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Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.067
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.067 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.067 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.082
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.082 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.082 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Paper

Mid 19th Century English Miniature portrait of a young gentleman
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very delicately painted small scale portrait on marble of a handsome young gentleman. Superb detail and colour - a very striking piece and a rare example of a work by this first ra...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Marble

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.069
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.069 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.069 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.065
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.065 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.065 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Acrylic

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.077
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.077 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.077 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.066
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.066 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.066 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Set of 6 Figure Illustrations Egyptian Classical Characters Listed American
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of x6 figures original watercolour painting on artist paper signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches In good condition provenance:...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of Man - Drawing attri. to Emilio Giannelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a modern artwork realized in the 1990s and attributed to Emilio Giannelli. Black and white china ink drawing on paper.
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1990s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Romy: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting by John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
John Emanuel embarking on a series of works using new life models. Unusual for a artist who has over the last 40 years only had 3 previous sitters. Now working with Sarah Jane and Ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, ABS

Modele au Chapeau or Child with a Large Hat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the estate stamp initials lower right, Lugt 388a (see photo) Provenance: Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago (label verso) Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago (label verso) ...
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1880s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Eduard Vitali - 19th Century Watercolour, The Oil Lamp
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of an Italian woman replacing the oil lamp outside of her home. She wears traditional, brightly coloured clothing with a red headpiece. Signed with initials and insc...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960 ca. Drawing pen on yellowed paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena,...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

‘Light Bringer 1'
Located in London, GB
‘The Light Bringers’, 2023, is Latex and charcoal work, have the quality of movement, the heads turning and twisting, as if in prayer. These series of 6 works are almost biblical, tr...
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2010s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Latex

Composition - Drawing by Alfredo Mezio - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Composition  is a drawing in pen on paper, realized by Alfredo Mezio in 1934 for the magazine "Il Selvaggio", Year XI, p. 46. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident an...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of a Young Girl, Mid-20th Century Pastel Drawing, Signed
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, signed bottom right Image size: 12 x 14 1/2 inches (30.5 x 36.75 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame This is a touching drawing of a young girl who is seen smili...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

"San Diego, California" Crystal Pier Balboa 2021 watercolor ink pencil on paper
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Alexander Befelein "San Diego" 2021 Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper 8 ¼ x 4 ¾ Inches Signed, titled, and dated in pencil in the lower margin
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil, Cardboard, Watercolor

Portrait of Man - Drawing attri. to Emilio Giannelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a modern artwork realized  in the 1990s and attributed to Emilio Giannelli Black and white china ink drawing on paper.
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1990s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait Of A Man, Black chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Leopold BOILLY Paris 1796-1874 Portrait of a man First third of the 19th century Pierre noire Signed on the right 23,5 x 17 cm 38 x 29 cm framed Small stains
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper

The Arab Butcher, a preparatory drawing by Gustave Guillaumet (1840 - 1887)
Located in PARIS, FR
This intensely expressive figure is a preparatory study for "Arab Market on the Tocria Plain", a painting exhibited at the 1865 Salon and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille. 1...
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1860s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Carbon Pencil

German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, pencil on paper 25.7 x 16 cm (view) Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm The style and execution are v...
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1850s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Suite of four works on paper "Exploding Faces"
Located in New York, NY
This is a suite of 4 works of "exploding faces" Taking a leap from Ms. Bovasso's signature "explosion" drawings, here a figurative element is added.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

François-Édouard Picot (French 1786-1868) Greek Comedy Play 19th Century Drawing
By François-Édouard Picot
Located in Meinisberg, CH
François-Édouard Picot (French, 1786 – 1868) Ancient Greek Comedy Play • Pencil Drawing on laid paper behind decorative matting, visible image, ca. 10.5 x 15.5 cm • Modern Glased frame, ca. 27 x 33 cm • Signed "Picot fecit" lower left • As we photographed through glass, there are reflections in the images Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no charges for handling & delivery Here we have the somewhat unusual, yet typical subject matter François-Édouard Picot was interested in depicting. Shown is a scene from an ancient Greek comedy play. The previous owner has noted on the back, that this image was copied from an ancient Greek stone relief. François-Édouard Picot was born on the 10th of October in 1786 in Paris, France. He studied with various masters and became well known for his historical and mythological subjects. In 1812 he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome competition and after that success, went on to exhibit at the Paris Salon, where in the year 1819 he won a first-class medal for his neoclassical L'Amour et Psyché, which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris. He regularly exhibited his work in the salon up to 1839. He taught several young great artists at his elitist studio and was known for accepting only very few students, which included William Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau, Cabanel and Paul Seignac...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper, Pencil

Set of 9 Figure Illustrations Egyptian Classical Characters Listed American
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of x9 figures original watercolour painting on artist paper signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches In good condition provenance:...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880 Portrait of a boy holding a book graphite and white gouache on paper 39.5 x 32 cm oval view in good condition, slightly yellowed with age In its original ova...
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1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Deco Girl with Car, 1936 30 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas Board Signed Arthur ‘36 lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Board

Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931) Portrait of Raphaël Fumet (1898-1979) ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914 Charcoal and pencil on paper Signed "Marcel-Lenoi...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that describes the world's end by means other than a nuclear war with Russia. Richard Erdoes brilliantly illustrates the work with his highly stylized painting technique. My favorite part of the work is on the left side showing a group of people packed together as they fall into oblivion. A clear reference would be Hieronymus Bosch's "The Last Judgment " Once Again the World Ends." Illustration published in Life Magazine, Feb. 9, 1962 Signed in lower right image. Unframed Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,[1] to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.[2] After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,[3] He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4] Career He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City. In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books. An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

Autoportrait, circa 1940, Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry MIRANDE (1877-1955) Self-portrait, circa 1940 Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper Anotated "L'Indien du haut Orénoque qui me réclame 4 femmes blanches pour lui seul" upper ri...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In A Pink Blouse Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady original watercolour painting on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches I...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Crayon

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) Judy Garland 20 x 15 inches (sight) Etching 26 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches Framed...
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1970s Performance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Ink

Women Nudes - Drawing by G. Riegler. - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Women Nudes is an Artwork  realized by  the Artist G. Riegler. Drawing in ink on paper, Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner. Th...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Attrib. Herbert J. Day (1875-1950) - Watercolour, Head Study of an Actress
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic watercolour portrait of an actress in costume. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame with the artist name inscribed to the reverse. On paper.
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed upper left charcoal on paper 26.5 x 33,8 cm Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...
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Early 1900s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Located in New York, NY
Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) Bette Midler 15 x 11 inches (sight) Etching 22 x 18 inches Framed Signed an...
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1980s Performance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Ink

Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside...
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1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Manner of John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) - Watercolour, Seated Spanish Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait in the manner of John Frederick Lewis depicting a Spanish lady seated on a stool. The artist captures the woman in traditional dress with layers including her lon...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

English School 19th Century Watercolour - Gentleman in a Bow Tie
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful half length watercolour portrait depicting a distinguished gentleman in his finery. The sitter wears a three piece suit with a black bowtie, showing his status as a prom...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Gentleman in the Library
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study depicting a smartly dressed gentleman in his library. The poised man sits proudly in a chair with a finger pressed between the pages of his book. As...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Boy Leaning Against Urn
Located in Corsham, GB
An utterly charming English school portrait of a young boy leaning against a garden urn. Well-presented in an elegant gilt-effect frame with wash-line mount. Signed with the initials...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 194...
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1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Continental School 20th Century Pastel - Man in a Fedora
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking head and shoulders portrait study of a man wearing a fedora and red suit. He stares straight at the viewer in an almost confrontational stance, with bright blue eyes looki...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

'Portrait of a Woman', Myanmar Neck Ring, Mill Valley, Mystic Seaport Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Norall' for John Norall (American, 1920-2024) and painted circa 1993. Exhibited: Mill Valley Library Gallery, 1993 Born in North Platte, John Norall studied ...
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1990s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Herbert Blande Sparks (1870-1916) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Time For Tea
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a young Edwardian lady seated in garden. She holds a dainty teacup close to long cream coloured dress with a lace ruffled collar. Signed to the...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
By John Wentworth Russell
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Frederick James Mcnamara Evans (1859-1929) - Framed Watercolour, Make Do & Mend
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of an elderly women sat comfortable in a wooden armchair. The figure holds a look of contemplation, quietly working out how to tackle the broken garment placed i...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled - Drawing by Julio Galan - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary arteork realized by Julio Galan in 1988. Mixed colored pastel on paper. Hand signed and dated on the higher margin. Provenanc...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Black Woman's Beauty, 10x8" watercolor
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew Watercolor Portrait 10x8" image size 20x18" framed (behind glass) Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons." Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career that lasted 17-years. Beginning in 1992, she studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) , Study for "Le Cocher" original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...
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1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Glamour Fashion Portrait of Model Sara Thom - Mid Century
By Richard Stone
Located in Miami, FL
Dick Stone was a top mid-century illustrator who worked for the most famous brands. He was an assignment artist hired by such esteemed Ad Agencies as BBDO ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Casein, Board, Pen

"Bob Dylan - Legends" 2019 watercolor on paper - musician guitar music
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"Bob Dylan - Legends" 2019 Watercolor, pencil, and ink on matted cardboard 5.75 x 4 Inches Matte: 13 x 10.5 Inches Signed and dated by the artist in pencil, lower margin
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil

Edwin, Marzo 14, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin, Marzo 14, 2014 by Celso Castro Black Crayon on archival paper Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Crayon

Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Alexa Chung, Portrait, by Manuel Santelices Watercolor on paper Framed size: 7.7 in. H x 7 in. W Image size: 6.5 in. H x 6 in. W Framed 2016 The worlds of fashion, society, and p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Sensitivity"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my new period in my artistic expression. This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transfor...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
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18th Century Rajput Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

Portrait, woman's head, 1959, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc DAUTRY (1930-2008) Woman’s head, 1959 ? Pencil on paper Signed and dated "1959" ? lower left 14 x 10.5 cm Frame (antique glass) : 36 x 30 cm Born in Nime (south of France), Mar...
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1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Angel
Located in Boston, MA
From the estate of the artist. Frederick Bosley was an Impressionist painter of the Boston School who most often depicted portraits, figures and still-lifes. The artist was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1881. He studied at the Museum School in Boston from 1900-1906 with Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938) and Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), and then in Europe from 1906-1908. Bosley returned to Boston in 1909, obtaining a studio at the Fenway Studios from 1909-1918. He was to become a teacher in his own right, settling as Director at the Museum School from 1913-1931. His many awards include First prize in the 1920 Concord Art Academy Exhibition and a Gold Medal in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, 1925. His work may be found in the collections of several institutions, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Farnsworth Museum, the National Academy of Design and the Concord Academy...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

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