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Lanvin Of Paris Original Advertising Watercolor Christmas Artwork
By Alexander Warren Montel
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 14 1/2"H x 23"W
Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar
Decking The Christmas Tree
Category
1950s Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Portrait of Goar" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Portrait of Goar" (2024) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade oil painting done on canvas. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman sitting outdoors on a small flight of stairs.
...
Category
20th Century Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fragrance" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Fragrance" (2024) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade drawing made with charcoal and graphite on toned paper. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long black hair smelli...
Category
20th Century Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Abstract Expressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Pastel on Paper Bay Area
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Pastel on Paper
Moody portrait of a man with dark hair by an unknown artist (20th Century). The man is shown with an elongated face and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
French Geometric Technical Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
French technical drawing of geometric shapes, c.1980. Academic drawing of geometric shapes and perspectives on hand laid paper.
Original artwork on...
Category
1980s Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Statue of Young Boy in Fountain on the Plaza
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very early original red conte drawing is signed "Jack L. Nesbitt, 4/21/34". On the back of the drawing, Nesbitt has written "Quick sketch from fountain on Plaza". Jack was a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute during this period. The figure on the drawing is of a nude young boy with both arms in the air. A very rare early work by this fine artist.
Jackson Lee Nesbitt, a noted printmaker and painter of the American Scene, dedicated his artistic career to the portrayal of ordinary people going about the business of their lives. A native of Oklahoma, Nesbitt created scenes from the Midwest during the 1930s and 1940s, but in the 1950s, when interest in his work diminished, he moved to Atlanta and established a second career in advertising. Thirty years later, Nesbitt sold his business and resumed his artistic career from Atlanta.
He was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, on June 16, 1913, the only child of LuCena Grant and Howard Nesbitt. The family resided in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where his father owned a commercial printing business. Jack, as Nesbitt was known, helped out in the family business until 1931, when he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Two years later Nesbitt enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. As a first-year student, he learned etching from John deMartelly, attended Ross Braught's painting class, and met his future wife, Elaine Thompson, who was a costume design student. Thomas Hart Benton, who joined the faculty in the fall of 1935, quickly became a close friend and mentor to the younger artist.
In 1937 the management of the Sheffield Steel Corporation contacted deMartelly concerning an etching commission. Because Nesbitt was an outstanding student, his teacher suggested him for the job. When Nesbitt arrived at the plant one afternoon, he was taken to the open-hearth furnace area, where he diligently sketched anonymous workers in that dramatic setting until five o'clock the following morning. On the strength of his sketches, he was commissioned to create a series of etchings illustrating different phases of the steel industry. The commission launched Nesbitt's career as a professional artist.
The commission with Sheffield Steel Corporation provided the financial security that enabled Jack and Elaine Nesbitt to marry on June 1, 1938. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute about the same time. Working as a freelance artist, Nesbitt augmented his commissioned work with genre scenes of the Midwest, and he routinely went with Benton on sketching trips to rural Arkansas.
Beginning in 1939 Nesbitt's work gained widespread recognition. Open Hearth Door, a Sheffield Steel Corporation painting, was chosen to represent Missouri in the American Art Today exhibition at the New York World's Fair. Associated American Artists selected one of his etchings, Watering Place, for an edition of 250 prints that were sold through subscription. Having a print published by the association ensured national distribution, and four more of Nesbitt's works, all of rural southern genre scenes, were later selected by the print publisher.
Over the next decade Nesbitt's work was exhibited in California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma. He was awarded the Eames Prize by the Society of American Etchers in 1946, and his work was included in the book American Prize Prints of the Twentieth Century, by Albert Reese. Major corporations with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel Works, Pratt and Whitney...
Category
1930s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
$371 Sale Price
25% Off
"You In That Dress" Oil Pastel Drawing of Legs, Undressing
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 14in x 11in original oil pastel work by Lauren Rinaldi ships in the pictured archival custom frame measuring 15in x 12in.
Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]
By Kate Glasheen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
![Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_74138621611432540204/Dead_King_27_20th_Century_Iraqi_President_wall_master.jpg?width=240 "Kate Glasheen - Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]")
Dead King 24 [10th Century Mongol Khagan]
By Kate Glasheen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 24 [10th Century Mongol Khagan]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
![Dead King 24 [10th Century Mongol Khagan]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_74138921611432967908/Dead_King_24_10th_Century_Mongol_Khagan_wall_master.jpg?width=240 "kate glasheen")
Untitled (Man Undressing)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Signed, c.l.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now live...
Category
1970s Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Shtetl Interior, Cheyder
By Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan
Located in Surfside, FL
Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village.
Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan was a Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins.
his...
Category
20th Century Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Tempera
Humorous Gentleman
s Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
50% Off
Untitled (Double-sided ink on board)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Double-sided work
Dated: 1951 recto; 1968 verso
Signed on both sides
Framed dimensions: 19 x 22 in
Provenance:
Robert Miller Gallery, NY
New York Cheim & Read, NY
New York Art Advi...
Category
Late 20th Century Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Layna with Glasses
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Lone figure with glasses
Category
2010s Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
In Isolation Series VII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Humorous Gentleman
s Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
50% Off
Gucci Spring 19 Accessories. Fashion watercolor on paper
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Red Sun" - Original Oil Painting, Impressionist Nude Female Form
By Jacob Dhein
Located in Denver, CO
Jacob Dhein's "Red Sun," a 2023 original oil on panel, stands at 19.70 inches square. This artwork showcases Dhein's prowess in capturing the ephemeral beauty of light and form. The ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Panel
Black Male Figurative Model, Pop Art Abstract Ink on Paper
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Black Male Figurative Model, Pop Art Abstract Ink on Paper
Vivid contemporary ink drawing on paper of a male figure seemingly disrobing by Marc Foster Gran...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
"Menu" - "Eat Out More Often" - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eat Out More Often" - Menu - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick
The artwork "Eat Out More Often - The Perfect Meal - Menu - by Bernadette Emrick (American, 20th C), ...
Category
1980s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Watercolor, Intaglio
Kachina Figures, by Dan Namingha, green, black, framed, Hopi, drawing, katsina
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kachina Figures, by Dan Namingha, green, black, framed, Hopi, drawing, katsina
Category
1970s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
“Bag’s Groove”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper titled “Bag’s Groove” by the African American artist Vincent D. Smith. Signed by the artist lower right and dated 1967. Artist title and measur...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Vegetable Still Life No. 2, Contemporary watercolor by Ohio trompe l
oeil artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Mauersberger (American, 20th Century)
Veg 2, 2004
Watercolor on paper
9 x 12 inches
13 x 16 inches, framed
George Mauersberger completed th...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vegetable Still Life No. 3, Contemporary watercolor by Ohio trompe l
oeil artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Mauersberger (American, 20th Century)
Veg 3, 2004
Watercolor on paper
9 x 12 inches
13 x 16 inches, framed
George Mauersberger completed th...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Pencil Drawing - Illustrated Guide of Geneva
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant pencil sketch for the cover of an illustrated guide to Geneva in French, circa 1900.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...
Category
Early 1900s Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Large Assemblage Collage 2 Sided Painting Outsider Art
By Paul Shimon
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in New York, Paul Shimon (1919 - 2011) was both an accomplished artist and composer.
Considered by some to be an Early Outsider artist, Shimon studied at the Art Students Leag...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Study, Graphite Drawing of Female Nude Figures, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Jane Birch
Study
graphite on paper
6h x 8w in
12h x 14w in framed
15.24h x 20.32w cm
JAB009
My drawings are lovingly objectifying. I’m an alien researcher, and my subject, humans, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California" 1970, is a watercolor on paper by noted French/American artist Albert Bechely Crundall, 1906-1997. It is signed at the low...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Couple
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "EJB." at lower right
21 3/4 x 17 inches including frame
Category
1920s Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Esther
s Second Banquet (Haman
s Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14, ca. 2017
Hand made paper collage on paper
Hand signed on the front; also is accompanying by handwritten text by the artist and a typed narrative
14 × 17 inches
Unique
Unframed; This work is held in a matting which opens up
This handmade paper collage was exhibited in April, 2018 in the show "Thelma Appel: Landscapes, Cityscapes + Biblical Journeys Exhibition at the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts in Greenvale, New York". Curated by art advisor and curator, Susan Seelig. It depicts the second banquet of the Jewish Queen Esther, married to the Persian King...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
"The Mark of Eibon", Figurative Painting, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Hand, Arm
By Jeremy Hush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "The Mark of Eibon" is an original artwork by Jeremy Hush made of ink, acrylic, and watercolor. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Tell Your Ride", Line Drawing, Car, Acrylic, Graphite, Color Marker
By James Oliver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This still-life drawing titled "Tell Your Ride" is an original artwork by James Oliver made of acrylic, graphite and color marker on canvas board. This piece measures 12" x 12" frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
The Violet Dress 14 - Pink and Red Minimalist Figurative Ink Painting
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is on her side, facing away fr...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed.
It’s an off-beat, diver...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
![Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51064621570562603575/13_NJ_mashipacong_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "kasyn alexander")
Vintage Figurative Landscape -- Sleeping Among the Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling figurative nude with a surrealist feel by Ken Bower (American, 20th-C) a San Francisco Bay area artist. Pastel chalk color on paper created in 1980. Signed “Ken Bower 80' ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Totem, Pop Art Gouache on Paper by Jean Sariano
By Jean Sariano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Sariano, Algerian/American (1943 - ) - Totem, Year: 1999, Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated, Size: 23.5 x 23.5 in. (59.69 cm x 59.69 cm), Frame Size: 27.5 x 27.25 i...
Category
1990s Pop Art Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Low Gap Shelter, Georgia, [ 34.77624, -83.8245 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "Low Gap Shelter, Georgia, [ 34.77624, -83.8245 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of silver leaf, pen and ink. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trail...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
![Low Gap Shelter, Georgia, [ 34.77624, -83.8245 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51064821570562739405/4_GA_low_gap_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah kaizar")
Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trailing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Acrylic
![Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51063221570561547944/7_ME_spaulding_mountain_leanto_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah kaizar")
William Brien Memorial Shelter, New York, [ 41.2796N, 74.0594W ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "William Brien Memorial Shelter, New York, [ 41.2796N, 74.0594W ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trail...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
![William Brien Memorial Shelter, New York, [ 41.2796N, 74.0594W ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51058211570556931047/17_NY_william_brien_memorial_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah kaizar")
Whimsical Illustration "Snow" Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
By William Steig (b.1907)
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being cross country Snow Shoes signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by ...
Category
1930s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Peru Peak, Vermont, [ 43.3012, -72.95184 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Peru Peak, Vermont, [ 43.3012, -72.95184 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed.
It’s an off-beat, diverse community t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
![Peru Peak, Vermont, [ 43.3012, -72.95184 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51064521570562480792/10_VT_peru_peak_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "ira kaizar")
Toiler
s House Drawing
By George Demont Otis
Located in Soquel, CA
Significant 1940s work titled "Toiler's House" by George Demont Otis (American, 1879-1962). Titled "Toiler's House on the bottom left and signed "George Demont Otis" on the bottom right. Presented in a black wood frame. Image size, 12"H x 18"W.
Otis was born in Memphis, Tennessee where he was orphaned at age six and was raised by his grandmother in Chicago...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Pen and Ink Street Scene - Afternoon Stroll Through Town
Located in Houston, TX
Pen and ink drawing by German artist Werner Bell (1895-1978) of a pleasant afternoon in a bustling town, 1973. Signed "W. Bell" and dated lower left.
Displayed on a white mat with ...
Category
1970s Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie
Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004)
Bonnie and Clyde
Pastel on paper
Hand signed lower right
Dimensions Framed H 15-7/8" W 18-1/2", Sight H 13-1/2" W 16-1/8"
Emilio Antonio Cruz (1938 – 2004) was a Cuban American artist who lived most of his life in New York City. His work is held in several major museums in the United States.
Emilio Antonio Cruz was an American Artist of Cuban descent. He was born in the Bronx on March 15, 1938. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Edwin Dickinson, George Grosz and Frank J. Reilly and at The New School in New York City, and finally at the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphic Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a young artist in the 1960s, Cruz was connected with other artists who were applying abstract expressionism concepts to figurative art such as Lester Johnson, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. He combined human and animal figures with imagery from archaeology and natural history to create disturbing, dreamlike paintings. Cruz received a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In the late 1968, Emilio and wife Patricia Cruz moved to St. Louis to work with Julius Hemphill and the Black Artists Group. He served as director for the visual arts program, which also included painters Oliver Jackson and Manuel Hughes. In addition to artistic contributions, the couple participated in city-wide civil rights protests and rent strikes.
Cruz moved to Chicago and taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1970s, where he exhibited widely and was represented by the Walter Kelly Gallery. He wrote two plays, Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion and The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence. These were first performed at the Open Eye Theater in New York in 1981, and later were included in the World Theater Festival in Nancy and Paris, France, and in Italy. In 1982 he returned to New York where he began to exhibit again. In the late 1980s he resumed teaching at the Pratt Institute and at New York University.
Harry Rand, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, described Emilio Cruz as one of the important pioneers of American Modernism of the 1960s for his fusion of Abstract Expressionist art with figuration. Geno Rodriguez, Curator and Executive Director of The Alternative Museum, wrote in 1985, "Emilio Cruz, is a brilliant and impassioned artist whose current paintings are monumental, imbued with intelligence, fury and an apt sense of irony. They reflect the turbulent world within which we live."
Geoffrey Jacques wrote in 1990, "Emilio Cruz paints humanity’s essence. Mythology and archeology are the foremost concerns of the painter Emilio Cruz. Dinosaurs, skeletal humans and fossil-like images are used in his work as metaphoric signposts in a consideration of the basic questions of existence." Art historian and curator Paul Staiti wrote in 1997, "Emilio Cruz's Homo sapiens series is a strange and haunting genealogy of the modern soul... What is at stake here more than biopolitical culture, is the remystification of the body and mapping of consciousness ... For all the trauma, explicit and implicit, Cruz's style is masterful, classical, even beautiful."
Exhibitions
Cruz held his first solo exhibition at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York in 1963. Afterwards his work was included in many group and solo exhibitions, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in 1986 and 1991, museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1987, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1997. In 1994, Cruz's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador. Other American artists exhibiting at this show were Donald Locke, Philemona Williamson, Whitfield Lovell...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Ballerina" 2024 signed original acrylic ink watercolor work on paper 26x38 in
By Luis Miguel Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Ballerina', 2024
acrylic, ink and watercolor on paper
25.6 x 37.8 in. (65 x 96 cm.)
Hand-signed by author
__________________________________________...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"It
s A Lot To Unpack" - Figurative work on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Undulating Flowering Ovum
By Hunter Stabler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Undulating Flowering Ovum" by Hunter Stabler is an original ink and graphite on hand-cut paper mounted to plexiglass piece of artwork. The piece ships in the pictured wood frame an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Dead King 11 [12th Century Polish Lord]
By Kate Glasheen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Dead King 11 [12th Century Polish Lord]" is an original ink drawing on archival paper by Kate Glasheen measuring 20.75”h x 16.75”w when framed. The piece sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
![Dead King 11 [12th Century Polish Lord]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/1548537552275/Dead_King_11_12th_Century_Polish_Lord_web_master.jpg?width=240 "kate glasheen")
Dead King 13 [5th Century Korean Lord]
By Kate Glasheen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Dead King 13 [5th Century Korean Lord]" is an original ink drawing on archival paper by Kate Glasheen measuring 20.75”h x 16.75”w when framed. The piece shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
![Dead King 13 [5th Century Korean Lord]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/1548538686325/Dead_King_13_5th_Century_Korean_Lord_web_master.jpg?width=240 "kate in korean")
Catchin
a Mount on a Frosty Morn –
By Gordon Phillips
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Gordon Phillips, 'Catchin' a Mount on a Frosty Morn', graphite, c. 1980. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, spontaneous rendering, on white, wove bri...
Category
20th Century Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Unleash, Ink, Paper Figurative Woman Nude, Pink
Blue, Monoprint Contour Lines
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Unleash" (2021) by SarahGrace
Oil and water-based ink relief print
Ink on Paper Block Print, Hot Pink and Bright Blue Color Palette, Linework, Figurativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Oil, Archival Paper
Two Boys Fishing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rosemary Bothwell (20th century). Two Boys Fishing, ca. 1975.
Pastel on paper, 18.75 x 22.75 inches.
Creasing in upper right corner. Signed lower right.
Category
1970s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Female Nude Figures)
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Astoria, NY
Louise Nevelson (American, born Ukraine,1899-1988), Untitled (Female Nude Figures), Pencil and Ink on Paper, signed in pencil lower center border, cerused wood frame.
Sheet: 15.5" H...
Category
20th Century Abstract Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
"Dragonfly Mother" (2023) By Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden
Located in Denver, CO
"Dragonfly Mother" is a beautiful collaboration between fantasy masters Babs Webb and Timothy Von Rueden, done with graphite on mixed media paper, and measuring at 14 x 11 in. in its...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
The Gazebo
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Gazebo" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is signed and dated at the middle right corner by the artist. The image size is 14 x 17 inches, framed is 22.75 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Back At The Stables (I)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
By James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy about to lean against a sawhorse.
James Va...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Burlesque Show
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (American, 1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman whose work featured extraordinarily precise mark-making and vibrant color. Born in Greentown, Indiana, he studied a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Nude in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (American, 1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman whose work featured extraordinarily precise mark-making and vibrant color. Born in Greentown, Indiana, he studied a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media
“Arc de Triomphe, Paris”
By André Vignoles
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel with graphite tracing of a lively Paris street scene in front of the iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The artist is the well known French artist, Andre Vignoles. ...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Continental US - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Graphite
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