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Figurative Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Wheat stooks, English countryside
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on heavy gauge watercolor paper, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, (298 x 248 mm) the full sheet. In good condition with fresh, detailed brushwork and saturated pigments. ...
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Late 19th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Two views of the sea, Dorset
Located in Middletown, NY
Two watercolor compositions on one sheet of watercolor paper, 10 x 6 7/8 inches (255 x 175 mm), the full sheet. Signed illegibly and dated in pencil on the lower right corner of the ...
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Late 19th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Ink
Padbury Brook, Oxfordshire
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on J Whatman 1884 watermarked cream wove paper, 12 x 9 1/4 inches (305 x 235 mm), the full sheet. Scattered toning and one 2-inch horizontal edge tear in the lo...
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Late 19th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Le Casino de Monte-Carlo by Edward Cucuel
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edward Alfred Cucuel
1875-1954 American
Le Casino de Monte-Carlo
Signed "Cucuel" (lower left)
Watercolor on paper
American Impressionist Edward Alfred Cucuel was celebrated for h...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man with Long Hair, Beatnik Era
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vintage, Mid-Century Modern, Beatnik-era portrait study of a young male model with long hair by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. The drawing is charcoal on paper dating circ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Two Figures - Original Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Figures is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (35x51 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
A heron fishing – Edo School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and watercolor on fibrous Japon paper laid down to period cream laid paper, 6 x 7 1/2 inches (155 x 190 mm). Minor toning and some insect damage on the mount, painting itself rem...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor
, Moscow, French Militaria
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900.
Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscr...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Female Face - Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (50x35 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
17th Century Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing Christ on the Cross Many Figures 1674
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ on the Cross
attributed to Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712)
inscribed 1674 upper corner
pencil drawing, watercolor and ink wash on paper over oard, framed
framed: 12 x 11 inches
...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
$1,808 Sale Price
30% Off
Les trois muses
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
Bergstein grew up in France between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. At the age of 18, he flew to Barcelona, Spain where he joined an industrial design school. Back in Paris, he com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Ink, Pen
A ca. 1950 Watercolor of Male Bathers in Morocco by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1950 watercolor of male bathers in Morocco by artist Andre Delfau. Image size: 7 1/2" x 7 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 14". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Born in ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
View of the Canals of Venice - Drawing by Alcione Gubellini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Alcione Gubellini in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 53x47.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Lounging V - Figurative Lounging Feminine Watercolor Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Journals of Susanna Moodie 57/100 - original, illustrated book of poems
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A rare and original illustrated boxed folio of The Journals of Susanna Moodie, arguably Margaret Atwood’s finest work of poetry. In it, she adopts the ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
1940
s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's.
image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right
Country Scene
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Woman Cooking in a Kitchen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Woman Cooking in a Kitchen
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9.75 (height) x 6.5 (width)
Stamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$114 Sale Price
76% Off
Fall to Grace
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fall to Grace" is an original ink and watercolor painting on paper mounted to wood by artist Robert Kraiza measuring 19in height x 9in width.
Artist Statement // In my work I invoke a whimsical world inspired by Victorian and Edwardian eras. To me they represent a romantic time period that has roots that extend directly into the modern world, both good and bad. The customs and aesthetics of the period are both fascinating and breathtaking but a vast portion of the population was victim to subjugation. It has since been eradicated on paper but still permeates to this day. I am exploring an imagined supernatural world hidden just out of sight where these woman could escape. This is an evolution from my earlier work set in the same time period with a continuous thread of humans and their animal companions.
Through witchcraft these women find strength in their abilities and each other to leave the oppressive world they inhabit behind and escape to the woods to their Covendom, the boundary that defines the territory of their coven. They shed their customs, their corsets, and their concerns at the edge of the forest and gather among the trees to explore their magical potential with their familiars at the side.
This body of work is exploring multiple media with a consistent theme and setting; combining watercolor painting, pen and ink illustrations, and graphite drawings. All pieces are created in monochrome on hot press watercolor paper mounted on wood with a gold painted border reminiscent of daguerreotype frames. Watercolor allows me to achieve results ranging from soft ethereal layered washes similar to oil glazes to precise minute details I include in all of my works.
Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Ink
BOYS WILL BE BOYS original art Paula Craioveanu Male Nude Female Gaze
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Boys will be Boys”, male nude, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper, 27.5x19.5in, 70x50cm.
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
1600’s Flemish Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Biblical Figures Group on paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure Studies
Attriubted to Cornelis Schut
(1597 - 1655) Flemish
ink drawing on paper, inscribed on mount
size: 4.75 x 7 inches
private collection, France
The painting is in overa...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$899 Sale Price
30% Off
Bride
Bridegroom, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Dutta Ray - Untitled - 10 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Watercolour on Paper, 1994
Style : The poignant imagery in Shyamal Dutta Ray’s paintin...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$3,920 Sale Price
29% Off
Françoise Gilot, “On the Wheel of Fortunes” A Woman
s Balancing Act
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb expression of a triumphant free spirit, and the balancing act required to maintain it, this watercolor was created by a woman who embodied female independence—especially rem...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model, Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s charco...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Hypnos 2 God of Sleep and Dreams signed Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Hypnos God of Sleep and Dreams", ink and acrylic on paper
Hypnos is the personification of sleep, the god who touches humans with his wings. His mission is to help people sleep and ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fixation - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Fixation is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Drawing Hunting Party Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunting Party
Attributed to Dirk Maes (1659-1717) Dutch.
Figures in a Classical Landscape,
Watercolour and wash on paper,
Mounted, unframed image 6.75" x 9.75" (17.1 x 24.7cm)...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$1,046 Sale Price
30% Off
Erika in Gesture II,
by James Cobb, Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 21" x 19" academic drawing by artist James Cobb, 'Erika in Gesture II,' captures a female model in a standing pose. Facing away from the viewer...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of one of his models
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Das Modell (The artist’s model)
Black crayon on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
18 x 14.1/8 in. (45.8 x 36 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Unique LOVE drawing and studio notes (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana), Framed
Located in New York, NY
A unique one of a kind signed drawing for any true collector, scholar, fan or follower of the legendary artist Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana
Illustrated To-Do List with LOVE drawin...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Pencil
Robert IndianaUnique LOVE drawing and studio notes (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana), Framed, ca. 1994
$17,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Party
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor and china ink drawing.
Hand-signed.
Original title: Un uomo e tre donne in abiti eleganti.
Image dimensions: 28 x 23.5 cm / Dimensions with matte: 49 x 35 cm.
Very good ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Sacré-Coeur Montmartre at Willette Square Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre at Willette Square, Paris', gouache on art paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. Created by the Director of Public Ways and Promenades under Napoleon III, Sq...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,713 Sale Price
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Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous gouache captures a majestic mountain vista, likely set in California’s Sierra Nevada (possibly Yosemite). Two broad granite peaks with sunlit faces dominate the backgro...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,583 Sale Price
25% Off
“India, 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a busy street scene in India done in 1912 by the American artist, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall matte size is 12 by 16 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
William Henry Drake
Born: 1856 New York
Died: 1926 Los Angeles
Nationality: American
Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York
Known for: Painting, illustration
Awards: National Academy
Biography:
Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.
Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$703 Sale Price
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Sausalito
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sausalito" 1936 in a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Emily Shotwell Goeller Wood, 1887-1965. It is signed, titled and dated at the lower left corn...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Atrrib. Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) - c. 1798 Watercolour, The Start
Located in Corsham, GB
A humorous late Georgian cartoon, showing the chaotic start to a horse race as one of the horses goes out of control and runs into the spectators, sending them fleeing. The scene app...
Category
18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ephemeral - Original Abstract Yellow Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled (de Kooning) Collage, offset lithograph hand-cutting, hand-paint Signed
Located in New York, NY
Richard Prince
Untitled (de Kooning), 2008
Collage with color offset lithograph, hand-cutting, hand-painting and assemblage with extensive additions in graphite mounted on on inset b...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Graphite, Offset
Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped: No
Condition...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$261 Sale Price
63% Off
Clinton Hill, (Nude #1), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"I
m going to play with the little girl, mother" for the book In the Closed Room
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for the book In the Closed Room by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published by McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1904.
The published caption reads: "I'm going to play ...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sliced Venus. Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper. large size, shipped rolled in a tube
Drawing has on the back 2 white wood sticks, and it's rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Ink, Archival Paper
Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions except for consumed margins and some foxings.
Jean-Ray...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figural Compositions, 4
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, 1957-2024) Four Figural Compositions, Pencil on paper, each signed "R O'Meara" lower right, including: "Woman at the Window" with National Arts Club Exhibit...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bacchanal
, Mid-century Pompeii, Roman Mythology, Bacchus, Neo-classical
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gallo Giovanni' for Giovanni Gallo (Italian, 20th century) and dated 1954.
Titled lower left, 'Eseguito a Pompei, 'Trionfo di Bacco'' (Done in Pompeii, 'Triumph...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vintage Paris Fashion Drawing - Knit Overcoat, c. 1980
Located in Houston, TX
Charming ink and pencil fashion sketch of a long pink overcoat with clasp by Paris fashion house Création Corine Marie, circa 1980. Includes original fabric swatch and designer's sta...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pencil
Choice I - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Radek Husak
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
Radek Husak, a contemporary process-driven mixed media artist, was born in Poland i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pigment
$975 Sale Price
25% Off
Female Nude from the Back, around 1900 / - The contour of the Art Nouveau -
By Ludwig von Hofmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Ludwig von Hofmann (1861 Darmstadt - 1945 Pillnitz), Female nude from the back, around 1900. Red chalk drawing on watermarked drawing paper, 36 cm x 44 cm (sheet size). Artist's liga...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
A Fine 1930
s, Depiction of a Boxing Match by Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930's, Depiction of a Boxing Match by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin. This dynamic drawing captures overlapping human forms rendered in expressive, gestural li...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Félix Ziem (1821-1911) Studies of Landscapes and Seascapes, original Drawing
By Félix Ziem
Located in Paris, FR
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Studies of landscapes and seascapes
graphite on paper,
14 x 22 cm
Stamp of the Ziem Estate bottom left
Framed : 25 x 33 cm
A rare exemple of mutiple studies ...
Category
1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Interior, 1973.
Ink on paper, 7.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Late 18th Century Watercolour, A Swiss Village, Circle of Claude-Louis Châtelet
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 18th or early 19th century watercolour view of a group of figures in a village square. Though not apparently signed the work is very competent and of high quality. It is frame...
Category
Late 18th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$551 Sale Price
20% Off
California Valley, Near Capistrano, 20th Century Western Mountainous Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
California Valley, Near Capistrano, c. 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right, titled verso
15 x 20 inches
18.5 x 24 inches framed
Fr...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel.
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figurative (stained glass style)
Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper
Hand signed lower left
Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974)
Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.
During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States.
Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920.
Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art.
Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover.
The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
A Fine 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing, Seated Young Male Nude Model (Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study of a Seated Young Male Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) La Confidence, 1909, drawing signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
La Confidence (The confidence) 1909
signed and dated in the lower right
Charcoal and heightenings of white chalk
22.7 x 22.7 cm
Framed under glass : 33.8 x...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
$470 Sale Price
20% Off
Self-Portrait In Pastels - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Drawing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame.
Ksenya Istomina made...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Saint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca.
By Paul Signac
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11x15.2 cm.
Saint-Tropez is a wonderful and important original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Signac in 1900 ca..
A marine view with sailing ships is incred...
Category
Early 1900s Pointillist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Futile, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Watercolor on Archival paper
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Futile (Title)
Signature : T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original Watercolour by Delovincourt portrait Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Delovincourt: biography
Delovincourt, is a poster artist. Delovincourt was an art nouveau artist. He was mainly active during the modern period.
Delovincourt: his main works
Delovinc...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.25 (width)
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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