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Item Ships From: California
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen
Ink c.1960s
By Ray Swanson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
Fine portrait of a Native American Indian by listed Western artist Ray Swanson.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
On the Hunt - Early 20th Century Figurative Drawing with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative ink and wash drawing of beagles and a terrier leading the hunter to the quarry by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic black and bro...
Category
1930s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$383 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman in a Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Woman in a Chair 1937" is a watercolor on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Rocky Californian Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Rocky Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
A vibrant watercolor seascape by California artist Lucile Marie Johnston (1907-1994, American). Waves crash in among a group of brown...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$440 Sale Price
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Pair of Abstract Dimensional India Ink Drawings in Black and Red
By Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period Abstract expressionist pair of India ink drawings by San Francisco artist Louis E. Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "L. Nadalini" lower right and titled...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Laid Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
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Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
By Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
Category
1930s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
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Untitled #2
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #2" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed with initial in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Pathways - Rancho San Carlos" - California Trees Landscape
By Cheryl Trotter
Located in Soquel, CA
Soft watercolor and Cyanotype of oak trees at Rancho San Carlos by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century). Signed lower right "Cheryl Trotter." Displayed i...
Category
1980s Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$460 Sale Price
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A Walk in the Woods - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
Located in Soquel, CA
A Walk in the Woods - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
A watercolor of lush, variegated greens make up this forested trail of cypress and oak trees, a natural wonderland for any co...
Category
1980s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Autumn by the Stream, Early 20th Century Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly-toned autumn scene by Sydney Cooper (American, 19th-20th C.). This is piece is composed of subdued fall tones - tan, pale green, and coppery reds. A blue stream cuts through t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized figurative drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). A woman is seated on a workbench, drawing on a larg...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
$300 Sale Price
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Purple and Green Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor composition with soft purple and green tones, accented with red by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
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California Landscape with Farm
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Landscape with Farm" 1943 is a watercolor on paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Ralph Ledesma
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ralph Ledesma – American (1910-1993)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 14.5 x 21.5 inches.
Framed size: 21.75 x 28.75 inches
Signature: Signed lower left
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair-good condition
This evocative watercolor is by California watercolor artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth.
Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat.
Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W
John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo).
Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
Category
1950s Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
$1,480 Sale Price
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Reclining Woman
, Paris, Louvre, Salon d
Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
Category
1950s California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Seated Nude, Blue Loincloth
, Paris, Louvre, Salon d
Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the L...
Category
1950s California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
Mid Century Portrait of a Gentleman
By William Clothier Watts
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately mid century portrait of a man, done in charcoal in 1956, by William Clothier Watts (American, 1867-1961). Signed and dated "Willi...
Category
1950s Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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Seating Nude
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 21.25 x 17.85 i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sea bottom
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sea Bottom" c.1980 is a watercolor with collage on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The size is 15.5 x 23.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist:
Charlotte Huntley might have been a renowned graffiti artist – her earliest work consisted of drawing on walls. But fate intervened and she learned to control these urges with a formal education at Scripps College, Chouinard School of Art, and the Los Angeles County Art Institute. These early tendencies reemerged not just in painting, but in other artistic ways as well, to the benefit of community theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago. She spent years as a professional puppeteer and set designer, and developing her own unique watercolor painting style. Charlotte’s use of pointillism. Charlotte Huntley AWS, June Workshop Instructor “Charlotte Huntley has special insights into color and fresh approaches to cliche subject matter. Her work in watercolor is truly unique. Charlotte adapts the Pointillism of Seurat and other post-Impressionists and makes it her own in watercolor. With Pointillism, distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary colors. The technique relies on the perceptive ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to mix the color spots into a fuller range of tones. Charlotte truly makes the most of this style of painting. Over her illustrious career, Huntley has been awarded a signature membership in 29 watercolor societies, including the American Watercolor Society, California Watercolor Association, Transparent Watercolor Soc. of America, Northwest Watercolor Society, and Watercolor West. Overall, Charlotte has received 45 Awards in National Exhibitions since 2000 – an impressive achievement
This imaginative Watercolor Artist has had over 575 paintings accepted in National Juried Art Exhibitions in 46 states, also Canada and Puerto Rico, with 113 Awards.
Charlotte has proven to be a popular Juror, knowledgeable Juror, inspiring Workshop Instructor, and an Award-winning Author.The work of Charlotte Huntley is held in collections in the U.S. Canada and Puerto Rico as well as in some European country.
In 2016 Charlotte has been accepted in 14 National Exhibitions with 1 Award: Signature American W/C Society (CA), Rockies West National (CO) , Animals in Art (LA) (Judge’s Award) , Georgia W/C Society , Missouri W/C Society, Society of W/C Artists (TX) , Gibson Co. Visual Arts Ass’n (TN) , Illinois W/C Society, W/C Soc. of Alabama, Rocky Mountain Nat’1 W/C (CO), Alaska W/C Soc., Aqueous USA 2016 (KY), Niagara Frontier W/C Soc . (NY) and Northwest W/C Soc. (WA).
Elite Awards
Sylvan Grouse Guild Award, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
Elite Signature Status , Watercolor Art Society-Houston
Master Signature Member, Western Colorado Watercolor...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Queensdown Warren, Kent - Autumn Forest Interior Landscape in Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Queensdown Warren, Kent - Autumn Forest Interior Landscape in Watercolor
Colorful forest landscape by L.B.H. Cremer (20th Century). Layers of color cr...
Category
1980s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Opel
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Opel
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic, with silver and gold embellishment
Paper: Wove
Size image: 29.5 x 39.5 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oberon, Series 1
, Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Barbara Johnson' (American, 1927-2021) and titled, lower left, 'Oberon Series 1'.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, circa 1995 (accompanied by original label)
...
Category
1990s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Winter Landscape
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992)
Title: Winter Landscape
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Size of image: 15 x 20 inches
...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
From Buena Vista Park
, SWA, St. Ignatius Church, California Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pamela Della S.W.A' ( American, 20th century), titled, 'From Buena Vista Park' and painted circa 1985.
A painterly, Post-Impressionist sketch of San Francisco's...
Category
1980s California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Cypress
By Frank Serratoni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Frank Serratoni (American, 1908-1970)
Title: Cypress
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Size of image: 15 x 21.75 inches
Size of paper: 15 x 21.75 inches
S...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with Houses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Houses" c.1970 is a watercolor on Arches paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the l...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Raspoutine, Costume d
Hiver
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Raspoutine, Costume d'Hiver," is an original gouache on Canson Montgolfier paper by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is hand signed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
This fun, quirky oil pastel by a David Mark (American, 20th C) features bright, abstract yellow and white flowers with contra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Landscape
By Merton Clivette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931)
Title: Landscape
Year: Circa 1925
Medium: Gouache
Paper: Heavy Bristol type
Size image: 22.75 x 28 inches
Paper size: 22.75 x 28 inches
Signature: Signed lower left by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock.
He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations.
Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him.
Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes.
He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vase at Dusk - Expressionist Still Life Original Oil Painting by Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Vase at Dusk - Expressionist Still Life Original Oil Painting by Wright
Brightly colored flowers sit in a vase on a table against hues of dark green giving the feel of darkness cree...
Category
1960s Pointillist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,080 Sale Price
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Napa Vineyard
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Napa Vineyard" c.2000 is a color pastel on paper by noted American artist Reif Ray Charles Erickson, 1949-2015. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 12.25 x 19.25 inches, Framed size is 24.5 x 31.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with gold color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has very minor restorations, practically invisible.
About the artist:
Reif Erickson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Geometric Color Grid - Op Art Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly precise op-art composition by an unknown artist. A grid of colored squares has been created with various colors, divided by occasional diagonal lines that give the feel of ove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$360 Sale Price
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"Nikolausstaden", Abstract Mixed Media Collage with Watercolor
Found Objects
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed media found object collage with watercolor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2008.
This unique piece creates an abstract composition by layering stamps, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Newsprint
Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris Oil on paper - Transfer Monotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris
Original transfer Monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American 20th C) abstract scene using oil and...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Monotype
$700 Sale Price
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The Nun
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Nun" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corne...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape V
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992)
Title: Landscape V
Year: c.1975
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 14 x 17 inches
paper size: 14 x 17 inches
Signature: Signed lower right in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent, some glue residue remaining on the back at the sheet edge.
About the artist.
Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955.
Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Acquired with a collection of her work.
Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 26"H x 24"W
Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
Category
1990s Photorealist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Gift of Love", Waterfall Landscape Watercolor on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted watercolor landscape of a peaceful waterfall by an unknown artist (20th Century). Chinese watercolor school. This piece is on rice paper, laid down on heavier paper. Incl...
Category
1990s Other Art Style California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
$920 Sale Price
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Garden Rose - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
Category
1980s American Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Pond #4
By Ursula Schneider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pond #4" 1984 is an original soft pastel on paper by Swiss/American artist Ursula Schneider, b.1943. It is unsigned. The artwork size is 15 x 22 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 24.5 inches. Custom framed in a black metal frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
The work of Ursula Schneider include pastel drawings, paintings, small-scale sculptural paintings and woodcuts, working on one medium at a time. These processes complement and enrich each other by stimulating a fresh approach and allowing for experimentation. Drawing from observation in the landscape has been the basis for the work.
She attended Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and Keramische Fachschule in Bern and holds an Undergraduate Degree in Ceramics from Switzerland.
In 1968 she moved to the United States and graduated in 1972 with an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute.
She lived and worked in New York from 1980-2004 and taught painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, Cooper Union and Sarah Lawrence College.
Grants And Awards:
1985 National Endowment for the Arts. Major Fellowship Grant
1976 San Francisco Art Festival Award
1974 The Oakland Museum. The New Talent Award
1968 Swiss Government Grant: Kunststipendium
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Kunstmuseum Bern Switzerland
UC Art Museum Berkley, CA
Oakland Museum, CA
Forum Febicus, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Forth Worth, TX
Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum, NY
San Francisco Museum, CA
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
Rockland Center for the Arts, NY.
Collections:
UC Berkley Art Museum,
Di Rosa Preserve in CA,
U.S. Department of State,
Auditorium Netzwerk, Germany,
The Union Bank of Switzerland,
UBS Security,
Bell Savings Art Plus,
Security Pacific Bank, CA,
Swiss Bank...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
banana market
By Jonathan Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Banana Market" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted British/American artist Jonathan Hartley Folliot Scott, 1914-1995 It is signed at the lower left corner by the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sylvia
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Sylvia
Year: Circa 1935
Medium: Gouache on paper
Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower rig...
Category
1930s Art Deco California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$2,600
Abstracted Cubist Turkey in Pastel on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Turkey Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$600 Sale Price
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Rio Del Mar, California Coast Landscape
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and bright watercolor of the coastal village of Rio Del Mar by Aptos, California artist Virginia J Hughins, (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004). Signed "Virgin...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Over the Pastel Garden Wall - New England - Original Oil Pastel on Paper 1998
Located in Soquel, CA
Over the Pastel Garden Wall - New England - Original Oil Pastel on Paper
Bright New England watercolor by New Hampshire artist Eileen Belanger (Amer...
Category
1990s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Modernist Original Watercolor Painting - Reclining Nude Female Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Original Watercolor Painting - Reclining Nude Female Figure Study
Reclining nude female figure set on a low, moody horizon in sunset ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Grand Canyon Plateau - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Grand Canyon Plateau - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). Towering canyon walls frame a river snaking round a central plateau. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting.
This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Copy of the letter of authentication included.
Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 8"H x 10"W
Image size: 3.38"H x 6.63"W
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Landscape with Trees
By Frederick Leo Hunter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trees" 1909 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Frederick Leo Hunter, 1858-1943 It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 9.5 x 14 inches, framed is 18.5 x 22.35 inches. It is framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Frederick Leo Hunter was born in New York City in 1858. He was known for street scene paintings and etchings of...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pierre Eugene LaCoste Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pierre Eugene LaCoste (1818-1908) Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
A beautifully detailed watercolor illustration of a 19th century opera costume by list...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Little Gardens #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Little Gardens #4" 2001 is a watercolor with gold addition on heavy rag paper by American artist Phil Gallagher. It is hand signed,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Three Fish Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Fish Watercolor on Paper
Lively watercolor of three fish by unknown Japanese artist "Eichito" (20th Century). The fish are swimming from left to...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$920 Sale Price
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Calligraphy Abstract Panorama IV - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama IV - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "V - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Snow-Capped Mountain Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snow-Capped Mountain Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A snow-capped mountain stands above a lake with a tree in the foreground. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting.
This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son.
Letter of authentication included.
Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 8"H x 10"W
Image size: 3"H x 6.63"W
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Detailed watercolor of a Florida island beach by unknown artist "Dowst" (American, 20th Century). Scrub brush and ot...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Fortis Windswept Trees Original Pastel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paul Fortis Windswept Trees Original Pastel
Pastel dimensions 1.5" wide x 6.5" high
The frame measures 18.5" wide x 15" high
Signed by the artist
Very good vintage condition - L...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Farm in Autumn with Corn and Pumpkins in Watercolor on Heavy Paper
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Farm in Autumn with Corn and Pumpkins in Watercolor on Heavy Paper
Colorful landscape of a farm in autumn with pumpkins by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderso...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$348 Sale Price
20% Off
Beachcomber with Clam Rake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beachcomber - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
Bold landscape line drawing by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). A lone figure walks a shoreline carrying a tool towards a line of trees stretching towards the water. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting.
This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son.
Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 10"H x 13"W
Image size: 4.25"H x 7.19"W
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast and landscapes of the southwest. His style ranges from plein air watercolors to large oil landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Reclining Nude - Blue Abstract Figurative
By Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative reclining nude by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Nadalini work. Unframed (First image shows w...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
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