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Appalachian Trail Map
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Appalachian Trail Map" is an original pen and ink, acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 30"h x 24"w framed.
It’s an off-beat, diverse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
“View of Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original pastel on archival paper of Mount Shasta in Northern California by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas. Signed and dated 1874 lower right. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally matted and framed in a antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector.
George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Nude with Scarf, Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Nude with Scarf, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Howdy! (Roses) - Original Blue Floral Arrangement in Boot Still Life Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Black and White Drawing of a Clown by Christopher Mark Brennan
Located in Pasadena, CA
A remarkable piece by Brennan. Clean and thick lines made with ink and gouache, featuring a clown-like figure very different from the usual clowns existing for the kid's fun. The background complements the clown's attire.
Christopher Mark Brennan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Wate...
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Original 1970
s French Abstract Surreal Landscape with Geometric Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Fond Memory Framed Original Watercolor Painting Flower Seller Modern British Art
By Gordon King
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Gordon King.
English ( b.1939 ).
Fond Memories.
Watercolor.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 13.6 inches x 21 inches ( 34.5cm x 53.5cm ).
Frame size 22.4 inches x 29.9 inches ( 57cm ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Trevor Haddon (1864-1941) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Market Day, Gerona
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming pastoral scene depicts the bustling marketplace of Le Devasa Park in Girona, Spain, where a woman in traditional Spanish dress stands with cattle for sale, with other f...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Woman in a Lush Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of a Woman in a Lush Landscape
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 25.5 (height) x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Pande Mus
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting shows the artist`s perception of the epidemic. The little mouse has the Latin name « Pande Mus».
This painting is bursting with surrealism and symbolism. It features a...
Category
2010s Futurist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Objet trouvé N 14. Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this evocative series Objets trouvés, Rita Alaoui orchestrates a compelling visual excavation of ordinary remnants—fragments of nature rendered with profound reverence. Across a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Objet trouvé N 8. Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this evocative series Objets trouvés, Rita Alaoui orchestrates a compelling visual excavation of ordinary remnants—fragments of nature rendered with profound reverence. Across a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cherries in the Sunshine
, Aegean, Hydra, Greece, National Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 19868; additionally titled, verso, 'Hydra, the Cherries'.
A view of a townhouse window on the Gr...
Category
1980s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150
By Miguel Conde
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed lithograph by awarded artist Miguel Conde. The artist is known for his mastery of engraving. His drawings and other art forms are sought after and his artwork is part of vario...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
$1,180 Sale Price
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Wetland Trees Reflections, Mid Century Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century watercolor landscape of trees and plants in a wetland habitat, done in a cool color palette with yellow accents, by Anthony Shemroske (American, 1921-2004). The...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$600 Sale Price
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Red Landscape, Original Paint on Paper , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
Original Drawing
Mineral Oxide on Fabriano Paper
50x70 cm
2024
hand-made drawing
one of a kind
not reproducible
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Framing options available
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Renoir
s House in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Renoir's House in Cagnes-sur-Mer"
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Hugh Cronyn - Framed Mid 20th Century India Ink, Cry of Despair
Located in Corsham, GB
Nude Study, India ink on paper. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a glazed oak frame.
Category
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Canal
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed "Lifschitz 85" at lower right
The overall dimensions, including the frame, are 26 1/2 x 32 3/8 inches.
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Cubist Nude in Studio" 1940s Charcoal Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers
Cubist Nude in Studio
1940s
Charcoal on Paper
19"x 24.75", unframed
Signed on left side in charcoal
Came from a portfolio from the estate of John Bowers
John Henry Bowe...
Category
1940s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$525 Sale Price
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Minimalist painting on paper by pioneering sculptor Lyman Kipp, signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Untitled Minimalist painting on paper, 1981
Oil paint on paper
Signed and dated 1981 on the front
Floated and framed in the original vintage frame under UV plexiglass
Meas...
Category
1980s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil
Thunderbolts - Contemporary Drawing Lightning Snowflake Branches Pattern, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary drawing in ink, colored pencil and graphite on archival Fabriano Artistico Paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with yellow, teal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Dynamic Figurative
, California Post-Impressionist, Ruskin School of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Moesle" and painted circa 1975.
Gouache and watercolor figurative showing numerous figures in dynamic interaction.
Born in 1932, Robert Moesle studied painting ...
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Megalithic Stone Alignments, Original Charcoal
Graphite Contemporary Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Drawing with Charcoal and White pencil on Archival Fine Art paper 300Gsm.
Subject : Alignements de Lagatjar par temp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
"Untitled" Bob Thompson, Figurative Work on Paper, Black Abstract Artist
By Bob Thompson
Located in New York, NY
Bob Thompson
Untitled, 1964
Felt tip pen on printed paper
11 x 20 1/2 inches
Provenance:
The artist
Kathy Komaroff Goodman (gift from the artist)
Hollis Taggart, New York
Exhibited...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rocky Landscape Watercolor
By Julie Gilbert Pollard
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful rocky landscape watercolor by Julie Gilbert Pollard (American, 20th Century). Signed "J. Gilbert Pollard" and dated "87" lower right. Presented in a metal frame. Image: 15....
Category
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Roger Furse "Waldemar Fitzurse - Ivanhoe" Original Costume Illustration C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Roger Furse "Waldemar Fitzurse - Ivanhoe" Original Costume Illustration C.1940
Dimensions 12" wide x 17.5" high
The distressed frame measures 22...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circus Lot at Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Circus Lot at Toledo, c. 1920
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Rustic House and Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Rustic House and Garden
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (height) x 25....
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch pink plant pot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flower Pot
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel on paper, unframed
painting: 19 x 25 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine Vigno...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$165 Sale Price
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“Santa Fe”
By Phyllis Kapp
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an original water color made in 1999. In good condition. Measures 30x25
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,500
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$187 Sale Price
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L
Oreal No. 2, Troyes
, French Village, Boise, National Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E. Brigeois' for Evelyne Brigeois (French, 1946-2016) and dated 1985; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled, 'Troyes #2'.
Born in Troyes, France in 1946...
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
contemporary figurative black and white charcoal drawing pop art interior female
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand drawn original artwork on heavyweight paper by internet sensation mad charcoal
He is represented by Krause Gallery NYC
Ships rolled in a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Bottle Bag (Lady Selborne, Pretoria, South Africa)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Tshidiso Andrew Motjuoadi (1935-1968) Bottle Bag (A Penny for a Bottle). 1963. Ink on handmade paper laid down on plywood board, panel measures 20.5 x 28.75 inches. Signed and dated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy print, Hand Signed by Koons
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy poster (Hand Signed), 2000
Drawing done in silver marker on offset lithograph
Hand signed by Jeff Koons in marker on t...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Butterfly Jubilee" floral motif in watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Butterfly Jubilee" is an original artwork by Jackie Small and is made of watercolor, and gouache on paper. This piece measures 30”h x 22.5”w
About Space 1026...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"Buttercup Days" floral motif in watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Buttercup Days" is an original artwork by Jackie Small and is made of watercolor and gouache on paper. This piece measures 30”h x 22”w.
About Space 1026...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gouache Watercolor Painting, Nantucket Harbor Boats American Deaf Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract harbor scene with boats, in bold, vivid colors on heavy mould made paper.
Hand signed and dated, 1980
22 X 30 not frame
Robert Freiman, deaf from birth, was born in March 1917 in New York City. He attended an oral program near his home and later transferred to the Lexington School for the Deaf when he was six. Early in his childhood, his love for drawing, painting and studying became apparent, and as an adult, he continued his studies in New York at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League and the Parsons School of Design. In Paris, France he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Bob Freiman was especially focused on painting portraits and figures in motion in various mediums, especially the mixed-media combination of watercolor, acrylic and pen. Among his subjects were acrobats, ballet dancers, cyclists and other athletes. He as well focused on abstracts for a time, discovering new media in his works with quick brushwork and expressive movements.
In the latter part of his career, his style became abstract and surreal with images of metaphysical landscapes with architectural elements such as arches, towers, pyramids and castles floating in the air. The famed art critic Pierre Rouve wrote: “It is therefore refreshing to see them revitalized by the colourist wealth and virile handwriting of Robert Freiman, probably the best American water-colorist since John Marin. He worked in Provincetown and Nantucket and regularly exhibited there. He showed at Doll & Richards gallery of Boston alongside John Chetcuti, Lloyd Goodrich, Tod Lindenmuth, William Meyerowitz, Dwight Shepler...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Golden Irises
, St. Martin
s School, California Woman Artist, Santa Cruz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and vibrant, botanical watercolor by this well-listed and widely exhibited California woman artist. Signed lower right 'Sally Bookman' (Bri...
Category
1990s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Oil on paper, Moscardó, "Strange places", Contemporary abstract painting, Blue
Located in Carballo, ES
Luis Moscardó describes natural landscapes in his paintings, but his landscapes are not real, nor possible. They are abstract, invented or, as many critics observe, 'born from the artist's soul'. It is a natural artifact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Profile of an Expressive Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped Verso
Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Baobab N7 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, trees, Africa
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N7 is a unique graphite on paper Arches 360 gr, mounted on wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 65 cm (18.1 × 25.6 in). Dimensions of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Wood
Mid-Century Modernist Watercolour On Paper, Trees At Buckfast Abbey
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 1960s work on paper of a group of trees at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England, by Alban Atkins. Signed bottom left, titled and dated to the reverse. There is also a collection or accession number to the backboard.
Atkins has captured the sculptural nature of the tree trunks as they have grown in the landscape giving the work a feeling of living, writhing things as well as an abstract feel in the composition.
Atkins was one of the group of important artists chosen and commissioned by Sir Kenneth Clark...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Reginald Brill (1902-1974) - 1931 Pen and Ink Drawing, Reclining Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking ink study by the artist Reginald Brill (1902-1974) depicting a reclining nude lady. The artist expertly uses hatching to create this wonderfully tonal piece and captures t...
Category
Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST - MED SEASCAPE AND SUN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roger Bonafe (French b. 1932) signed
watercolour on thick art paper, inscribed verso
Size 30 x 22.5 inches
Bonafe was born in the town of Caux (Herault) in Southern France in 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
James Ward The Fisherman
s Family
By James Ward
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Precious Watercolor attributed to James WARD (1769-1859) - England, 1830-1840. The Fisherman' S Family. Measurements : View : 20"x14.6" (51x37 cm), With frame : 26.6"x21.5" (67.5x54....
Category
1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Seaside Village"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
One of several prominent women associated with the artistic life of Cincinnati at the turn of the century, Annie G. Sykes was recognized for her colorful, Impressionist-inspired watercolors. Throughout her long and successful career, she explored a variety of themes ranging from landscapes, flowers and the figure to the picturesque scenery of New England, Europe and Bermuda.
Sykes was born Annie Sullings Gooding in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her father, Josiah Gooding, was a silversmith and engraver, and her mother, Ann, was a gifted needle-worker. Stimulated by the example of her parents, Sykes developed an interest in art during her childhood, honing her skills as a draftsman in art classes at school by drawing flowers, trees and other natural forms. She initiated her formal studies at the Lowell Institute in Boston in 1875, attending drawing classes there until 1878, when she enrolled at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts. Sykes is believed to have studied at the museum school until her marriage to Gerritt Sykes in 1882.
Following her nuptials, Sykes and her husband moved to Cincinnati, at that time a flourishing cultural center dubbed the "Queen City of the West." While Gerritt and a friend established the Franklin School for boys, Sykes continued to follow her artistic inclinations. Desirous of refining her skills, she enrolled at the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1884. Throughout the next ten years, she continued her training under such noted American painters as Frank Duveneck and Thomas Satterwhite Noble. Although she occasionally worked in oil, watercolor became Sykes' favorite medium of expression.
Despite the birth of two children--Milly in 1885 and Anne in 1888--Sykes successfully balanced the demands of home and family with her professional aspirations. She began contributing to the annual exhibitions of the Boston Art Club in 1890 and the New York Watercolor Club the following year. In 1892, she became a charter member of the Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati, where she would exhibit regularly until 1923.
In 1895, Sykes had her first solo show at the Traxel & Maas Gallery in Cincinnati, exhibiting a group of her watercolors. Local critics praised her fresh, vibrant colors and her spontaneous technique, and in a review in the Cincinnati Enquirer she was identified as representing "the new school of impressionism." Sykes's longstanding relationship with the Cincinnati Art Museum began that same year, when she first participated in that institution's annual shows. Indeed, between 1895 and 1926, she would exhibit there on forty-two occasions. Sykes also had a show (with Emma Mendenhall) at the Cinncinati Art Museum in 1908, and a three-person exhibition (with Emma Mendenhall and Dixie Selden) two years later.
Sykes's work was also featured in the annual watercolor shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Water Color Club and the Ohio Water Color Society. Her numerous professional affiliations included the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in New York and the Cincinnati Museum Association. Her standing among her peers was such that she was often invited to serve juries of selection, along with such eminent painters as Duveneck, Noble, Maurice Prendergast and Edward Redfield.
Prior to 1900, Sykes' was active in and around Boston, Cincinnati, and in Nonquitt, Massachusetts, where her family had a summer home. After the turn of the century, she spent many summers in Cape Porpoise...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Police Line, New York City - Photorealist Watercolor by Don David
By Don David
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Davis
Title: Police Line
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 18 x 24 inches
Frame Size: 24.5 x 30.25 inches
The viewer is at the edge of the acti...
Category
1980s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Buck a Shuck" 2024, ink and colored pencil on paper
By Maeve D
Arcy
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy
Buck a Shuck, 2024
ink and colored pencil on paper
22 x 30 in.
(dar146)
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
Seating on Armchair 1 -original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Seating on Armchair 1, nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio.
In mat an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
"Landscape, Aprés Dalì", Abstract, Brown, Purple, Turquoise Blue, Oil Pastel
Located in Franklin, MA
Anne Johnstone’s 22 x 30 inch abstract oil pastel titled, "Landscape, Aprés Dalì", features organic, biomorphic shapes in muted earthy tones against a vibrant turquoise backdrop. Flu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Still Life - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1964.
Hand signed lower left. Dateg in pencil on rear.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$420 Sale Price
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Linda Stein, Stillness and Diversity in Town 999 Contemporary 3D Drawing Collage
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Stillness and Diversity in Town 999 - Contemporary 3D Sculptural Drawing Collage
In 2000, Linda Stein began a series called Knights of Protection. Her Knights functio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink, Magazine Paper
"Roaring Fork Shelter, North Carolina, [ 35.805, -82.94978 ]" Appalachian Trail
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "Roaring Fork Shelter, North Carolina, [ 35.805, -82.94978 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trailing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
!["Roaring Fork Shelter, North Carolina, [ 35.805, -82.94978 ]" Appalachian Trail](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51063821570562019599/6_NC_roaring_fork_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah jacobus ink master")
NUDE - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Artist
s Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Bright yellow and ochre make up this self-portrait in chalk pastels by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century).
Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 30"H x 24"W
Paper size: 24"H x 18"W
Presented in a new soft peachy cream mat with foam core backing.
Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century) is a San Francisco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Portrait Drawings a...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$680 Sale Price
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The Sleep - Blue, Black, Collage, Paper
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Sleep, 2022
collage, colour wax, acrylic, tempera on paper
50 H x 70 W cm
Signed on reverse
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Tempera
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