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Swiss Nocturne Landscape - British artist 20s watercolour landscape Switzerland
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful, atmospheric British 1920’s watercolour landscape painting is by noted artist Albert Goodwin. He was championed by famed art critic John Ruskin who took him on tour in...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

French Drawing - Figure Study
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely one-of-a-kind pencil and watercolor sketch of various figures and a work horse, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...
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1850s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Rabbit Jewel
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper with frame Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involved for more than ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

"ritorno dalla pesca" Acquarello cm. 22 x 29 1930 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Signed ,Grey,blue,Britany,Harbor,Nord France,Sea Life in Brittany Harbor Douarnenez Blue and gray colors of the sea of northern France Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, ...
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith Portrait dimensions 15.5" x 19.5". The frame measures 17.5" x 21.5". Signed in the lower right corner. The portrait ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing for Tiziani, Signed
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) Marking(s); notes: signed Materials: heavy card stock Dimensions: 21.75"h, 10.5"w, 1.25"d (frame) Additional Information: Fashion design s...
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1960s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Framed Naive 19th Century Watercolour - Walking Guns in a Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
This beautiful watercolour study with gum arabic depicts two affluent gentleman shooting with hounds before a landscape. In swift flight a woodcock can be seen to the right of the co...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social John Ruggles (1907-1991) Sight: 17 1/2 x 13 1/3 inches. Framed: 22 x 18 inches...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Board

After Rubens (1577-1640) - 19th Century Watercolour, Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour copy of the famous original oil self portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, painted in 1623. The painting is unsigned and presented in a fine 19th Century gilt frame with ...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

L.N. Staniland - Signed and Dated 1930 Gouache, Windmill on the River
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming gouache depiction of a windmill on the river on a delightfully bright day. we can see the artist has used impressionistic strokes to create the reflection of the windmill ...
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Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Circa 1830 Charcoal Drawing - Elegance
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking early 19th Century portrait in charcoal, showing an elegant young woman. Her dress and the style of her hair date this portrait around 1830. Her soft, sloping shoulders an...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Emil Bisttram “Waterfall” Pastel – Abstract Expressionist Taos Modernist Art
Located in Denver, CO
Waterfall is a striking original pastel by acclaimed Taos artist Emil James Bisttram (1895–1976), a leading figure in American modernism and the Transcendental Painting Group. This s...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

University of Oxford Botanic Garden watercolour by Margaret Waller
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Margaret Waller...
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20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

W.R.P - Framed 1815 Watercolour, The Castle Inn
Located in Corsham, GB
Built on the ruins of an old medieval castle, this intriguing watercolour depicts a large guest house with rooms. In the foreground a figure can be see...
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Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Circle of Jozef Israels - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Around the Table
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming 19th century watercolour depicts people gathered around a table. The soft light of the fire illuminates the three figures who sew and talk into the night. The motif has a strong resemblance to the work of Dutch painter Joseph Israels...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Flowers. 1997. Canvas, oil, 59x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers. 1997. Canvas, oil, 59x40 cm
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1990s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Outing Magazine" Last Rose of Summer Original Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Outing Magazine commissioned Parrish to provide a cover illustration for their 1899 Last Rose of Summer edition (published December 1899). In the poster, Maxfield used his own face and figure to portray a youth in Grecian costume examining a rose he holds in his hand. The figure is shown sitting below one of the massive oaks on the artist’s property, flanked by two plaster lions the artist had moulded in his studio. The depiction harks back to the 1805 poem by the Irish poet, Thomas Moore: ‘Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes Or give sigh for sigh! I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one...
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1890s Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Ink, Gouache, Board

Edgar Britton 1946 Watercolor, Colorado Mountain Landscape, American Modernist
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite original watercolor by American artist Edgar Britton (1901–1982) captures the serene beauty of a Colorado mountain landscape. Painted in 1946, the composition features...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Naive Early 19th Century Watercolour - Harbour Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A watercolour of a picturesque harbour scene. A coach and horses can be seen in the water, delivering or collecting passengers from the ship. The figu...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Masquerade" Original Watercolor Ink Storyboard by Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pencil and watercolor on board. Hand-signed by artist w/stage instructions. Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, a...
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1940s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Board

Winifred Clement Smith (1904-2000) - Watercolour, Blacksmith, Penshurst Forge
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating watercolour painting by the artist Winifred M. Clement Smith. The scene depicts a blacksmith in a forge. Title is inscribed on the reverse. There is an artist's label t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour - The Straw Cart
Located in Corsham, GB
A gestural countryside scene in muted colours, depicting a farmer standing on the back of a horse drawn cart, gathering in a pile of straw before the rain. The painting is attractive...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin Running Hare
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Running Hare Black and brown ink on paper 15.3/4 x 22 in. (40 x 55.8 cm.)
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20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Art Deco pastel drawings of ballerinas on point by French artist Charles Gir
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles Gir (French, 1883 – 1941) Ballerinas on point Pastel on paper Signed ‘CH. Gir’ (lower left) 24 x 18.1/2 in. (61 x 46.8 cm.) Charles Gir was born in Tours, France on November 1, 1883. He was a noted painter, watercolorist, pastellist, sculptor and illustrator. Gir was married to the well-known actress, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, and attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years. He made many sketches of dancers and caricatures, and at the end of his wife’s performance used to deliver them to the newspapers he worked for. He knew Raoul Dufy, Frances Carco and Jehan Rictus. He sculpted a bronze statue of Don Quixote that now stands near the Prefecture of Cergy-Pontoise; and he also illustrated several books, including Edmond Rostand...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Untitled I" Jane Freilicher, Hamptons Landscape Drawing, Mid-century Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Jane Freilicher Untitled I, 1958-59 Signed lower right Charcoal on paper 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Jane Freilic...
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
Francis, Shingo (Japanese/American, born 1969), W3 , 1999 Encaustic and watercolor painting on Arches paper, 23.5 x 22.5 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Provenance: Garner T...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

W. T. Bracewell - Framed 1855 Watercolour, Portrait in Tartan
Located in Corsham, GB
A full length and highly detailed watercolour portrait of a child wearing traditional tartan. Signed and dated (1855) to the lower left. Finely presented in a slim gilt frame with a ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Modern British artist, Sven Berlin, part of the St. Ives group donkey drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Bowing donkey Ink on paper Signed and dated `SVEN ‘86’ (lower right) 15x 21.1/4 in. (38 x 54 cm.) (44) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, draughtman and writer. He was a key player in the development of the St. Ives art movement. Having studied at the Beckenham School of Art and after a successful career as an adagio dancer in the music-halls he moved to Cornwall with his first wife Helga in 1938 to study at the Camborne-Redruth School of Art, pre-dating the arrival of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholsen to Cornwall. As WW2 broke out, Berlin initially remained a conscientious objector. He worked in the market garden...
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20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Snowy Peaks (Mont Blanc)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Snowy Peaks (Mont Blanc) Watercolor on paper, c. 1930 Signed "R. Hallowell" lower right (see photo) The image depicts is of Mont Blanc in France. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain i...
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Swiss Valley
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Swiss Valley
Swiss Valley
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Haiti Beach, Impressionist Watercolor by James Amos Porter
By James Amos Porter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Amos Porter, American (1905 - 1970) Title: Haiti Beach Year: circa 1965 Medium: Watercolor, signed l.r. Size: 15 in. x 12 in. (38.1 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 18 i...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

French Cubist Landscape Gouache Painting Framed Original Gallery Label
Located in Buffalo, NY
Gouache of a French cityscape titled "Street in Gordes France" by Sylvia Davis. This piece was originally part of the lending and sales gallery of the Memorial Art Gallery of the Uni...
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Attrib. Hector Caffieri (1837-1942) - French Watercolour, Farmer with Staff
By Hector Caffieri
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite late 19th-century French watercolour attributed to the artist Hector Caffieri. The artist has captured a (slightly portly) farmer who carr...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore
Located in New York, NY
Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore. Published December 25, 1957 in TV Guide as an editorial to promote the Di...
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1950s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board

Coffee Peloton XXXVI, Eliza Southwood, Original drawing, Coffee art, Sport art
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXVI by Eliza Southwood [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Coffee on Paper Image size: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Coffee Peloton XXXVI is an original drawing in coffee on paper by artist Eliza Southwood. Featuring a pack of cyclists racing, the artist has noted a link between cycling culture and the love of a good coffee break. Eliza Southwood cycling prints...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

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Paper, Coffee

Stages II
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Stages II Watercolor on Arches paper, 2021 Signed with the artist's initials lower right (see photo) Signed with the artist's Yummy blindstamp lower right Signed, titled and dated in...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Henry Rayburn, Finale unique Signed collage painting beloved Texas artist Framed
Located in New York, NY
Henry Rayburn Finale, 1995 Acrylic and mixed media collage on paper Signed in graphite pencil on the front Unique Frame included Provenance: Irving, Texas Corporate Collection de-acc...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

In the clouds - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in white with sizes 16 by 20 in. Mila Akopova is New York artist . She graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in History and Theory of Art. Her Artwork got 3rd place at the 2020 and 2021 American Art Awards, juried by 25 best galleries and museums in America, with artist from 63 countries, in category: minimalism. Also, several works took part in exhibitions of the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum and in the Cube Moscow exhibition space . It was published as the catalog: “The game of tic tac toe, or creating a collection in one year”. Several works by Mila Akopva were created specifically for the collaboration with Vintage Dream...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Victorian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine watercolour study of a Victorian gentleman with a large beard. The artist has meticulously captured every detail of the sitter, with gr...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Framed Early 19th Century Watercolour - Fish Market, Portico of Octavia, Rome
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour study of the famous fish market inside the Portico of Octavia in Rome, Italy. The artist has beautifully captured the hustle and bustle of the scene, with various figures ranging from a catholic priest...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Attrib. John Murray Thomson RSA RSW (1885-1974) - Watercolour, The Shepherd
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study attributed to the well-listed artist John Murray Thomson RSA RSW (1885-1974). The scene depicts a male figure with a shepherd's crook. Artist's name insc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Abstract Policeman in Village - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media

By the sea
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
The warm colors contrast the mildly active sea in this work. The empty benches vacated, perhaps for an impending storm.
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Der Hafen von Plit
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Der Hafen von Plit" is a drawing by Paul Klee. The drawing is signed lower left, "Klee". The framed piece measures 25 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. Paul Klee was one of the most import...
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1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Laid Paper, Pen

Plant in Pot with Blossoms_America Martin_Ink/Oil on Paper_Floral/Still Life
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Plant in Pot with Blossoms" Ink Oil on Paper 22” x 21.25” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Oil

The garden of delights - abstraction art, made in pink, purple, grey color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink in pink, purple, fuchia, grey color on Yupo paper. Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with a styre...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink

View of Dunoon on the Clyde, Scottish landscape and Figures, 19th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish artist Robert Carrick (1829-1904) is renowned for his landscape and figurative paintings in oil and watercolor. This painting features detailed drawings of figures in the foreground with wagon, and the town and scenery in the background, painted over in watercolor in rich raw umber and red-brown tones in the foreground and blue green tones in the background. Carrick showed promise at a young age, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy age 16. He was a member of the Royal Institute. This two-toned watercolor work has detailed figures, wagon with hay in the forefront above a view of Dunoon town near Glasgow as it was long ago. Signed by the artist, lower left with an inscription that reads: 'View of Dunoon, Argyllshire drawn by Robert Carrick, Glasgow, for David Allan'. Verso includes a copy of the same inscription. Saltire Gallerie replaced the cracked and dirty plain glass with art glass and added an acid-free paper behind the work. While doing this work we found an art giclee, included with the painting. Presented in a patterned wooden frame with art glass. Dunoon was a thriving town on the river at the time of this work, and later became part of Glasgow. The view from above the town is a popular one, as Saltire Gallerie has another view of Dunoon from above by Scottish artist Patrick Downie...
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19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Board, Pencil

Untitled 557 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 557 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Resplendent Rascal - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Serenade, 1932 Sevilla, Spain Sepia Drawing Ecole D Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Sanguine red chalk drawing of a 1930's guitar serenade in Sevilla, Spain. Jacques Zucker was a prolific artist whose works are exhibited in Museums and galleries around the world. B...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Jean – Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889 – 1962), "Elegant Lady with Parasol and Dog"
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962) was a renowned French painter and engraver, celebrated especially for his portraits of elegant women or, more precisely, a feminine figure in a styl...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Early Portrait of a French Woman
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic portrait of a french woman with a styled hair cut. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed. Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection. Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
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1930s Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Graphite

Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.". Minor browning. - Carved in stone - About the artwork The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
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1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Standing Female Nude in Profile, hand on hip
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude in Profile, hand on hip Colored chalks on Strathmore Charcoal grey paper, c. 1980 Signed in chalk lower right (see photo) In 1941, Fidelma Cadmus (Paul’s sister)...
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1980s American Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

"Study for Armadillo IV" (2024) By Lee Andre, Original Charcoal Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Study for Armadillo IV" (2024) by Lee Andre is a beautiful charcoal illustration of an armadillo. Born in Korea and adopted at age five by a family in Minnesota, Lee Andre's early ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolor on paper with wood panel Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involv...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Drawing of a captive woman
Located in London, GB
Collections: Sir Thomas Lawrence, who acquired the contents of Fuseli’s studio; Susan, Countess of Guilford, née Coutts (1771-1837), acquired from the Lawrence estate; Susan, Baroness North (1797-1884), daughter of the above; Mrs A. M. Jaffé, acquired in France, c. 1950 to 2016. Black chalks, on buff-coloured paper Stamped verso: ‘Baroness Norths Collection / of Drawings by H Fuseli Esq.’ Framed dimensions: 26.38 x 20.63 inches This boldly drawn sheet depicting a seated figure was made by Fuseli at an important and highly productive moment in his career. The monumental drawing is closely related to another sheet by Fuseli in the British Museum which Schiff published as subject unknown. Both drawings were made when Fuseli was designing his most important sequence of historical works, including scenes from Shakespeare and Milton, The Nightmare and The Death of Dido which was exhibited at the Royal Academy to great critical acclaim in 1781. The present drawing does not relate directly to any of Fuseli’s finished historical paintings of the period, but evidently the image of a slightly menacing, seated and covered old woman was precisely the sort of motif he was playing with. It is notable that the same figure reappears later in Fuseli’s work as the witch from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song which Fuseli produced as both a painting and engraving in 1812. Fuseli returned to London in 1779 from a highly creative and productive period in Rome and established himself as one of the leading history painters of the period. Fuseli re-established contact with his old mentor Sir Joshua Reynolds, becoming a regular guest at his dinner table and visitor to his studio. The earliest and most striking manifestation of this strategy was Fuseli's Death of Dido, exhibited in 1781 at the Royal Academy. Executed on the same scale as Reynolds's version (Royal Collection), Fuseli's vertically oriented picture was hung directly opposite Reynolds's with its horizontal orientation, inevitably inviting comparison between the two works and garnering Fuseli much publicity and favourable reviews in the newspapers. The present, previously unpublished sheet, relates closely to a drawing now in the British Museum. That sheet shows the same seated old woman, drawn on a smaller scale and more schematic in design, seated next to an anatomical drawing of a man. The pose of this figure is related to the pose of Dido in his Death of Dido; the foreshortened torso, arrangement of head, oblique view of Dido’s features and arms all suggest that the study can be viewed as an initial thought for the composition. Fuseli may have initially thought of including the figure of the hunched and covered old woman. Drawn on identical paper to the British Museum sheet, our study is an enlarged depiction of the same figure, more elaborately delineated and developed. The presence of a chain to the right of the figure, suggests that the iconography was related in some way to a scene of imprisonment. Fuseli had first explored the motif of the hooded old woman in an early Roman drawing, 'The Venus Seller'. The idea of a grotesque old woman, hooded and with angular nose and projecting chin seen in profile was most spectacularly used by Fuseli in his sequence of paintings depicting The Three Witches from Macbeth. Fuseli seems to have kept the present sheet and may have returned to it when preparing a painting of The Witch and the Mandrake from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song from his Masque of Queens in 1812. Here the same seated figure looks out from under her hood and picks a mandrake by moonlight. Jonson’s drama had been performed at the court of James I in 1609, inspired the subject. To throw the nobility of the queens into relief, the poet added a coven of witches, one of whom declares: ‘I last night lay all alone, On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low, And, as I had done, the cock did crow.’ The figure was reversed in the associated etching which was published in 1812. It seems likely that the present drawing remained as part of Fuseli’s working archive of figure studies. The present drawing was presumably purchased with the bulk of Fuseli’s drawings after the artist’s death by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lawrence’s large group of Fuseli drawings were then acquired by Susan, Countess of Guildford (1771-1837). Lady Guildford was the eldest daughter of the banker Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), who himself had supported Fuseli’s journey to Rome in the 1770s and had remained one of the artist’s key...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Schooner St. Croix
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created the watercolor entitled “Schooner St. Croix” in 1952. This piece is signed in pen at the lower right and titled on the verso. The paper size is 16.88 x 22.25 inches. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." Good to very good condition. “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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1950s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite

Richard Lindner - Marilyn Monroe Was Here, hand signed Pop Art lithograph Framed
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare, pencil signed print based upon the original drawing which is illustrated in the catalogue raisonne of Richard Lindner's Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Edited by...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Rice Paper, Pencil

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