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Item Ships From: New Orleans
La Dionée Dite Gobe-Mouches By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La dionée dite Gobe-mouches(Venus Flytrap)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed ---- (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Daring and mysterious, this original gouache from the creative mind of Erté features the sinuous figure of a woman wearing a unique ebony and sanguine body suit with a dramatic wing-like cape. Entitled La dionée dite Gobe-mouches or Venus Flytrap, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour and tongue-in-cheek artistry for which the artist's designs are so beloved. Inspired by the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble showcases Erté's sartorial interpretation of La Vampire from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. This elegant composition exudes the quintessential opulence and drama that only Erté, the oft-called "Father of Art Deco," could achieve.
La dionée dite Gobe-mouches showcases the breadth of Erté's creativity and his design expertise. First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several specific poems to create original fashion sketches...
Category
20th Century Art Deco New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Nude woman lying - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Tom Leveritt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
A pencil drawing with ink wash
Tom Leveritt (1976) was ...
Category
2010s Modern New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Ink
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Smiling Nude by Tamara de Lempicka
By Tamara de Lempicka
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tamara de Lempicka
1898-1980 Polish
Smiling Nude
Signed “Lempicka”(bottom right)
Pencil on paper
“Everything that I did was never done like the others were doing... I wanted to d...
Category
20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Buttonhole By Charles Spencelayh
By Charles Spencelayh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Spencelayh
1865-1958 British
The Buttonhole
Signed “C.SPENCELAYH” (lower left) and inscribed “This Drawing was accepted into the Royal Academy but crowded out for want of ...
Category
20th Century Academic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Boucles D
oreilles En Corail By Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...
Category
20th Century Art Deco New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Watercolor 10
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: watercolor on Arches paper
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native an...
Category
2010s Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Le Fondeur De Bronze By Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
By Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1865-1953 French
Le fondeur de bronze
Signed "Levy Dhurmer" (lower right)
Pastel on paper
French painter Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was one of the leading artists of...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Male Lying Nude - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
$187 Sale Price
25% Off
L
Aurore boréale by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
L'Aurore boréale(The Aurora Borealis)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed ---- (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In this colorful gouache, Erté draws an enticing and unique fashion design on his model's elegantly elongated figure. Crowned by an elaborate headdress, the woman wears a daring gauzy caftan that drapes dangerously low, celebrating her nude form. EntitledL'Aurore Boréale" or The Aurora Borealis, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour for which the artist's designs are so beloved. This ensemble was inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire. As the name suggests, this creative design links the celebrated "fleur" orchids with one of nature's other great marvels, the Aurora Borealis. This refined piece of art radiates the essential luxury and theatricality that could only be accomplished by Erté, oft referred to as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
Category
20th Century Art Deco New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les fleurs du mal by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed 114.6 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
Category
20th Century Art Deco New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Winter Shadows, New York by Stefan Bleekrode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stefan Bleekrode
b.1986 Dutch
Winter Shadows, New York
Black ink and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated "S. Bleekrode '18-'20" (upper right)
Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Concours de Chiens au Promenade by Otto Eerelman
By Otto Eerelman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Otto Eerelman
1839-1926 Dutch
Concours de Chiens au Promenade
Watercolor on paper
Signed “O. Eerelman 1904” (lower left)
A tour de force watercolor by celebrated Dutch artist Otto Eerelman, one of 19th-century Europe's most popular and important animal portraitists, this charming composition captures a bustling cross-section of fashionable elites walking their equally fashionable canine companions. Eerleman takes care to render the detailed attire of his subjects, complete with plumed hats and layers of lace trim. The artist paints the plethora of pets in equally painstaking detail, capturing the nuances of each different breed represented.
Eerelman mastered the art of depicting not only the dogs’ physical characteristics but also their unique expressions and personalities. His wealthy clientele would bring their pets to his home in The Hague where they would live for a period of time while having their portraits done, allowing for a remarkably true-to-life portrayal. This energetic watercolor, with its profusion of color and texture, harnesses the affluence of its subjects and the leisurely whimsy of their luxurious lives.
Hailing from Groningen, Netherlands, Eerelman was dubbed the “Northern Rembrandt” during his lifetime. He received his artistic training at the Academy Minerva in Groningen, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and then private lessons in the studio of the great Lawrence Alma Tadema. He successfully captured the attention of the Dutch court, particularly Princess Wilhelmina...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel) - In Celebration of Pride
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
A rare pencil drawing by John Lear created in 1957, signed and dated in pencil.
John Brock Lear...
Category
1930s Academic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Venus of Philae by Henry Roderick Newman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henry Roderick Newman
1843-1917 American
Venus of Philae
Signed, dated and inscribed lower left
Watercolor on paper
A masterwork of American Pre-Raphaelite painting, Venus of Phi...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
$371 Sale Price
25% Off
NYC - Tokyo
By Keith Sonnier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Keith Sonnier (1940-2020, Louisiana) is best known for radically reinventing the art of sculpture in the late 1960s. He employed unusual materials that had never been used before, ca...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Minimalist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$22,000
Characters from the Sketchbooks (from September Storm plus Self Portrait)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a page from the artist's sketchbooks. Six pencil drawings show figures that might have been in preparation for future lithographs, Certainly the woman with the umbrella could have been an early iteration for September Storm. There is also a self portrait of Nesbitt. Clearly the works are authentic if unsigned. Provenance: from the Nesbitt studio.
From workers wrestling with heavy machinery to a lone horseman traveling down a rut-filled country road; from the animated crowd at a livestock auction to the dignified worshippers at a serene Sunday service; Jackson Lee Nesbitt chose to represent the essence of humanity and the nobility of ordinary folk striving to get along as best they can. He studied with Thomas Hart Benton and John Demartelly...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
"Four Original New Orleans Watercolor Scenes" Framed Late 20th Century Paintings
Located in New Orleans, LA
Four luscious original watercolors showing iconic scenes around New Orleans, by New Orleans/Missouri artist Hubert Hanush. "French Quarter Courtyard," with E.L. Borenstein Collection label on back - framed 17.5 x 21.5. Borenstein was an important New Orleans art dealer and the so-called "Father of Preservation Hall...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Quarter Scene (Behind St. Louis Cathedral - New Orleans Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Nestor Fruge watercolor of a French Quarter scene. Born in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana in 1916, Nestor Hippoyle Fruge spent parts of his painting career ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$432 Sale Price
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"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
Category
Early 2000s New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
(Three Panel) Chinese Magnolia Branch No. 49
By Emily Farish
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emily Farish’s work explores the connection between organic forms and human intervention through her charcoal drawings of flowers. She meticulously renders each flower’s nuanced impe...
Category
2010s Realist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Untitled III
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon
Dancer (Original Drawing, Charcoal and Conte Crayon)
By Gerald Fairclough
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisitely rendered drawing of a dancer in a moment of pause. What I like best about this drawing is its lack of the usual glamour associated with pictures of ballet dancers. To ...
Category
Late 20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
(Two Panel) Quince Branch No. 65
By Emily Farish
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emily Farish’s work explores the connection between organic forms and human intervention through her charcoal drawings of flowers. She meticulously renders each flower’s nuanced impe...
Category
2010s Realist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Untitled (5)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
The piece is unsigned. It is mounted in an archival white mat, with an overall mat size of 30 x 24 inches.
Fritz Bultman (1919-1985) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter,...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Two Women (Contemporary Female Figurative Nude Drawing))
Located in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans/Washington State artist Lue Isaac shows off her remarkable draftsmanship with this classical nude figure drawing. Note that this is from her ske...
Category
2010s Academic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
(Six Panel) Southern Magnolia No. 4
By Emily Farish
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emily Farish’s work explores the connection between organic forms and human intervention through her charcoal drawings of flowers. She meticulously renders each flower’s nuanced impe...
Category
2010s Realist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
(Three Panel) Dogwood Branch No. 48
By Emily Farish
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emily Farish’s work explores the connection between organic forms and human intervention through her charcoal drawings of flowers. She meticulously renders each flower’s nuanced impe...
Category
2010s Realist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Trees in a Landscape (New Orleans, Southern States Art League, WPA, b. 1905)
By Louis Raynaud
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fine pastel was one of two we acquired together, one signed, this one unsigned, but undoubtedly by New Orleans artist Louis Raynaud, not only obvious from the style but also bec...
Category
Early 20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Seated Nude Woman (Original Drawing, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Sorry for the reflections on the glass.) When I first saw this graphite-on-paper drawing I assumed it was a print of a Larry Rivers drawing (early Pop Artist and one of the great dr...
Category
1970s New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts r...
Category
1890s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Figure Drawings (Pencil Drawings on Paper)
Located in New Orleans, LA
I bought this as part of a portfolio of sketches by an obviously talented artist, but don't know the artist's name. These might be studio sketches as exercises, or preparation sketch...
Category
Late 20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
$236 Sale Price
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Untitled (16)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
The piece is unframed. It is mounted in an archival white mat, with an overall mat size of 30 x 24 inches.
Fritz Bultman (1919-1985) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter,...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled (10)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
The piece is unsigned. It is mounted in an archival white mat, with an overall mat size of 30 x 24 inches.
Fritz Bultman (1919-1985) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter, ...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Cobb
s Creek (Large Signed Original Watercolor, c. 1905, Penns. Academy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sorry for the reflections on the glass - I did not want to disassemble the ornate antique gold frame in order to photograph the art. At any rate - this is a beautifully accomplished turn-of-the-century watercolor by the American painter Frank English...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Horseshoe Cloisters, Windsor Castle, Original Signed Watercolor, c. 1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely watercolor of the Horseshoe Cloisters at Windsor Castle, with three Edwardian figures having a chat near the stairway. There's an inscription and the signature "Herbert" but...
Category
Early 1900s New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$371 Sale Price
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"Lake Scene" - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolor Seascape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
(I apologize for the reflections on the glass.) A lovely, gentle watercolor of a quiet lake with the fall trees reflected in the water. In the misty distance rises a cathedral above ...
Category
1920s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
She Ain
t Heavy - She
s My Lover (Contemporary Figurative Nude Drawing))
Located in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans/Washington State artist Lue Isaac shows off her remarkable draftsmanship with this classical nude figure drawing. Note that this is from her ske...
Category
2010s Academic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Aggregate #24 (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes framed in a maple floater frame, ready to hang.)
This is one of a series we have posted on 1stDibs. The first got more clicks and saves on its first day than any of the many hundreds of artworks we have ever posted. If you search on "G. Campbell Lyman" on 1stDibs you can see others in this series. Here's a recent message from a 1stDibs buyer of a painting in this series, a seasoned collector:
"Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...
Category
2010s Abstract New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, House Paint, Acrylic
George Dureau (New Orleans) "Young Man in Hat" - Framed Portrait Drawing
By George Dureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
George Dureau is an icon in the history of New Orleans art. He was friends with Robert Mapplethorpe, and influenced Mapplethorpe's work greatly. Dureau often drew or photographed dwa...
Category
Late 20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Study for a Seated Woman (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this wonderful pen-and-ink are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
Category
1890s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
5 Original Lane Halteman Stage Design Watercolor Paintings, Late 20th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
Five original watercolor stage set designs by Lane Halteman, for a lover of theatre, your favorite thespian or just something very unusual and attenti...
Category
1980s New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gentleman with Mustache (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
Category
1890s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Seated Young Lady (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique Drawing
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this pen-and-ink of a pretty Edwardian-era lady are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the...
Category
1890s Romantic New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Franklin Adams (New Orleans) "Camisole" - Modern Graphite Sketch Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Photographed behind the glass of the frame, so please pardon reflections.) As you can see from the receipt, this fine drawing was originally purchased for $3,500 on Julia Row in New Orleans. A New Orleans legend, Franklin Adams moved to the city in 1958 to teach painting and drawing at Newcomb College. Over the following years, he applied his wide-ranging talents to architecture, set design, logo design and other diverse projects. He was good friends with Mignon Faget...
Category
1990s Realist New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Irma
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
[New Orleans, LA ::: b.1959 New Orleans, LA]
BIO
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Oil Crayon
$23,000
Charles Richards (New Orleans) "Crouching Woman"
By Charles Richards
Located in New Orleans, LA
A truly lovely nude by noted 20th-century New Orleans artist and extraordinary draftsman Charles Richards, whose work does not come up for sale often enough here in New Orleans. Sorr...
Category
Mid-20th Century New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Graphite
"Mom
s Coffee Time" (AWCS Award Winner) Framed Contemporary Watercolor Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
This superb, complex and relatively large watercolor won the Ida Wells Stroud Memorial Award from the American Watercolor Society in 2008, as evidenced by th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,440 Sale Price
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United States Capitol in Space, Pink
By Grover Mouton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architect and artist Grover Mouton brings utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Acting as a catalyst to explore design concepts,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Land New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Graphite
Athirst (Hexaptych)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ina Kaur (b. 1980) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work responds to imbalances and injustices within social, cultural, and ecological environments. Her practi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Athirst IV
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ina Kaur (b. 1980) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work responds to imbalances and injustices within social, cultural, and ecological environments. Her practi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,600
Dish
By Laura Tanner Graham
Located in New Orleans, LA
LAURA TANNER GRAHAM’s drawings and installations are often discussed as part of the Southern Gothic literary tradition, sharing similar themes with authors such as Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Ink
"Mignon" Decca design
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
This design for Decca Records likely dates to the 1950s, and perhaps specifically the 1953 recording with Janine Micheau, conducted by Georges Sébastian. Signed recto 'Erté' mid-righ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco New Orleans - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$19,850
Study for “L’Acropole”
By Paul Delvaux
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul Delvaux
1897-1994 Belgian
Study for “L’Acropole”
Signed and dated "P.Delvaux 1965" (lower right)
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
This preliminary drawing for Paul Delvaux’s greatest masterpiece L’Acropole, which resides today in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, features the artist’s most beloved subject — mystical scenes of nude women. A centrally-placed, stoic woman draped in a long green gown stands with her arms outstretched by her sides. She gazes at another idealized woman in the foreground, lying nude on a chaise lounge, while behind her, multitudes of other women in white dresses undertake a long procession towards a distant door. The captivating scene exudes the unique Surrealist style for which the artist has become known.
With this skillful rendering of the surreal setting, Delvaux has mastered depicting nude women in a sensual yet non-erotic manner. The artist drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer, and blended them with his subconscious themes, which frequently included the nude female form. In combination with the loose concepts of form and perspective found in the 16th-century Mannerist paintings that Delvaux studied in Italy before World War II, his distinctive style served to create memorable dreamscapes without veering into lewdness. Like the very best Surrealist images, the work is both innovative and engaging.
Paul Delvaux's earliest and most lasting influences in his art were the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer. After completing his initial artistic training at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Delvaux exhibited with Surrealists Dalí...
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SELINA MCKANE
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