Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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Style: Impressionist
"Untitled 11, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 11" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Storm Cove Lighthouse
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Storm Cove Lighthouse" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Nat Levy 1896-1984. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The a...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Saint Emilion
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "St Emilion" c.1970, is a watercolor by American artist Wayne Ensrud, b.1934. It is signed at the lower right side by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 24 inches, framed size is 22.75 x 27.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden ornate gold frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:.
Wayne Ensrud was born in Minnesota where he received his BFA from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. As a student he met Oskar Kokoschka, the artist-in-residence at the Institute, who profoundly influenced Ensrud's work and has remained his friend and mentor ever since.
When Pablo Casals conducted his Master Class Series at Berkeley. Wayne Ensrud had the honor ot being invited to execute drawings of the great cellist during those sessions. and this year when the New York Chamber Society celebrated its 10th anniversary.Ensrud was asked to sit in on rehearsals and sketch the world famous violinists ltzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Actress Jayne Mansfield, novelist Alex Waugh, wine connoisseur Alexis Lichine are among others who have been portrayed by Ensrud.
Mr. Ensrud has been a free-lance art director and animator for ABC, CBS, and IRM IBM contracted him to he the series, "Computer and the Mind of Man", which has been translated into 18 languages and won several international awards. For ABC he created the film animations for the Gemini Space Programs. He taught film animation at Pratt Institute for tour years. Ensrud was Art Director at the University of California at Berkeley for the Department of Motion Pictures and Television and he was Executive Art Director of Channel 13-TV, New York City. Mr. Ensrud has art directed over 30 films and lust completed a film for television starring Richard Basehart. He has illustrated the writings of Odgen Nash, John O'Hara, and John Fowles...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$680 Sale Price
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"Untitled 3, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 3" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts bison in a golden prairie.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Harvard Graduates at Massachusetts Hall” Boston, Cambridge, MA Campus Students
Located in Yardley, PA
“Harvard Graduates at Massachusetts Hall” by Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969)
A wonderful depiction of Harvard graduates on campus by renowned watercolorist and former Har...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
A sleepy village sits under the shadow of the Matterhorn in this Swiss-style painting by an unknown artist. A handful of lights illuminate w...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$636 Sale Price
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"Untitled 1, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 1" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an urban landscape with human silhouettes.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Landscape with Houses, large watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with House" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jen Sorensen, 1920-2005. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 21 x 28 inches, framed size is 29.5 x 36 inches. Custom framed in a wooden rustic grey frame, with light grey matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Jean Sorensen...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Artist
s Board
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Cardstock
Portrait of a man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The man is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutral expression. He has white hair and a mustache, and is wearing a brown suit with a red tie.
Signed "Honora Berg" in the bottom right corner.
Stamp from Miller Fine Art on verso
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Initialed and numbered "HB 117" on verso
Unframed.
Board size: 20"H x 15"W
Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Lady - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Double sided
10.5x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is on her side, facing away fr...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Untitled 6, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 6" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face with a blue background.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Untitled 10, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 10" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French 19th century Pen and Ink, River landscape from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century River landscape with boat sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color.
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris wh...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
19th C. Newspaper Illustration of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury 1898
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical late 19th century portrait of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury of San Francisco y Richard Langtry Partington (American, ...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Illustration Board
"Figurative Figure" (2023), Original Figurative Graphite Wash Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's (US based) "Figurative Figure" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a human, resting upright, back turned to the viewer.
Artist Statement:
"Subject...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"North of Turku" Finland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "North of Turku" Finland, c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with Trail
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trail" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Gerald F. Brommer, 1927-2020. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The a...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" - Figurative Drawing of Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W.
A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s.
Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"St. Mark
s" (2023), Original Interior Figurative Still-Life Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's (US based) "St. Marks" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts two people, having lunch at a cafe.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a vehicl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Noya River, Mendocino, California" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Noya River, Mendocino, California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionist artist...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
London Lodge
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "London Lodge" is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Henry Waltermar Doane, 1905-2002. It is signed by the artist at the lower right corner. The art...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled 9, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 9" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Gazebo
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Gazebo" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is signed and dated at the middle right corner by the artist. The image size is 14 x 17 inches, framed is 22.75 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled 8, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 8" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French 19th century Pen and Ink landscape, town and church from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color.
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Lik...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Study for Native American Grand Event
By Jove Wang
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Signed "Jove Wang" on lower left
UNFRAMED: 14" x 14" FRAMED: 22" x 20.25" x 1.25"
Artist Statement
“This preliminary study outlin...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Nude Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and confident sketch of a nude model by an unknown San Francisco Bay Area artist (20th Century). A woman is lying down on her back, with her arms above her head and legs up on ...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Laid Paper
Bursting
Located in Denver, CO
Storm on the horizon
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$4,000
Vintage Figurative Landscape -- Sleeping Among the Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling figurative nude with a surrealist feel by Ken Bower (American, 20th-C) a San Francisco Bay area artist. Pastel chalk color on paper created in 1980. Signed “Ken Bower 80' ...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
$1,080 Sale Price
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Portrait of George Arliss in Conte Crayon on Cardstock 1934
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately portrait of George Arliss by Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980). Mr. Arliss is depicted wearing his signature monocle, looking directly at the viewer. Although this piece appears to be done rapidly, there is a clear confidence in Opffer's work - he was an accomplished portrait artist - and the resemblance to the subject is unmistakable. George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932).
Signed and dated "Ivan Opffer 1934" in the lower right.
Titled "Mr. Arliss" in the lower left.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 22"H x 16"W
Art size: 17.5"H x 12"W
Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980) was born in Nyborg, Denmark, on June 4, 1897, to a family of Danish scholars and journalists. His brother was Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant seaman and journalist who was known for his relationship with American writer Hart Crane.
Ivan was raised in Mexico City and New York, where his anarchist father was the editor of a radical Danish-language newspaper. His involvement in painting and drawing began at an early age. At a summer workshop, he met and studied drawing with Winslow Homer, then went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.
When the US entered World War I, Opffer was one of the members of the American Army Camouflage Corps, headed by Homer Saint-Gaudens (whose mother was a relative of Winslow Homer), the son of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a camoufleur, Opffer served with other artists and architects, some of whom became well-known, including Barry Faulkner, Sherry Edmundson Fry, Kimon Nicolaides, Robert Lawson, Abraham Rattner, Kerr Eby, and others.
It was this same unit, while still in training in at Camp American University in Washington DC, that launched a camp newspaper called The Camoufleur. Only three issues were published before the unit’s deployment to France in late 1917. In the October 31 issue, a satirical portrait by Opffer of Homer Saint-Gaudens (titled “Our Boss”) was published on page 5.
After the war, Opffer returned to New York, where he became known for his caricatures of leading Modern writers, among them James Joyce, Edgar Lee Masters, Siegfried Sassoon, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Sandburg, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Mann.
In the years between the wars, Opffer married Betty à Beckett Chomley, and settled in Paris, where he was a student at the Academie Julliard. He also lived in London and Copenhagen, where his drawings were frequently published in newspapers and magazines. With the outbreak of World War II, he and his family returned to New York and lived in Greenwich Village.
Among his friends in that era were William Butler Yeats, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Postcard, Illustration Board
$920 Sale Price
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French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$760 Sale Price
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Lonely go-go dancer
Located in Zofingen, AG
Experimental work done live on a thick red paper with industrial marker and tempera. Inspired by the eponymous song by Mark Almond:
"Lonely go-go dancer
Dancing in crazy foam
Surrounded by your acolytes
But going home alone
When did you last see
A sun-drenched afternoon
When did the morning light
Last invade your room?"
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In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nature Walk" Forest Landscape in Watercolor on Paper, with Note from the Artist
Dramatic sunset landscape by notable watercolorist Douglas W. Trowbridge (American, b. 1960).
Signe...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Nomad Camp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Edwin Dawes Teague (American, 1897-1991)
Title: Nomad Camp
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 10 x 15.25 inches
paper size: ...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionist artist Edward ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
North Cornwall Coast line, United Kingdom
By Edward Nevil
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cornwall Coast Line, United Kingdom" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by British artist Edward Nevil, 1813-1901. It is signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Cannonball, Impressionist Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Marsh, American (1898 - 1954)
Title: The "Cannonball"
Year: 1936
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled, and dated l.r.
Size: 16.5 in. x 22.5 in. (41.91 cm x 57...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). On the ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Warmth of Winter" (2023), Original Forest Landscape, Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's (US based) "Path" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a snow-laden forest clearing in early winter.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a v...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Time to Go Home Papa
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Time to go Home Papa" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Darrell Craig McClure, 1903-1987 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.85 x 21.5 inches, framed is 24 x 30 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist:
Born in Ukiah Feb 25 1903, he showed his interest in cartooning at a very
early age. One of his cartoons appeared in the old Ukiah Republican Press
when he was nine years old.
His love for the sailing schooners he served on as a young man inspired him
to do a series of paintings on the vessels. McClure's work has been favorably received on both the East and West Coast, and a number of his paintings hang in the Maritime Museum in San Francisco.
He studied at a cartoon school in San Francisco and the California School of
Fine Arts. Instructors included Maynard Dixon, Harold Von Schmidt and
Clarence Mackey, leading artists of the day.
At the age of 17, he began his love affair with the sea, taking his first
voyage on the Annie Johnson, destined for Hawaii. At 19 he shipped out for
the East Coast aboard the freighter, Artiagas, and worked up and down the
coast until friends were instrumental in getting him a job as an apprentice
cartoonist with Hearst's King Features. He was with the newspaper for 37
years. Thirty-one were spent drawing the Annie Rooney cartoon.
McClure’s work is held in numerous collections nationwide, many paintings are on display at the Kelley House, Mendocino, Mateo, NC,the San Juan Islands and the San Francisco Yacht...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"March" (2023), Original Winter Forest Landscape, Graphite Wash Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's (US based) "March" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a snow-laden forest clearing in early winter.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a ...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"The Abandoned Farm" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The abandoned Farm" c.1960 is a large watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signe...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
State Capitol at Night, Sacramento, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "State Capitol at night, Sacramento, California" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he low...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Watercolour Drawing of Autumnal Trees in Northern Ireland Forest
Located in Preston, GB
19th Century Watercolour Drawing of Autumnal Trees in Northern Ireland Forest, by 19th Century Artist, William Hume
Art measures 11 x 8 inches
Frame measures 17 x 13 inches
Pres...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Detailed harbor landscape by Ernest Clegg (British, 1876-1954). The Whitehall Building towers over the sce...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mer Bleu, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Maurice Dionne paints a trio exploring the Mer Bleu Bog in an unexpected nature escape in Ottawa. "Located in the east end of the city, this unique bog...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
At the dock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "At the Dock" c.1980 is a watercolor on 500 Aquarelle paper by noted American artist Allen Daniel (Dan) Burt, 1930-2004. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 21.5 x 29.5 inches, framed size is 29.5 x 37.5 inches. Custom framed in a white metal frame, with off-white matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame has some minor scratches, the acrylic glass have some scratches and will be replaced by a new...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sitting Woman" 1941 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Boats Docked On The River - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Boats Docked On The River - Original Watercolor on Paper
Original watercolor on paper depicting boats parked along the water by Ken L. Stephens (American. ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$920 Sale Price
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Otavalo Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Otavalo Man" 1965 is a color pastel on paper by Ecuadorian artist Arturo Nieto Checa, 1933-1995. It is signed and dated at the lower right c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Turn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860, by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954). Portrait c.1900. Signed "Marion...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,596 Sale Price
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Seashore with Boats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seashore with Boats" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Otavalo Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Otavalo Market" C.1970, is a watercolor and pastel on paper by Ecuadorian artist Arturo Nieto Checa, 1933-1995. It is signed at the lower ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Harbor Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Harbor Scene" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
View of the Bay of Naples
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "View of the Bay of Naples" c.1935 is a watercolor on paper by noted impressionist Italian artist Maria Ada Gianni, 1873-1956. It is si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Earl Scwaiger
s Barn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Earl Scwaiger's Barn" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by American artist W. Ralph Murray, 1932-2009. It is signed at the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three Old Oaks by Cornelia Fitzroy, Landscape, Nature drawing, Botanical
Located in Deddington, GB
Three Old Oak by Cornelia Fitzroy [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Pastel on Paper
Image size: H:23 cm x W:28 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:23 cm x W:28 cm x D:0.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Three Old Oaks is an original pastel drawing on paper by Cornelia Fitzroy. Cornelia FitzRoy is a Norfolk landscape plein air...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Planes of the Head, 10x8", pencil drawing, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Planes of the Head study by Lu Haskew
Pencil 10x8" image size
14x12" framed as pictured, behind glass
Graphite drawing.
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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