of blue and green depicting Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji. The mountain towers be...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Island Forest - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Island Forest - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Delicate landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist, Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). The viewer stands at the edge o...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Wettersteinkamm - The blue of the mountains -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adalbert Holzer (1881 Munich - 1966 Munich). Wettersteinkamm. Watercolour, 29 x 34.5 cm (visible size), 37.5 x 43 cm (frame), signed and dated at lower right 'ADALBERT HOLZER [19]23'. Framed behind glass. Frame shows signs of wear. - The blue of the mountains - About the artwork The Wetterstein ridge is revealed to the viewer from a gentle, snow-covered hill. In contrast to conventional depictions of mountains, the painting is composed entirely of shades of blue, which condense into the blue-grey of the rock or fade into the white of the snow. As a complementary colour to the blue, Holzer virtuously activates the ochre ground. The uniform yet exciting polarity of the colours emphasises the massive majesty of the mountains and at the same time underlines the special character of the Wetterstein ridge. Holzer transferred the translucency of glass painting, in which he was originally trained, to watercolour and developed a pictorial language related to the art of Ferdinand Hodler, which earned him the nickname 'Master of Blue' and led to the appreciation of his watercolours in particular. About the artist After an apprenticeship as a stained glass painter at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Adalbert Holzer studied at the Munich Art Academy under Carl von Marr...
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1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Detailed watercolor of a Florida island beach by unknown artist "Dowst" (American, 20th Century). Scrub brush and ot...
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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Six Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Six Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Six ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier - Bleeding flowers -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Hänsch (1875-1945), Red blooming war landscape with dead soldier, 1918. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 15 x 24.5 cm (image), 27 x 37 cm (sheet size / frame), monogrammed and dated "19JH18" at lower left. - Paper slightly darkened About the artwork Despite the relatively small format, the watercolor with an internal frame depicts a panoramic view of a flat landscape stretching to the horizon. As far as the eye can see, the poppies bloom in flaming red. The flowers are not rendered individually, however, creating an almost cohesive red surface. The bright red is interspersed with vegetal green. A complementary contrast that creates an intense color effect. In this color contrast, a white area breaks through from the middle ground, widening towards the foreground and surrounding a brown hole. Next to it, in blue, is the actual protagonist of the painting, the first thing that catches the eye: a dead soldier. Next to him is his helmet, revealing the empty interior. The brown, hollow shape corresponds to the hole in the ground. A shell funnel is surrounded by bright ash, which, like the inverted helmet, becomes a sign of death. The soldier's arms point to the funnel, while the empty helmet paraphrases the calotte of the skull and, like the funnel, thematizes the empty darkness of death. The soldier's body, however, is intact and not - as in Otto Dix's triptych "The War" - a dismembered corpse. Instead, Johannes Hänsch activates the landscape, especially the color, to illustrate a blooming landscape of death that extends from the shell funnel in the foreground to the rising column of smoke on the horizon. If the soldier's body is intact, the tangle of barbed wire emblematically placed over the empty helmet also appears tattered. On the right side of the picture, the barbed wire even seems to stretch its arms to the sky in horror. Against the background of this allegory, the content of the bright red also becomes clear: the landscape is drenched in blood, literally a sea of blood, and the single unknown soldier stands pars pro toto for all those who died on the battlefield. Dying in war is not dying in community, but in solitude. In order to emphasize the isolation in death, Johannes Hänsch has set the blue of the soldier in the axis given by his body in the middle ground of the picture into the red sea. A master of landscape painting, Hänsch succeeds in creating a natural-looking landscape allegory that illustrates the horror and death of war, without depicting the brutality of war itself. This singular 'war memorial' of the unknown soldier is the opposite of heroization and yet the dignity of the deceased soldier is preserved through the integrity of his body. About the artist As the son of the sculptor Adolf Haensch, the young Johannes received his first artistic training in his father's Berlin studio. However, he eventually decided to become a painter, and in 1897 he entered the Berlin Academy of Arts. He initially studied under Paul Vorgang and Eugen Bracht, and was particularly influenced by Bracht's increasingly colourful landscape painting. In 1901 he moved to the class of Friedrich Kallmorgen, with whom he spent several weeks on excursions into nature. In 1905 he became a master pupil of Albert Hertel, who taught him watercolour painting. From 1903 to 1933 he exhibited annually at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, the exhibitions of the Berlin Artists' Association and the Munich Glaspalast. In 1905 he was awarded the Carl Blechen...
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1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Fishing Village in Gloucester Harbor, 1950 - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Village in Gloucester Harbor, 1950 - Watercolor on Paper In earthy tones, the fishing harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts is captured with an ethereal fog hovering over the ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Serene mountain landscape by Margie Westcott (American, 1931-2018). The viewer stands...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled_Body on the Field #6
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled_Body on the Field #6, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of t...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century c. 1930s
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Oil Terminal Lamp Magazine, published, c. 1930s. 15 3/4 X 12 inches (image) 18 X 14 inches board Gouache on board Signed lower right unframed BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Gouache

"Train Station, " Max Kuehne, Industrial City Scene, American Impressionism
By Max Kuehne
Located in New York, NY
Max Kuehne (1880 - 1968) Train Station, circa 1910 Watercolor on paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Illinois Max Kuehne was born in Halle, Germany on November 7, 1880. During his adolescence the family immigrated to America and settled in Flushing, New York. As a young man, Max was active in rowing events, bicycle racing, swimming and sailing. After experimenting with various occupations, Kuehne decided to study art, which led him to William Merritt Chase's famous school in New York; he was trained by Chase himself, then by Kenneth Hayes Miller. Chase was at the peak of his career, and his portraits were especially in demand. Kuehne would have profited from Chase's invaluable lessons in technique, as well as his inspirational personality. Miller, only four years older than Kuehne, was another of the many artists to benefit from Chase's teachings. Even though Miller still would have been under the spell of Chase upon Kuehne's arrival, he was already experimenting with an aestheticism that went beyond Chase's realism and virtuosity of the brush. Later Miller developed a style dependent upon volumetric figures that recall Italian Renaissance prototypes. Kuehne moved from Miller to Robert Henri in 1909. Rockwell Kent, who also studied under Chase, Miller, and Henri, expressed what he felt were their respective contributions: "As Chase had taught us to use our eyes, and Henri to enlist our hearts, Miller called on us to use our heads." (Rockwell Kent, It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1955, p. 83). Henri prompted Kuehne to search out the unvarnished realities of urban living; a notable portion of Henri's stylistic formula was incorporated into his work. Having received such a thorough foundation in art, Kuehne spent a year in Europe's major art museums to study techniques of the old masters. His son Richard named Ernest Lawson as one of Max Kuehne's European traveling companions. In 1911 Kuehne moved to New York where he maintained a studio and painted everyday scenes around him, using the rather Manet-like, dark palette of Henri. A trip to Gloucester during the following summer engendered a brighter palette. In the words of Gallatin (1924, p. 60), during that summer Kuehne "executed some of his most successful pictures, paintings full of sunlight . . . revealing the fact that he was becoming a colorist of considerable distinction." Kuehne was away in England the year of the Armory Show (1913), where he worked on powerful, painterly seascapes on the rocky shores of Cornwall. Possibly inspired by Henri - who had discovered Madrid in 1900 then took classes there in 1906, 1908 and 1912 - Kuehne visited Spain in 1914; in all, he would spend three years there, maintaining a studio in Granada. He developed his own impressionism and a greater simplicity while in Spain, under the influence of the brilliant Mediterranean light. George Bellows convinced Kuehne to spend the summer of 1919 in Rockport, Maine (near Camden). The influence of Bellows was more than casual; he would have intensified Kuehne's commitment to paint life "in the raw" around him. After another brief trip to Spain in 1920, Kuehne went to the other Rockport (Cape Ann, Massachusetts) where he was accepted as a member of the vigorous art colony, spearheaded by Aldro T. Hibbard. Rockport's picturesque ambiance fulfilled the needs of an artist-sailor: as a writer in the Gloucester Daily Times explained, "Max Kuehne came to Rockport to paint, but he stayed to sail." The 1920s was a boom decade for Cape Ann, as it was for the rest of the nation. Kuehne's studio in Rockport was formerly occupied by Jonas Lie. Kuehne spent the summer of 1923 in Paris, where in July, André Breton started a brawl as the curtain went up on a play by his rival Tristan Tzara; the event signified the demise of the Dada movement. Kuehne could not relate to this avant-garde art but was apparently influenced by more traditional painters — the Fauves, Nabis, and painters such as Bonnard. Gallatin perceived a looser handling and more brilliant color in the pictures Kuehne brought back to the States in the fall. In 1926, Kuehne won the First Honorable Mention at the Carnegie Institute, and he re-exhibited there, for example, in 1937 (Before the Wind). Besides painting, Kuehne did sculpture, decorative screens, and furniture work with carved and gilded molding. In addition, he designed and carved his own frames, and John Taylor Adams encouraged Kuehne to execute etchings. Through his talents in all these media he was able to survive the Depression, and during the 1940s and 1950s these activities almost eclipsed his easel painting. In later years, Kuehne's landscapes and still-lifes show the influence of Cézanne and Bonnard, and his style changed radically. Max Kuehne died in 1968. He exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, and in various New York City galleries. Kuehne's works are in the following public collections: the Detroit Institute of Arts (Marine Headland), the Whitney Museum (Diamond Hill...
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Original Painting Life Mag Published 1955 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Life Mag Published 1953 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) The World We Live In Birds of Paradise Life Magazine Illustration ...
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1950s American Realist Animal Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Cadets Football New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Cadets Football New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Cadets Football Game New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 14 1/4 X 1...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Fifteen-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Fifteen-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Six-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Six-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Six ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Army Wedding New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 11 1/2 X 8 inches ...
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1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Five-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Five-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Fiv...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Clay jug on a bench - The essence of the clay jar revealed by the sunlight -
By Hans Richard von Volkmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Richard von Volkmann (1860 Halle (Saale) - 1927 ibid.), Clay jug on a bench. Pencil and Watercolour on paper. 20 x 26,7 cm (visible size), 37 x 45 cm (frame), dated and monogrammed lower left "Februar 1890 - HR. V. V." - Minimally tanned. Framed behind glass in a passepartout. About the artwork Using the technique of his early youth - pencil and watercolour - Hans Richard von Volkmann depicts a still life. However, this is not a conventional indoor still life, but an open-air depiction, painted outdoors and not in the studio. It is therefore an open-air painting, characteristic of von Volkmann's oeuvre, which could have been painted in the Willingshausen colony of painters, where open-air painting was programmatically practised there and the artist stayed there that year. And indeed, this painting is a manifesto of open-air painting. Von Volkmann demonstrates that leaving the studio for the light of nature leads to an entirely new quality of art. To prove this, he uses the genre of still life, which can be described as the studio subject par excellence. Moreover, light plays an essential role in the classical still life. It is the real protagonist of the still life. And it is precisely this moment, essential to the still life, that von Volkmann exploits to demonstrate the potential of plein-air painting: He presents the objects as they appear in the sunlight. The date of February and the bare branches in the foreground make it clear that this is a clear winter day in bright sunlight. The delicate plant in the foreground casts a clearly defined shadow, as does the jug. However, the shadow is most pronounced on the jug itself: The underside of the handle appears almost black, making the top, and therefore the jug itself, shine all the more brightly. The shining of the objects in the sunlight is also visible on the bench. As complementary phenomena to the shadow zones, light edges can be seen on the boards of the seats and the upper foot of the bench shines entirely in the light. To achieve this intensity of light, von Volkmann activated the bright white of the painting ground. By depicting the objects in glistening sunlight, von Volkmann demonstrates that this quality of light is only to be found outdoors. And this light leads to a new way of looking at the objects themselves. The jug on the bench seems like an accidental arrangement, as if the artist had stumbled upon this unintentional still life and captured it with fascination. And in this fascination there is a moment of realisation that refers to the objects themselves. It is only when they shine brightly in the sunlight that their true nature is revealed. In this way, sunlight allows the objects to come into their own, so to speak. Sunlight, which is not present in the studio, gives the still life an entirely new dimension of reality, which is also reflected in the colours interwoven by the sunlight: The bench and the jug stand in a harmonious grey-pink contrast to the green of the implied meadow. The emphasis on the jug as the central subject of the picture also implies that the watercolour has not been completed. This non finito inscribes a processuality into the picture, making it clear that something processual has been depicted, the temporality of which has been made artistically permanent. This is why von Volkmann signed the painting and dated it to the month. About the Artist Von Volkmann made his first artistic attempts at the age of 14. He painted many watercolours of his home town of Halle. This laid the foundation for his later outdoor painting. In 1880 his autodidactic beginnings were professionalised with his admission to the Düsseldorf Art Academy. There he studied under Hugo Crola, Heinrich Lauenstein, Johann Peter Theodor Janssen and Eduard von Gebhardt until 1888. Von Volkmann then moved to the Karlsruhe Academy, where he was Gustav Schönleber's master pupil until 1892. In 1883 he came for the first time to Willingshausen, Germany's oldest painters' colony, at the suggestion of his student friend Adolf Lins...
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1890s Naturalistic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Four-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Four-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper Collection of landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Fou...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

'Theatre Du Chatelet, Paris' a framed gouache painting
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in St. Albans, GB
Theatre Du Chatelet A stunning gouache by one of France's premier artists specialising in Parisian scenes. Eugene Galien LALOUE (1854 - 1941) Eugène Galien Laloue was particularly...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inche...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Original Painting. New Yorker Cover Proposal Baseball c. 1939 Modern Cubist Deco
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Cover Proposal Baseball c. 1939 Modern Cubist Deco Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Play Ball New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 12 x 8 inches (sight) Framed 18 1/2 X 14 3/4 inches Gouache on board Estate sticker verso BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Desert Sunflowers & Petroglyphs - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Sunflowers & Petroglyphs - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Desert sunflowers ...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Two High Desert Landscapes - Line Drawing in Sepia-Toned Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Two High Desert Landscapes - Line Drawing in Sepia-Toned Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawings by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). In the top image, giant cumulous clouds hang over the desert plateaus of varying heights. In the bottom image, desert brush fill the foreground with rocky mountains and big clouds towering over. These drawings were likely preparatory sketches for larger paintings. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Copy of a signed letter of authentication included Presented in a new orange mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 19"H x 13"W Image size: 10.63"H x 7.75"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Untitled_Body on the Field #2 - Green, Red, Contemporary Art, Drawing
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled_Body on the Field #2, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of t...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Two Mid Century Rural Landscapes in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Mid Century Rural Landscapes in Watercolor on Paper Two lovely watercolors by Beverly Lyons (American, 20th Century). In the top watercolor, an expansive sky sits above a strip ...
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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled_Remains. The Dead Body on the Field
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled_Remains. The Dead Body on the Field, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán em...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Untitled_Body on the Field #7
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled_Body on the Field #7, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of t...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

20th Century Miniature Oil Painting of an English River Scene by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
20th Century Miniature Oil Painting of an English River Scene by British Artist, Linda D Brooks Art measures 10 x 7 inches Frame measures 15 x 12 inc...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Board

Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Proposal. American Mid Century Industrial
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Proposal. American Mid Century Industrial Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) 92 Fortune cover proposal, c. 1945 13 X 10 3/4 inches (sight) Framed...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Grand Canyon Plateau - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Grand Canyon Plateau - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Towering canyon walls frame a river snaking round a central plateau. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Copy of the letter of authentication included. Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 8"H x 10"W Image size: 3.38"H x 6.63"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Paper

Snow-Capped Mountain Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snow-Capped Mountain Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A snow-capped mountain stands above a lake with a tree in the foreground. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Letter of authentication included. Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 8"H x 10"W Image size: 3"H x 6.63"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Paper

Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Steel Mill Fortune cover proposal, c. 1945 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Fireman Textile Fabric Design 1920s American Scene Modern Working Men Art Deco
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Fireman Textile Fabric Design 1920s American Scene Modern Working Men Art Deco Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Firemen Textile design, c. 1929 19 1/4 ...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Steel Workers Textile design 19 1/4 X ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Military Tent City Fortune Cover published, May 1941 17 1/2 X 15 in...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

A Cloudless Sky - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
A Cloudless Sky - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). An extremely low horizon line leaves a vast, cloudless sky over agricultural fields in varying values of light and dark. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Mat size: 10"H x 13"W Image size: 4.63"H x 7.19"W Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Tending the fields - Windmill - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Tending the fields - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Two figures bent over the field...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Brick Layers House Beautiful cover proposal, c. 1939 ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Glacier by Rudolf Reschreiter - Gouache on paper 35x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Gouache work on paper New natural wooden Frame Total size with frame is 52,5 x 67,5 cm
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Clouds Above the High Desert - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Clouds Above the High Desert - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Giant cumulous clouds...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

“Denmark” Boats At The Pier Modernist Watercolor by Herbert Lewis
Located in Pasadena, CA
“Denmark” is a watercolor painting by Herbert Lewins capturing the serene beauty of a Danish harbor, featuring four charming boats that resemble traditional fisherman's vessels. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Circle of George Chinnery, 19th Century, Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
A fascinating 19th century view of Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a mountainous landscape Circle of George Chinnery (1774-1852) Chinese wrestlers in a land...
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Mid-19th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Our Model T Garage" - Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Our Model T Garage" - Watercolor Landscape on Paper A rust-red barn sits below an autumn canopy of trees with contrasting blue background. Cool hues cast deep, brooding shadows opp...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Drawings ...

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal

Trout stream in Oxfordshire
By John Newberry
Located in Harkstead, GB
A lovely vibrant watercolour capturing a shimmering English river John Newberry (born 1934) Stream at Wytham, Oxford Signed Watercolour 4¼ x 5¾ inches unframed 9 x 11 inches with fr...
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1990s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

House Across the Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
House Across the Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper Delicate landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). The viewer stands at the...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

An Enlightening Afternoon Near Oregonia - Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
An Enlightening Afternoon Near Oregonia - Watercolor Landscape on Paper A cool pond and walking trail sprawl below an autumn canopy of trees in complementary reds and purples accent...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Drawings ...

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Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal

Le Pont Neuf
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Le Pont Neuf', gouache on fine art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris. It is called 'The New Bridge' because at the time of its inauguration (built 1578-1607), it embodied a very modern look compared to other bridges which spanned the Seine. Lucien Génin has captured its beauty in this lively depiction from the 1930s. Just before the bridge is a 'Bateau Mouche' an open excursion boat that provides visitors with a view of the city from along the river. The artwork is in good overall condition commensurate with age and medium used. It has been newly frame with anti-reflective glass. Please enjoy the photos accompanying this listing. Signed by the artist in the lower left hand. Upon request a video may be provided. About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Family Farm in France
Located in London, GB
'Family Farm in France', gouache on art paper, by Michel Debiève (circa 1970s). An extremely endearing depiction of a French family farm, the delight is...
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1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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