Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

A delightful continental scene depicting figures travelling a winding mountain path. Illegibly signed. Dated 1849. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

KK Kozik is an artist living and working in Sharon, CT and Brooklyn, NY. Her paintings have ben exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and have been reviewed in publicatio...

Amy Londoner Beach at Atlantic City, circa 1922 Signed lower right Pastel on paper Sight 23 x 18 inches Amy Londoner (April 12, 1875 – 1951) was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. One of the first students of the Henri School of Art in 1909. Prior to the Armory Show of 1913, Amy Londoner and her classmates studied with "Ashcan" painter Robert Henri at the Henri School of Art in New York, N.Y. One notable oil painting, 'The Vase', was painted by both Henri and Londoner. Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12, 1875. Her parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880. In 1899, Amy took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues. By 1900, Amy was living with her parents and sister, Blanche, in the vicinity of Leadville, Denver, Colorado. While little was written about her early life, Denver City directories indicated that nineteenth-century members of the family were merchants, with family ties to New York, N.Y. The family had a male servant. Londoner traveled with her mother to England in 1907 then shortly later, both returned to New York in 1909. Londoner was 34 years old at the time, and, according to standards of the day, should have married and raised a family long before. Instead, she enrolled as one of the first students at the Henri School of Art in 1909. At the Henri School, Londoner established friendships with Carl Sprinchorn (1887-1971), a young Swedish immigrant, and Edith Reynolds (1883-1964), daughter of wealthy industrialist family from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Londoner's correspondence, which often included references to Blanche, listed the sisters' primary address as the Hotel Endicott at 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, NYC. Other correspondence also reached Londoner in the city via Mrs. Theodore Bernstein at 252 West 74th Street; 102 West 73rd Street; and the Independent School of Art at 1947 Broadway. In 1911, Londoner vacationed at the Hotel Trexler in Atlantic City, NJ. As indicated by an undated photograph, Londoner also spent time with Edith Reynolds and Robert Henri at 'The Pines', the Reynolds family estate in Bear Creek, PA. Through her connections with the Henri School, Londoner entered progressive social and professional circles. Henri's admonition, phrased in the vocabulary of his historical time period, that one must become a "man" first and an artist second, attracted both male and female students to classes where development of unique personal styles, tailored to convey individual insights and experiences, was prized above the mastery of standardized, technical skill. Far from being dilettantes, women students at the Henri School were daring individuals willing to challenge tradition. As noted by former student Helen Appleton Read, "it was a mark of defiance,to join the radical Henri group." As Henri offered educational alternatives for women artists, he initiated exhibition opportunities for them as well. Troubled by the exclusion of work by younger artists from annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, Henri was instrumental in organizing the no-jury, no-prize Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910. About half of the 103 artists included in the exhibition were or had been Henri students, while twenty of the twenty-six women exhibiting had studied with Henri. Among the exhibition's 631 pieces, nine were by Amy Londoner, including the notorious 'Lady with a Headache'. Similarly, fourteen of Henri's women students exhibited in the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913, forming about eight percent of the American exhibitors and one-third of American women exhibitors. Of the nine documented works submitted by Londoner, five were rejected, while four pastels of Atlantic City beach scenes, including 'The Beach Umbrellas' now in the Remington Collection, were displayed. Following Henri's example, Londoner served as an art instructor for younger students at the Modern School, whose only requirement was to genuinely draw what they pleased. The work of dancer Isadora Duncan, another artist devoted to the ideals of a liberal education, was also lauded by the Modern School. Henri, who long admired Duncan and invited members of her troupe to model for his classes, wrote an appreciation of her for the Modern School journal in 1915. She was also the subject of Londoner's pastel Isadora Duncan and the Children: Praise Ye the Lord with Dance. In 1914, Londoner traveled to France to spend summer abroad, living at 99 rue Notre Dames des Champs, Paris, France. As the tenets of European modernism spread throughout the United States, Londoner showed regularly at venues which a new generation of artists considered increasingly passe, including the annual Society of Independent Artists' exhibitions between 1918 and 1934, and the Salons of America exhibition in 1922. Londoner also exhibited at the Morton Gallery, Opportunity Gallery, Leonard Clayton Gallery and Brownell-Lambertson Galleries in NYC. Her painting of a 'Blond Girl' was one of two works included in the College Art Associations Traveling Exhibition of 1929, which toured colleges across the country to broad acclaim. Londoner later in life suffered from illnesses then suffered a stroke which resulted in medical bills significantly mounting over the years that her old friends from the Henri School, including Carl Sprinchorn, Florence Dreyfous, Florence Barley, and Josephine Nivison Hopper, scrambled to raise funds and find suitable long-term care facilities for Londoner. Londoner later joined Reynolds in Bear Creek, PA. Always known for her keen wit, Londoner retained her humor and concern for her works even during her illness, noting that "if anything happens to the Endicott, I guess they will just throw them out." Sprinchorn and Reynolds, however, did not allow this to happen. In 1960, Londoner's paintings 'Amsterdam Avenue at 74th Street' and 'The Builders' were loaned by Reynolds to a show commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, presented at the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE. In the late 80's, Francis William Remington, 'Bill Remington', of Bear Creek Village PA, along with his neighbor and artist Frances Anstett Brennan, both had profound admiration for Amy Londoner's art work and accomplishments as a woman who played a significant role in the Ashcan movement. Remington acquired a significant number of Londoner's artwork along with Frances Anstett Brenan that later was part of an exhibition of Londoner's artwork in April 15 of 2007, at the Hope Horn...

In this composition, Sylvia Spiczza works in the manner of color field artists like Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler, presenting a gradation of colors shifting from yellow to red ...

Flowers is an original orangish drawing in pastel realized by Gustave Bourgogne, Hand-signed by the artist on the rear. The State of preservation is good. Sheet dimension: 59 x 46 ...

The Bridge of Rome is an original Contemporary artwork realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the Second half of XX Century. Original colored oil pastels on paper. Hand signed by the artist on the lower left margin: Gattamelata. The work is glued on a black cardboard. Good conditions. Image Dimensions: 25 x 0.1 x 35 cm. Nazareno Gattamelata. He frequented the Roman artistic environment that revolves around the "trident" between the poles of the Caffè Rosati and Canova in Piazza del Popolo and the Osterie of the "Bottaro" and the "King of friends" around Via Ripetta. He makes friends in particular with the poet Sandro Penna and the sculptors Francesco Coccia and Pietro de Laurentiis.

Jon Anderson Signed in pencil, u.l. Color crayon on paper 23 x 17 inches (58.4 x 43.2 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Born in the canton of Friborg, Gilbert Pauli (1944 - 2020) lived in Geneva, where he devoted himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed since childhood. His favorite t...

"Smile Park" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features fall foliage on the ...

Born in the canton of Friborg, Gilbert Pauli (1944 - 2020) lived in Geneva, where he devoted himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed since childhood. His favorite t...

Waterfall is a striking original pastel by acclaimed Taos artist Emil James Bisttram (1895–1976), a leading figure in American modernism and the Transcendental Painting Group. This s...

Bruno Lassalle Untitled, 1993 18.75 x 15.75 inches; framed in natural wood color 21.6 x 19.6 inches oil pastels on board signed 'LASSALLE' and dated recto; stamped verso Bruno Lassa...

Landscape with Blooming Trees Paul-Emile Pissarro 1884-1972 French Paper size 9.5x12.5 under glass framed 12x16x1 signed, very good condition. The backi...

Anatomical Study is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1946 in Italy. Original Oil Pastel Drawing on paper. Hand-signed "Schiavetto" and dated on the lower right corner. Inscr...

A lady with a porcelain-delicate toasty face, enchants with playful and refined coquetry. The lively movability of the artist's stroke conveys with all tangibility the reflections and the play of light on the surface of the blue satin, and the airiness of the underwear. The professionalism of this work captures with its imagination, grace and harmony of colors. By an unidentified professional painter, vintage pastel drawing...

Celeste Benitte (b.1937)- original pastel. Signed to the lower left. Presented in a contemporary white frame with card mount. Labelled to the reverse. On paper.

Plastic dynamism, Blac,white Futurism, Speed, Signature bottom left ALFREDO GAURO AMBROSI (Rome 1901 – Verona 1945) Painter of the second Futurism, he is mainly dedicated to aeropainting. His most famous work is the Air-Portrait of Mussolini the aviator...

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...

This piece is framed measuring 27.5 by 35 inches. Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealis...

Claudio Verna pastel on paper signed and dated 1980 registered and certified by the Claudio Verna Archive.  The drawing was analyzed by the Claudio Verna Archive directly. Based on ...

Household is an original drawing in pen and pastel on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX Century. The State of preservation is good with the trace of time. With the m...

Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway Litho crayons on illustrator’s board, c. 1932 Signed: Adolf Dehn (VED) lower right corner (signed by Virginia Dehn, the artist’s widow) Tilted along the upper edge of the recto in pencil by the artist Verso inscriptions: “VF 3168.D” in a circle, also annotated in red pencil “32” in a circle and “699 Provenance: Mary Ryan Gallery, exhibition entitled Adolf Dehn Lithographs, 1927-1940, Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1982. The original exhibition notice us affixed to the backing board of the frame Note: A drawing intended or used in the publication Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s. Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968 Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art. In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art. If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques. Early Years, 1895-1922 For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...

Pastel Again This pastel drawing ‘Golden – 13-12-23’ follows directly after my last oil painting ‘Cosmic Dance – 10-12-23’. Last time I made a pastel ‘Melina Noëlle...

Sketches for female nudes is an original artwork realized by Jean Dreyfus-Stern in 1916. Pencil of paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Dated in pencil...

Painted by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955 and accompanied by certificate of authenticity. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los An...

Artist: Gerald Fairclough Title: Nude Year: circa 1977 Medium: Pastel Drawing, signed Size: 36 x 26 in. (91.44 x 66.04 cm) Frame Size: 43 x 33 inches

“Beyond Words” is an original drawing on paper Fabriano by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work fuses figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and constructi...

Peter Collins ARCA (1923–2001) Portrait of a Lady (after Toulouse-Lautrec), 1924 Pastel and charcoal on paper Dimensions without frame: 26cm x 21cm Peter Collins ARCA was a British ...

Original magazine cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, published January 24, 1931. Pastel portrait features a fashionable young woman Artwork Dimensions: 39" x 30" Me...

John Sottocornola (1855 - 1917) Meadow Bloom Pastels on paper in gilded frame Size: 30x45 cm (53x68 cm including frame) Late 19th century Giovanni Sottocornola was born in Milan on...

A fine pastel portrait depicting Lady Hadew. Dated 1905. Presented in a sleek black frame with a crisp white mount. Indistinctly signed. On paper.

Armand Nakache was the foremost champion of Expressionism in France, an area unfairly shunned by a society more attracted to the charms of classical painting, Impressionism, Post-Imp...

Continental street scene with figures seated outside a restaurant on a sunny day. Presented in a double card mount and gilt-effect frame. Signed lower right. On paper.

Eldorado This nude pastel drawing in the Golden series resembles a previous pastel ‘Nude – 02-02-19’ a bit. However, I put the stress on skin hues in order to stay in line wit...

Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...

Nudes Study is an original modern artwork realized in the first years of the 20th Century by the artist Arnold Heldink (b. 1860-?). Original drawing on paper. Sigled in black char...

A striking 19th Century pastel, showing a rustic farm building with a bonfire raging behind it. The sparks can be seen flying up over the top of the thatch against the night sky. A g...

A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...

A charming pastel nude of a seated figure with a wash basin and still life of flowers in the background. Signed and dated to the lower left. On board.

What Color Can Do This pastel drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 30-12-23’ is the second of new pastel editions to an ever growing series. The one I completed last December 19th exceede...

Figures is a charcoal and oil pastel drawing on brown paper, realized by Augustus Koopman in the late 19th Century. The artwork represents some figures under an arch. Image dimen...

Peter Potworowski 1898-1962 Woodland Scene, 1956, circa gouache and pastel 25.1 x 28.2 cm 9 7/8 x 11 1/8 in unsigned Tadeusz Piotr (Peter) Potworowski was a Polish abstract and figu...

A fine 20th Century pastel landscape showing the rolling green fields of Brittany, France. The artist has signed to the lower right and the drawing has been attractively presented in...

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain." --Thaddeus Radell

"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain." --Thaddeus Radell

The Mouth of Honey Lithographic crayon and mixed media on paper mounted to support paper Initialed by the artist "GB" bottom center on image. (see photo) Titled in pencil in bottom m...

"Not Intended For Office Viewing Series, Section F" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece fe...

Soft pastel on toned on toned Archival heavyweight paper.signed and dated on.bottom. part on an ongoing series by the artist Nudes With Attitude . ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso'...

I poured vibrant energy into this piece, blending acrylic, oil pastel, and colored pencil to create bold, expressive tulips that burst with life. The fusion of expressionism, impress...

Charles Gir (French, 1883 – 1941) Ballerinas on point Pastel on paper Signed ‘CH. Gir’ (lower left) 24 x 18.1/2 in. (61 x 46.8 cm.) Charles Gir was born in Tours, France on November 1, 1883. He was a noted painter, watercolorist, pastellist, sculptor and illustrator. Gir was married to the well-known actress, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, and attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years. He made many sketches of dancers and caricatures, and at the end of his wife’s performance used to deliver them to the newspapers he worked for. He knew Raoul Dufy, Frances Carco and Jehan Rictus. He sculpted a bronze statue of Don Quixote that now stands near the Prefecture of Cergy-Pontoise; and he also illustrated several books, including Edmond Rostand...

These recently discovered 1983-84 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing obs...

Another Go in Pastel This pastel drawing ‘Berg en Dal – 19-12-23’ is an elaboration of a graphite pencil drawing from May this year. After Golden 13-12-23 I wanted to do som...

Adela Smith Lintelmann, American (1902 - 1996) - Still Life with Flowers and Copper Platter, Medium: Pastel on Paper, Size: 19.5 in. x 25 in. (49.53 cm x 63.5 cm), Frame Size: 30 x ...

ARIATTA 6 (Abstract drawing) Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as...

Untitled Pastel on paper, 1922 Initialed and dated lower right (see photo) Exhibited: Francis Nauman, Leon Kelly: Draftsman Extraordinaire, New York, April 4 - May 23, 2014. Provenance: Estate of the Artist The Orange Chicken...

Arietta series 2 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal ink and pastel on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal mater...

An heartwarming portrait of a golden retriever in pastel, by the well-listed animal portraitist Marjorie Cox (1915-2003). The artist has signed, inscribed and dated at the lower edge...

Nam June Paik Untitled, Plate Six from Novecento, 1992 Mixed Media: Color offset lithograph with unique chalk pastel drawing 13 3/10 × 18 inches Hand signed, Edition 104/130 Pencil n...

Very rare and important work for a set design.

etta Crapo Smith (American, 1862 - 1921) Signed: L. Crapo Smith (Lower, Left) " Resting on the Shore ", January 9, 1898 Pastel and Gouache on Paper 18" x 13" Housed in its origi...