Joan Franklin

Obregon Alley, Painting, Watercolor on Paper

2021

Ajijic 1 was painted in Ajijic, Mexico. It is a loose style watercolor showing colorful window and door shapes with mountains in the background. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece c...

Come out into the evening streets of the Latin Quarter. The green light lessens in the west. The city laughs and liveliest her fervid pulse of pleasure ...

Looking forward to the holiday of a lifetime, Destination never before ever undertaken, A very scary journey for me, I can only imagine being, As a first time traveler across the...

Visions of a perfect getaway Sweet Charm To Disarm Surrending To An Ocean View Starting Anew Sweet Ocean’s Melody to hear Drawing one near A beaming full moon cas...

Work on arch paper Black wooden frame with glass pane 87 x 67,5 x 1,5 cm

Alley. 1961. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In ...

Narrow Alley is an original watercolor on paper, realized in 1993 by Armin Guther. In excellent condition. Including Passepartout (cm 60 x 50) The artwork is hand-signed and dated in charcoal pencil on the lower right corner. This beautiful watercolor represents a silent colorful alley with a proud perspective cut, with the front of a house and bushes of the red flower on the edge of the house. Near the mass of red flowers, there are slightly green and yellow branches...

Untitled Mexican Landscape (Man Walking on Street) Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed with the estate stamp lower right (see photo) From the Estate of the Artist with the artist's estate stamp lower right. C. 1960's Condition: excellent Image/Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches William C. Grauer (1895-1985) William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia. Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans Mitchell. Soon, the Rorimer-Brooks design company, the developer Van Swerngen brothers, as well as the Sterling Welch and Halle Bros. department stores realized the extent of Grauer's talent and eagerly employed him. Grauer’s work during this time included architectural renderings for Shaker Square, Moreland Courts, and other many other projects commissioned by Cleveland architects. Grauer also remained true to his roots as a master designer of stained glass windows. With his work in such high demand, Grauer received a commission in 1921 to paint murals for the French Grill...