Framed Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Sue Read (b. 1941) is an English watercolourist known for her contemplative, small-scale still-life paintings. A member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), her ...

Bernard Myers (British, 1925 – 2007) Dahlias and fruit oil on paper signed with initials ‘B. M’ (lower left) 24 x 31.3/4 in. (61 x 80.7 cm.) (including frame) From the estate of Bern...

David Morrison’s new series of drawings are regal in their naturalism. Morrison uses his extreme attention to detail to give equal weight to both the fruit's delicate features and si...

Hyman Bloom "Still Life with Flies" Frame: 18" X 16" Image: 9.25" X 8.25" Hand signed with his monogram initials Provenance: bears exhibition label from Fuller Museum of Art Hyman B...

Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed. On paper.

[ANON.] Collection of Watercolour Designs for Silverware. South Germany, [Late 19th century]. A series of 9 watercolours, each framed and glazed, ...

As a reflection on the value we give to objects, this series exposes examples of objects that we use daily and for different reasons ended up gaining very high prices. By redrawing t...

An interesting watercolour still life of two butterflies gently gliding towards the bright read flowers. Well presented in a card mount and gilt frame. Signed to the lower right. On ...

Original watercolor on archival paper by Rosalind Oesterle. Circa 1970. Signed lower left by the artist. Oval format. Condition is excellent. Profe...

Otto Münch (German-American, 1885-1965) Design for Teacups, c. 1920 Watercolor on paper 9 1/8 in. diameter Frame: 16 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 in. Provenance: Chamberlin Gallery, New York ...

Signed. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. Label with title verso. On paper.

A delightful still life painting of pale roses in a goblet vase, set against a deep blue background. The delicate petals and lush green leaves are rendered with exquisite detail. Wel...

Sumi-e Brushes and Bowl - Still Life by Elizabeth Harrington Vibrant still life of Sumi-e Brushes in vase and rinsing bowl by Elizabeth Mae Harrington, "Betty" (American, 1919-1990). A small vase holds several sumi-e brushes, next to a small red bowl. A small piece of blotter cloth is in front of the bowl. Signed "Elizabeth Harrington" in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat of pink and tan. Image size: 10.5"H x 9"W Frame size: 19.5"H x 16.5"W Elizabeth "Betty" Harrington (American, 1919-1990) was born in San Diego, California in 1919. She studied at the University of California and the California School of Arts and Crafts. She also studied privately with Richard Yip...

A beautifully vibrant pastel still life showing a jug of vibrant summer flowers on a blue check tablecloth. The artist has signed and dated to the lower right corner and the painting...

Chiura Obata Dahlias, 1940 Signed, dated and stamped lower right Watercolor on paper 15 x 9 5/8 inches Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...

This stunning study of George Washington's hands is a unique and remarkable drawing pair. Mora was noted as an exceptional draftsman and actually traveled america giving lectures ab...

Highly detailed patterned abstract composition by Patricia "Patti" Omori Shepp (American, b. 1954). This piece has a repeating pattern across the width, reflected on itself. Texture ...

'Magnolias, Waiting'. Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ Frost guarded the ground, And bejewelled your fallen leaves, Whilst you slept, waiting. Exploring the...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a light pink garden rose, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Ameri...

This artwork "Flower in a Vase" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Sara Ethel Kolb Danner, 1894-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 15.25 inches, framed size is 27.25 x 23.25 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in NYC on Oct. 2, 1894. As a child Sara Kolb was taught to paint by her father who was an artist and student of Thomas Eakins. She grew up in Philadelphia where in 1917 she wed William Danner. The Danners moved from South Bend, IN to Santa Barbara in 1926 and remained. She studied under Henry Snell at the PAFA (the Sara Kolb Danner...

A charming pastel study depicting pink roses in a glass vase. Unsigned. Presented in wooden frame with a gilt window. On paper.

Beautiful watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a purple iris, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...

James Tower. English ( b.1919 - d.1988 ). Still Life Of Flowers In A Jug And A Plate Of Fruit. Watercolor & Ink. Image size 15.4 inches x 13 inches ( 39cm x 33cm ). Frame size 22.2 ...

Hachiya Persimmons & Fan, Modern Still Life with Red-Orange and Blue Lovely modern still-life of a fan and persimmons by Santa Cruz, California artist Anita Heckman (American, b.20th Century). This 1987 mixed media work on paper depicts three vivid Hachiya persimmons on a windowsill beside an elegant paper fan with a tassel. A decorative window drape...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Japanese irises, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.19...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Peruvian lilies, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...

Beautiful mid century floral watercolor still-life of magnolia blossoms on budding branches by Ann Hobbs (American, 20th Century). Signed "Ann Hobbs" lower right. Titled "Tulip Tree...

Janet Skea (born 1947) Still life of strawberries Signed Watercolour 10.75 x 12 inches 19 x 20 inches with frame An incredibly highly detailed still life of a bowl of sumptuous stra...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of light pink roses in full bloom, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy ...

Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”. The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of hot pink roses in full bloom, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Am...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of yellow roses in full bloom, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (Amer...

Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) At Dawn, 1975 Pencil on paper 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Framed: 14 2/3 x 11 1/3 in. Signed upper right: Kipniss '75 Verso bears Hirschl & Adler Galleries Label Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up tree. Kipniss studied at the Art Students League* in 1947; Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, 1948-50; and the University of Iowa, receiving a BA degree in English literature in 1952, and an MFA in painting and art history in 1954. The artist employs a meticulous technique combining a multiplicity of specific strokes, whether with brush, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin*, to create the essence of his generalized, non-specific forms. Light and darkness are clearly Kipniss' compositionally constructive elements. They also exist as contestants in the emotional drama at the heart of each work of art. The contrast, and sometimes combat, between these two opposites, symbolically represent with blackness -- ideas of threat, fear, trouble, evil; with whiteness safety, redemption, fulfillment and good. In Kipniss' 1995 mezzotint*, Clear Vase and Landscape, with a foreground image of precisely leafy stalks, the vase holding them, nearly invisible in its transparency, suggests an almost Salvador Dali-like surrealist device. This central image dominates but seems to invite association with, and commentary from, the surrounding clumps and individual round-topped, yet cedar-like trees. His mezzzotint, For Stella," 1997, depicts a gently twisting, curving, pale and smoothly-barked foreground, leafless tree limb or trunk, like a female human body, suggesting weakness, fatigue, an inability to deal with the staccato background screen of textured bush that seems to uncomfortably impinge upon it. This print is arguably a metaphor for a delicate soul struggling to overcome the prickly difficulties of domineering life. The classic mezzotint process, invented in the middle of the 17th Century, is the reverse of most of the other print-making media, since the artist works from a black ground to increasingly lighter areas. The copper plate is first roughened by a "rocker," creating a burr over the entire surface (the more burr left intact, the more ink it holds, the darker the final finished print). The artist, Robert Kipniss, in this instance, gradually burnishes, smoothes down the burr in varying degrees to produce the gradations of lights and darks of the final design. The deepest darks in the final picture are those areas on the plate that have been little touched after the initial roughening. Mezzotint relies on shade and tone rather than outline for its effect, which fits the Kipniss style of atmospheric* masses of value. A recent oil painting by Robert Kipniss, Hillside Silhouettes, 2001, 40 x 29, is somewhat more complex in composition than many, with four cubically-constructed houses each set in their own zones, seemingly unrelated to one another, with receding hills and similarly isolated, increasingly misty trees beyond. In his career, Robert Kipniss has had over 40 one-man shows since the first in New York in 1951, including an important retrospective exhibition at the Associated American Artist Gallery, New York in 1977. Many of these one-man exhibitions have been mounted by over 50 museums in the United States, South America and Europe, including the Chicago Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modem Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of Congress and British Museum in London. Robert Kipniss is represented in the permanent collections of the institutions above, among many others, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York Public Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Detroit Art Institute; Yale University Museum; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He was elected to the National Academy of Design* in 1980, and to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London in 1998 Robert Kipniss can be referenced in numerous publications, including Who's Who in American Art from the 1950s to the present, and multiple reviews in periodicals like Art News, Art in America and Art Forum. There are also three important catalogues raisonne published on his work. Robert Kipniss has received many awards: 1965 - Ohio University National Drawing Show, Purchase Prize 1976 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Ralph Fabri Prize 1978 - The Print Club of Philadelphia, Charles M Lea Prize 1979 - Charlotte Printmakers Society, Purchase Award 1979 - Society of American Graphic Artists, Printmaking Award 1979 - Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, Honorary Doctorate 1980 - Elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City 1980 - Audubon Artists, New York City, Silver Medal 1980 - National Academy of Design, New York City, The Leo Meissner...

Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and wash-line mount. On paper.

Beautiful mid-century floral watercolor still-life of a bouquet of colorful wildflowers by Jane Boyd (20th Century), c.1960s. The beautiful bouquet features a coral pink flower in fu...

Vibrant still life by Free Dean (American, 1907-1987). Expertly executed depiction of yellow, red, and orange flowers arranged in a pot. To the left of the arrangement is a small jar...

James Tower. English ( b.1919 - d.1988 ). Still Life Of Flowers In A Jug And A Bowl Of Apples, 1944. Watercolor & Ink. Signed & Dated Upper Right. Image size 11.4 inches x 13.2 inch...

White Iris & Spring Flowers Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still Life Beautiful mid century floral watercolor still life of a bouquet with white irises and other blooming flowers by H...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Peruvian lilies, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...

Cheerful mid century watercolor still-life of a basket of fruit by Luella Murphy (American, 20th Century). Signed "Luella Murphy" lower left. Displayed in a new beige mat and rustic ...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of red gladiolas, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943)...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of cyclamen, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style blending into line drawing by California artist Deborah E...

A fine study in watercolour and gum arabic depicting a goldfinch and its nest. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of yellow monkey flower, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American,...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of deep red roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943...

A fine watercolour study with gum arabic details depicting apples and berries in under bush. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a silver gilt frame. On paper.

A delicate and finely executed early 20th Century watercolour still life showing a bowl of apples and bananas, a delicate green goblet with hobnail glass...

Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of red begonia, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943). ...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of yellow roses, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.1943)...

Flowers is an artwork realized by an unknown in the early mid-20th Century. Ink, pastel and watercolor on cardboard. 11 x 10 cm ; 30 x 29 cm. Good condition!

Highly detailed still-life in graphite of a balancing stack of rocks by Pacific Northwest artist Kate Scott (American, b.1943). Signed "K. Sc...

Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a purple iris by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b. 1943). Signed lower center. Attributed to De...

English school from the end of the 19th century Watercolor and gouache 38 x 28 cm (60x49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful late 19th century frame in pitch pine wood. Very good condition This watercolor was made for the diamond "jubilee" in 1897 of Queen Victoria, crowned on the 20 June 1837 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also Queen of Canada from 1867 and Empress of India from 1876. This watercolor represents two portraits of the Queen, one in 1837 and the other in 1897, as well as a beautiful diamond which reminds of the famous Indian diamond the Koh-i-Nor which was presented in 1850 to Queen Victoria, for the 250th anniversary of the English East India Company, and cut and mounted on a tiara with two thousand other diamonds in 1852. We also recognize in this watercolor the insignia of the Order of the Star of India...

Signed to the lower left. Presented in a fine gilt frame with acanthus ornamentation. On paper.

Floral still life. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.

Detailed watercolor of a Santa Fe southwest style living room, full of vibrant Navajo patterned textiles, by unknown artist "West" (American, 20th Cen...

A charming still life study depicting a glass of wine surrounded with half wrapped fruit and a small picnic basket.. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame with a gilt slip. On paper.

Artist David Morrison creates hyperrealistic, yet abstracted, finely detailed pencil drawings of found natural objects, both by observing the object itself under magnification, and a...

"Brussels Excursion" (ca.2011) By Naum Katsenelson is a beautiful original watercolor painting done on watercolor paper, depicting a crowd of people walking up a staircase on a rainy...

Mid century modern still life of fruit basket and cobalt blue plate with rich, velvety surface treatment done in oil pastel by Mary Reeves (American...