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Period: 1940s
Spanish and Dutch Soldiers - Original drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Spanish and Dutch Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Figure - Original drawing by Pierre Charles Danobis - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pen, tempera and watercolor realized by Pierre Charles Danobis in 1943.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a wel...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Pen
Rome Streets - Original Drawing on Paper by Herta Hausmann - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Rome Streets is a Modern Artwork realized by Herta Hausmann (1916 - 1998) in the first half of the 1940s.
Original drawing on paper.
On the back of the ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Pencil and Pastels on Paper - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a drawing in pencil and pastels on paper realized in about 1940 0 by an Anonymous french Artist .
Sheet dimentrion:28 x 25 cm
The state of preservation is very good .
...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Walking Women - Original Tempera on Paper by Andres Osterlind - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Walking Women is an original drawing in tempera realized by Andres Osterlind (1887 - 1960).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Hand-signed on the lower right....
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Landscape - Original Ink and Watercolour by Alfred Sobottka - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original Watercolour realized by Alfred Sobottka in 1948.
Good condition on a cream colored cardboard.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Kongl. Lifgardet till Hast - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Kongl. Lifgardet till Hast is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in the 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel.
He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Garde du Corps -Kur Brandenburg, 1700-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Garde du Corps is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Kurhessisches Corps - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Kurhessisches Corps is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-si...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
9e bis Hussards - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
9e bis Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted thr...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Regiment Provisoire Croate Officier - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Regiment Provisoire Croate Officier is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is dep...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
7e Hussards - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
7e Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
French and Dutch Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Spanish and Dutch Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Les Regiments Croates en Illyrie - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Les Regiments Croates en Illyrie is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depict...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
German Legion 1806 - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
German Legion is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Grenadier Guards in Kur-Brandenburg in 1700 - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Grenadier Guards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artw...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Dancing Girl - Original Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancing Girl is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Pencil Drawing.
Good Conditions.
Georges Henri Tribout (1...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Landscape - Original Drawing by Paulette Humbert - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in Pen and China Ink realized in 1940 by Paulette Humbert.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composi...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Arrest of Giorgio Morandi - Drawing by M. Maccari - 1943
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrest of Giorgio Morandi is an original Drawing in watercolor and ink on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1943.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
On 23 May 1943 th...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
War In Belgium -
Located in Roma, IT
War In Belgium is an original drawing realized by Erich Hochschild in 1940.
Charcoal drawing on tinted paper, attached on cardboard (29 x 39.5 cm).
Titled in pencil on the lower lef...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mountains - Original Drawing by Jean-Raymond Delpech - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Mountains is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1944.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of preservatio...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lion - Original Charcoal Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Lion is a beautiful charcoal original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz (German, 1901–1981), in 1971. Signed and...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Profile of a Lion - Original Charcoal Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of a Lion is a beautiful charcoal original drawing on pink paper, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz (German, 1901–1981). Signed in penci...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Lioness - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lioness is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1940s by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz. Signed in pencil on lower rig...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
LA NOVA
By Betty Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BETTY BALL
"LA NOVA"
PASTEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1949
18 x 14 Inches
Category
Futurist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$650 Sale Price
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Landscape - Oil Painting by Robert Albert Genicot - 1940s
By Robert Albert Genicot
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Houses is an original artwork realize by Robert Albert Genicot (1890-1981) in 1940s.
Oil on cardboard.
The painting is in very good conditions, signed by the artist ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Faces - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1940/45
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Faces is an original Woodcut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1940/45.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Woodcut
Landscape - Charcoal and Watercolor By Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Charcoal and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Good condition, hand-signed by the artis.
Some sketches of the artist on the back of the paper.
...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Nude - Original Pencil Drawing - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original modern drawing in pencil on creamy paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century.
Good conditions except for being aged and foldings.
Th...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Trip to Mexico - Pen Drawing by Eugène Berman - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
The Trip to Mexico is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized in 1947 by Russian scenographer Eugène Berman,
Monogrammed and dated at the bottom: E.B.
In good condition excep...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper.
Graphite on paper
6 x 8.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Composition - Original Ink and Watercolor by Bertrand Mogniat - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos in 1940.
This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident stroke...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of Antonio Vangelli - Pen Drawing By Antonio Cardile - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait of Vangelli is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by Antonio Cardile in 1945, the portrait is Italian painter Vangelli, which is depicted through quick and de...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Last Supper - Original Ink Drawing on Paper by Renzo Vespignani - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Last Supper is an original china ink drawing on paper realized in 1945 by the Italian artist Renzo Vespignani (Rome, 1924 - Rome, 2001). Hand-signed on the lower right.
Very good ...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figures - Original Pencil on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing in pencil realized by an Anonymous artist active in 1940 ca.
Sheet dimension: 22 x 32
The state of preservation is aged. with some cutaways and diffu...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
CIM Glass Palace in Rome - Original Watercolor by A. Ciarrocchi - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
CIM Glass Palace in Rome is an original drawing artwork in watercolor on ivory paper realized by the Italian artist Arnoldo Ciarrocchi in 1948 ca..
Hand-signed on the lower right.
...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Man - Drawing in China Ink by Umberto Casotti - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing in Cina ink realized by Umberto Casotti in 1947.
signed on lower .
sheet dimension: 30 x 22 cm.
The state of preservation is good except for...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Cityscape - Original Pencil on Paper - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1943 by an Anonymous artist of the Mid-20 Century.
Hand-signed illegible-dated 43.
T...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sleeping Boy - Carbon Pencil by Silvano Pulcinelli - 1946
By Silvano Pulcinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping boy is an original lithograph realized by Silvano Pulcinelli, in 1946.
Inclued Passports: 40 x 30 cm
Good Conditions.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Landscape - Pencil on Paper - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1948 by an anonymous artist of the 20th Century.
Hand-signed barely illegible, on the lower lef...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Working Woman - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1942
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Working Woman is an original drawing in sanguina on paper realized by Jeanne Daour.
The state of preservation is good except for some foxings.
Sheet dimension: 22 x 22 cm
The artw...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Madam Rundera - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1949
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Madam Rundera is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour.
The state of preservation is good and aged.
Han-signed and titled on the lower left.
Sheet dimens...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Vegetation - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1944
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Vegetation" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 26.3 x 17 ...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rochelle - Pencil Drawing by Maxime Juan - 1944
By Maxime Juan
Located in Roma, IT
Rochelle is an original artwork in pencil realized by Maxime Juan in 1944. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated, titled on the lower left "Rochelle".
The state of preservation i...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gloom - Original Pencil Drawing by S. Goldberg - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Gloom is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right.
The state of preservation is very good.
aSheet dim...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Charcoal Drawing by Serge Fotinsky - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a black and white charcoal drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in 1943.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin.
The sheet is glued on passepartout (light...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Nude - Original Pencil Drawing by Jeanne Daour - 1940
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour in 1940, Hand-signed and dated on the lower left.
The state of preservation is good and aged with some small ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure in Interior - Original Pencil Drawing by Jeanne Daour - 1940
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in Interior is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour in 1940, Hand-signed and dated on the left inside of drawing.
The state of preservation is good...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
La Masque - Pen Drawing by Yves Brayer - 1943
By Yves Brayer
Located in Roma, IT
La Masque is an original drawing realized by Yves Brayer (1907-1990) in 1943.
The artwork depicts a man with a masque in his hands.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen
Trapezist - Original Pencil Drawing by E. Berman - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trapezists is a beautiful original pencil drawing on Universal watermarked paper, realized at the middle of XX century by the Surrealist artist, Eugène Berman.
Monogrammed "E. B." i...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Study of Animals - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Animals is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1974 by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz. Signed and dated " Willi Lorenz, München '74" in pencil on lower right margin.
This is a preparatory study representing the profiles of a big...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Foreground of a Lion - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Foreground of a Lion is a beautiful charcoal original drawing on paper, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz (German, 1901–1981), in 1940s.
This wonderful study for a foreground of profile of a lion is accompanied by two rapid sketches of the silhouette and of the muzzle of the feline, is realized with incredible draftsmanship and realism.
This modern artwork, in excellent conditions except for the usual stain of the charcoal, is a really perfect decor for your home able to give your furniture a touch of wildness and exotism.
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901–1981)
Wilhelm Lorenz that signed Willi Lorenz, was a German painter specialized in paintings of animals typically hunted as game. His highly detailed oil paintings evoke the texture and movement of animals like boars, foxes, bisons or lions depicted in their natural habitats and attitudes. His artworks...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Roaring Tiger - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Roaring Tiger is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1940s by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz. Signed in pencil on lower right margin.
This is a wonderful study representing a crouched tiger roaring, realized with a fat pencil and with the incredible freshness of line and realism. This modern artwork is in very good conditions, except for some minor pencil stains on lower margin.
This is a really perfect artwork for your sophisticated home able to give your furniture a touch of wildness and exotism.
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901–1981)
Wilhelm Lorenz that signed Willi Lorenz, was a German painter specialized in paintings of animals typically hunted as game. His highly detailed oil paintings evoke the texture and movement of animals like boars, foxes, bisons or lions depicted in their natural habitats and attitudes. His artworks bears...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Villa Medici / Rome - Ink Drawing by Beppe Guzzi - 1949
By Beppe Guzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Ink drawing by Beppe Guzzi, representing the famous Villa Medici in Rome.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Father and Daughters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition except for some very minor folds.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Pondering being Naked - Sexy Girl taking off Bikini - Female Cartoonist
Located in Miami, FL
This work clearly has homosexual overtones which in the mid-'40s was as daring as showing nudity. I am not sure if this was the artist's intention but the salesgirl and the model look identical and she signs it twice Shermond. Added to this is a strobe light effect where the model's image is partly replicated giving the impression of 2 figures. She's lost in thought pondering the notion of removing the bows and seeing the consequences. Meanwhile, the sales girls ( perhaps her alta ego - perhaps an admirer ) eggs her on.
Caption: "You can always remove the bows if you think they're too fussy." Cover cartoon for unknown publication - Signed "Shermund" twice in the lower right image, dated on verso, and captioned in graphite in the lower margin. Original Matte and not framed - Barbara Shermund...
Category
Feminist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
Interior Navajo Trading Post, Modern Lithograph by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Interior Navajo Trading Post, Year: 1946, Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil, Size: 12 in. x 15 in. (30.48 cm x 38.1 cm), Frame Size: 18 x 21 inches, Description: This greyscale depiction of the interior space of a Navajo trading post features an Old Western...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
A Man
s Mother, Saturday Evening Post Original Watercolor Illustration 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original watercolor illustration by Nicholas Riley, American (1900 - 1944) for the Saturday Evening Post 10/19/1940. The painting...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
By Morris Louis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
Pen and ink on paperboard, 1948
Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Extremely rare "Middle Period" drawing. One of two drawings that were given by the artist to Jeanette Kear, Chevy Chase, MD which were signed and dated by the artist. All others in the exhibition are from sketchbooks and have the estate stamp and numbering.
Exhibited at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 6 1979-Feb. 3, 1980
and
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Feb. 22-April6, 1980
Illustrated twice in the resulting catalog, The Drawings of Morris Louis, by Diane Upright Headly, Harvard Univeristy and author of the catalog essay and entries. (See photos)
Condition: Mounted to paper board by owner, Jeanette Kear for framing
Glazed with glass
Image size: 13 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches
Frame size: 20 x 23 x 3/4 inches
Provenance: Jeanette F. Kear, Chevy Chase, MD
Illustrated: National Collection of Fine Art, 1979: "The Drawings of Morris Louis,"
Catalog No. 1, illustrated D1, reproduced p. 73
Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color Schoo
Early life and education
From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. Louis worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting, and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists' Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York City and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name.
Work
Color field painting
He returned to his native Baltimore in 1940 and taught privately. In 1948, he pioneered the use of Magna paint—a newly developed oil-based acrylic paint made for him by his friends, New York paintmakers Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden. In 1952, Louis moved to Washington, D.C. Living in Washington, D.C., he was somewhat apart from the New York scene and he was working almost in isolation. During the 1950s he and a group of artists that included Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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