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FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL
FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL

FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL

Located in Santa Monica, CA

PEDRO J. LEMOS (American, 1882-1954) FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 - THE ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL Pastel drawing on colored paper 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Full signature in pastel, Pedro J Lemos. In good condition. A few bits of old tape at the corners, verso. THE 1921 UC BERKELEY YEARBOOK CONTAINED SEVERAL LEMOS PASTEL REPRODUCTIONS. Pedro de Lemos was an important proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He produced some of the finest color woodcuts of the period as well as fine pastels, paintings and architecture. He was also an instructor and director of the Stanford University Art Department, From Wikipedia: Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 – 5 December 1954) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer, museum director and art educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to about 1930 he used the simpler name Pedro Lemos or Pedro J. Lemos; between 1931 and 1933 he changed the family name to de Lemos, believing that he was related to the Count de Lemos (1576–1622), patron of Miguel de Cervantes. Much of his work was influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing and the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became prominent in the field of art education, and he designed several unusual buildings in Palo Alto and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California..... In 1911 he began teaching decorative design at the San Francisco Institute of Art.[8] In late 1912 he was one of the founders the California Society of Etchers, and the following year he started offering the Institute's first classes in printmaking. Some of his students, such as William S. Rice and John W. Winkler (1894-1979), went on to achieve significant fame as printmakers. He helped organize the California print...

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1910s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

"Cloud Study"

"Cloud Study"

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of Summer cloud study. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in Utica, New York, Ar...

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20th Century Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

IPSWICH SHANTIES
IPSWICH SHANTIES

IPSWICH SHANTIES

By Arthur Wesley Dow

Located in Santa Monica, CA

ARTHUR WESLEY DOW (American 1857-1922) IPSWICH SHANTIES ca. 1892 ink wash on paper, 13 7/8 x 11 inches (sheet). Signed lower left “Arthur W Dow”. Ex. co...

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1890s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Tonalist Antique American Landscape Painting Arts Student League PA NYC Framed
Tonalist Antique American Landscape Painting Arts Student League PA NYC Framed

Tonalist Antique American Landscape Painting Arts Student League PA NYC Framed

Located in Buffalo, NY

This atmospheric landscape by George Flavell exemplifies the quiet lyricism and tonal restraint that define his best work. Painted in soft, muted hues, the composition depicts a stan...

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Early 1900s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Female Artist, Tonalist, American Landscape
"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Female Artist, Tonalist, American Landscape

"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Female Artist, Tonalist, American Landscape

By Charlotte Buell Coman

Located in New York, NY

Charlotte Buell Coman The Meadow Signed lower left; titled on the reverse Watercolor on paper 6 1/4 x 7 inches Provenance Monica Stevens, Springfield, Virginia Charlotte Buell Com...

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Early 1900s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Saratoga, " John Francis Murphy, Hudson River School, Tonalism
"Saratoga, " John Francis Murphy, Hudson River School, Tonalism

"Saratoga, " John Francis Murphy, Hudson River School, Tonalism

By John Francis Murphy

Located in New York, NY

John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) Saratoga, 1876 Graphite on paper Sight 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches Titled and dated to lower right Provenance: Babcock Galleries, New York Spanierman Gallery, New York In his lifetime, John Francis Murphy (1853-1921) was known as “the American Corot.” He was renowned for his small, intimate views of nature, especially barren fields and farms, bare trees, and lonely marshland. More than a century later, the power of Murphy’s landscapes has not waned. One contemporary critic wrote, “It was Murphy’s unique accomplishment to achieve an absolute realism without a loss of that mystic, indefinable quality which transfigures realism.” John Francis Murphy was born at Oswego, NY in 1853 but his family moved to Chicago in 1868 where he worked painting theater sets. Murphy was basically a self-taught artist; his only formal training was a few weeks of instruction at the Chicago Academy of Design. In 1875, Murphy moved from Chicago to New York, eventually rooming with the painters Dennis Bunker and Bruce Crane above a bakery shop. Murphy’s early work was typical of the Hudson River school but he soon fell under the sway of the loose brushwork and moody style of French Barbizon painting...

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1870s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

"Summer Clouds"

"Summer Clouds"

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of mountain landscape with summer clouds. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in...

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20th Century Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Mountain Landscape"

"Mountain Landscape"

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of a mountain landscape. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in Utica, New...

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20th Century Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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Touch of Fall watercolor and pastel painting by Nell Blaine
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Located in Hudson, NY

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$8,700

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By Arthur B. Davies

Located in Lambertville, NJ

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Located in Houston, TX

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Tonalist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Tonalist drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Arthur B. Davies, Arthur Wesley Dow, Charles Harry Eaton, and John Francis Murphy. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Tonalist drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $638 and tops out at $9,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.