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Watercolors, Sketches, Cartoons and Drawings

All images are copyright 2003, 2007 Andrew W. Saul.

 

At the bottom of this page you will find biographical information about my father, American artist Warren E. Saul (1921-1996). 

 

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My Dad had an odd sense of humor. Here’s proof:

New Product Listing: Andrew Saul’s Birth Notice (Ink, 1955)

He also could get bored easily:

Mind-Wandering Doodles During a Church Service (Ink, 1988)

More Cartoons During Church (Ink, 1986-88)

He believed in the value of vitamins and juicing:

Making Fresh Vegetable Juice (1993, Pencil)

Vegetable Juicing, part 2 (1993, Pencil)

(The above two items were his proposed illustrations for http://www.doctoryourself.com/juicefast.html)

Draft of Doctor Yourself Book Cover (Ink, 1994)

The Artist and His Juicer (Photograph, c. 1994)

 

Links to view PERMANENT EXHIBITS, by category:

Railroading

Railroad Stations

Studies of Steam Locomotives
More Steam Locomotives

Some Quick Train Cartoons
Railroad Station, Chester, VT

Model Railroad Tinplate Toys

Steam Locomotive, after Marsh

Transcontinental Railroad Locomotive Jupiter (Ink, 1985)

Amtrak Passenger Train #3 at Junta, CO (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

 

The "Good Old Days" Remembered
Ocean Liner Carmania
Tugboat Tyee

Studies of the TITANIC

TITANIC part 2

CARPATHIA (the ship that rescued TITANIC survivors)
The Age of Airships
Ocean Liners

SS Liberte Leaving New York Harbor (Watercolor, 1978)

Various Vintage Airplanes

Boeing 40-A
Curtiss Jenny
Lower Broadway, NY
Memories of The Great Depression

Tugboats and Steamboats

Manhattan-Hoboken Ferry

1930s Military Policeman (Ink, 1981)

Barbershop Scene (Ink, 1977)

Ferry Majestic, 1925 (Ink, 1986)

SS United States and Lawncare (Ink, 1986)

 

From a Visit to Europe
Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Anthony, Italy
Two Churches: Rome and Venice
Venice, Italy
Sorrento and Bologna, Italy

Clock Tower, St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy (Watercolor and Ink, 1983)

Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

Egyptian Columns, St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

The Island of Capri

The Chapel at Versailles, and Views of Paris

Former Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal (Ink, 1985)

Painter at Santorini, Greece (Ink, 1985)

Burano Island and San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (Ink, 1986)


A Day in the Artist's Life

Plans for Building a Writing Desk (Ink, 1985)

Church and Doctor’s Office Lamp (Ink, 1985)

Dining Room Light Fixture, and Salt and Pepper (Ink, 1984)

Breakfast, Shoes, Golf, and Suit (Ink, 1985)

Police Spot-Check on Driving park Ave, Rochester, NY (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

Elderly Patient and Retirement Plans (Pencil, 1979)

Waiting and Reading (Pencil, 1982)

Poinsettia and Dumbcane (Ink, 1985)

Lettering a Truck; Lunch and Supper (Ink, 1986)

Barbershop Quartet (Ink and colored pencil, 1976)

Artist’s Son Andrew W. Saul at Graduation (Pencil, 1974)

Cottage in Ludlow, VT (Pencil, 1981)

Horseshoe Pit (Ink, 1978)

Measurement in a Sports Event (Pencil, 1978) 

An Attack of Vertigo (Ink with annotations, 1978)

(How my father got over his Meniere’s Disease is posted at http://www.doctoryourself.com/ears.html )

Halloween Cartoons (Ink, 1986)

Portrait and Caricature Drawing
Lighthouse and Beaches
Around Rochester, NY
New Mexico and Salem, Massachusetts
WWI Airplanes and 19th Century Gun Drill
Poolside at the YMCA
"Practice" Watercolors
Pages from the Artist's Diary
Supplies, and An Illustrated Art Lesson
Inside a Hotel Bathroom
Inside an Operating Room
Close-Up of a Jersey Cow

Amish Barnraising
Christmastime: An Illustrated Diary Page
A Swiss Army Knife and a Chess Set
The Artist's Brushes
The Artist's Homemade Easel
Forsythia Flowers in a Jar
Pancake Picnic Supplies
Views of the Artist's Cap
House and a Van, Rochester, NY
46th and 47th Anniversaries of the First Date
Self-Portrait

A Small Tribute to a Man’s Best Friend (Text, 1985)

Artist Carrying His Easel (Pencil, 1978)

Post Office Jeep
The Crucifixion
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
Birds

The Artist's Last Sketches

 

Studies of the Work of Great Artists

North Greenland Fjord, after Kent (Watercolor, 1979)

Chez Mouquin, after Glackeus (Watercolor, 1979)

Self-Portrait, after Soyer (Pencil, 1977)

The Burgomaster of Leyden, after Dubordieu (Watercolor, 1978)

Benjamin Franklin, after Fragonard (Watercolor, 1978)

Benjamin Franklin with Glasses, after Tobey (Watercolor, 1978)

Bridgman’s Studies of Human Face (Ink, 1986)

Bridgman’s Studies of Human Skull (Ink, 1986)

Woman Holding a Collie, after Sargent (Watercolor, 1978)

The Jester, after Leyster (Watercolor, 1979) 

Vase of Flowers, after Redon (Watercolor, 1979)

George Washington, after Stuart (Watercolor, 1979)

La Bohemienne, after Hals (Watercolor, 1979)

Children in an Advertisement, after Douse (Ink, 1986)

The Beach at Trouville, after Boudin

Landscapes, after Inness
Landscapes, after Vlaminck

Holding a Baby, after Cassatt
Cardinal Richelieu, after Cezanne
Girl in Beret, after Corot

Portrait of A. Y. Jackson, after Young
Singer with a Glove, after Degas
House by the Railroad, after Hopper
Lady with a Glass, after Erickson
High Bridge over the Harlem River, after Gifford
View from the Orchestra Pit, after Shinn
Boy in a Torn Hat, after Sully
Manet While Drawing, after Bazille
Greenland Campsite, after Kent
Sunrise, after Cropsey
Whistler's Mother, after Whistler

 

Bellows:

Anne in Black Velvet, after Bellows (Watercolor, 1981)

Portrait of Geraldine, after Bellows

 

Chase:

Carmencita, after Chase (Watercolor, 1980)

Meditation, after Chase (Watercolor, 1980)

Mrs. Chase at the Opera, after Chase (Watercolor, 1979)

Golden Lady, after Chase (Watercolor, 1980)

Homer:
Blown Away, after Homer
Jumping Trout, after Homer
Boatman, after Homer
Sailing the Catboat, after Homer
Palm Tree, after Homer

Monet:
Four Sailboat Watercolors, after Monet
Port of Honfleur, after Monet
Windmill, after Monet
Field of Poppies, after Monet
Portrait of Camille Monet, after Monet
Westminster 1, after Monet
Westminster 2, after Monet

Self-Portrait, after Monet (Watercolor, 1978)

Manet:
Portrait of Lina, after Manet

Rembrandt:
Self-Portrait, after Rembrandt

Renoir:
Portrait of Sisley, after Renoir
Man in a White Hat, after Renoir

Sisley:
The Bridge at Moret, after Sisley
Hampton Court, after Sisley
The Floods at Port-Marly, after Sisley
Rainy Weather at Moret-sur-Loing, after Sisley

Wheatfields Near Argenteuil, after Sisley (Watercolor, 1980)

Nut Trees at Sunset, after Sisley (Watercolor, 1980)

Bridge at Hampton Court (1874), after Sisley (Watercolor, 1980)

Barges at Saint-Mammes, after Sisley (Watercolor, 1980)

Henri:
Portrait of Eva Green, after Henri
Portrait of Letecia, after Henri

Lautrec:
La Toilette, after Lautrec
The Milliner, after Lautrec

The Laundress, after Lautrec (Watercolor, 1980)

English Girl of the “Star” in Havre, after Lautrec (Watercolor, 1980)

La Goulue, after Lautrec (Watercolor, 1980)

Pellew:
Landscape, after Pellew
Beached Boat, after Pellew
Lobster Boats in Rockport Harbor, after Pellew
Red Boat, after Pellew

Pissarro:
Kneeling Woman, after Pisarro
View from Champigny, after Pissarro
The Apple Picker, after Pissarro
The Fields, after Pissarro
Outer LeHarve, Southampton Quay, after Pissarro

Portrait of the Artist, after Pissarro (Watercolor, 1979)

Turner:
Grand Canal of Venice, after Turner

VanGogh:

Painter with a Pipe, after Van Gogh (Watercolor, 1981)

Old Peasant of Provence, after Van Gogh
Portrait of Roulin, after van Gogh

 

Wyeth:
Building the Marine Coast, after Wyeth

 

From the Sketchbooks:
Barn and Haystacks
Charlotte Lighthouse, Rochester, NY
Studies on Sherlock Holmes
Stonehenge

Houses of Parliament (Ink, 1979)

Big Ben

Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse (Ink, 1986)

Clarence Gagnon (Watercolor, 1980)

Untitled Portrait (Colored pencil, 1978)

Character Study from a 1927 Photo of the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial (Colored pencil, 1978)

Untitled Portrait (Crayon, 1978)

Fishing Boat, Rockport, MA (Watercolor and pencil, 1983)

Old Thompson Bank, Sturbridge Village, MA (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

Warwick Castle Tower, England (Watercolor and pencil, 1983)

Mountain View to the East, Albuquerque, NM (Watercolor and pencil, 1983)

Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

South Market, Boston, MA (Watercolor and ink, 1983)

Shoreline of Nantucket, MA (Watercolor, 1984)

Native American Character Studies (Pencil, undated)

Downtown Wilmington, DE  (Ink, 1985)

House and Barn  (Ink, 1986)

Portrait of Thomas P. Anshutz
Untitled Portrait
WW I Spad Fighter Aircraft
Baseball Players
Guggenheim Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Women's Softball
Flowers
Brighton Beach
Hidden Message to Art Jury
The Red Baron
U.S. Capitol Dome

The WW II Cartoons:
Private Warren Saul, 1942
Basic Training
Army Private's Uniform
There's One in Every Outfit
Combat Training
Rainy Day in the Army
Sketches for the "Duckboard"
The Mess Hall
The Army Dentist
A Day in the Life at Ft. Belvoir
Daydream Cartooning
Baseball Players
Coming and Going
Army Hijinks
B-25 Mitchell Bomber
P-40 "Warhawk" Fighter
The "Kitchen Lieutenant" on KP
Technical Sergeant Warren Saul
Designs for Our Dream House

"THE ASHCAN SCHOOL AND REALISM" W. E. Saul's 1967 masters’ paper on an obscure group of American realist painters

Warren E. Saul (1921-1996): An Appreciation

by Andrew W. Saul

Some people read while they wait. My father sketched. 

Constantly.

For over 20 years, Warren Saul kept a daily self-illustrated diary he called "Sketchnotes." It ran to some 55 volumes, including many thousands of quick sketches, comments, and watercolors on all conceivable topics. His notebooks at times are reminiscent of an almost Leonardo DaVinci-like rambling, but entirely serious visual inquiry into the world around us. Sometimes, the drawings are just stream-of-consciousness cartoons done while my Dad sat at the kitchen table, at a meeting, or in a waiting room. He sketched from his car in a parking lot, or at a stop light or drive-up window. I like these the best. They are his take on his own life, seen through his own eyes.

My father also produced a considerable number of more formal watercolor, acrylic, or oil paintings. I think his best work may have been his quick watercolor sketches. These never took him longer than about 20 minutes, usually much less. Most of his watercolors are copies of, renditions of, or tributes to the work of his favorite masters.  Chief among these would be the French and American impressionists. He was especially keen on the c.1900 "Ashcan School" of artists who liked to draw just about anything, and did.

Just like Pa. He would sketch what he saw, sketch what he thought, and sketch what he read. His work constitutes a slice of American life, from the start of the second World War until 1996. Most of the work published here is from the last twenty years of his life, a prolific period indeed. 

Warren E. Saul started both his art career and his everyday work career as a sign painter in the late 1930's. After WW II, he became a patent draftsman and, with variations on this theme, would continue so until his retirement in 1986. He called this "tight" work, and though he was a fine illustrator, he did not especially enjoy industrial drawing. He preferred to paint fast and loose, often dispensing with a brush altogether and using only a palette knife. Or, he would make a quick line drawing somewhere, probably on his lunch hour, and later add watercolor to it at home. His spartan ground-floor studio at our home was also known as "The Kennel," because the family dog slept there at night.

I watched him paint a lot. It was not because I was a dedicated, precocious observer. It was due to the fact that Pa painted practically all the time. He sketched while in church. (1) He drew after (and during) meals. He painted signs and posters for charities and civic organizations, always free of charge. He lettered trucks for friends and neighbors. He also taught mechanical drawing for a time, briefly at the college level and even more briefly in high school. As a father with a wife and three sons, he went back to school and earned a master’s in art history. And he studied portraiture with Stanley Gordon, renowned painter of Popes and presidents. 

But most of Warren Saul's professional life was spent behind a drawing board at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. He executed many, many patent drawings during this time. Although patent illustrators are not allowed to sign their work, Pa did so anyway. He used Morse Code, and concealed a "W E Saul" into each drawing's broken shading lines. So, if you really want to, you can go to Washington and find just which ones he did. 

For years, I remember him saying that when he retired, he was going to play golf every morning, and do paintings every afternoon. His surviving sketchbooks confirm that he kept at least the second part of that pledge to the letter.

Of his tens of thousands of paintings and sketches, this online archive consists mostly of my favorites that were small enough to scan into a webpage. For every item here, there are a hundred more waiting to be seen.

(1) Mind-Wandering Doodles During a Church Service (Ink, 1988)

More Cartoons During Church (Ink, 1986-88)

Pa Saves a Life

Raised very much as a boy, in the 1950's and early 60's, I had my usual assortment of heroes. My Dad, of course, was one of them. I remember one of our usual wretched snowy Rochester winters. Pa took the bus to work at the time, and had a short walk from the bus stop to our house. Half way home from the bus stop, there was a sidewalk plow, really a tractor with an oversized snowblower in front, that had been clearing the walk of at least two feet of new snow. The operator was trying to clear a stick or ice chunk from the blades with his heavily booted foot. The only problem was that the fellow had left the machinery running, and it was stronger than he thought. It took the end of his foot clean off, boot and all. There was blood gushing everywhere, scarlet spatters all over the white snow. Pa never missed a step. Instantly, he grabbed the man, pushed a big handful of snow onto the wound, and held it there. He carried the fellow to the nearest house, a two-family orange brick apartment. He pounded on the door, an old man opened it, and in they went, blood and all, all over the man's carpet. An ambulance was called. The man lived.

I never found out what happened to the man’s toes.

 

Copyright 2003, 2007 Andrew W. Saul. All rights reserved.
 


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