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Animal Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Draft Horse with Cart / - The Burden of Life -
Located in Berlin, DE
Julius Paul Junghanns (1876 Vienna - 1958 Düsseldorf), Draft Horse with Cart. Charcoal drawing on paper, 23 x 23 cm (inside measurement), 49 x 50 cm (fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
untitled (polo player on horseback)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (polo player on horseback)
Chalk on tan paper, c. 1920
Unsigned
Provenance: Gift of the artist
William McGill (Keller's student)
Image size: 4 3/8 x 5 ...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Framed Early 20th Century Pastel - Head Study of a Workhorse
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine pastel portrait of a work horse with collar. Presented in a white painted frame with glazing. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Mother Cat and her Two Kittens - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Mother Cat and her Two Kittens
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20 x 30cm (c. 7.8 x 11.8 inch)
Excellent...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Old Master Drawing, 17th Century, Italian Art, Peace, Allegory, Love, Dove
Located in Greven, DE
Oak Leaf Peace Wreath with Dove and Serpent
Around 1700
Black chalk on thin, brownish paper
39,8 x 52,7 cm
Inscribed "N" in the centre left
This drawing is probably by an Italian Ar...
Category
17th Century Baroque Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Fontainebleau - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Fontainebleau
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC120
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
"WAGON AND HORSES" WESTERN COWBOYS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Joe Rader Roberts
(1925 - 1982)
Lockhart/Houston Artist
Size: 11 x 16.5
Frame: 17 x 21
Medium: Ink
Dated 1968
"Wagon and Horses"
Joe Rader Roberts (1...
Category
1960s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Study of a cat by tapestry weaver artist Lynne Curran 'Dark voices'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A charming drawing of a cat by the contemporary female tapestry weaver Lynne Curran. Lynne Curran trained in tapestry at the Edinburgh College of Art ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"If You're Going to Use My Minnows for Your Fishing, Nothing but the Biggest!"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"If You're Going to Use My Minnows for Your Fishing, Nothing but the Biggest!" is an original watercolor by Chiang Er-Shih. The artist signed the piece lower right "To John Siedel Yo...
Category
1950s Other Art Style Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
2006 Pastel - Buzz
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study of Buzz the Labrador in a blue collar. Titled to the reverse. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray - Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper, Gyotaku Original
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Designers have an wide reach through out the world but have yet to reach the depths of the ocean. Artist Jeff Conroy has created this Gyotaku print of large ray entitled simply "Channel Quilted Black Caviar Ray" to fill that void. To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist applies sumi ink to a sting ray he caught himself on Florida's Gulf Coast, then "prints" it onto Marbled Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
37h x 25w in
93.98h x 63.50w cm
JEC083
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Guitarist Cat - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Guitarist Cat
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 30 x 20cm (c. 11.8 x 7.8 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Early 20th Century Watercolour - A New Playmate
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting a group of puppies gathered around a chick. Unsigned. Presented in a dark wooden frame with a ribbed edge and gilt slip. On paper.
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bull from Drought Series
By Sidney Nolan
Located in GLEN IRIS, AU
Sidney Nolan
Bull from Drought Series
ink, coloured pastels and gouache, signed on the reverse 25 x 31cm
Provenance: Estate of the artist
The following works on offe...
Category
1950s Post-Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Ink, Pencil
F. Oldnall - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Study of Working Horses
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait study of two working horses wearing their heavy collars and harnesses. With only a few careful brushstrokes the artist has managed to capture so much character an...
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini (Chiusi 1921 - Rome 1993)
Polychrome chalk on black paper.
83x63 cm frame included.
Hand signed in t...
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
"LOG CABIN" COWBOY WESTER HORSEBACK HOMESTEAD
Located in San Antonio, TX
Joe Rader Roberts
(1925 - 1982)
Lockhart/Houston Artist
Image Size: 12 x 19
Frame Size: 23 x 30
Medium: Watercolor
"Log Cabin"
Joe Rader Roberts (192...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lemon Meringue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Lemon Meringue
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC118
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
The Musician: Funny Grey Cat - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
The Musician: Funny Grey Cat
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20 x 25cm (c. 7.8 x...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
"The Orange Cart, Mazatlan, Mexico, " Watercolor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Orange Cart, Mazatlan, Mexico" is an original watercolor painting signed and dated in the lower right by artist F. Douglas Greenbowe. It depicts a ...
Category
1990s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Horse - Original China Ink - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is an original drawing in China Ink by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions except for foe some decoloring dots.
The artwork is depicted through confi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Coral Reef Painting Life Mag Published 1953. Mid Century Modern American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Coral Reef Painting Life Mag Published 1953. Mid Century Modern American Scene
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
The World We Live In
Coral Reef
...
Category
1950s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
Koi Pond in Pastel
Located in Austin, TX
A piece from Bartolome Sastre's mixed media on paper collection.
11.25" x 8.5"
Pastel and pencil on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil
Dippin' Dotopus - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Untitled Sheep Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Menashe Kadishman
Untitled Sheep Drawing, ca. 1985
Unique Graphite Drawing
Hand signed and inscribed on the front
Frame Included
Unique whimsical drawing...
Category
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jungle (Jaguar)
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France.
Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork
In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization.
Matt Kinney...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Rag Paper
"Catching A Fish, " Gouache and Watercolor, Signed
By Tom Rost
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Catching A Fish" is an original gouache and watercolor painting on illustration board. It is signed in the lower left by the artist Tom Rost.
25" x 20 5/8" art
30 5/8" x 24 3/4" framed with museum glass
Tom Rost spent most of his life in Wisconsin, graduating from the Milwaukee State Teacher's College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). He began his artistic career as an illustrator for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Treasury Department. Later, he began illustrating for the Milwaukee Journal and then left to work in New York with the Field...
Category
1950s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Crouching Leopard drawing by British 20th Century artist Elsie Marian Henderson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967)
Crouching Leopard
Charcoal and pastel on paper
8 x 12.1/8 in. (20.3 x 30.8 cm.)
Provenance: The estate of the artist
Sally Hunter Fine Art, London
Elsie Marian Henderson was born in Eastbourne in Sussex and with the encouragement of her mother, a keen amateur painter, she attended the South Kensington Schools before studying at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1903 and 1905. She continued her art education in Paris and in 1916, after returning to London she enrolled at the Chelsea Polytechnic, where she was taught lithography by the artist Francis Ernest Jackson...
Category
20th Century English School Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Charcoal
Tiger Moth
By Kiki Smith
Located in New York, NY
Kiki Smith
Tiger Moth, 2020
Ink and colored pencil on Twin Rocker hand made paper with deckled edges
Pencil signed and dated by Kiki Smith on the front
Frame Included; elegantly floa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
19th Century Watercolour - Towing the Line
Located in Corsham, GB
A hunting scene depicting a line of hunters closing in on their prey. I man with dogs and a white stallion lead the cohort. Presented in a gilt frame. On pap...
Category
19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Frederick I of Prussia
By Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder
Located in PARIS, FR
Georg Philipp I RUGENDAS (1666-1742)
Frederick I of Prussia
Red chalk, ink and brown wash on paper
45x42 cm
This drawing has been long considered representative of Charles VI. In r...
Category
Early 1700s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Tiger - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tiger is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored, wire rod and watermarked "Rives Canson" paper, realized in XX century by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Whiskers"
By Dora Maar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Dora Maar (1907 - 1997).
Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch in France, Dora Maar was a 20th century photogra...
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt, where he received his BFA with hon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Snoopies in Blue on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a 6 x 9 ink work on paper from the "Snoopies" series.
Drawing Snoopy as a kid was common in my generation.
Cloning this dog into a team who operate on instinct, gives levity,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
Mr. Rabbit, Pen & Colored Pencils Drawing on Paper by Nikolay Starostenko, 2022
Located in Sempach, LU
Nikolay Starostenko - Mr. Rabbit (2022)
"Mr. Rabbit", Original drawing done in pen and colored pencils, no frame on heavy paper, 34 x 29 cm. The work will be shipped flat and secure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Mallards over Wetlands in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
By Wendy Reeves
Located in Preston, GB
Original Pastel of Mallards flying over Wetlands in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Wendy Reeves.
Art measures 20 x 14 inches
F...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Hunters and Their Preys : Cats and Mice - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Blue Cat with Big Whiskers
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 25 x 40 cm (c. 9.8 x 15.8 inch)
Excellent co...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Large Multicolor Snoopies Allover Crowd 40x60 inches on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
Multicolor Snoopies Allover Crowd 40x60 inches on paper. This work was shown in 2015, however I added more Snoopies!
At first it many not be obvious this is a dog head repeated, an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Sentinel 2" Watercolor on hand-cut paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Sentinel 2" is an original artwork by Allison May Kiphuth and is made of watercolor on hand-cut paper, sealed with encaustic. This piece measures 10”h x 4.5”w and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Encaustic
Sprung ( Cat )
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Sumi Ink
Bird - Drawing by Benn - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a drawing in pastel on paper realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in 1970.
Hand signed on the lower, dated.
Good conditions.
Benn (Bencj...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Owl, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
94
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Owl,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), Three studies of horses, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Three studies of horses
16 x 10 cm
Pen and ink on paper
Signed lower left
The third study on the lower right has been ...
Category
1880s Academic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Butterfly. 1968. Paper, watercolor, 76x55.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the table. Paper, watercolor, 55x75 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepaja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued her stu...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bourgeoise Keep I & II
Located in Singapore, SG
This artwork contains 2 separate drawings, sold together
Bourgeois Keep (I only want to wake up in my dreams) I & II
Colour pencil on strathmore paper
42cm by 29cm each
Natalia Lud...
Category
2010s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Silk
Bull, Animal, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
99
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Bull,
Size: 12 x 16 in...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Legs and Rumps, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action.
He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens.
Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae.
His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
Category
1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Vigilant Fox - The psyche of the fox -
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Friedrich Deiker (1838 Wetzlar - 1892 Düsseldorf). Vigilant fox. Pencil drawing on brown paper, 18 × 29.5 cm (inside measurement), 31.5 x 43.5 cm (mount), signed and dated "Deiker [18]54" at lower right.
- a little bit stained, with a light water stain at lower right
About the artwork
Carl Friedrich Deiker's consummate ability to depict animals is already evident in this early work. He brought a whole new psychological dimension to animal painting, so that one could literally speak of animal portraits.
The naturalistic appearance of the fox alone makes it seem alive. Every strand of muscle, even every hair, is captured, which requires an intensive artistic study of animal anatomy and physiology. But the fox's real liveliness comes not from its natural appearance, but from its internal movement: Stretched out, it has been brought out of rest. It turns around and, with its ears pricked up, looks intently in the direction from which it has seen something. His mouth is slightly open and his pointed teeth are bared, as if he were growling. Tension gradually takes hold of his whole body. While the hind legs were still in a relaxed position, closely observed by Deiker, one front leg was already raised, ready to begin a rising movement. The fox seems so alarmed with all its senses that one gets the impression that, at any moment, its tail will move jerkily and the animal will jump up.
While wild animals have traditionally been portrayed as beasts or anthropomorphised, often for caricatural purposes, Deiker explores their inherent nature by attempting to capture their psychic impulses. The wild animal is neither bestial nor human, but a creature in its own right, valued by Deiker for its own sake. In this way, he brought the dignity of the animal into representation and raised animal painting to a whole new artistic level.
About the artist
Carl Friedrich Deiker was the son of the drawing teacher Christian Friedrich Deiker and the younger brother of the animal painter Johannes Deiker. In addition to the family art lessons, Christian Friedrich shared a studio with his brother Johannes at Braunfels Castle, Deiker attended the drawing academy in Hanau, and from 1858 he was a student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy, where he studied under the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Carl Friedrich Deiker was already in demand as an artist during his first year: Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden, Margrave Max of Baden and Grand Duke Michael of Russia bought hunting scenes by him.
In 1859 he went on a study trip to the Reinhardswald. Just as the Barbizon School had rediscovered the landscape, Deiker opened up the forest for animal painting.
From 1861-64 Deiker had his own studio in Karlsruhe, then moved to Düsseldorf, where his brother Johannes followed four years later. Deiker married a daughter of the landscape painter Karl Hilger and remained in Düsseldorf until his death.
In 1868 he finally achieved international fame with his painting 'Pursued Noble Deer' and was regarded as a virtuoso new founder of animal painting.
"Deiker brought for the first time a truly great artistic quality to animal painting [...]".
- Hans Vollmer
From 1870 he participated in the academic art exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Hanover. He was also very busy as an illustrator. He drew for the Gartenlaube, the Salon, the Universum, and produced many of the finely illustrated hunting and animal books of the period. He also worked as a printmaker, while his oil paintings circulated as reprints by Franz Dinger.
From 1865 to 1892 Deiker was a member of the artists' association Malkasten.
Carl Friedrich Deiker's life's work was honoured with a large posthumous memorial exhibition at the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle in 1892.
His son Carl Deiker, born in 1879, also became a painter.
Selection of art museums that own works by Carl Friedrich Deiker:
Hamburger Kunsthalle / Kunsthalle Karlsruhe / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Wallraff Richartz Cologne.
Selected Bibliography
H. Schmidt: Johannes and...
Category
1850s Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gorilla - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Gorilla is a Pencil and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good conditions with some folding.
Mino Maccari (Si...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom left. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Cat Studies, 20th Century British Animal Drawings
Located in London, GB
A collection of sketched by John Sergeant., priced individually.
Pastel and charcoal on Ingres paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (19 x 27 cm)
Mounted
Please note that dimensi...
Category
20th Century English School Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Watercolor of Atlantic City Beach with Lucy the Elephant By E.D. Lewis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835–1910)
Atlantic City Beach Scene with Elephant, 1884
Watercolor on grey paper, 8 x 18 1/2 inches(sight); Framed: 16 x 26 inches
This view of the beach near Atlantic City features Lucy the Elephant...
Category
1880s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Big Turquoise Bug - Gyotaku Lobster Painting in Blue on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Locals know them as "bugs". A small bug is a one pound lobster. Artist Jeff Conroy was able to print this "bug" - a behemoth weighing in at almost 8 pounds aptly named "Big Bug". ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
