Watercolor Still-life Paintings

Expressionist Painting by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 11 x 16 inches provenance: private collection conditio...

Roses by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back gouache painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 13 high by 16.5 inches wide condition: ov...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 8.5 x 10.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; ...

"Not Art" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the word art...

Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...

Summer Floral Display in a Green Jug by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right and dated 1947 watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed sh...

"Wild Summer Flowers in Champagne" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw em...

"Blooming Dandelions and Wild Tulips" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

"Tropical Little Palms" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

'Spring Ikebana' London, United Kingdom 2024 The bold moving brushstrokes in the background represent the unpredictable and often overwhelming nature of the world. They can be seen...

'Spring Ikebana' London, United Kingdom 2024 The bold moving brushstrokes in the background represent the unpredictable and often overwhelming nature of the world. They can be seen...

'Camellia' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internatio...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

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...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

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...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

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...

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...

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...

An original watercolor by American artist Thomas Aquinas Daly. This work comes housed in an archival frame presentation.

Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and translates ...

An original watercolor by American artist Thomas Aquinas Daly. This work comes housed in an archival frame presentation.

Ashlee received her BFA with a Minor in Art History from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2012 and has been exhibiting and selling her artwork for the past twelve years. When she’s...

Crab. 1971, watercolor on paper, 63x69,3 cm Underwater world Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII) Janis Brekte his first artistic education got in drawing courses of K. Brence...

1970s expressionist still life gouache on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard painted in Provence in the south of France. Colourful representation of table laden with tableware and...

Gladioli Flowers by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour on artist paper size: 18 x 15 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the ar...

Gouache painted on cardstock, intended for a greeting card design, painted circa 1970. Unsigned. Displayed in a red archival mat. Cellophane tape on board.

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful tablescape still life by Henri Clamen. The painting is not signed but was acquired form the atelier of the artist with o...

Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

"Bottles in Swimming Pool II" is a contemporary still-life monotype cyanotype portraying a kitchen scene. This is a unique piece made by layering paper cutouts and different exposure...

'Orange Tulips' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Inter...

Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by French Impressionist painter Henri Duhem depicting white, red, pink and yellow flowers. Signed lower right. This painting is not currently framed b...

Still Life of Roses French artist, late 19th century signed watercolour painting on thin board, unframed painting: 17 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ve...

A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...

'Zinnias' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internation...

French Landscape Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

This floral artwork made in a modern impressionist style with a touch of expressionism. Floral artworks allow me to experience the world of nature through the bright colors of a sum...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Botanical Sketch Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

White Flower Sketch Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

Glass Ornament Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...