Pastel Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

Title: Woodland Trees Forest Landscape Pastel Chalk Drawing on Grey Paper Artist: British School / European School, 20th century Medium: pastel / coloured chalk and charcoal on grey ...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

Wolf Kahn At a Small Incline, 2006 Signed lower right; titled and dated on the artist's label affixed to the backing board Pastel on paper 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches Provenance The artist...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

Leon Dolice (1892-1960). Chrysler Building at Dawn, ca. 1940. Pastel on paper, 14 x 21 inches. Framed measurement: 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower right. Original frame and matting....

In this pastel work, titled "Puffy Clouds", the artist explores the interplay of light, shadow, and soft-edge transitions within an atmospheric composition. The work is a study in ve...

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...

In "Crimean Evening" the artist utilizes a vertical orientation to emphasize the vastness of the twilight sky. The composition features a sloping, dark-toned headland in the foregrou...

"Snowy landscape" captures the peaceful, cold atmosphere of a world covered in snow. This soft pastel work depicts the exact moment a winter storm begins to clear, mixing heavy, dram...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

One of a series of three contemporary abstract colorfield pastel and acrylic works on paper by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the reverse and presented in a wooden frame un...

Signed lower right, 'DeMartis' for James Joseph DeMartis (American, 1926-1996) and painted circa 1965. Born in Queens, New York, James Joseph DeMartis served with distinction in World War II and was decorated at the Battle of the Bulge. He subsequently attended painting classes at New York's Museum of Modern Art (1946-47) and, later, at the Art Students League of New York. He then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts in Santa Monica, California until 1949, before leaving t study in Europe in 1950. He settled in Florence, Italy where he attended L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1950-54). While continuing to study painting, he participated in several group and one-man shows in Italy and Switzerland. In 1956, DeMartis returned to New York at the height of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. He settled with his new family in Brooklyn and, after participating in a series of grass-roots galleries opened with fellow artists, he opened the Armory Gallery and studio in Manhattan. He also exhibited in other Manhattan galleries and at the National Arts Club. In 1961, De Martis was awarded the prestigious Emily Lowe Award for Painting. This led to to shows at the Ward Egglestone, ROKO, Pierantonio and Artemis West galleries from 1962-68. He then returned to Europe to participate in a group show in Florence. Upon his return, he opened the Brownstone Gallery in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, where he exhibited his own and others’ works until 1988. James De Martis exhibited widely and with success including at one-man shows in Tokyo, Brooklyn, New York, Sarasota, Florida, San Francisco and Santa Fe. Select Exhibitions: 1953 Brodighera, Italy 1954 Galerie an der Reuss, Lucerne, Switzerland 1955 La Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy 1956 Walden School, New York, New York 1957 Bottega 57 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1960, 61 Hicks Street Gallery, Brooklyn New York 1960 Heights Casino, Brooklyn, New York 1961 Ward Eggleston Gallery, New York, New York 1962 Ray Gallery, Brooklyn New York 1962 Pietroantonio Gallery, New York, New York 1962,3,5,7 Armory Gallery, New York, New York 1965 Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1966,9 Brooklyn Heights Association 1967 Roko Gallery, New York, New York 1970,3,4,5,8,9,83 Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1972 Artemis East Gallery, New York, New York 1975 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York 1977 Marcoleo Gallery, New York, New York 1978 Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York 1989,91,92 Gallery Gion Tokyo, Japan 1994 Private show, Sarasota, Florida 1995 Private show, San Francisco, California 1995 Private show, Copake, New York 1996 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania May, 2018 Retrospective show, Ashawagh Hall...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper Serene plein aire landscape with cows by Clive R. Tyler (American, b. 1958). This composition depicts a farm in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a large white barn at the top of the hill. There are several cows grazing in a bright green pasture. A partially broken fence is directly in front of the viewer - a symbol of the artist's desire to portray the realism of the scene, including imperfections. This piece is executed on sandpaper, a trademark of Tyler's work. Signed "CL Tyler" in the lower left corner Signed, notated, titled, and dated on verso (see photo). Presented in a silver colored frame. Frame size: 11.25"H x 14"W Paper size: 9.5"H x 12"W Clive R. Tyler (American, b. 1958) studied Fine Art and Design at Kent State University (Ohio) with a double major and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Art degree. Twenty years later after a successful design career, he is now known as one of the best Pastelists on a national level. Master Member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society 2016 Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Plein Air Festival, NM 2015 Best Quick Draw Award, Buffalo Bill Museum Art Auction, Cody Wy 2015 Best of Pastel Award, American Impressionist Society 2015 Brinton Museum, Invitational Miniature show. Sheridan. Wy 2015 Invitational Heart of the West, Masters art show. Coeur d’Alene Resort, Id 2014 Booth Museum Cartersville Ga. Acquisition and Teaching 2014 Coors Foundation purchase Aspen 3 series. Corporate Collection Denver, Co 2013 American Impressionist National Show, Award of Excellence. 2013 Artist Choice Award Easton Maryland...

Dutch School (Early 20th Century) 'Farmer Ploughing a Field' Pastel on paper 1921 37 x 53.5 cm, framed 48.2 x 64.4 cm

Title: Provence House with Cypress Trees Pastel Pierre Neveu 1982 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches Signed low...

Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village. Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan was a Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins. his...

Leon Dolice Empire State Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon th...

Title: Menton French Riviera Rooftops Seascape Pastel Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H...

In this soft pastel work "Late Evening" the artist explores the dramatic interplay of light and shadow during the final moments of twilight. The composition is dominated by a turbule...

Signed "Nell Blaine" upper left in pencil. Signed, titled, dated verso on sheet. Signed, titled, dated verso on backing panel. The artist. Exhibited at Fischbach Gallery, NYC, in 1994 (Gallery label verso, and wall label affixed verso). Purchased by private collectors c.1994. By descent. Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC (the artist's estate representative), exhibited 2020 (label verso). Exhibited at Fischbach Gallery, NYC, in 1994 (Gallery label verso, and wall label affixed verso). Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC (the artist's estate representative), exhibited 2020 (label verso). From her November 15, 1996 NYT obituary: Nell Blaine, a widely respected New York landscape painter and watercolorist, died yesterday at Mount Sinai Hospital. She was 74 and had homes in Manhattan and Gloucester, Mass. Ms. Blaine, who had been hospitalized since July, had been confined to a wheelchair since 1959, when she contracted polio. Ms. Blaine was born in Richmond, Va., in 1922, and first studied at the Richmond School of Art, now part of Virginia Commonwealth University. She moved to New York in 1942 to study painting with Hans Hofmann and later studied etching and engraving at Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter. During her first years in New York, her work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the youngest member of the American Abstract Artists. She was also a founding member of the Jane Street Gallery, one of Manhattan's earliest artists' cooperatives, and had her first solo show there in 1945. Just as Ms. Blaine was becoming known as a promising abstract painter, and gaining the admiration of such critics as Clement Greenberg, she started to shift back to representation. Inspired in part by a trip with Larry Rivers in 1950 to Paris, where she was especially impressed by the work of Vuillard and Bonnard, she immersed herself in the tradition of 19th-century European painting. From the mid-1950's, she cultivated an increasingly painterly and colorful style, usually working directly from nature, or still life, with particular emphasis on the forms and hues of flowers. Her work retained a sense of all-over structure and pulsating energy that she nonetheless credited to abstract art. ''It all goes back to Mondrian,'' she would say. In the 1950's, Ms. Blaine was prominent among a circle of New York artists and poets that included John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, Mr. Rivers, Jane Freilicher, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Robert De Niro Sr. and Rudy Burckhardt. She had her first solo show of representational work at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953 and was represented by the Poindexter Gallery until it closed in 1978, and, in recent years, by the Fischbach Gallery. During the 1950's she supported herself as a commercial artist, designing brochures for art galleries. In 1955, she designed the original logo, column heads and layout for The Village Voice. In 1957, Ms. Blaine was featured in Life magazine as one of five leading young female artists in America. In 1959, after several months of traveling and painting in Greece, she contracted severe bulbar polio on the island of Mykonos. ''To Nell Blaine,'' an exhibition organized at Poindexter to raise money for her hospital bills, included the work of 79 artists, including Saul Steinberg, Robert Motherwell, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Mr. Rivers, Ms. Freilicher and Robert Rauschenberg. After eight months in a New York hospital, including five months in an iron lung...

Title: Provence Countryside Olive Trees Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches ...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

Lois Dodd Untitled Landscape, 1990 Colored chalk on grey wove paper Signed, dated and inscribed "For Beverly & Howard", lower right. Original artist's frame included This unique ...

A Large, Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The image is watercolor, pastel and c...

A dynamic, unique Mid-Century Modern monoprint of a sailing regatta in Martha's Vineyard, "Edgartown Harbor", by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Lithograph on paper wi...

In this pastel work, "Cold Day", the artist explores the rhythmic interplay between the raw earth and the first snow. The composition is grounded by a warm, sienna-toned field, punct...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

In this "Pine Trees" soft pastel work, the artist utilizes a dramatic, high-contrast palette to capture a dense stand of pine trees. The composition is defined by the strong vertical...

"The Birches" is a poetic study of light and verticality in the forest. This pastel artwork celebrates the distinctive, paper-white bark of the birch tree, rendered with crisp, rhyth...

"After The Sunset" captures the hushed transition from day to night, where the vibrant colours of dusk have faded into a calm, monochromatic blue. This 40 x 30 cm pastel on paper foc...

Kamil Kubik Alice in Wonderland, Central Park, New York, circa 1975 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 18 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches Provenance Private Collection, New York The 1998 New York Yankees were one of the best baseball teams ever, comprising players such as Jorge Posada, Tino Martinez, Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Brosius, Derek Jeter, Chad Curtis, Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, Andy Pettitte, David Wells...

Bright Fauvist landscape of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, with beautiful use of color by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Presented in...

Born in the canton of Friborg, Gilbert Pauli (1944 - 2020) lived in Geneva, where he devoted himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed since childhood. His favorite t...

Signed "Lifschitz 85" at lower right The overall dimensions, including the frame, are 26 1/2 x 32 3/8 inches.

Gertrude A. Larter (1878-1954). Old Fashioned Garden by Lake Landscape. ca. 1920-40 Pastel on sandpaper sheet. Measuring 9 x 11 inches Signed lower right. Unframed. Gertrude A...

Dynamic pastel drawing of Tower Bridge in London by Allie William "Bill" Skelton (American, 1942-1986). Signed and dated in pencil by the artist in the lower right corner. Unframed. Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...

"Flowering Meadow" is a vibrant, sun-drenched tribute to the uninhibited beauty of the summer countryside in Ukraine. This pastel work captures an expansive field of wildflowers sway...

Carl Axel Elvegård (1883–1962) Sweden Early Winter in Dalarna, 1923 signed and dated lower right Ax. Elvegård 1923 pastel and pencil on paper paper 48.5 × 61.5 cm (19.1 × 24.2 in) ...

"Blooming Garden" is a meditation on the quiet arrival of spring. The work highlights the contrast between the sturdy, ancient forms of the tree trunks and the delicate, cloud-like b...

Romantic, tonalist style charcoal drawing of a tree in isolation by Sue Bryan "Arborescent", 2025 charcoal, acrylic, and pastel on paper dry mounted to canvas 30 x 22 inches 31.25 x ...

Title: Provence Village with Red Roofs Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches S...

Traveling to Crimea in 2009 inspired the artist for drawing "Crimean Landscape" in pastel. It is a striking tribute to the timeless, rugged beauty of the Black Sea coast. This artwor...

"In The Clouds" is an immersive study of nature’s raw and restless beauty. This pastel work captures the feeling of being high within a mountain range as a heavy mist descends, obscu...

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...

Title: Expressive Country Road Trees Landscape Pastel Drawing Artist: Unknown artist (mid 20th century) Medium: Pastel and charcoal on artists paper (sketchbook sheet), unframed Size...

B.J.O. NORDFELDT (Swedish/American 1878 – 1955) (WINDMILL AND WORKERS). c.1900. Color pastel on colored paper, unsigned. 22 ¼ x 15”. Sheet: 24 ½ x 18 ¼”. In 1900 Nordfeldt studied ...

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The pastel artwork captures a tidal river at low tide on a quiet summer morning. A solitary sailboat rests on the sandbar. Low-hanging clouds glow with rosy hue...

One of a series of three contemporary abstract colorfield pastel and acrylic works on paper by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the reverse and presented in a wooden frame un...

In this soft pastel work "Quiet evening", the artist explores the softening of light as day transitions into night. The composition is anchored by rugged coastal rocks, rendered with...

Title: Chateauneuf de Grasse Provence Landscape Pastel Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 2...

This pastel landscape artwork is a masterful study in tonal harmony and perspective. The artist employs a high-contrast foreground, using expressive, textured marks to represent the ...

Title: Abstract Composition Gestural Charcoal Pastel Modernist Drawing Paper Artist: French School (mid to late 20th century) Medium: Mixed media on artists paper (charcoal, pastel),...

Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992) Title: Landscape Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Pastel Paper: Sketch paper Image size: 16.75 x 22 inches paper size: 16.75 x 22 inches Signature: Signed lower right in pencil by the artist Condition: Very good About the artist. Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955. Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest...

A study in contrast and atmosphere, this landscape captures the fleeting moment when storm clouds gather over high-altitude summits. The vibrant cerulean sky provides a stark backdro...

In pastel "The Northern Sun" the artist utilizes a bold, high-contrast palette to define atmospheric depth. The piece features a dynamic diagonal composition, where textured sweeps o...

Signed pastel on grey paper circa 1860 by French impressionist artist Eugene Boudin. The piece is a study of clouds in a blue sky. Signature: Signed with the cachet of the artist's ...

Signed lower left, 'Bonnaure' for Alain Bonnaure (French, born 1941) and painted circa 1995. When he was a young artist, Alain Bonnaure's work was purchased by the renowned French p...