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Still-life Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Full Blue Moon, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Cosmos, Deep Blue Space
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Blue Moon" shows an outstanding full moon with all its details.
Details:
+ Title: Blue Moon
+ Year: 2022
+ Edition Size...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor
Contemporary Charcoal Original Drawing, Realistic Still Life with Apples
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Le Compotier II (French Title)
The Compotier II is a charcoal drawing by Aurélie Sicas, a contemporary artist celebrated for her sensitive approach to realism and light.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Dries Van Noten’s table. From the Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Flowers - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1973.
Hand signed lower right. Dated in pencil on rear.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$475 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary impressionist expressive acrylic floral bouquet vase painting
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This captivating floral artwork "Summer blooming flowers in a blue vase" is an exuberant portrayal of a bouquet, radiating vibrancy and textural complexity. The piece commands attention with its vigorous brushstrokes, creating a sense of movement and depth.
The bouquet is composed of blooming flowers in a rich palette of colors ranging from various shades of pinks and purples to luminous whites. Each flower is rendered with bold, gestural layers of paint, creating a tactile surface that invites the viewer to appreciate the artist’s dynamic technique.
The background, with its harmonious blend of cool blues and popping greens, forms a vivid contrast against the warm tones of the flowers, enhancing their visual impact.
Noteworthy is the blue-checkered vase...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Magnolia - Vibrant Floral Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor
One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black
Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages
'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024
pastel on collaged vintage book pages
27.5 x 29...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Early 1900
s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Signed bottom right
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Painting: 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Delightful early 20th century...
Category
Early 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
The Terrace
Located in London, GB
'The Terrace', watercolour on art paper, by Maurice Savin (circa 1950s). An inviting scene from the South of France depicts a quiet sun terrace on a balmy day with azure skies. The v...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$612 Sale Price
40% Off
Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Yellow Menziesia Pilosa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
$1,350 Sale Price
20% Off
Brown teapot surrounded by red onions on Yellow background
By Glenora Richards
Located in New Orleans, LA
Glenny created beautiful miniature watercolors, mostly still life. This image of a bronze teapot with red onions is a unique work of art.
Glenora Rich...
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$475 Sale Price
20% Off
Sun Ripened, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Complementary colors take center stage in this still life. Purple plums rest in a yellow bowl, creating an immediate impact of bright hues. Above, a brightly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Talavera Composition 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talavera Composition 1' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Lemon Tree Branch Robert Freimark
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Freimark (1922 - 2010),
Watercolor painting of a lemon tree branch
Hand signed and dated 1963 upper right,
Dimensions: 24.5 inches x 30.25 inches, image is 17 X 22.5
Robert...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
“Roses in a Porcelain Vase”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed oil pastel on archival paper by the well known French artist, Marcel Vertes. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Flowers on a Window Sill
, Royal Provenance, Russia, Queen Elizabeth II
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (Russian, 1882-1960) and painted circa 1925.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection o...
Category
1920s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Studio di piede (study of foot) – Florentine School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red chalk on cream laid paper, 6 3/8 x 7 inches (160 x 176 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Flowers for Mary #4
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Pink Daisies
, California Watercolor Society, SWA, Woman Artist, Zoltan Szabo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Beverly Fields' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985.
This listed California artist has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of num...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Early 1900
s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
set of 2
watercolour on paper, unframed
top painting : 6 x 4.5 inches, signed bottom right
bottom painting: 5 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
André Lhote Cubist Composition Pen Drawing Painting, circa 1910
By André Lhote
Located in Atlanta, GA
This cubist black ink pen drawing by André Lhote (1885 - 1962), circa 1910, features a still-life composition, a bowl with fruits on a table with a cubist geometric design.
We added ...
Category
1910s Cubist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Figures in the Countryside - Drawing by Augustus Koopman - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in the Countryside is an original artwork realized by Augustus Koopman (1869-1914) during the early 20th century.
Good condition apart some tear on the edge.
Pencil drawing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful floral still life by American artist Jane Piper (1916-1991) . Pastel, oil crayon and pencil on tracing paper. Image measuring 13 x 15.5 inches in ...
Category
1980s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Pencil
$1,200 Sale Price
40% Off
French Impressionist Interior Scene with Desk, Doll,
Sunflowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and brightly colored French Impressionist watercolor, depicting an interior scene in great detail with an antique desk full of books, a bouquet of sunflowers, and a doll by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pink Carnations (Sketch) (flowers, floral, pink, green, abstract, drawing)
Located in New York, NY
Install images by Em Joseph
Artist Statement
Rachel Burgess makes autobiographical works on paper of landscapes and domestic scenes. Window-like in scale, her pieces combine elemen...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Aster - Purple Yellow Floral Nature Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
Early 20th Century Watercolour - Tulip Study II
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a red and yellow tulip. This piece was acquired alongside another tulip study, which is also listed on our website (qd708). Presented in a vintage black frame. Un...
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sketch for L
Âne bleu, unique work, signed
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Sketch for L'Âne bleu
stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
pastel and charcoal on paper
18 7⁄8 x 24 in. (48 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1954
...
Category
1950s Symbolist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Abstract Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful still life with flowers and fruit by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Image; 14"H x 20"W.
Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson(American, 1928-2009) owned and operated the Bear Flag Gallery in San Juan Bautista, California for many years and was known for his plein air watercolor...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$223 Sale Price
20% Off
Tangerines
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tangerines - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life drawing / mixed media work, created with watercolor and dry pigment and conte crayon on paper that is 30...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pigment
Wild Poppies II, floral art, botanical drawing, original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild Poppies II by Ellen Williams [2022]
original
Coloured pencil on 150gsm paper
Image size: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cmComplete Size of Unframed Work: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Blue Flag Irises
By David Wang
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and detailed watercolor of blue flag irises by David Wang (Chinese-American, 20th Century). Signed in the lower right corner by the artist. Presented in a double mat of cream and light purple, and a wood frame with plexiglass. Image size: 20.5"H x 28"W
David Wang is a native of Beijing, China. He gained his education from the Beijing Education College of China in 1984, where he learned various techniques in drawing, watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, graphic design, and Chinese watercolor. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree, he became a fine arts teacher. During his eight years of teaching, he has taught hundreds of quality students, some becoming professional artists and cinematographers. Wang has also accomplished several major art and design projects, such as designing and creating an exhibit of the Terra-Cotta army warriors in the Forbidden City and interior designs for shopping plazas in Beijing.
In 1988, David came to the U.S as a visitor scholar and studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After his studies in 1992, he continued his profession as a full-time artist. For twelve years, he had a successful career creating visual art for the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida Studio. He worked as a senior background artist doing work from concept development to production final work. His work has achieved him credits on: "Pocahontas," "Mulan," "Tarzan," "Lilo & Stitch," "Brother Bear," and "The Princess and the Frog...
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,320 Sale Price
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Hypnos 2 God of Sleep and Dreams signed Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Hypnos God of Sleep and Dreams", ink and acrylic on paper
Hypnos is the personification of sleep, the god who touches humans with his wings. His mission is to help people sleep and ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amaryllis, Flower Painting, Bold Red Botanical Artwork, 16 x 16 Inches, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elisabeth Condon’s Memorial Flowers series reimagines the still life as a meditation on memory, impermanence, and renewal. Using gouache and ink, she stages vibrant floral arrangemen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painte...
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$171 Sale Price
20% Off
"Flowers of Eden 4" Oil and Acrylic piainting of flowers and birds
Located in Edgartown, MA
A self-taught mixed media artist, I am attracted to anything related to flora and fauna and am inspired by the worlds natural unique beauty. I love plants, gardening and especially b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
A Surprising Center, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A squash and a chocolate-covered maraschino cherry rest on a green table. Split open, they reveal rich colors and textures in their cores. In this still life, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Futile, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Watercolor on Archival paper
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Futile (Title)
Signature : T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Unique hand signed flower drawing on Michael Jackson
Bubbles print from SFMOMA
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
JEFF KOONS
Original Flower drawing on Michael Jackson and Bubbles poster (Hand Signed), 1992
Drawing done in marker on offset lithograph
25 × 39 inches
Hand signed and dated '92 in b...
Category
1990s Pop Art Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Yellow Bouqet, Impressionist Watercolor by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Yellow Bouqet, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, Size: 32 x 22.5 in. (81.28 x 57.15 cm), Frame Size: 41.5 x 32 inches
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900
s Pink
Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Catherine Dean (1905-1983) - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Potted Begonia
Located in Corsham, GB
Potted Begonia, Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated '82. Well presented in a large gilt-effect frame with linen mount.
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed right.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$475 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern British
What
s the Time?
by British German Kapp, 1975
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Eduard Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
What’s the Time?
Pen and crayon, tondo
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 75’ (in the centre)
8.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio Sciortino...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Bluebells - Blue Abstract Floral Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. In her series, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lily Study III
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lily Study III' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"House Studies Series I", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architecture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series I" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Wood Panel, Acrylic, Pastel, Paper
Tulips , White
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I poured vibrant emotions through acrylic, oil pastel, and colored pencil, blending expressionism, impressionism, and pop art to capture the delicate yet bold spirit o...
Category
2010s Pointillist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Daffodils in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Daffodils in a Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Snapshot Series No. 2 (Iris), photorealist colored pencil still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison's freshly bloomed Magnolia and Iris drawings further his play with artifice and hyperrealism. Cream and rose-colored blossoms seem to jump boldly from their branches. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor
Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red, blue and green. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design.
Dimensions:
Framed: 19.5"x19.5"
Unframed: 12"x12"
Provenance:
Private collection of works by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini Ferier
Bianchini Ferrier Collection - Christie's London - July 2001
SF Fall Show
Raoul Dufy was one of a family of nine children, including five sisters and a younger brother, Jean Dufy, also destined to become a painter. Their father was an accountant in the employ of a major company in Le Havre. The Dufy family was musically gifted: his father was an organist, as was his brother Léon, and his youngest brother Gaston was an accomplished flautist who later worked as a music critic in Paris. Raoul Dufy's studies were interrupted at the age of 14, when he had to contribute to the family income. He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charles Marie Lhullier, former teacher of Othon Friesz and Georges Braque. He spent his free time in museums, admiring the paintings of Eugène Boudin in Le Havre and The Justice of Trajan in Rouen. A municipal scholarship enabled him to leave for Paris in 1900, where he lodged initially with Othon Friesz. He was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Léon Bonnat, whose innate conservatism prompted Dufy to remark later that it was 'good to be at the Beaux-Arts providing one knew one could leave'.
And leave he did, four years later, embarking with friends and fellow students on the rounds of the major Paris galleries - Ambroise Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Eugène Blot and Berheim-Jeune. For Dufy and his contemporaries, Impressionism represented a rejection of sterile academism in favour of the open-air canvases of Manet, the light and bright colours of the Impressionists, and, beyond them, the daringly innovative work of Gauguin and Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Dufy was an out-and-out individualist, however, and was not tempted to imitate any of these artists. He produced, between 1935 and 1937, Fée Electricité (Spirit of Electricity), the emblem for the French utilities company Electricité de France (EDF).
Dufy visited the USA for the first time in 1937, as a member of the Carnegie Prize jury. In 1940, the outbreak of war (and his increasingly rheumatic condition) persuaded him to settle in Nice. When he eventually returned to Paris 10 years later, his rheumatism had become so debilitating that he immediately left for Boston to follow a course of pioneering anti-cortisone treatment. He continued working, however, spending time first in Harvard and then in New York City before moving to the drier climate of Tucson, Arizona. The cortisone treatment was by and large unsuccessful, although he did recover the use of his fingers. He returned to Paris in 1951 and decided to settle in Forcalquier, where the climate was more clement. Within a short time, however, he was wheelchair-bound. He died in Forcalquier in March 1953 and was buried in Cimiez.
Between 1895 and 1898, Raoul Dufy painted watercolours of landscapes near his native Le Havre and around Honfleur and Falaise. By the turn of the century, however, he was already painting certain subjects that were to become hallmarks of his work - flag-decked Parisian cityscapes, Normandy beaches teeming with visitors, regattas and the like, including one of his better-known early works, Landing Stage at Ste-Adresse. By 1905-1906 Friesz, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen and Rouault were described collectively as Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained nonetheless to meet formally to set out the guiding principles of what promised to be a new 'movement'. Dufy quickly established that those principles were acceptable; moreover, he was most impressed by one particular painting by Henri Matisse ( Luxury, Calm and Voluptuousness) which, to Dufy, embodied both novelty and a sense of artistic freedom. Dufy promptly aligned himself with the Fauves. Together with Albert Marquet in particular, he spent his time travelling the Normandy coast and painting views similar...
Category
1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Study for the Chairlift (Anacapri) - Drawing by Ennio Calabria - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Study for the chairlift (Anacapri) is a contemporary artwork realized by Ennio Calabria in 1965.
Mixed colored watercolor on paper.
Hand signed, dated and titled on the lower margi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life Strings
Located in Houston, TX
Bright colors transcend the traditional still-life to animate this string instrument and opened book. Gouache by the French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1970. Signed lower right.
...
Category
1970s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Flowers by Isidor Rosenstock
By Isidore Rosenstock
Located in Pasadena, CA
ISIDOR Rosenstock, born in Strasbourg in 1880, died in 1956. 20th century
painter of landscapes and flowers, watercolor.
He exhibited in Paris at the Salon of French Artists, the...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$1,200 Sale Price
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Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900
s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolor painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
$185 Sale Price
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"Oasis" Vibrantly Painted Pool in Desert by Heather Sundquist Hall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Oasis" is an original artwork by Heather Sundquist Hall, as part of the Paradigm's "Breaking Through" exhibition. The exhibition showcases each artist's individu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Birch, Paper, Wax, Gouache
Still Life with Wine and Fruit 4, Impressionist Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
A still-life painting of wine and fruit by Charles Cobelle. This piece features more muted and neutral colors than his other works and bears his signature in the lower right front co...
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1950s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
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