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Artist: William C. Grauer
WILLIAM C GRAUER Men
Horses in Landscape 1940s cubist WC Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s painting from the 1940s shows him working at the edge of figuration and abstraction. A few figures and several horses gather on open ground, yet the scene is buil...
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1940s Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
The Model
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Model
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
signed lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
A few bits of adhesive residue verso
Colors fresh and unfaded
Housed in a Marin style meta...
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1930s American Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
WILLIAM GRAUER Caribbean Fishing Village men boats 1960s wc Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This 1960s watercolor by William C. Grauer shows a small fishing village (Caribbean or Mediterranean) caught in a bright, wind scrubbed moment. The buildings are simple white rectang...
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1960s Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
WILLIAM C GRAUER Caribbean Fishermen boats fishing nets 1950s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This 1950s watercolor by William C. Grauer, about 10 by 13 inches, shows a Caribbean fishing village on an ordinary working day. Nothing dramatic is happening, yet the scene feels fu...
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1950s Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
WILLIAM C GRAUER 1930s Fishing Village, Gaspé Coast, Québec Cleveland School WC
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s watercolor A Fishing Village Along the Gaspé Coast (c. 1930s) presents a quiet yet enduring image of maritime life on the Gaspé Peninsula, a rugged stretch of coa...
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1930s Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
WILLIAM C GRAUER Barn
Windy Autumn Sky, wc
gouache 1950s Cleveland School
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
William C. Grauer’s watercolor and gouache from the 1950s shows a barn set back behind a slanting fence, with trees gathered around it and a sky full of quick, layered strokes. The p...
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1950s Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This small 7 x 10–inch watercolor from the 1940s by Cleveland School artist William Grauer is a compact demonstration of how mid century modernism could be fused with a keen eye for ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
Gouache on paper, c. 1965
Signed with the estate stamp lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by decent
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans...
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1960s Realist William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Gouache
Watercolor Painting of Caribbean Workers, 1950s, Signed, 13x10 WILLIAM C GRAUER
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
The watercolor shows a cliff alive with workers. At first glance it feels almost abstract, a tangle of ochres, grays, and rusty browns. Then the figures begin to emerge. Men in light...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern William C. Grauer Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Paper
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