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Period: 20th Century
Driving Sheep.Plaisters Lane, Sutton Poyntz, Dorset. Jurassic Coast Village.1918
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Charles Fox. English ( b.1855 - d.1929 ). Driving Sheep. Plaisters Lane, Sutton Poyntz, Dorset 1918. Watercolor. Signed & Dated 1918. Image size 18.9 inches x 28.3 inches ( 48...
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Victorian 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Harold Hemingway (1908-1976) - 1953 Gouache, The Far Storm
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful landscape study by well listed Northern artist Harold Hemingway. The scene depicts a view over the artist's local industrial town of Rochdale. A storm can be seen gather...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Lunch on the Beach - 20th Century Watercolor of Dining on the Seafront
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
This piece was created using watercolour and is in a swept composite frame under glass. Keywords: Beach, art, arch, arches, sea, ocean, waiter, lunch, waiting, food, flag, boats, bl...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Mixed Media and Watercolor Painting -- Untitled
Located in Troy, NY
This watercolor is a wonderful example of of an abstract southwestern landscape. The colors used in this piece evoke the warmth of the desert it depicts, consisting of a wide range o...
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Abstract 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Bottle Bag (Lady Selborne, Pretoria, South Africa)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Tshidiso Andrew Motjuoadi (1935-1968) Bottle Bag (A Penny for a Bottle). 1963. Ink on handmade paper laid down on plywood board, panel measures 20.5 x 28.75 inches. Signed and dated ...
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Realist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Ink

"Big Sky Country" - Landscape Original in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Big Sky Country" - Landscape Original in Watercolor on Paper A cool and calming landscape watercolor in which the artist uses long, loose brushstrokes to create large, nebulous clo...
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Dimanche à la campagne by H. Claude Pissarro - Post-Impressionist pastel
Located in London, GB
Dimanche à la campagne by H. Claude Pissarro by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro This work is a...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

La Roche Posay by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
La Roche Posay by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and pencil on paper 26 x 36.5 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 14 ³/₈ inches) Signed and titled lower left Executed circa 1910 This work ...
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Winter Landscape, 1908, Watercolor
Located in Stockholm, SE
This watercolor by Robert Thegerström, a Swedish painter, draftsman, and graphic artist, captures a serene winter scene from 1908. The artwork presents a frozen lake bathed in warm s...
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Naturalistic 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Waterscape, Impressionist Watercolor on Paper by Chaim Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Waterscape Chaim Gross, Austrian (1901–1991) Date: 1948 Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated in pen lower right Size: 15 x 23 in. (38.1 x 58.42 cm)
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Grille (The Gate), signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Grille (The Gate) Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 27 x 37 cm In quite condition: yellowed by time, some stains Framed: 43 x 53 cm Paul Emile ...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

CASTLE ROCK - SANTA MONICA, CA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HILL McKAY (1875-1941) ARCH ROCK - SANTA MONICA, CA c. 1925-30 Watercolor, signed lower right. Sheet 14 x 18 inches.. Additional full sheet study on verso.. Generally good c...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Henry Boddington (1849-1925) - 1901 Watercolour, Walled Garden, Silverdale
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour by Henry Boddington, executed in his unique characteristic manner. Inscribed and dated to the lower corner. Unsigned. Handsomely presented in a reeded gilt wooden ...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Lighthouse at the Shore — Impressionist Pen and Ink Landscape Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Lighthouse at the Shore Maine - Impressionist Original Pen and Ink Drawing Landscape Delicate landscape pen and ink line drawing by listed Ma...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker, Ink

The Road to Cliff, Fowey, Cornwall 1926. Lamorna Valley Colony.Cornish Plein Air
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Stanley Horace Gardiner. English ( b.1887 - d.1952 ). The Road to Cliff, Nr Fowey, Cornwall 1926. Watercolor. Signed & dated 1926 lower left. Image size 13.4 inches x 11.4 inches ( 3...
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Art Deco 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Volcano and Arch, Taormina, 1961 Watercolor on scintilla paper Signed and dated upper right 11 x 11 inches "My last year in art schoo...
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American Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Harold Lawes (1865-1940) - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, End of Day
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful watercolour captures a farming family greeting each other at the farmhouse gate. A young girl can be seen eagerly awaiting the return of her father after a long day i...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Group Of Houses By Edward Hopper
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edward Hopper 1882-1967 American Group of Houses Signed “Edward Hopper” (lower right) Watercolor and pencil on paper Edward Hopper is unparalleled in his depiction of the America...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Ink on Paper Drawing of a Cedar Tree and a Northern Lake by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 ink on paper drawing of a Cedar tree and northern lake by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Ch...
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American Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Lost Hedgerows. Earth Science, Ecology and Agronomy. Original Pastel. Welsh.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Julian Ruddock. British ( b.1965 ). Lost Hedgerows. Pastel on Paper. Signed. Image size 21.9 inches x 25 inches ( 55.5cm x 63.5cm ). Frame size 29 inches x 32.1 inches ( 73.5cm x 81...
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Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

North Coast of Cornwall, West Penwith. Cornish Atlantic Coastal Landscape 1970s
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elizabeth Rosemary Ziar. English ( b.1919 - d.2003 ). The North Coast of Cornwall, West Penwith. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 15 inches x 19.1 inches (...
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Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Bretagne II by Edouard Arthur - Watercolor 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame (wooden frame with glass) Total size with frame 33x43 cm
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

'Monterey Coast', California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and breezy view of the much-loved Pinnacle Point in Monterey painted with the artist's characteristic freshness and vigor and dating to the 1920's. Initialed lower right, 'G....
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Bretagne by Edouard Arthur - Watercolor 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame (wooden frame with glass) Total size with frame 33x43 cm
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Spring Rain - Vertical Chinese Landscape with Waterfalls and Mountains
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring Rain - Vertical Chinese Landscape with Waterfalls and Mountains Idyllic landscape with a massive waterfall by an unknown artist (20th ...
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Qing 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Landschap
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon LANDSCAPE 1956 Gouache on paper 46,5 x 37 cm. Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 56’ Provenance: Pri...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Dorpsgezicht
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon DORPSGEZICHT 1953 Gouache on paper 42 x 60 cm. Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 53’ Provenance: Pr...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

St. Cirque Madelon, 1958
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon CHURCH COURT, ST. CIRQUE MADELON 1958 Gouache on paper 57 x 45 cm. Signed and dated: lower left "Quirijn ...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

"New York from the Ferry" John Marin, American Modernism Watercolor, Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
John Marin New York from the Ferry, 1914 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor and graphite on paper 11 x 12 3/4 inches Provenance: An American Place, New York Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York Christie's, New York, March 16, 1990, Lot 278 Private Collection (acquired from the above) Sotheby's New York, American Paintings, Drawings, & Sculpture, October 2, 2014, Lot 10 A major figure in early twentieth-century modernism, John Marin captured the colliding energies of the American urban scene and the vibrant contrasts of natural elements in the coastal landscape of Maine and other countryside locales. As one of the premier watercolorists of his era, Marin developed a light, spontaneous style ideally suited to conveying the freshness and flux of city and country experience -- his watercolors are often considered to match in strength those created by Winslow Homer in previous century. At the same time, Marin's sensitivity to mass, form, color, and line and their dynamic interchanges provided a precedent for the Abstract Expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, to a family of European descent. After studying mechanical drawing and mathematics for half a year at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New York, Marin worked as a draftsman for several architects. It was not until he was almost thirty years old that he began to study art. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1899 to 1901, and at the Art Students League in New York from 1901 to 1903, where his teachers were William Merritt Chase and Frank Vincent Dumond. While Marin was attending the League, the radical ideas of Arthur Wesley Dow were being disseminated and had an impact on the direction Marin would soon take in his art. Marin left for Europe in 1905. The next five years, which he spent abroad, were of tremendous importance to his career. He became a significant figure in the expatriate community in Paris, frequenting the Dôme, a café that served as a meeting place for artists and writers. While in Europe, Marin visited the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and, despite his claims that he had been indifferent to the Paris art world, he undoubtedly became aware of the art of Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse. The works Marin created in Europe most strongly reflect the influence of James McNeill Whistler, especially the pastels he rendered in Venice. In the summer of 1909, Marin met Alfred Stieglitz in Paris. In February of the next year, Marin's work was shown along with that of Alfred Maurer at Stieglitz's gallery, 291. After returning to America in the following year, Marin became one of the most consistent members of Stieglitz's inner circle, showing at all three of his galleries -- 291, The Intimate Gallery, and An American Place. After 1910, Marin developed the routine that he would follow for the rest of his life, creating paintings, drawings, and prints in New York City and surrounding areas during the winter, and in the summer, traveling to the country, where he focused on the particular characteristics of the regions that he visited. He worked mainly in watercolor until 1928, when he began also to use oil. Marin never became purely abstract. He formulated a unique style melding influences of the art of the French Fauves, Cézanne, Matisse, and the French Cubists with a personal style of luminescent colors, agile brushwork, and a simultaneously delicate and strong handling. In city views, he used broken lines, a light touch, fluid color, and rhythmic compositions to convey what he described as the "great forces at work." He expressed the warring of the great and the small through relationships between masses. As he said, he sought to express the "pull forces" of the modern urban scene. Often portraying the new tall buildings of New York seen...
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American Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Forest Scene, Study in Yellow by artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1931 charming watercolor forest scene; a study in yellow by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canad...
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American Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen, Watercolor, Paper

village view, 1953
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon VILLAGE VIEW 1953 Gouache on paper 38 x 54,5 cm. Signed and dated: lower left
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Whitehead, Monhegan Island, Maine, Landscape, Seascape, Coastal, Watercolor
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Czechoslovakia, Yolanda Fusco came to the United States in 1930. With a full scholarship, Fusco attended the Art Students League in New York where she studied with Vaclav Vyt...
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Abstract 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Open Shutters, Watercolour Landscape, Signed and Dated 1960, British Artist
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'Sept '60' bottom right Image size: 26 x 19 inches (66 x 48 cm) Handmade frame In this painting, Banks has managed to effectively convey the scorching heat of a Mediterranean summer. It is likely that this work depicts a town in Italy, a country where Banks spent a considerable amount of time travelling. His paintings of this country almost exclusively focused on sections of it's architecture. This unwavering focus of subject reflects Bank's passion for architectural forms that was also put into good practice through his position as a town planner. Robert Louis Banks Banks was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. An architect and artist, Banks studied at the Architectural Association  between 1928 and 1933. Following military service in the Second World War, during which he was awarded the Military Cross...
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Modern 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Delaware & Hudson Canal, Ellenville NY watercolor by Edward Lamson Henry
By Edward Lamson Henry
Located in Hudson, NY
Original watercolor by Edward Lamson Henry looking back at barge travel through small New York state towns. Delaware & Hudson Canal, Ellenville N...
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American Realist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

River Eure, Lyons la Forêt by Paulémile Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
River Eure, Lyons la Forêt by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and crayon on paper 31.5 x 48.5 cm (12 ³/₈ x 19 ¹/₈ inches) Titlted, signed and dated lower left, Lyons la Fo...
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep blue backgrounds. Ranging f...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep blue backgrounds. Ranging f...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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 thin...
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Folk Art 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Silk, Paper, Ink

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

20th Century California Modernist Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist 20th Century Rocky Plein Air California Landscape A vibrant watercolor seascape by California artist Lucile Marie Johnston (1907-1994,...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep blue backgrounds. Ranging f...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Rapids (Maine)
Located in Provincetown, MA
John Whorf, born in 1903, was a talented, opinionated artist who achieved great success at a young age. Encouraged by his artistic father, Whorf studied briefly during his early te...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (wildflowers)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

untitled (flowers)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany, signed lower right watercolor on paper 19.7 x 25.2 cm Framed : 35 x 40.5 cm Maurice Asselin was particularly attached to Britta...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Akbar's Tomb, Agra, India watercolour
Located in London, GB
To see our other architectural drawings and watercolours, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MoMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original ...
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Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Dawn at the Wiers
Located in Provincetown, MA
George David Yater was an American painter associated with the Cape Cod School of Art. He was best known for watercolors. Yater's work has been exhibited by major galleries like the ...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Antique Seaside Watercolor Lancashire England 1933
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3828 Antique English watercolor of Blackpool from Cleveley Lancashire England Image size 9.25x13.25"
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Trees with Flowers and Fruits" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sketch collection from Likan's time as a commissioned artist in Argentina between 1950 and 1952. 6.5" x 8" Water...
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Rocky Californian Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Rocky Seascape in Watercolor on Paper A vibrant watercolor seascape by California artist Lucile Marie Johnston (1907-1994, American). Waves crash in among a group of brown...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

French Mid Century Rock Beach Blue Sea Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Old Adobe Village, New Mexico" Alice Schille, Taos Pueblo, Female Impressionist
By Alice Schille
Located in New York, NY
Alice Schille Old Adobe Village, New Mexico Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 5 x 6 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Keny and Johnson Gallery, Columbus, Ohio Santa Fe East Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection, California A painter in watercolor and oil, Alice Schille was a prolific artist using modernist styles of Post-Impressionism, Pointillism and Fauvism. Her subjects included portraits of women and children, landscapes with and without figures, a series of scenes of New York City. New Mexico, and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her paintings also reflected her widespread international travels in Europe, North Africa, Russia, the Middle East, Mexico, and Guatemala. Although personally very shy, Schille possessed unusual courage and strength of will, which was reflected in both her independent lifestyle and in her work, as she continually worked to master new modes of painting throughout her career. A German critic once referred to Schille as "this daredevil disciple of art who is interested in anything and afraid of nothing." Alice Schille was born in Columbus, Ohio to a family supported by her father's success in manufacturing. She was raised in Columbus, and by the time she was age six, she determined to be an artist. She graduated at the top of her class from Central High School in 1887, studied from 1891 to 1893 at the Columbus Art School, and returned there as a teacher from 1902 to 1948. Going to New York City as a young woman, she enrolled in the Art Students League from 1897 to 1899 and then the New York School of Art with William Merritt Chase and Kenyon Cox. (Some years later, she attended Chase's Shinnecock Summer School on Long Island). From 1903 to 1904, Alice Schille was in Paris at the Academie Colarosi, and also studied privately with Raphael Collin, Rene Prinet, Gustave Courtois and Chase, who was then in Europe. In 1904, five of her paintings were accepted for exhibition at Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, and from that time on her work was included regularly in important American annual exhibitions including the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery, American Watercolor Society, Boston Art Club, and the 1987 inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC. Between 1905 and 1914, Alice Schille painted in Europe, and during the summers of 1916 to 1918, worked in New York and Gloucester. In 1919, she was in New Mexico. On this trip, her first to the Southwest, she spent a summer in Taos and Santa Fe and painted scenes including the Taos Pueblo, Canyon Road and local Hispanic and Indian figures. Reportedly the Ranchos de Taos Church was one of her favorite subjects. Many of these New Mexico paintings were hung at annual exhibitions of the Philadelphia Water Color Club. Between 1920 and 1940, she traveled frequently in the summers, returning to New Mexico and going to Central America and Africa. In 1922, she began her first series of North-African watercolors...
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American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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