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Period: Early 20th Century
Antique French Town Watercolor Painting
Antique French Town Watercolor Painting

Antique French Town Watercolor Painting

By Alphonse Soumers

Located in Houston, TX

Mesmerizing one-of-a-kind watercolor of an old town French street scene by artist Alphonse Soumers, circa 1920. Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of art on paper displayed on a w...

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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)

Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)

By Carl Oscar Borg

Located in Stockholm, SE

This luminous gouache captures a majestic mountain vista, likely set in California’s Sierra Nevada (possibly Yosemite). Two broad granite peaks with sunlit faces dominate the backgro...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View
"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View

"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View

By Edward Dufner

Located in New York, NY

Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...

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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Low Country
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Low Country

Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Low Country

By Evelyn Coombe

Located in Houston, TX

Bucolic watercolor landscape of a unpaved road rounding past hay fields, two rabbits graze nearby by artist Evelyn Coombe, 1906. Signed and dated lower left. Original one-of-a-kind ...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Cesare Tallone Credited Period Italian Drawing
Cesare Tallone Credited Period Italian Drawing

Cesare Tallone Credited Period Italian Drawing

Located in Roma, IT

This beautiful pencil drawing depicts a portrait of a young, sweet girl with short hair and a direct, intense gaze, portrayed in half-length, sitting at a table or desk. Although it...

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Italian School Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

La Princesse Lointaine, Original Gouache on Paper, Hand Signed, 1929, Art Deco
La Princesse Lointaine, Original Gouache on Paper, Hand Signed, 1929, Art Deco

La Princesse Lointaine, Original Gouache on Paper, Hand Signed, 1929, Art Deco

By Erté

Located in Aventura, FL

Original on Gouache on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled, dated with dedication on verso. Stamped "Composition originale". Frame size 30.5 x 26.5 inches. Artwork is in e...

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Art Deco Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Christ Crucifixion - Original Pencil - Early 20th Century

Christ Crucifixion - Original Pencil - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Christ Crucifixion is an original drawing on paper in pencil mounted on greyish cardboard Passepartout: 28.9 x 19 cm, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Centu...

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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

1920s Italian Signed Drawing Portrait
1920s Italian Signed Drawing Portrait

1920s Italian Signed Drawing Portrait

By Lorenzo Viani

Located in Roma, IT

Rare and important pencil drawing by one of the most important Italian Avangarde Lorenzo Viani. It represent one of his typical subject: the portrait of the people of Viareggio, his ...

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Italian School Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Art Nouveau "Brookweed" original floral watercolor by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Art Nouveau "Brookweed" original floral watercolor by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Art Nouveau "Brookweed" original floral watercolor by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

By Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1

Located in Palm Beach, FL

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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Pair of Impressionist Mediterranean Garden Views. Gouache & Watercolor on Paper
Pair of Impressionist Mediterranean Garden Views. Gouache & Watercolor on Paper

Pair of Impressionist Mediterranean Garden Views. Gouache & Watercolor on Paper

By Songa

Located in Cotignac, FR

Pair of early 20th Century French watercolours of a Mediterranean garden. The paintings are signed bottom right, Songa, and are presented under a hand coloured custom mount in a plain wood frame under glass. A pair of charming representations of a garden in spring and early summer. The first shows a line of majestic Cyprus trees...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Flamenco Dancer, Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait, Conchita de Cadiz
Flamenco Dancer, Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait, Conchita de Cadiz

Flamenco Dancer, Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait, Conchita de Cadiz

Located in Cotignac, FR

Flamenco Dancer. Romantic French pastel portrait on paper of a Spanish beauty by Louis Fortuney. The work is signed bottom left, and presented in a very fine carved gilt rococo wood ...

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Romantic Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Charles Partridge Adams Sunset Front Range Colorado Watercolor Landscape
Charles Partridge Adams Sunset Front Range Colorado Watercolor Landscape

Charles Partridge Adams Sunset Front Range Colorado Watercolor Landscape

By Charles Partridge Adams

Located in Denver, CO

A luminous early 20th-century watercolor landscape by Charles Partridge Adams depicting a dramatic Colorado sunset along the Front Range, where expansive prairie, a winding creek, an...

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Hudson River School Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) signed bottom right watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 5 x 7.25 inches Delightful early 20th century Fr...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Impressionist scene of sheep grazing in an open pasture
Impressionist scene of sheep grazing in an open pasture

Impressionist scene of sheep grazing in an open pasture

Located in Harkstead, GB

A really atmospheric impressionistic image of sheep grazing in an open pasture with wonderful effects of light and shade. John Robert Keitley Duff (1862-1938) Sheep grazing Signed w...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris

Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris

By John Wentworth Russell

Located in Norwich, GB

A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

By Caroline Worsley

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the artist during the early 1900's. During the Victorian and Edwardian era in Britain, it was very fashionable for ladies of aristocratic and wealthy backgrounds to draw and paint still lifes of flowers and plants that they had picked or seen in gardens. Many were highly accomplished and extremely talented artists, who sadly were not encouraged to exhibit due to society frowning upon such activities. Artist/ School: Caroline Worsley...

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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century, Cleveland
Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century, Cleveland

Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century, Cleveland

By Frank Wilcox

Located in Beachwood, OH

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Fog over North Beach, Percé Rock, Gaspé, Canada, c. 1929 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 13.75 x 20 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ladies in a Church Yard in Shady Afternoon, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Ladies in a Church Yard in Shady Afternoon, Early 20th Century Cleveland School

Ladies in a Church Yard in Shady Afternoon, Early 20th Century Cleveland School

By Henry Keller

Located in Beachwood, OH

Henry George Keller (American, 1869-1949) Ladies in a Church Yard Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed lower left with monogram 15 x 20 inches 25.5 x 20.25 inches, framed Keller, ...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, American Modern, Gouache on Paper, Signed, C. 1923
Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, American Modern, Gouache on Paper, Signed, C. 1923

Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, American Modern, Gouache on Paper, Signed, C. 1923

By August F. Biehle

Located in Beachwood, OH

August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm Landscape, Zoar, c. 1923 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19 inches 17 x 23 inches, framed A versatile pa...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Gouache, Graphite

“India, 1912”
“India, 1912”

“India, 1912”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a busy street scene in India done in 1912 by the American artist, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall matte size is 12 by 16 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate. William Henry Drake Born: 1856 New York Died: 1926 Los Angeles Nationality: American Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York Known for: Painting, illustration Awards: National Academy Biography: Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet. Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies...

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Academic Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Gouache on paper fabric design circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy executed in dark blues and a deep red. Dimensions: Framed: 16"x12.5" Unframed: 11"x7.5" Provenance: P...

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Fauvist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Summer Landscape with Farmhouse and Horses, Impressionist Drawing
Summer Landscape with Farmhouse and Horses, Impressionist Drawing

Summer Landscape with Farmhouse and Horses, Impressionist Drawing

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

This summer landscape with horses grazing in a paddock under the rays of the sun beside a rural farmstead is a finely executed drawing in brown, signed lower right by Swedish female artist Ester Almqvist (1869-1934). A winding path leads the viewer into the composition, where buildings, fences, and vegetation define a cultivated countryside. Two horses stand quietly within the enclosed field, their forms rendered with spare yet assured lines. Above them, the sun shines from a clear sky, its rays spreading outward in rhythmic, hand-drawn strokes that cover all of the sky. The composition is built through a lively and vibrating pen line, where hatching and linear repetition create both texture and luminosity. The warm sepia tone unifies the scene, while the expressive draughtsmanship conveys a sense of immediacy and presence. The motif is elevated through a distinctly personal interpretation of landscape and light. Ester Dorothea Almqvist was born in 1869 in Bromma, Stockholm and died in 1934 in Lund, south Sweden. She emerged as a significant figure in Swedish art at the turn of the twentieth century, initially associated with the National Romantic movement, before later contributing to the introduction of modernist tendencies in Sweden through a highly individual synthesis of Neo Impressionist and Expressionist elements. Her early life was shaped by a religious and intellectually engaged environment. Almqvist lived her entire life with a physical disability caused by a spinal deformity, which limited her mobility but did not prevent her from pursuing an artistic career. Following her mother’s death, Almqvist broke with her earlier environment and relocated to Skåne, where she would spend the greater part of her professional life. The landscapes of southern Sweden became central to her artistic production and provided the basis for many of her most characteristic works. Her artistic education began at Tekniska skolan in Stockholm (1888–1891), where she received foundational training in drawing and design. She continued her studies through private lessons with the history painter Gustaf Cederström, but chose not to apply to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Instead, she pursued further training at Valand Art School in Gothenburg, where instruction was led by prominent artists such as Carl Larsson and Richard Bergh. She also studied for a period at the Konstnärsförbundet’s school (Artists' Association), under the guidance of Per Hasselberg and Bruno Liljefors...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

STEINLEN Drawing charcoal Women walking in the street in Paris Art nouveau 20e
STEINLEN Drawing charcoal Women walking in the street in Paris Art nouveau 20e

STEINLEN Drawing charcoal Women walking in the street in Paris Art nouveau 20e

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in PARIS, FR

Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN Lausanne, 1859 Paris, 1923 Charcoal 25 x 30 cm Signed lower right Inscription at the verso "A St Lazare"

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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925
Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925

Watercolor Painting of the Monseigneur News Theatre, by Reginald Marsh, 1925

By Reginald Marsh

Located in New York, NY

Reginald Marsh, 1898 – 1954 Monseigneur News Theatre, 1925 Signed and dated at lower right: 'Reginald Marsh 1925' Watercolor on card 8 x 11 inches Born in Paris to parents who were American artists, Reginald Marsh became an adept illustrator at an early age. His family returned to the United States in 1900. Upon graduating from Yale University, Marsh moved to New York and in 1922 took a job as an illustrator at the New York Daily News. For the paper he provided cartoons of vaudeville and burlesque shows. In 1925 Marsh went to work for a new magazine -- The New Yorker -- as one of its original cartoonists. That same year he married Betty Burroughs, daughter of the paintings curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later that year they traveled to Europe where Marsh discovered the work of the old masters at the Louvre in Paris and British museums. With a sketchbook always on hand, he wandered the streets of Europe and began depicting bums or what he called figures of failure. Upon the couple’s return, Marsh, now with a serious interest in pursuing art, enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied under George Luks, John Sloan, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. This work, Monseigneur News Theatre, is accompanied by a letter from Marsh Scholar Professor Norman Sasowsky, University of Delaware...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red, blue and green. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design. Dimensions: Framed: 19.5"x19.5" Unframed: 12"x12" Provenance: Private collection of works by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini Ferier Bianchini Ferrier Collection - Christie's London - July 2001 SF Fall Show Raoul Dufy was one of a family of nine children, including five sisters and a younger brother, Jean Dufy, also destined to become a painter. Their father was an accountant in the employ of a major company in Le Havre. The Dufy family was musically gifted: his father was an organist, as was his brother Léon, and his youngest brother Gaston was an accomplished flautist who later worked as a music critic in Paris. Raoul Dufy's studies were interrupted at the age of 14, when he had to contribute to the family income. He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charles Marie Lhullier, former teacher of Othon Friesz and Georges Braque. He spent his free time in museums, admiring the paintings of Eugène Boudin in Le Havre and The Justice of Trajan in Rouen. A municipal scholarship enabled him to leave for Paris in 1900, where he lodged initially with Othon Friesz. He was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Léon Bonnat, whose innate conservatism prompted Dufy to remark later that it was 'good to be at the Beaux-Arts providing one knew one could leave'. And leave he did, four years later, embarking with friends and fellow students on the rounds of the major Paris galleries - Ambroise Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Eugène Blot and Berheim-Jeune. For Dufy and his contemporaries, Impressionism represented a rejection of sterile academism in favour of the open-air canvases of Manet, the light and bright colours of the Impressionists, and, beyond them, the daringly innovative work of Gauguin and Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Dufy was an out-and-out individualist, however, and was not tempted to imitate any of these artists. He produced, between 1935 and 1937, Fée Electricité (Spirit of Electricity), the emblem for the French utilities company Electricité de France (EDF). Dufy visited the USA for the first time in 1937, as a member of the Carnegie Prize jury. In 1940, the outbreak of war (and his increasingly rheumatic condition) persuaded him to settle in Nice. When he eventually returned to Paris 10 years later, his rheumatism had become so debilitating that he immediately left for Boston to follow a course of pioneering anti-cortisone treatment. He continued working, however, spending time first in Harvard and then in New York City before moving to the drier climate of Tucson, Arizona. The cortisone treatment was by and large unsuccessful, although he did recover the use of his fingers. He returned to Paris in 1951 and decided to settle in Forcalquier, where the climate was more clement. Within a short time, however, he was wheelchair-bound. He died in Forcalquier in March 1953 and was buried in Cimiez. Between 1895 and 1898, Raoul Dufy painted watercolours of landscapes near his native Le Havre and around Honfleur and Falaise. By the turn of the century, however, he was already painting certain subjects that were to become hallmarks of his work - flag-decked Parisian cityscapes, Normandy beaches teeming with visitors, regattas and the like, including one of his better-known early works, Landing Stage at Ste-Adresse. By 1905-1906 Friesz, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen and Rouault were described collectively as Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained nonetheless to meet formally to set out the guiding principles of what promised to be a new 'movement'. Dufy quickly established that those principles were acceptable; moreover, he was most impressed by one particular painting by Henri Matisse ( Luxury, Calm and Voluptuousness) which, to Dufy, embodied both novelty and a sense of artistic freedom. Dufy promptly aligned himself with the Fauves. Together with Albert Marquet in particular, he spent his time travelling the Normandy coast and painting views similar...

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Fauvist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Party Watercolor and Ink Drawing, Art Deco, Early 20th Century, Signed

Party Watercolor and Ink Drawing, Art Deco, Early 20th Century, Signed

By Luigi Bompard

Located in Roma, IT

Watercolor and china ink drawing. Hand-signed. Original title: Un uomo e tre donne in abiti eleganti. Image dimensions: 28 x 23.5 cm / Dimensions with matte: 49 x 35 cm. Very good ...

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Art Deco Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

"Lilies, " Robert Reinhardt von Liski, gouache, flowers, Art Deco
"Lilies, " Robert Reinhardt von Liski, gouache, flowers, Art Deco

"Lilies, " Robert Reinhardt von Liski, gouache, flowers, Art Deco

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Robert Reinhardt Von Liski was born in Prussia in 1908. He immigrated to the United States and worked in Chicago as a commercial artist. He is best known for his strong sense of Art ...

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Art Deco Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"San Anton Palace Malta" Early 20th Cent. Garden and Fountain Watercolor Russian
"San Anton Palace Malta" Early 20th Cent. Garden and Fountain Watercolor Russian

"San Anton Palace Malta" Early 20th Cent. Garden and Fountain Watercolor Russian

Located in Soquel, CA

A significant early 20th century landscape watercolor of the paradisical gardens at San Anton Palace in Attard, Malta by Nicholas Krasnoff, 1920 (Russian, 1864-1939). This beautiful piece is a wonderful example of the renowned Russian architect's prized watercolors, created while he was exiled to Malta in the early 1920's. Depicting a lush garden full of blooming, colorful flowers and a stately fountain at the San Anton Palace in Malta, one can see the deft hand and attention to detail rendered by the proficient artist and architect's hand. Signed "N. Krasnoff" lower right. Titled and dated "Malta, St. Antonio 1920". Unframed. Measures 10.25"H x 14.25"W. Right corner has a crease from being bent. Nikolay Petrovich Krasnov, also known as Nicholas Krasnoff or Peter Nicholas Krasnoff, was a Russian Serbian architect and painter. He served as Chief Architect of Yalta, Crimea (1887-1899). From 1922 he lived and worked in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was a key figure in the architectural development of Belgrade. Attending the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1876, aged 12. As a young artist he received patronage from Sergey Tretyakov, brother of the founder of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery, and entrepreneur Petar Gubonyin. In 1887 Krasnov became Chief Architect in Yalta. At the age of 23, Krasnov had large responsibility for the rapid growth of the city. He expanded the promenade, which by 1913 became the city's main street, before creating a new city plan in 1889 (including a new sewer system, planning regulations, new streets, prevention of unregulated construction, a school and children's hospital, and the construction of the Pushkin Boulevard). Two concrete bridges were built over the river, and the embankment strengthened. Krasnov also ran a private practice in Yalta until 1911. Among his most famous work is the Livadia Palace, later the location of the 1945 Yalta Conference. Designed over 60 buildings in Crimea, blending a modernist style with local traditions. Also of note: Dulber Palace, Koreiz (1895-97), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta (1902), Yusupov Palace, Koreiz (1909), Kokkoz Jami Mosque, Sokolyne (1910). In 1913, he presented a collection of illustrations he had produced of his works to the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he held the title of academician. An opponent of the Russian Revolution, he left Yalta with his family in 1919 for Malta, alongside the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, sister of Queen Alexandra, and over 600 members of the Russian aristocracy. Nikolay was in a group housed in the empty Villa St Ignatius, which had been a Jesuit college and then a hospital during World War I. To earn money, Nikolay painted many scenes of Malta, signing his paintings as N. Krasnoff. He is known as Nicholas Krasnoff in Malta. In May 2016 MaltaPost issued a commemorative set of stamps in his honor. In 1922 Krasnov moved to Belgrade, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he became head of the Department of Monumental Architectural Developments and Monuments. His building designs in Serbia number around 60, and were created under the name Nikola Krasnov, as a mark of respect to his adopted homeland. His key works in Belgrade include: Ministry of Forestry building (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1923) which bears a memorial plaque...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Broadway Costume Illustration by Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Broadway Costume Illustration by Designer Mabel E. Johnston

Broadway Costume Illustration by Designer Mabel E. Johnston

Located in New York, NY

Mabel E. Johnston Untitled, c. 1920s Watercolor and pencil on paper Sight: 18 x 12 1/2 in. Framed: 39 x 21 1/4 x 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston The first tidbit I fou...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) Signed bottom right Watercolour on paper, unframed Painting: 4.5 x 6.25 inches. Delightful early 20th century...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

By Caroline Worsley

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

The Couple
The Couple

The Couple

Located in Dallas, TX

signed "EJB." at lower right 21 3/4 x 17 inches including frame

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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Landscape Watercolours Marie Carreau
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Landscape Watercolours Marie Carreau

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Landscape Watercolours Marie Carreau

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Buildings" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed Left painting : 5.25 x 3.25 inches bottom painting: 4.5 x 3 inches ...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s
coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s

coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s

By Axel Hilleström

Located in Stockholm, SE

Watercolor on paper signed Axel Hilleström unframed 39.5 x 72 cm (15.6 x 28.3 in) framed 50 x 83 cm (19.7 x 32.7 in) This expansive watercolor depicts a sandy shoreline along the Sw...

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Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, French Landscape
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, French Landscape

Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, French Landscape

By Frank Wilcox

Located in Beachwood, OH

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, c. 1926 Watercolor on board Signed lower right 21.75 x 28 inches 30.5 x 36.5 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figure - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century

Figure - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century

By Pierre Georges Jeanniot

Located in Roma, IT

Figure is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for aged margin...

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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

By Caroline Worsley

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the artist during the early 1900's. During the Victorian and Edwardian era in Britain, it was very fashionable for ladies of aristocratic and wealthy backgrounds to draw and paint still lifes of flowers and plants that they had picked or seen in gardens. Many were highly accomplished and extremely talented artists, who sadly were not encouraged to exhibit due to society frowning upon such activities. Artist/ School: Caroline Worsley...

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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.
Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.

Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.

Located in Middletown, NY

A serene Hudson River scene by a student of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Anna May Walling was born in 1881, a native of Goshen, New York. She was a graduate of the Blair Academy, and Prat...

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American Realist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Landscape Watercolor with Torii Gate
Early 20th Century Japanese Landscape Watercolor with Torii Gate

Early 20th Century Japanese Landscape Watercolor with Torii Gate

Located in Soquel, CA

Early 20th Century Japanese Landscape Watercolor with Torii Gate Beautiful early 20th century Japanese landscape watercolor featuring a torii gate by Shumi...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio

Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio Ink and gouache on handmade paper, 1875-1925) Miniature depicting Tibetan deity Script is Tibetan. Miniature Size: 2 3/8 x 1 ½ inches Part of a se...

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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Parisian Women's c1920s Fashion Gouache

Parisian Women's c1920s Fashion Gouache

Located in Bristol, CT

Art Sz: 9 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

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Victorian Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Venir voir à Carnot, 35-40
Venir voir à Carnot, 35-40

Venir voir à Carnot, 35-40

By Marc Chagall

Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL

Stamped with the signature 'chAgAll' (lower left), inscribed '8 90-44 Passy.' (center left) and inscribed 'Carnot 35.40' (lower right) Pen and India ink on paper Executed circa 192...

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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Pen

Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920
Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920

Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Roma, IT

Londres (Smoking in the Tub) is an original, rare and important realized by the great Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau in 1920. Realized for the book "Dessins" and published in the s...

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Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Painter in Jardin de Luxembourg, Pastel on Paper, French School, 1919
Painter in Jardin de Luxembourg, Pastel on Paper, French School, 1919

Painter in Jardin de Luxembourg, Pastel on Paper, French School, 1919

Located in London, GB

'Painter in the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris', pastel on fine art paper, French School (1919). An intriguing depiction of a hatted-woman dressed in white at her easel in the park. A b...

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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Elegant with fan - Poiret dress
Elegant with fan - Poiret dress

Elegant with fan - Poiret dress

By Jean-Gabriel Domergue

Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR

This elegant work by Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962) perfectly captures the glamour and sophistication of the Parisian woman that made the artist famous. Often called the painter o...

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Art Deco Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Cattle, Goats, and Sheep Grazing: Signed Orientalist Watercolor
Cattle, Goats, and Sheep Grazing: Signed Orientalist Watercolor

Cattle, Goats, and Sheep Grazing: Signed Orientalist Watercolor

By Aiveill

Located in Cotignac, FR

Early 20th century orientalist watercolour of cattle grazing signed Aiveill bottom right. In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. ...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Flowering Branch Watercolor on Paper, Academic Style, Circa 1900
Flowering Branch Watercolor on Paper, Academic Style, Circa 1900

Flowering Branch Watercolor on Paper, Academic Style, Circa 1900

By Juliette Calame

Located in Genève, GE

Work on paper signed This work illustrates a vibrant branch of flowers, showcasing shades of bright red and soft green. The artist has precisely captured the delicacy of the undulat...

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Academic Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Gin Giving Doris a Haircut
Gin Giving Doris a Haircut

Gin Giving Doris a Haircut

Located in Middletown, NY

A life drawing by a well known book illustrator and long-term resident of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1930s. Caswell, Edward Gin giving Doris a hair cut Black crayon on lightweight, br...

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American Modern Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper
The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper

The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper

Located in Soquel, CA

The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper Delicate drawing of a rural street by Alle Wijtze "Charles" de Somer (Dutch, 1869-1919). One of the arti...

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Impressionist Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil