William C. Grauer

WILLIAM GRAUER Caribbean Fishing Village men boats 1960s wc Cleveland School

Circa 1960s

The watercolor shows a cliff alive with workers. At first glance it feels almost abstract, a tangle of ochres, grays, and rusty browns. Then the figures begin to emerge. Men in light...

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...

Georges Dayez , born on July 29 , 1907 In Paris where he died in 1991 , is a French painter , engraver and lithographer of the new Ecole de Paris whose works have been regularly exhibited with those of non-figurative painters. Georges Dayez is the eldest son of the editor Jules Dayez, a native of the North and a son of a peasant, who in 1905 had taken over a small-size engraving studio in Paris rue des Marais, printing in particular gravure reproductions of eighteenth- century images E century. His mother, Marie Brard, was born in Neuilly in a Norman family of Bayeux . After the birth of a second son, the family settled in Vaires-sur-Marne in 1909 where Georges Dayez attended the communal school from 1913 , took refuge for two months in Bayeux in 1914 , in Tinténiac ( Brittany ) In 1918 . In 1919 Georges Dayez obtained his certificate of studies and spent his holidays in Vicq , in the mining country of the north of Valenciennes , with his grandfather, the spectacle of the destruction caused by the war impressively him, then returns to the college of Meaux . In 1924 , after spending the first part of the baccalaureate, he stopped studying to start painting, and studied phototypy and intaglio and lithography in his father's studio. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière at Montparnasse and the Julian Academy in Saint - Germain - des - Prés , as well as the evening drawing courses of the City of Paris, which Adam also followed. In 1926 he was accepted as a "free pupil" in the studio of Lucien Simon at the Ecole des Beaux Arts . From 1927, he made his military service, assigned to Nanterre then to the Aeronautics Directorate of Paris, and painted in 1928 , on a permission, Le Pont du Pouliguen and Le Croisic...

William C. Grauer’s painting from the 1940s shows him working at the edge of figuration and abstraction. A few figures and several horses gather on open ground, yet the scene is buil...

Mid-century ink drawing on paper of boats at dock by French artist, Jean Baptiste Grancher, circa 1960. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a...

Title: Beached Fishing Boats on Mediterranean Shore Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6 inches Condition: good overall; clean surface and bright palette with minimal handling marks. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate. Description: In this exquisite Mediterranean harbour scene, Pierre Neveu captures a row of fishing boats resting on the sun-bleached shore — their hulls painted in vivid blues, yellows, and reds, glowing against the white sand and turquoise sea beyond. The composition balances stillness and vitality: the boats lie quietly in the midday heat, yet every line and shadow suggests movement, texture, and light. Neveu’s masterful handling of watercolour transparency lends the work its distinctive luminosity. Cool washes of aquamarine and indigo melt into warm ochres and siennas, evoking the sharp coastal light of the French Riviera or southern Italy. The artist’s loose, confident brushstrokes and layered perspective show both precision and spontaneity — hallmarks of his plein-air approach. The painting embodies Neveu’s fascination with everyday maritime life, transforming the humble working boats of the Mediterranean into studies of rhythm, geometry, and colour harmony. There is an intimacy here — a sense of the artist pausing mid-journey, quietly observing the relationship between land, sea, and human craft. This is a quintessential Neveu composition: joyful yet restrained, rooted in observation yet lifted by artistic freedom. A perfect choice for collectors of vintage coastal paintings...

Boats is an original drawing in china link and watercolor on paper, realized by Luigi Surdi. Hand-signed on the lower left. The state of preservation of the artwork is aged with co...

The Boats and Boatmen is a beautiful pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the mid-20th Century and attributed to Herta Hausmann. Good conditions applied on cardboard. Th...