Toni Simon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971) Abstract 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper Signed lower right Framed by Bark BIO rene Pereira was born in 1902 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and grew up in Great Barrington. She was strongly influenced by her mother who was an amateur artist. Irene began art lessons at the age of fifteen; she took a secretarial job because her father had died. She took art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of twenty-one she married the first of three husbands, Humberto Pereira, whose name she kept. She traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa and was much inspired by the expansive vistas of the Sahara Desert. Returning to New York, she began incorporating these visions into her work, increasingly experimental in her styles and methods. At first she painted on canvas, then she devised a means of actually incorporating light into her works by painting on layers of glass and mounting the layers together. In 1942 she married George Brown, an engineer, who helped her experiment with a variety of materials. By the 1950s she became more interested in writing poetry and, divorced from Brown in 1952, she married George Reavey, an Irish Poet...

This vintage 1960s abstract painting by acclaimed New Mexico modernist Ward Lockwood (1894–1963) exemplifies the energy and innovation of mid-century modern art. Executed in gouache ...

Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...

Perle Fine Untitled, circa 1945 Estate stamped and numbered "#632" on the reverse Gouache and pencil on Kraft paper 12 x 20 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Thomas McCormick Gallery...

Title: Mid Century French Abstract Expressionist Calligraphic Ink Painting Medium: Black ink/ gouache painting on paper, unframed French, circa 1950's ...

Jack Youngerman October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, 1964 India ink on paper, with original Betty Parsons Gallery label Pencil signed and dated '64 on the front; also signed, title...

On offer is a mid-century abstract landscape painting by the prominent Northern California modernist painter Alexander Nepote (1913–1986). The piece showcases Nepote’s signature fasc...

Delightful petite abstract work by American abstract artist Vaclav Vytlacil. About this artist: Born in 1892 to Czechoslovakian parents in New York, Vaclav Vytlacil and his parents ...

Paul Colin (1892–1986), a painter, illustrator, set designer, and major poster artist of the 20th century, is renowned for his influence on Art Deco. He grew up in Nancy, a hub of av...

Figure with Orange and Blue - Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Work Dynamic figural abstract piece by Felix Ruvolo (American, 1912-1992). In the center of the composition is a...

Charmion von Wiegand Intersecting Magic Square, ca. 1963 Gouache on paperboard Signed and titled on the back of the artwork. The signature shown on the frame back is a photo of the a...

Jardin Sur L'eau (Abstract painting) Collage, watercolor paper and gouache — Unframed Marie de Lignerolles is an artist, designer, illustrator an...