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Item Ships From: Illinois
A Compelling, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Still Life by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Still Life Drawing by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A visually striking, finely executed charcoal drawing o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1951 Ink Drawing Still Life, Studio Interior by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A highly finished, 1951 detailed ink drawing of a still-life and studio interior by notable Chicago Modern artist, Harold Haydon. A striking drawing completed on fine, hand-made pap...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
1930s Surrealist Still Life with Profile and Hanger by Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930 graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by notable artist Jan Matulka. Image size: 8 1/2" x 11". Archivally matted to...
Category
1930s Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Striking 1940s Cubist Still Life Drawing by Modern Artist Stanley Bielecky
By Stanley Bielecky
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 1940s Modern cubist still life drawing by Notable Chicago and Michigan artist Stanley Bielecky. Image size: 4 x 5 inches. Archivally matted to 13 1/4 x 16 inches. Estate stamped and numbered 58, lower left.
Stanley Bielecky was an Indiana artist who painted the American Scene, from the industrial factories and workers around East Chicago to the pastoral settings of Mackinac Island...
Category
1940s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
A Stunning ca. 1950s Cubist Watercolor of Irises by Rita Duis (Astley-Bell)
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning Modern Cubist watercolor on paper of purple irises by Chicago and New York artist Rita Duis (Astley-Bell). Signed and inscribed "Duis A.W.S." (American Watercolor Society...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull
Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III (Study)
Charcoal & Chalk on Paper
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
16h x 14w x 1d in
40.64h x 35.56w x 2.54d cm
MLC014
Bio:
Matthew Cook ...
Category
2010s Old Masters Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
A Stylish, Early 1940s Woman
s Fashion Study Featuring Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage early 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's accessories and Elizabeth Arden cosmetics.
Artwork size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Archivally ma...
Category
1940s Art Deco Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
"Treasures of the Scholars
Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
A Fine 1930s Modern Drawing of Classical Drapery by NY Artist, Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine ca. 1938 graphite on paper, study of classical drapery by notable New York Modernist artist, Jan Matulka. The image is drawn on the back of a typewritten, folded sheet of bus...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Stylish 1940s Womans Fashion Study Advertisement for Lilly Daché Perfumes
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage early 1940s woman's fashion study featuring an advertisement for Lilly Daché Perfumes.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. P...
Category
1940s Art Deco Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
1930s Surrealist Still Life with Hammer, Palette and Chopper by Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1930s Surrealist graphite still life drawing with a hammer, palette and chopper by notable New York Modern artist, Jan Matulka. Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Archivally matted to 14 x 16 1/2 inches. Estate stamped. Provenance: Estate of the artist.
An innovative drawing by Matulka reminiscent of the famed series of Modern works by the American painter and contemporary of Matulka, the New York artist Stuart Davis. In 1927, Davis began work on a series of five paintings based on a still life he had created by nailing an eggbeater, an electric fan, and a rubber glove to a table in his studio. Using this group of incongruous and unlikely items, he created his first truly abstract works. An example of these paintings, Egg Beater...
Category
1930s Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
1930s Modern Surrealist Drawing, Still Life with Egg Beater by Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A compelling, Surrealist 1930s graphite on paper still life drawing of an egg beater by notable New York Modern artist Jan Matulka. Artwork size: 8 1/2 x ...
Category
1930s Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Stylish, Early 1940s Woman
s Fashion Study Featuring Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage early 1940s woman's fashion study featuring an advertisement for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics.
Artwork size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12...
Category
1940s Art Deco Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
1930s Surrealist Still Life Drawing of Alarm Clock and Mandolin by Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1930s Surrealist graphite still life drawing of an alarm clock and mandolin by notable New York Modern artist, Jan Matulka. Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Archivally matted to 14 x 16 1/2 inches. Estate stamped. Provenance: Estate of the artist.
An innovative drawing by Matulka reminiscent of the famed series of Modern works by the American painter and contemporary of Matulka, the New York artist Stuart Davis. In 1927, Davis began work on a series of five paintings based on a still life he had created by nailing an eggbeater, an electric fan, and a rubber glove to a table in his studio. Using this group of incongruous and unlikely items, he created his first truly abstract works. An example of these paintings, Egg Beater...
Category
1930s Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Grey Rainbow, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Blue Thunbergia - watercolor flower and landscape on paper - Christina Haglid
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Blue Thunbergia
watercolor on paper
7.25h x 4.50w in
18.41h x 11.43w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
16.75h x 13.75w x 0.75d in
42.55h x 34.92w x 1.91d cm
CMH008
Artist's S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures; it exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent. This still life vanitas drawing is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a bronze toned wooden frame measuring 15.75 x 16.25 inches.
John Hrehov
Skull and Ornament
colored pencil on paper
7h x 8w in
17.78h x 20.32w cm
JHR006
John Hrehov
Education
1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas...
Category
2010s Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Roses, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original watercolor on paper, a floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, floral, still life, roses, yellow, red, pink,
Artist Biography:
Born a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cloud Record - Puffy Clouds and Light , Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Bent Rainbow - Weather Phenomenon Scene, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Midnight Nest, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Monolith No. 5, Surreal Botanical, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Monolith No. 5
watercolor and gouache on paper
8h x 9w in
20.32h x 22.86w cm
CMH071
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection betwee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Gentle Winter - Geometric Organic Nature Scene, Watercolor
Gouache, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Night Forest, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Rare Unknown Dinner Plate
By Robert Arneson
Located in Morton Grove, IL
mixed media on paper
image size: 17 X 25
framed size: 28 X 34
Provenance-
Originally purchased from the Candy Store. It is from the Cherie and Ron Petersen collection and exhibited in 1989 in an exhibition "Collectors Choice, Drawings Paintings and Prints from the collection of Cherie and Ron Petersen".
Bio-
Born in Benicia, California in 1930, Robert Arneson was encouraged by his father to draw. He became a proficient draftsman early in life and drew cartoons for a local newspaper as a teenager. After Arneson studied art education at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland he taught in a local high school, where he became interested in ceramics. He went on to receive an MFA from Mills College in 1958. Arneson became head of the ceramics department at the University of California at Davis in 1962 and became a full professor of art in 1973.
Arneson was greatly influenced by the expressionist work of fellow Californian Peter Voulkos, who had studied Pablo Picasso’s works...
Category
1970s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Tulips II, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor on paper. Floral still life painting.
Keywords: still life, flowers, floral, floral still life, representational, tulips, floral arrangement,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lilies, Original Still Life Painting, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original watercolor floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, lilies, floral still life, still life, representational, still life, flower, flowers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Memory of Leaves, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time.
Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Still Life with Flowers
By Theresa Bernstein
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and pen and ink on paper. Signed in ink in lower right corner.
Provenance: private collection, Columbus, OH; private collection, Chicago.
Bernstein (1890-2002) was raised ...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Giardino di Rose
Located in Mokena, IL
Giardino di Rose, 2022
Ink on Toned Paper with Frame, 12.25 x 15.25 inches
Transporting the viewer to Florence’s sun-lit rose garden, Justas Varpucanskis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Cloud Lake - Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Translucent vessels are suspended upon the surface of the water in this surreal landscape entitled "Cloud Lake". This landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smallest water droplet. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75 inches.
Christina Haglid
Cloud Lake
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CMH053
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Nest, Highly Detailed Surreal Botanical, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
This surreal landscape comes from the inner sanctum of artist Christina Haglid. Two paper orbs combine and reveal a portal to another dimension. The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75.
Christina Haglid
Nest, 2020
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CMH051
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Willow - Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper with Single Bud Vase and Tree
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bud vase, a willow tree seeming to grow inside a confined vessel, all appearing to float upon a sea of moving water are the subjects of Christ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Bright Ocean, Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A paper lantern explodes out of the water, as if propelled by an inner, unknown force. This surreal landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
One Potato - Tiny Original Still Life Painting of a Potato on Deckled Edge Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"One Potato", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor of a potato. The paper had a deckled edge and matted with a heavy white mat. The piece is framed in a white wood frame with a heavy white mat measuring 14h x 10.5w inches.
Christina Haglid
One Potato
watercolor and gouache on paper
4.50h x 2.50w in
11.43h x 6.35w cm
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night which will return to its purpose during the day. My intention is to not show the failure because I imagine all these objects make it through to better times. Allegories of survival. Someone comes by and finds the paper crane, the rowboat owners return and see their boat undisturbed, and the slide during the day brings joy.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Tiny Sanctuaries", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC [solo exhibition]
2004 “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Small to Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 “Art of the 20th Century” NY Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, NY, NY
“Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Group Fusion” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 "Small & Mighty II" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Christina Haglid, New Work and Amy Lowry-Poole, Bugs and Buds" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Small & Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Views II” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Maleri” Galleri Carl Michael Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden
“1987 – 1997, A Skowhegan Decade, Alumni Exhibition and Benefit Auction” David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY
“On and Off the Wall, Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 “Small Works” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL., Special Recognition Award
1994 “Unknown Chicago” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 “Graduate Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Graduate Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Fine Arts Competition” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1992 “Word of Mouth” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 “Drawing: A Covert and Private Affair” West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“Senior Exhibition” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 “Fiber Exhibition” Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Janus, Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, 2 Bud Vases with Purple Flowers
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Two bud vases seemingly defy gravity as they teeter upon a watery surface in Christina Haglid's "Janus". This meticulously detailed watercolor invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Intricate in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Janus
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w framed
CMH031
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Canopy, Trees Emerging from a Vase, Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Tree roots emerge from a vase to create a forest of trees in Christina Haglid's "Canopy". The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Canopy
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w in framed
CMH033
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Herony III - color pencil drawing of newly hatched Heron
By Sylvia Beckman
Located in Chicago, IL
This color pencil drawing is reminiscent of a John James Audubon drawing with its precision and attention to detail, from the top of its downy head to its craggy feet. A baby heron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Korean Hanging Scroll of Bamboo, Prunus, and Orchids
Located in Chicago, IL
This Korean hanging scroll from the mid-20th century honors traditional calligraphy painting with delicate detail and a refined composition, thought to inspire clear and concise thinking. Expressing the beauty and resilience of nature’s flora, ink calligraphy artists traditionally select plants and flowers as the subjects of their works, each chosen for its auspicious meaning, literary resonance, or scholarly virtue.
This particular example depicts a quiet natural landscape of three plants growing side-by-side along a rocky hill. Strong bamboo stalks sway above a branch of delicate prunus branches, while elegant orchids blossom in the foreground. Each painted by a different artist, these sacred plants represent the cycle of the seasons: the plum blossom for winter, the orchid for spring, and the bamboo for summer. Brushed with black ink for a monochromatic expression, the painting relies on value rather than color to convey depth and texture within this simple setting. The collaborative painting is contrasted by a beautiful blue silk brocade border woven with a repeating pattern of blossoms and vines.
Each plant is signed individually in ink along with the artist’s seal.
Painting has been remounted. Includes a wooden scroll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
"Scholars
Treasures, " Qing-Dynasty Ink Painting on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
A scroll and a small lantern depicted in this 19th-century painting suggest the romantic notion of a Chinese scholar painting in the evening hours. Re...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
Blue Thumbergia, Botanical in Watercolor and Gouache, Matted and Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Blue Thunbergia
watercolor on paper
7.25h x 4.50w in
16.75h x 13.75w in framed
CMH008
Christina Haglid
Artist's Statement
I used to write a lot of poetry, and it has shaped the narrative process in my artwork. Now painting has replaced writing. Objects in the painting are considered like words placed on a page. I use flowers, manipulated objects, and architecture together in compositions to symbolize the subtle conversations and interactions between them. They are placed in imaginary landscapes that are inspired by actual places and travels.
All the paintings are watercolor and gouache on stonehendge paper, and they are made up almost entirely of individual brushstrokes.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Clip or Broach (No.18.843)
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
This beautiful painting in gouache and gold paint was created as a brooch design in the 1980s.The artwork is signed 'Erté' on the front, and numbered and titled in Erté's hand verso ...
Category
1980s Art Deco Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Red Lilies, Original Watercolor Painting, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is a watercolor floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, floral, still life, vase, bouquet
Artist Biography:
Born and raised in a small town in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Faith, " Charcoal on Paper, 2023
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
Entitled “Faith,” this small-scale charcoal drawing depicts a tree trunk carved with two deep cuts in the shape of a cross. The carving has healed over, assimilated into the bark as just another interesting detail. Up close, the work is loosely drawn with a heavy hand, but from afar, the natural scene still achieves a sense of realism. The tree trunk is conveyed through chaotic scribbling and aggressive strokes of light and dark charcoal, resulting in a pattern that simulates the rough texture of bark. Light falls softly on the tree, illuminating its form against the dark, atmospheric surroundings.
The striking imagery of this work conveys the strong emotional response elicited by Surdo’s personal encounter with this tree. Restricting the composition to only the scarred portion of the tree trunk, Surdo focuses on symbolism of the cross carved into the tree’s side. The carving was inflicted upon the tree by an individual, whether as an act of graffiti or the object of adoration. Despite this wound, the tree persists and grows, adapting and changing until the mark is but another interesting detail. The tree’s spirit endures and speaks to the strength it takes to heal oneself, whether physically or mentally.
Charcoal on paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Still Life with Tulips Daffodils Daisies, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a floral still life painting in watercolor on paper.
Keywords: floral, flowers, floral still life, still life, representational, tulips, daffodils, daisie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Emerald - Surreal Landscape, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Original Untitled Plant and Vase Drawing by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Untitled Plant and Vase Drawing
(Inv # JBRW0021.01.87)
Ink on paper, framed
9 x 6 3/8 inches" paper size
2015
signed and dated on back
Original!
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Tiger Lilies, Original Watercolor Painting, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor floral still life painting, measuring 30 x 22 inches.
Keywords: watercolor, flowers, floral, bouquet, still life, vase, colorful, bright, pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
African Violets I, Original Acrylic Drawing, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is a watercolor floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, floral, still life, vase, bouquet, African Violets, purple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Juniper Skyway - Trees and Ocean Scene, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cloud Stone - Geometric Shapes with Cloud Clusters, Watercolor and Gouache
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Little Moon, Tiny Landscape with Moon and Tree atop Geometric Column, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Open Skies - Weather and Flora Stacked Landscape Scene, Original Artwork, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Neowise - Comet Passing Through Geometric Landscape at Night, Original Artwork
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Brick Light - Geometric Organic Scene, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Brick Light
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
17.25h x 14.25w x 0.75d in
43.81h x 36.20w x 1.91d cm
CMH060
Artist's S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Winter Valley, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original watercolor on paper landscape painting.
Keywords: winter, snow, trees, mountains, valley, representational, watercolor
Artist Biography:
Bor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Blue Vase, Original Watercolor Painting, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor floral still life painting.
Keywords: Abstract, Bold, Pop & Graphic, Expressive & Gestural, symmetric, blue, yellow, orange
Artist Biography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Floral Arrabgement, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor on paper. Floral still life painting.
Keywords: floral, flowers, floral still life, still life, representational, floral arrangement, red, ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tomatoes, Original Watercolor Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The original work is a watercolor still life painting.
Keywords: tomatoes, vegetables, seasonal, still life, representational, produce, green, yellow, red, farm, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tulips, Original Still Life Painting, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is a watercolor of a floral garden.
Keywords: floral, flowers, floral garden, garden, impressionism, representational, tulips, red
Artist Biography:
Born a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
