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Medium: Illustration Board
South-Western Landscape
, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed 'Todros Geller' (Russian-American, 1889-1949) and dated 1937
An elegant and painterly, southwestern landscape painted when the artist was 48 years old.
Born in Vinnytsia, no...
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1930s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
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 American Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Illustration Board
Spring Flowers
, Kansas, Carmel Art Association, Pratt Institute, AIC, ASL
By Charlotte Morton
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charlotte A. Morton' (American, 1885-1974) and painted circa 1955.
A sensitive study of various blossoms including geraniums, lupin and catmint.
A landscape p...
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1950s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite
Harvest Time
, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of...
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1930s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Life Among the Clouds
, Hookah, Persian, Indian, Sufi, Hashish, Pipe Dreams
By Keith Halonen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Keith Halonen" (American, b. 1946), dated 1969, and titled lower left, "Life Among the Clouds".
Richly patterned, ink figurative showing a man lounging on the f...
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1960s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA.
Located in Firenze, IT
1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA Champions League
Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 19...
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20th Century Pop Art Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Illustration Board, Paper
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #3" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 21"h x 16"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Cha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #2" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 16"h x 21"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Cha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Fauvist Colors Gorgeous 1970s Sophisticated Fashion Model
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Armond Zamparelli was Howard Hughes corporate designer/artist. The present portrait conveys are sense of high style, cultured elegance and sophistication. Although she was pain...
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1970s Fauvist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Color Pencil
"Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #5" drawing and layered paper sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 9"h x 11"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Char...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
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 American Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Postcard, Illustration Board
$920 Sale Price
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Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #11
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 12"h x 14.5"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Mid Century Cars Dealerships of the Future - Automotive
Located in Miami, FL
Large-scale, Mid-Century Illustration that imagines the Car Dealerships of the Future, possibly for the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 fair, with the theme "Peace Through Underst...
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1960s American Modern Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Dreams of Gauguin
Located in Miami, FL
Dream of Gauguin
Initialed in the lower right corner: Z; faintly titled and inscribed "tropical" in pencil in the blank portion of the board at right; estate stamped verso
Board size...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Advertising Graphic project for FIAT by Marco Silombria. Circa 1980
Located in Firenze, IT
Car rally. Fiat factory team.
Marco Silombria (Savona, 1035- Turin, 2014)
Mixed media: drawing, watercolor, pencils on paper, applied to hard support
Around 1980.
Marco Silombria...
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1970s Pop Art Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
$558 Sale Price
28% Off
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on a Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside, by British Artist Andrew Hutchinson
Art measures 22 x 10 inches
F...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Foam Board, Illustration Board
Flowers for Mary #3
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
1990s Mixed Media "Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing II"
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing II"
1990's
Pastel, pencil charcoal on illustration board
Site measures 3.5"x2.5" silver wood frame 10.5"x10.5"
Unsigned came from arti...
Category
1990s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Illustration Board, Pencil
Flowers for Mary #1
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Illustration Board
Moreno Torricelli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96
Located in Firenze, IT
Moreno Torricelli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96 - Determination
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated '96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 ...
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1990s Post-Modern Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Charcoal, Illustration Board, Carbon Pencil
Whimsical Illustration Skiing Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being a Skiing scene, a boy and a girl on skis. signed W. Steig
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
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1930s Naturalistic Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
Located in Soquel, CA
Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
The Hills around San Rafael in the 19th century were a time of work and play as seen in this watercolor near Lake Bon...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Laid Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
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Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 12, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 40 x 32 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
"90 Low Tide Barred Island" Small Pastel Sea Scape Maine Deer Island Pines Sea
Located in Austin, TX
Page size: 8 x 10 in.
Frame size: 10.5 x 12.5 in.
Signed, bottom left.
Inscribed with title, bottom right.
The rectangular picture plane can hardly contain energic mark-making in th...
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1990s Expressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 11, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 32 x 40 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
1990s Mixed Media "Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing"
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing "
1990's
Pastel, pencil charcoal on illustration board
Site measures 3"x3" silver wood frame 9.75"x10.75"
Unsigned came from artist's ...
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1990s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Illustration Board, Pencil
Pretty In Pink - Three Original Artworks, Framed, 5.75" x 8.5", Dress Paintings
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This is a set of three original artworks on board combining delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped grace...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
“Winter Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival Molvin arches paper by the well known American illustrator Fred Sweney. The scene depicts Central Park in New York City in a winter landscape with figures in conversation under an illuminated lamp post. Signed lower right. Titled verso in pencil with American Scene magazine #32 and page 30...
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1960s American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
$1,600 Sale Price
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Loading the Cargo Ship - Brittany France - Watercolor 19th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
French Coastal Scene in Brittany with a merchant ship onloading fish and people by an unknown artist. A sailing vessel is anchored at a beach. A r...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Postcard, Illustration Board
$1,320 Sale Price
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Wheat Field Harvest, Early 20th Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th century Italian figurative landscape of a traditional wheat field harvest scene, by S. Frosini (Italian, 20th Century). This figurative landscape in gouache depicts in gre...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Juventus Football Player, UEFA Champions League Triumph, 1996. Cm 72 x 50
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player, UEFA Champions League Triumph, 1996. Cm 72 x 50
Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 - Albissola, 2017...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Illustration Board, Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
St. Raphael, Quebec, Canada - Hyper Realistic Windmill Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing of a windmill on a farm in Denmark by M. Mayer (20th Century). A large rustic windmill attached to a barn is the central focus of the piece. The landscape and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pencil
$520 Sale Price
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Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 15, 2001, ink on mat board, 32x 20 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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Early 2000s Suprematist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 14, 2001, ink on mat board, 40x 32 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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Early 2000s Suprematist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 9, 2001, 25 x 30 inches, Ink on Mat Board
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Fisherman
s Wharf, Monterey
, Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Backman" for Muriel Backman (American, 1902-1996), titled verso and dated 1955.
A vibrant Modernist work by this notable California woman artist who exhibit...
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1950s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite
Sydney, Australia, from Darling Point
By Brett Hilder
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicate watercolor landscape showing a panoramic view of Australia's capital city looking towards Sydney Harbor Bridge from this desirable eastern suburb.
Signed lower right "Br...
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1960s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Mid-Century Cigarette Ad Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Disney Legend Mary Blair was also a commercial illustrator for national brands such as Maxwell House Coffee and Beatrice Foods, and two complete national campaigns for Pall Mall cigarettes. The present work was part of her Pall Mall cigarette campaign "'So friendly to your taste!'". We are unsure whether this work was a reproduced, or was only used in a test market , or for a client comp. Nonetheless, as a piece of commercial work-for-hire art, it rises to the realm of fine art. Even though the look of the work has a quick, loose and playful feel to it, each element is carefully placed to strike a perfect balance. In this campaign, the artist created the background, and the art director stripped in the product label. The cigarette to the left is also a cut-out and pasted into position to achieve the ideal look. Commercial art is, in almost all cases, a collaborative effort between the Art Director, the Artist, Account People, and the Client, yet in this case, the Mary Blair signature flat graphic and colorful style is dominant and the packaging is secondary. We have to assume the client, American Tobacco Company's brand Pall Mall was trying to sell the sizzle and not the steak. Nothing in advertising is done by chance. This Pall Mall campaign was acutely tested, and apparently, the Mary Blair style was the brand identity that the ad agency chose over other submissions. Blair's warm personal feel fits perfectly with the tag line "'So friendly to your taste!'" and connects with the audience. In the 1950s - 1960s, Mary Blair was one of the few women artists to design and execute a major mainstream advertising campaign that was not solely women-oriented subject matter: babies, women's clothes, and household products. Cigarette ads had some of the most significant budgets and visibility. Typically, they were a full page back or inside cover and pervasive billboards. The ad agencies could have called any artist in the world, and they would have jumped at the opportunity for such a sought-after, lucrative
and prestigious job. In the commercial art field, Mary Blair was somewhat like Margaret Burke...
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1950s Feminist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
The Little Bandit
, California Raccoon, National Watercolor Society
By Jack Bevier
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jack B. Bevier' for Jack Bernard Bevier (American, 1923-1996) and painted circa 1985.
Born in Michigan, Bevier was primarily a watercolor painter who specialized in rural country landscapes, seascapes of the Monterey Peninsula, boat and harbor scenes.
Jack Bevier was educated in Ann Arbor, Michigan before serving 3 years in the Army Air Corp during World War II. After the war he attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated with honors. After six years of painting and working in the commercial art business in Chicago, Bevier moved to California. He settled in the Salinas area on the Monterey Peninsula in 1956 and operated a gallery in Carmel, California for many years.
His works have been exhibited widely and with success including at the National Watercolor Society...
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1980s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Alpine Landscape in Piedmont
, Munich School Professor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hans Blum' (German, 1858-1942) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: Exhibited, 'Jubiläums- Ausstellung der Münchener Künstler-Genossenschaft', München 1911 ('Anniv...
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1910s Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Vancouver Girl
, Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920.
George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
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1920s Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board
Sunset Landscape with Cottage
, Large 19th c. American Watercolor
By W.C.Eisen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "W.C. Eisen" (American 19/20th century), a listed artist, and painted circa 1900.
A substantial, antique landscape showing a view of a picturesque rustic cottage s...
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Early 1900s Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
"We
ll Take This One" Gymnastic Lovers
By Dink Siegel
Located in Miami, FL
Dink Siegel is first a conceptual artist and then a cartoonist.
In the present work, Siegel depicts the interior of a bed store. He captures an exuberant moment that features an att...
Category
1960s American Modern Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Illustration Board
Pretty In Pink - 3, 5.75" x 8.5" Original Artwork, Framed, Dress, Christmas Gift
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
PRETTY IN PINK 3 - This original artwork on board combines delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The piece offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, featuring a pink dress with an acce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Illustration Board
Sleeping Female Nude
By Paul Manship
Located in New York, NY
Sleeping Female Nude
Signed, l.r.
Charcoal on paper, mounted to paperboard
16.5 x 25.875 inches, mount
9.75 x 20.5 inches, sheet
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Illustration Board
Church Interior
By Ray Quigley
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.
Category
1950s Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Ink
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #10
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 10"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #16
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 12"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut, layered paper and ink on illustration board by Charles Clary measuring 11"h x 16"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary was born in 1980 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Vintage Bi-Plane Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage bi-plane
Category
20th Century Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Whimsical Illustration Hiking Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being cross country hiking signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
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1930s Naturalistic Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Exploding Nude Orgasm, Original Illustration for Oui Magazine by Dennis Magdich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dennis Magdich is one of America's leading illustrators and artists. His work has been published around the world in PLAYBOY and OUI magazines since 1975....
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1970s Pop Art Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache, Illustration Board
Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Ornithology, Birdwatching
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Livzey Ridgeway (American, 1859-1947)
Signed: J. L. Ridgway
Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, c. 1898
Gifted to Doris B...
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Late 19th Century American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Untitled (Double-sided ink on board)
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Double-sided work
Dated: 1951 recto; 1968 verso
Signed on both sides
Framed dimensions: 19 x 22 in
Provenance:
Robert Miller Gallery, NY
New York Cheim & Read, NY
New York Art Advi...
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Late 20th Century Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Whimsical Fishing Illustration Cartoon 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one of a fisherman signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist...
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1930s American Modern Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Flowers for Mary #5
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
"Catching A Fish, " Gouache and Watercolor, Signed
By Tom Rost
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Catching A Fish" is an original gouache and watercolor painting on illustration board. It is signed in the lower left by the artist Tom Rost.
25" x 20 5/8" art
30 5/8" x 24 3/4" framed with museum glass
Tom Rost spent most of his life in Wisconsin, graduating from the Milwaukee State Teacher's College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). He began his artistic career as an illustrator for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Treasury Department. Later, he began illustrating for the Milwaukee Journal and then left to work in New York with the Field...
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1950s American Realist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Light Envelope with Tape, realist watercolor and pencil still life, 2016
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass explores the fragility of communication, and people’s natural drive to find narrative in even the most ordinary of objects. In her Envelopes series, Glass works in water...
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2010s Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Illustration Board
Attacking Eagle with Talons Ready to Strike Prey in Blue Tone -Japanese-American
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese-American Artist George Suyeoka paints an attacking eagle with talons outstretched, poised to kill its prey. With an overall blue hue, the artw...
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1960s American Impressionist Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Illustration Board
Lanzarote, Portugal - Hyper Realistic Windmill Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing of a windmill on a farm in Portugal by M. Mayer (20th Century). A large, rustic windmill is the central focus of the piece, towering above the nearby trees an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illustration Board Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Illustration Board, Pencil
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