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Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
WILLIAM C GRAUER Caribbean Fishermen boats fishing nets 1950s Cleveland School
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This 1950s watercolor by William C. Grauer, about 10 by 13 inches, shows a Caribbean fishing village on an ordinary working day. Nothing dramatic is happening, yet the scene feels fu...
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Landscape - Drawing - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Landscape is a drawing realized by an anonymous artist in the late 19th century. Pastel on paper. Good conditions. Poetic and beautiful drawing.
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19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Swimmer - Drawing By Isidore Pils - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Swimmer is an artwork realized  by Isidore Pils in the Mid 20th Century. China ink drawing. In good conditions. Hand-Signed.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Fort Tryon Park
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and wash in gray ink on buff wove paper, 13 1/4 x 15 inches (337 x 382 mm), the full sheet. Signed in pencil in the lower right margin. In good condition with a 2-inch horizontal...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Ink

Charles Ragland Bunnell 1935 Graphite Drawing, Colorado Modernist Cityscape
Located in Denver, CO
This circa 1935 graphite on paper drawing by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968) depicts a modernist cityscape of houses perched on a hill in Colorado, reflecting the vibrancy and in...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Sand Flow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "San Flow" 1986 is an original watercolor on Arches watermarked paper by noted American artist Anne Popperwell, born 1948. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22 x 30 inches, framed is 30.25 x 36.25 inches. It is custom framed in a metal bronze color frame. It is in very good condition. About the artist. Anne Popperwell was born in Oakland, California, in 1948 and studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1968-1970 with a major in painting and a minor in photography. She has been painting and exhibiting her work in both private and public galleries, primarily in Canada, since 1981. She paints in watercolour on paper and acrylic on canvas, though not exclusively, using nature-based imagery. Shortly after her arrival in Canada in 1976, Anne moved to an island off the West Coast to paint a particular landscape, the eroded sandstone shoreline. In the course of this eight-year series of paintings, she experimented with point of view, scale and colour, developing a method of working that creates the effect of light coming from within the subject itself. Her paintings are included in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and in private collections in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Solo Exhibitions: 2016 "Shades of Saturna", Artlink Canada, Jaydon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 2009 “Beauty” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico 2008 “Tropical Flowers” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico 996- "Why Don't You Just Leave?" paintings and video installation 1998 tour to 11 British Columbia regional galleries, originating at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Victoria, British Columbia 1993 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1991 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1990 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1984 Grace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia 1982 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1981 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbi1980 Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia Selected Group Exhibitions: 2014 Insight Art Gallery, Galiano, B.C 2012 The Field Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico 2002 “European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabruck, Germany 1997 “Open House”, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France 1994 "Spring Run", Baux-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1994-1996 Government House, Victoria, B.C. 1992 "Hanging Gardens", Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia 1990 "Bumbershoot Festival 1990", Seattle, Washington 1986 "Images B.C." The British Columbia Pavilion, Expo 86 Vancouver, British Columbia 1985 "Hot Water Colour", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario "B.C. Women Artists" Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia 1983 "National Watercolour Exhibition" Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1981 “Painter’s Day”, Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, B.C. Public Collections British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, British Columbia City of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Grants and Awards 1995 British Columbia Cultural Services Branch grant 1973 City of Vancouver Purchase Grant Exhibition Reviews, Catalogues and Articles "A Sense of Place", Aqua magazine, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Summer 2014) illus. “Why Don’t You Just Leave?”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (April, 1996) illus. Cover, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., (May/June 1990) Waterman, Jennifer A. “Planetary Visions, Sacred Images of the Earth” Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Volume 4 #8, December, 1986) p. 44, illus. “B.C. Women Artists”,Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October, 1985) illus. Orford, Emily Jane, “Anne Popperwell’s Intimate Earth”, Victoria Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C. (October 7, 1984) p. 8 Hartog, Diana, “Body Landscapes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sailing Ship in the Harbour - Watercolor - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Sailing Ship in the Harbour is an original watercolor and pencil realized by a French artist of 20th Century (1929). The artwork is in good conditions, hand-signed by the artist on ...
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1920s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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 Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Trees - Original China Ink and Pen Drawing by Gustave Pierre- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is an Original China Ink and Pen Drawing realized by Gustave Pierre. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (48.5x32.5 cm). Gustave René Pierre...
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Cubist Still Life With Glass Bottles Vessels And Abstract Architectural Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist Still Life With Glass Bottles Vessels And Abstract Architectural Interior Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft exp...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Landscape - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Early 20th Century. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Stamped on the lower. Good conditions with slight foxing. The ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Puslinch House, Devon architectural drawing by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) Puslinch House Pencil 55 x 77 cm An architectural drawing of Puslinch House, a fine Christopher Wren-style Georgian mansion in Devon. The estate was owned by the Poslylinch, Mohun, and Upton families before being taken over by the Yonge family in 1718, following the marriage of John Yonge and Mary Upton. The Queen Anne House mansion was built on the occasion of their wedding and an earlier medieval...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Erie Station, Elmira, New York Railroad Hub, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Erie Station, Elmira,1931 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 19.25 x 14.25 inches 26.75 x 21.75 inches, framed Clarence ...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Countryside - Charcoal Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Countryside is a pencil drawing realized by a french artist in the mid-20th Century. Good conditions on a white paper. No signature.
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

In the Wood - Original Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
In the Wood is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for some ripping and small ...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
"Times Square" Mid 20th Century 1937 Modernism Broadway Drawing NYC Cityscape Philip Goodwin (20th Century) "Times Square," 23 ½ x 17 ¼ inches. Gouache...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Horses - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Early 20th Century. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Stamped on the lower. Good conditions with slight foxing. The art...
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

"New York City Skyline View from the East River, " Lionel Reiss, Jewish Artist
By Lionel Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988) New York City Skyline View from the East River Watercolor on paper 13 x 19 inches Signed lower left In describing his own style, Lionel Reiss wrote, “By nature, inclination, and training, I have long since recognized the fact that...I belong to the category of those who can only gladly affirm the reality of the world I live in.” Reiss’s subject matter was wide-ranging, including gritty New York scenes, landscapes of bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seascapes around Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, it was as a painter of Jewish life—both in Israel and in Europe before World War II—that Reiss excelled. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, noted that Reiss was “essentially an artist of the nineteenth century, and because of this he had the power and the courage to tell visually the story of a people.” Although Reiss was born in Jaroslaw, Poland, his family immigrated to the United States in 1898 when he was four years old. Reiss's family settled on New York City’s Lower East Side and he lived in the city for most of his life. Reiss attended the Art Students League and then worked as a commercial artist for newspapers and publishers. As art director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he supposedly created the studio’s famous lion logo. After World War I, Reiss became fascinated with Jewish life in the ‘Old World.’ In 1921 he left his advertising work and spent the next ten years traveling in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish life in Poland prior to World War II. He later wrote, “My trip encompassed three main objectives: to make ethnic studies of Jewish types wherever I traveled; to paint and draw Jewish life, as I saw it and felt it, in all aspects; and to round out my work in Israel.” In Europe, Reiss recorded quotidian scenes in a variety of media and different settings such as Paris, Amsterdam, the Venice ghetto, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and an array of shops, synagogues, streets, and marketplaces in the Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Ternopil, and Kovno. He paid great attention to details of dress, hair, and facial features, and his work became noted for its descriptive quality. A selection of Reiss’s portraits appeared in 1938 in his book My Models Were Jews. In this book, published on the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a great deal of diversity within and between Jewish communities around the world. Franz Boas...
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

White Houses In Bright Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Figure Carrying Water On Her Head Up The Steps British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Stone Castle In Village Town British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Bright and Colourful Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Sketches - Drawing in Pen- Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is a modern artwork realized by Brunello Uloa Serena. The artwork consist in three sketches realized in pen. Includes frame
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Figures Walking Up The Town Steps Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Purple Bell Tower In Village British Modernist Pastel Painting Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

A Port - Original China Ink by Herta Hausmann - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A Port is a black China ink drawing realized by Herta Hausmann on 1950 ca. Good conditions, except for same worn paper on the left margins. Atelier stamp on the back of the artwork.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Mountainous Landscape, Mexico
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mountainous Landscape, Mexico Monotype in colors on heavy paper, c. 1960's Signed in ink lower left "G Ceniceros" Condition: Excellent Image size: 6 x 14 1/2" (15.24 x 36.83cm) Sheet size: 12 7/8 x 19 11/16 inches Guillermo Ceniceros (born May 7, 1939) is a Mexican painter and muralist, best known for his mural work in Mexico City, as well as his figurative easel work. He began his mural painting career as an assistant to mural painters such as Federico Cantú, Luis Covarrubias and then David Alfaro Siqueiros who was a mentor and a key influence. Ceniceros is the most notable of Siqueiros' assistants. While he has experimented with abstract expression, his easel work mostly classifies as figurativism and is influenced by the geometrical construct of Mexican muralism. He has had over 300 individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico and the International stage. His work has been recognized by the Mexican Ministry of Culture and several of its institutions. He has painted over 20 large scale Mural Paintings with some of the most notable being the large scale work for the Legislative Palace of San Lazaro (Mexico's Legislative Building) as well as his murals in the Metro Subway System. He is a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. In 1995, the State of Durango, Ceniceros' native state, opened to the public the Guillermo Ceniceros Art Museum within the oversight of the Ministry of Culture. Ceniceros has been reviewed by notable critics such as Berta Taracena, Raquel Tibol, Alaide Foppa, Graciela Kartofel, José Angel Leyva and Eduardo Blackaller among others. There are several publications about his work including a vast review of his art life endeavors developed by the Ministries of Culture of Durango and Nuevo León. He is married to the artist Esther González and lives in his studio house in the Colonia Roma of Mexico City. Life Interview with the subject Ceniceros and Siqueiros Ceniceros was born in a small village called El Salto, located in the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo in the Mexican state of Durango. His father was a woodworker who made toys and furniture in his workshop. His father's shop would become an influence in Ceniceros' life long interest in developing his own innovative working tools. When he was twelve the family moved to Monterrey to seek better economic opportunities. There he attended school and when he was fourteen he entered the Fabricación de Máquinas, S.A. (FAMA), a school/business, where he studied industrial drawing. He considers this early training important as it taught him the importance of geometry, use of space and materials. While at FAMA he met painters Gerardo Cantú and Ignacio Ortiz, and collaborated with them on sketches for publications of Alfonso Reyes, Pedro Garfias and other notable writers. In 1955, he enrolled in the Taller de Artes Plásticas at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, graduating in 1958. At the Taller he met fellow Mexican artist Esther González, whom he married and with whom he has two children. In 1962 he moved to Mexico City with the goal of working in the Taller of the Maestro David Alfaro Siqueiros. He became Siqueiros' first assistant working on his last murals while at the same time working at night on his easel painting work. Siqueiros supported Ceniceros decision to leave his Taller and supported him in his career until his death in 1974. By then Ceniceros was already a break thru artist having had several individual exhibitions including the prestigious Palacio De Bellas Artes as well as other recognitions. Thru the 70's and 80s Ceniceros continued his work with an emphasis on exhibits and exchanges abroad and traveling to Eastern Europe, Cuba, China, Chile, Ecuador, Italy and the United States. His Mexico City contemporaries and circle would include names that today have become reference such as Sebastian, José Luis Cuevas, Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Benjamin Dominguez, Gustavo Arias Murueta, Byron Galvez, Leonel Maciel among others. In the 70's his Row-House neighbors in the colonia Roma were Francisco Toledo and Alejandro Jodorowski. His focus on mural painting is renewed in the mid 80's thru his large scale work in the Metro Subway System with him working on major commissions consistently and into the new century. While the Mexican school of Muralism had been challenged by the Ruptura members, the interest in Mural painting as a unique national form of expression continues. He lives in Mexico City at a studio/home in the Colonia Roma. His home is a frequent gathering place for writers, poets, painters, singers, actors and journalists. He has a strong interest in Spanish language literature. Juan Rulfo...
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Monotype

Arabic Desert - Drawing in Ink and Watercolor - Late 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Arabic Desert is an original modern artwork realized by A. Roy of the late 20th Century. Mixed colored watercolor. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame.
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Tuscan Landscape - Pencil Drawing i - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscany Landscape is a beautiful pen and pencil drawing on cream-colored paper, realized in the 1930s by an Italian artist. Good conditions with some foxing. The artwork is realize...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Pencil

"Tokyo Diptych" Yvonne Jacquette, Japanese Urban Cityscape Nocturnal Aerial
Located in New York, NY
Yvonne Jacquette (American, b. 1935) Tokyo Diptych, 1985 Pastel on paper Overall 17 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches Signed lower center Provenance: Carey Ellis Company, Houston, Texas Brooke Alexander, New York Collection of an American Corporation Exhibited: New York, Brooke Alexander, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, April 5 - May 3, 1986, n.p., illustrated; this exhibition later traveled to Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, June 27 - August 24, 1986. Yvonne Jacquette has a preference for high places, a circling plane, a penthouse window, an aerie from which to watch the world. Her work has often depicted the city and man-made landscape from the vantage of angels. It is a privileged perspective, long loved by photographers, who were perhaps the first to recognize the geometric grandeur of the city below. That grandeur structures Jacquette's images but is not its full content. Her work attempts to resolve the visual and emotional pardoxes of the modern metropolis. Only from the tower is there the possibility of order and context. And unlaced beauty. Jacquette first visited Japan in 1982. Nighttime Tokyo, its cars and crowds and canyons of loud Vegas neon, made a vivid and bewildering impression on her. The neon signs, pulsing, scaling the walls of high rises, fascinated the artist, "like Times Square spread over miles." Her fascination was equal parts marvel, confusion, and curiosity—the sparks of art. She returned to Tokyo in May of 1985, choosing hotel rooms with expansive vistas. From these views Jacquette excerpted images for a series of pastel night scenes. The basic forms and colors of each drawing were blocked in during night sessions by the window. She worked in the dark, selecting colors by flashlight. In daylight, she sharpened the geometry and corrected ambiguous passages. She refined the drawings further in the studio until the images read clearly. Photographic correctness was not important. The finished drawings are complete statements, not simply preparatory sketches for paintings. They have the authority of expert witness. In clear, discreet jots of pastel they record the performance of seeing, each touch of color attesting to a moment's close scrutiny. Yvonne Jacquette was born on December 15, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence from 1952 to 1955, when she moved to New York City. Her late husband was photographer Rudy Burckhardt, and the couple were part of a circle of artist friends that included Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz, Red Grooms, and Mimi Gross. She continues to live and work in New York City, as well as in Searsmont, Maine. A flight to San Diego in 1969 sparked Jacquette’s interest in aerial views, after which she began flying in commercial airliners to study cloud formations and weather patterns. She soon started sketching and painting the landscape as seen from above, beginning a process that has developed into a defining element of her art. Her first nocturnal painting...
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1980s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

The Girl by Shore - Original Drawing by Edmond Cuisinier - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Girl by Shore is an original drawing in pencil realized in the early 20th Century by Edmond Cuisinier (1857-1917). Monogrammed on the lower. Good conditions with small cutting....
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled (Hot Air Baloon Ascent and Spectators)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Hot Air Balloon Ascent and Spectators) Sepia wash on wove paper, 1985 Signed and dated in ink lower right corner From the artist's 1985 sketchbook Probably a view of Cape C...
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1980s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
Located in New York, NY
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA. David Fredenthal (1914-1958) "View of New York from New Jersey,"7 x 10 inches. Watercolor on Paper, c. 1948. Signed lower right. David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep feeling for excitement with life and living. He was a draftsman with seemingly a special gift for catching anything, physically and emotionally on the spot, and he never went anywhere without three or four loaded pens and a sketchbook in his pocket. As part of the WPA project he executed a number of murals including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired and encouraged him in the early 1930's. After he won a traveling scholarship to Europe from The Museum of Modern Art at age 19, he was the recipient of two Guggenheim grants in Painting. He had his first solo exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in New York in 1937 at age 23, and many others after that including the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1947. Because of Fredenthal's prodigious drawing gifts, he was chosen by Erskine Caldwell to illustrate his novel "Tobacco Road...
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, New York Harbor Scene Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Landscape with Bird - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape and Bird is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. The State of preservation is very good. Hand-signed on the lower ri...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Burning Bush Forrest landscape solo female figure biblical narrative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
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2010s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper

The Huts - Original China Ink Drawing by G. Pastre - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15.3 x 19.8 cm. The Huts is an original work realized by Gaston Pastre in the first half of the XX Century. Black ink and pencil. Hand-signed in ink on the lower right corner: G. Pastre. Very good conditions. Fresh and smart work representing a perspective of a small village with trees on the background. The glimpse is characterized by very simple and linear strokes and by an effective and impressionistic touch. This work has been realized by Gaston Pastre (1881 - 1947) a French painter, xilographer and illustrator. Among his other works, he illustrated "Le Livre de demain" (edition Fayard), "Les diaboliques...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape - Original Watercolor by Jean Delpech - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for some rippings and small c...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Countryside - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Raymond Delpech - 20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Countryside is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1988-1916). With the drawing a cow from back in brownish color on the rear. The state of preserv...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

View of Royal Palace at Naples - 19th Century - Watercolor - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
View of Royal Palace at Naples is an original watercolor on paper of 19th century. Unreadable sign of the artist on lower right. Gilded wood frame included. Image dimensions: 25 x 4...
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19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sunset Cityscape, Modern Acrylic on Paper by Biagio Civale
Located in Long Island City, NY
Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Sunset Cityscape, Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 19 x 27 in. (48.26 x 68.58 cm)
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1980s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Mexican House with Porch
Located in Surfside, FL
Katarzyna LIBROWICZ Polish French painter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and arrived in France in 1937 . She studied with André Lhote in Montparnasse Paris and exhibi...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

1950 s Modernist/ Cubist Painting - French Chateau Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour on artist paper, unframed size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed. pro...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

1950 s French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Soft French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 15.5 x 21 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoye...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

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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1964 Original Pastel Watercolor Drawing Construction Workers SF Red Green Black
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Construction Workers and Red Truck 6-16-64 Pastel and Watercolor 41 1/2" x 36" unframed Signed and dated in pastel lower right Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 192...
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

"Empire State Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice Empire State Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon th...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Djibouti, African Landscape Original Israeli Watercolor Cityscape Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Subject: Cityscape, signed in Hebrew Medium: Watercolor Surface: Paper Shmuel Katz (Hebrew: שמואל כ"ץ‎) (August 18, 1926 – March 26, 2010) was an Israeli artist, illustrator, and car...
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Design for Modernist Brutalist Institute III mid-century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller"; you can also search for other drawings by this artist. V A Hards...
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x 14 inches. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1938. Signed...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4 x 20 inches Housed in a Lowy frame. Provenance: Sotheby'...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Flower Vase, Mixed media on paper by Drawings by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Flower Vase 7 x 5 Inches Mixed media on Paper 2023 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his indiv...
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2010s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Postcard

Field of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Field of Flowers Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor, signed l.l. Image Size: 22 x 25.5 inches Size: 20.5 in. x 35 in. (52.07 cm x...
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1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Le Sentier
Located in London, GB
Paul Cézanne Le Sentier ca. 1890 Watercolour and pencil on paper 34.6 x 51.5 cms (13 5/8 x 20 1/4 ins) PC16325
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1890s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

WILLIAM C GRAUER 1930s Fishing Village, Gaspé Coast, Québec Cleveland School WC
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s watercolor A Fishing Village Along the Gaspé Coast (c. 1930s) presents a quiet yet enduring image of maritime life on the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged stretch of coa...
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1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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