Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Colour Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Landscape Abstraction
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Initialed lower left
Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 7/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018
Exhibitions
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018.
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist.
This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple.
In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black
White Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
People, 1964
Ink and crayon on paper
Signed and dated upper right
36.5 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Charles Houghton Howard was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the third of five children in a cultured and educated family with roots going back to the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father, John Galen Howard, was an architect who had trained at M.I.T. and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and apprenticed in Boston with Henry Hobson Richardson. In New York, the elder Howard worked for McKim, Mead and White before establishing a successful private practice. Mary Robertson Bradbury Howard, Charles’s mother, had studied art before her marriage. John Galen Howard moved his household to California in 1902 to assume the position of supervising architect of the new University of California campus at Berkeley and to serve as Professor of Architecture and the first Dean of the School of Architecture (established in 1903). The four Howard boys grew up to be artists and all married artists, leaving a combined family legacy of art making in the San Francisco Bay area that endures to this day, most notably in design, murals, and reliefs at the Coit Tower and in buildings on the Berkeley campus.
Charles Howard graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1921 as a journalism major and pursued graduate studies in English at Harvard and Columbia Universities before embarking on a two-year trip to Europe. Howard went to Europe as a would-be writer. But a near-religious experience, seeing a picture by Giorgione in a remote town outside of Venice, proved a life-altering epiphany. In his own words, “I cut the tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I could ever since” (Charles Howard, “What Concerns Me,” Magazine of Art 39 [February 1946], p. 63). Giorgione’s achievement, in utilizing a structured and rational visual language of art to convey high emotion on canvas, instantly convinced Howard that painting, and not literature, offered the best vehicle to express what he wanted to say. Howard returned to the United States in 1925, confirmed in his intent to become an artist.
Howard settled in New York and supported himself as a painter in the decorating workshop of Louis Bouché and Rudolph Guertler, where he specialized in mural painting. Devoting spare time to his own work, he lived in Greenwich Village and immersed himself in the downtown avant-garde cultural milieu. The late 1920s and early 1930s were the years of Howard’s art apprenticeship. He never pursued formal art instruction, but his keen eye, depth of feeling, and intense commitment to the process of art making, allowed him to assimilate elements of painting intuitively from the wide variety of art that interested him. He found inspiration in the modernist movements of the day, both for their adherence to abstract formal qualities and for the cosmopolitan, international nature of the movements themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists clustered around Julien Levy. Levy opened his eponymously-named gallery in 1931, and rose to fame in January 1932, when he organized and hosted Surrealisme, the first ever exhibition of Surrealism in America, which included one work by Howard. Levy remained the preeminent force in advocating for Surrealism in America until he closed his gallery in 1949. Howard’s association with Levy in the early 1930s confirms the artist’s place among the avant-garde community in New York at that time.
In 1933, Howard left New York for London. It is likely that among the factors that led to the move were Howard’s desire to be a part of an international art community, as well as his marriage to English artist, Madge Knight...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Morris Graves, Abandon Nest, 1950, drawing
Located in New York, NY
This is a complicated drawing, even for Morris Graves (1910-2001), known as the Mystical Painter of Nature.
Graves tried to be sensitive to the slightest tremor or breeze that a sma...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
1950
s Modernist Signed Painting - Interior Abstract Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Abstract
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original gouache painting on paper
overall size: 16 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$405 Sale Price
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Post Soviet Nonconformist Avant Garde Russian Israeli Gouache Painting Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
Michail Gorbman, Russian Born 1939.
Watercolor on Green Paper, Black Fish with Yellow Dots.
Hand signed Upper Left, Dated 1964.
Signed verso and Described.
Dimensions: 10 X 7.25 i...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern Red, Yellow, Green,
Blue Abstract Forest Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor landscape painting by Texas based artist Michael Frary. The work features an abstract view of a tree line at the edge of a river or lake that is dotted by ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rockport Harbor
— Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Wolchonok, 'Rockport Harbor', gouache, c. 1950. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, modernist work, with fresh colors, on cream wove drawing pape...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Transparencies - Pastel Drawing by Claudio Palmieri - 1989s
Located in Roma, IT
"Trasparenze" is an original pastels drawing on ivory-colorated paper, glued on green cardboard, by Claudio Palmieri, in 1989.
In excellent conditions.
Sheet dimension: 50 x 35 cm...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
NIGHT JOURNEY
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich shades, depicts a spiritual scene that reflects the key themes of my artistic practice. At the center of the composition is a radiant figur...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
MORNING
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich tones, depicts a moment of quiet contemplation and connection with nature. The central figure is a girl with a long braid, sitti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
SAINT TATIANA
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich shades of blue and gold, depicts Saint Tatiana in a moment of deep spiritual connection with nature. The central figure is Saint Tatia...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Couple by the Riverside French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Couple by the Riverside French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Oil on artist paper attached to a board, unframed
Size: 20 x 16.5 inches (heigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
$675 Sale Price
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SAINT TATIANA (2)
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich shades of blue and gold, depicts Saint Tatiana in a moment of deep spiritual connection with nature. The central figure is Saint Tatiana,...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
A Captivating 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1950s textile design in black and brown ochre tones with wedge star pattern by noted set and costume designer Andre Delfau.
Born in Par...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Abstract Geometric Composition with Circular Forms and Green Accents
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Geometric Composition with Circular Forms and Green Accents
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 18 x 21.25 inches (height x width)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$511 Sale Price
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Surreal Abstract Landscape with Golden Sun and Blue Figure French Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Surreal Abstract Landscape with Golden Sun and Blue Figure French Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Signed, lower right
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15.75 x 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$532 Sale Price
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Abstract Cubist Still Life with Blue Vase and Yellow Forms French Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Cubist Still Life with Blue Vase and Yellow Forms French Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Signed, lower edge
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15.75 x 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$491 Sale Price
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Abstract Still Life with Jugs and Vessels French Modernist Oil Pastel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Still Life with Jugs and Vessels French Modernist Oil Pastel
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Oil Pastel on artist paper, unframed
Size: 13 x 18 inches (height x width...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$511 Sale Price
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Still Life with Vegetables French Modernist Oil Pastel Drawing by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Vegetables French Modernist Oil Pastel Drawing by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Oil Pastel on artist paper, unframed
Size: 13.25 x 18.5 inches (height x width)
Provenance: Artists estate, France
Condition: good; minor handling marks consistent with age. Pigment surface remains bright and well-preserved with rich tonal layering.
Description:
This vibrant still life by French modernist Guy Nicod presents a lively arrangement of vegetables rendered in oil pastel. A blue ceramic pot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$470 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Woman French Modernist Red Chalk Drawing by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Portrait of a Woman French Modernist Red Chalk Drawing by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Red chalk (sanguine) on paper, unframed
Size: 25.5 x 19.5 inches (height x ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
$429 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Woman French Modernist Graphite Drawing by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Portrait of a Young Woman French Modernist Graphite Drawing by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Graphite on artist paper, unframed
Size: 25.25 x 20.25 inches (height ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$446 Sale Price
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Geometric Abstract Study Colorful Modernist Gouache on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Geometric Abstract Study Colorful Modernist Gouache on Paper
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.25 x 15.75 inches (height x width)
Prov...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$405 Sale Price
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Still Life with Calla Lilies and Ceramic Vase French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Calla Lilies and Ceramic Vase French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 14.5 x 10.75 inches (height x wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$384 Sale Price
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Still Life with Tulips, Lemons and Red Candle French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Tulips, Lemons and Red Candle French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 14.5 x 10.75 inches (height x wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$372 Sale Price
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Liberté Égalité Fraternité Symbolic Composition French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Liberté Égalité Fraternité Symbolic Composition French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 12.75 x 9.5 inches (height x w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$352 Sale Price
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1970s Italian Signed Drawing Credited to Marino Marini
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful and important drawing credited to the great Italian artist Marino Marini.
It depicts one of his iconic subjects, Pomona, a voluptuous woman who was one of his favourite t...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Palazzo Farnese - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Farnese is an artwork of the 19th century.
Watercolour on paper.
The evocative representation of a lodge in the garden of the palazzo Farnese in Rome, the artist depicts t...
Category
19th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1950
s French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Floral Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Abstract
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 12 x 9 inches
condition: very good and ready to be e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$470 Sale Price
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OASIS
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich and warm tones, depicts a woman in a white veil with a peaceful expression. She holds a bright, ornate jug from which green leaves grow, sy...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
SAMARITAN WOMAN
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich shades, depicts a moment of profound spiritual illumination and connection with the divine. The central figure is a woman in a colorful clo...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.)
This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Glen Orchy.
Located in Plano, TX
Glen Orchy. c. 1925. Watercolor, pencil and conte crayon on paper. 9 1/4 x 13 (sheet 10 3/8 x 13 1/4). Ex-collection L.G. Duke,purchased at Sotheby's, London '10.12.70'. Mat line; ot...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$1,250 Sale Price
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"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance
By Arthur Dove
Located in New York, NY
"Barns" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Realism Excellent Provenance
Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
"Barns"
5 x 7 inches
Watercolor on paper, 19...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cityscape Reflections - Study No. 1
Located in Plano, TX
Cityscape Reflections - Misty Morning. 1980. Lithograph with pastel coloring. Czestochowski 42. Edition 40. 14 x 10 3/16 (sheet 18 x 14). Tape stains in the margins, not affecting th...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Waterfall Below Idwal
By Sir Kyffin Williams
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 15.25 x 19.25 inches
Framed size: 29.5 x 33 inches
Signed lower left
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Martini and Rossi Bitter Vintage Advertising Design French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Martini and Rossi Bitter Vintage Advertising Design French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$561 Sale Price
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Abstracted Hilltop Village with Cypress French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstracted Hilltop Village with Cypress French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15.75 x 18.75 inches (hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$311 Sale Price
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Martini and Rossi Bitter French Modernist Cocktail Advertising Style with Bottle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Martini and Rossi Bitter French Modernist Cocktail Advertising Style Painting
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 11.75 x 15.75 inches (hei...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
La Ville Ce Monstre Dévorant Urban Monster Poster Design French Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: La Ville Ce Monstre Dévorant Urban Monster Poster Design French Modernist
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (height ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$548 Sale Price
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Floral Still Life With Red Amaryllis And Wine Bottles French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Floral Still Life With Red Amaryllis And Wine Bottles French Modernist Gouache
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.25 x 15.5 inches (height x width)
Provenance: Artists estate, France
Condition: good overall, with light handling marks and minor age-related wear consistent with age
Description:
This bold and dynamic modernist gouache by French artist Guy Nicod (1923–2021) depicts a vibrant still life of red amaryllis flowers arranged alongside a cluster of wine bottles and fruit. The tall, vivid blooms dominate the composition, their scarlet petals set against a richly painted background of cobalt blue, deep burgundy, and emerald green. At the base of the composition, the dark verticals of bottles and the rounded form of fruit anchor the scene, creating a strong sense of balance and depth.
Nicod’s expressive use of gouache on paper brings an immediacy and energy to the piece. Bold brushstrokes and layered passages of colour merge figuration with abstraction, allowing the viewer to focus on the interplay of red, green, and yellow hues as much as on the floral subject itself. The painting captures not only the natural beauty of flowers, but also the celebratory atmosphere suggested by the presence of wine bottles, evoking themes of conviviality and abundance.
Rooted in the traditions of post-war French modernism, Nicod’s floral still lifes combine painterly freedom with structured arrangements. Here, the oversized flowers radiate across the surface with theatrical intensity, while the bottles and fruit add depth and contrast. The work is both decorative and expressive, making it an ideal choice for collectors of French floral painting...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$540 Sale Price
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Vibrant Floral Still Life With Red Gladiolus And Wine Bottles French Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Vibrant Floral Still Life With Red Gladiolus And Wine Bottles French Modernist
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.25 x 13.75 inches (he...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$552 Sale Price
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Early California modernist drawing by a well-known San Francisco abstract artist
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
This is an energetic, colorful modernist study of two female figures in an interior, presumably a beach house in the summer.
Erle Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and edu...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Early Modern Black
White Abstract Still Life
Vases Drawing Studies
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern black and white sketch by iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. Pulled from a collection of previously undiscovered sketchbooks, this work serves as a peak behind t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Ink
Early Modern Black
White Abstract Figurative Elegant Woman Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern black and white sketch by iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. Pulled from a collection of previously undiscovered sketchbooks, this work serves as a peak behind t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Abstract Composition - Pastel by Giorgio Zennaro - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Pastel on paper realized in 1969.
Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Hand dedicated, signed and dated (1971) on rear.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 43.5x52.
Very goo...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Situation XXVIII
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) took inspiration from the margins of society throughout his career. He coined the term "art brut," and pursued artistic authenticity outside of established ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
French Countryside Path With Tree And Cottage Watercolour Landscape Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Countryside Path With Tree And Cottage Watercolour Landscape Painting
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$421 Sale Price
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French Riverbank With Trees And Reflections Watercolour Landscape Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Riverbank With Trees And Reflections Watercolour Landscape Painting
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size: 16.25 x 20.5 inches (hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$417 Sale Price
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French Countryside Cottage With Trees And Wildflowers Gouache Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Countryside Cottage With Trees And Wildflowers Gouache Landscape
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size: 21 x 15.75 inches (height x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$389 Sale Price
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Cubist Artist Studio With Sewing Mannequins Spools Of Thread And Surreal Mirror
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Artist Studio With Sewing Mannequins Spools Of Thread And Surreal Mirror
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 15 x 21.5 inches (heigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$606 Sale Price
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Cubist Surreal Still Life With Flower Fruit Basket And Architectural Columns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Surreal Still Life With Flower Fruit Basket And Architectural Columns
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 18.75 x 26.25 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$581 Sale Price
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Cubist Gouache Still Life With Bottles Glasses Table And Musical Instruments
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Gouache Still Life With Bottles Glasses Table And Musical Instruments
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.25 x 26.25 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$556 Sale Price
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Cubist Gouache French Still Life With Fruit Vase Bowl And Geometric Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Gouache French Still Life With Fruit Vase Bowl And Geometric Shapes
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Gouache on artist paper, unframed
Size: 26.25 x 19.25 inches (height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$487 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Demijohn Bottle With Green Apples French Still Life Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Large Demijohn Bottle With Green Apples French Still Life Watercolour Painting
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unfra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$298 Sale Price
40% Off
French Modernist Still Life With Wine Bottles Glasses And Wooden Crate
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Modernist Still Life With Wine Bottles Glasses And Wooden Crate
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.25 x 25.25 inches (height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
40% Off
French Cubist Still Life With Bottles Draped Cloth And Abstract Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Cubist Still Life With Bottles Draped Cloth And Abstract Background
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches (hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$348 Sale Price
40% Off
Seated Female Nude Study In Red Chair French Modernist Watercolour Life Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Female Nude Study In Red Chair French Modernist Watercolour Life
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches (height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$487 Sale Price
40% Off
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