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Medium: Crayon
"Truer Than True" ballpoint pen, figurative portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original drawing by Lauren Rinaldi float mounted in the pictured simple white frame measuring 17in x 14in. Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies as a veh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ballpoint Pen, Archival Paper, Graphite, Oil Pastel

Woman in a Bonnet - Early 20th Century British Theatrical Portrait
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL (20th Century) Woman in a Bonnet Pastel, unframed, in conservation mount 5 ½ by 3 ¼ in., 14 by 8 cm. This drawing is one of a group of similar theatrical portrai...
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Early 20th Century Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

'Vancouver Girl', Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920. George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
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1920s Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board

Woman Laughing - Original Pastel by Michel Simonidy - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman laughing is an original artwork by Michel Simonidy. Mixed media, pastel drawing, and tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Includes passepartout. St...
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1920s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Medusa Augury (Round Portrait Drawing in Blue Pastel by Kahn & Selesnick)
Located in Hudson, NY
Circular portrait drawing in pastel and conte crayon of a beautiful Medusa Portrait is made on handmade Indian cotton paper 22 inch diameter Signed, verso About the work: In the face of a turbulent political and environmental crisis, the artists make their own appeal to change the future with a series of circular drawings on handmade paper in pastel and conte crayon. Panogolin Bonaparte and Medusa are among the drawings that illustrate the transformation of humans into animals, a fantasy of mankind’s integration with nature. These are presented as votive offerings to the Gods as a last attempt to bargain for a more hopeful future. About the artists: Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Conté, Oil Pastel

Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes, Drawing by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 24 in. x 19.75 in. (60.96 cm x 50.17 cm)
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1970s American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

The blue pose - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pastel, Cardboard

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Cardboard, Pastel

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pastel, Cardboard

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Cardboard, Pastel

Actress June Knight
Located in Miami, FL
Celebrity portrait sketch of actress June Knight but James Montgomery Flagg on card stock in two colors. Signed and inscribed lower right. The work is unframed. There is a slight cr...
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1930s Academic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Crayon

Cocoon - Parmis Sayous, 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and oil paint on cardboard Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed and dated by the artist on the back Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Cardboard, Oil, Pastel

Red and grey feathers- Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian artist
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and acrylic ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed and dated by the artist on the back Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 20...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Cardboard, Ink, Pastel

Poet's Augury (Round Portrait Drawing in Blue Pastel by Kahn & Selesnick)
Located in Hudson, NY
Whimsical portrait drawing of a young man on circular paper in blue pastel and conte crayon Portrait is made on handmade Indian cotton paper 22 inch diameter About the work: In the face of a turbulent political and environmental crisis, the artists make their own appeal to change the future with a series of circular drawings on handmade paper in pastel and conte crayon. Panogolin Bonaparte and Medusa are among the drawings that illustrate the transformation of humans into animals, a fantasy of mankind’s integration with nature. These are presented as votive offerings to the Gods as a last attempt to bargain for a more hopeful future. About the artists: Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
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2010s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Conté, Oil Pastel

Portrait of a Young Woman, Pastel Drawing by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Young Woman in Floral Dress Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 25 in. x 19 in. (63.5 cm x 48.26 cm)
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1970s American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

The Moonslayer - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pastel, Cardboard

Couple at a Table, Pastel Drawing by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland Title: Couple at Table (Self-Portrait) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed u.l. Size: 19.75 in. x 25.5 in. (50.17 cm x 64.77 cm)
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1970s American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Girl with Bonnet, Pastel Portrait by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Girl with Bonnet Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed u.r. Size: 25.5 in. x 19.7...
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1970s American Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pastel, Cardboard

Tinnitus #3 - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and oil paint on paper Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and worked...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Cardboard, Oil, Pastel

Dona Lupe
By Miguel Arguello
Located in Soquel, CA
Pastel titled Dona Lupe by Miguel Arguello (Spain, 1941-2005), who was invited in 1978 by the University of Santa Cruz, California to teach as an artist in residence. In 1993 he emba...
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1990s Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran. Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Cardboard, India Ink, Pastel

Woman in Blue, Pastel by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Woman in Blue Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 21.5 in. x 17 in. (54.61 cm x 43.18 cm) Frame: 27 x 22.5...
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1970s American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Anne Faure, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1946, Pastel
By Anne Faure
Located in Paris, FR
Anne Faure (born in 1878) Portraits of a Gentlaman, 1946 Signed and dated lower right Pastel on paper 40 x 31 cm, Original frame with glass 60 x 51 cm Anne Faure was born Anne F...
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1940s Academic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Veneer" Figurative Drawing, Color Pencil, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Veneer" is an original oil pastel, ballpoint pen, color pencil, and graphite on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured archival custom frame. The pape...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite

Mid-Century Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Skillful and beautifully rendered pastel portrait of a handsome man, smartly dressed by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Textured...
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1950s Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Man, How Did They Know Me?" Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man, How Did They Know Me?" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features a few abstract portraits...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

"Mouse Trap in Lions Den" Abstract Oil Pastel on Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mouse Trap in Lions Den" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This colorful, gestura...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Board

Juchiteca, 1964 Portrait Drawing by Raul Anguiano
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raul Anguiano, Mexican (1919 - 2006) Title: Juchiteca Year: 1964 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 31 x 22 inches Frame Size: 39 x 30 inches
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1960s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Seated Nude Woman in Yellow Hat, Pastel Drawing by Robert Philipp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Philipp, American (1895 - 1981) Title: Nude in a Yellow Hat Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on paper, signed Image Size: 25.5 x 18.5 inches Frame Size: 38 x 31 inches
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1970s American Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"The Mood, " Portrait Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Mood" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece features a double portrait--one man in vibr...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Illustration Board, Oil Pastel

The owner II - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

"Self Portrait"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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1970s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper Created in 2019 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

The owner III - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper Created in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

"City Dwellers Portrait, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"City Dwellers Portrait" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This artwork depicts an abstracted portrait in green, peach, b...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper Created in 2018 in Paris, France Unique work Signed by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

"Soft Portrait with Bolder, " Oil Pastel on Paper Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Soft Portrait with Bolder" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features an abstract portrait i...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"The Extrovert, Aura, " Abstract Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Extrovert, Aura" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artwork has a Drowning Prevention Foundation advertisement on the verso. The artist s...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"Phizo, " Abstract Portrait Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Phizo" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features an abstracted portrait with expressionistic marks ...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"The Wonder of Human Hand, " Pastel Portrait on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Wonder of Human Hand" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece features a blue-skinned man looking at his o...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Tarkan, " Portrait Oil Pastel Drawing on a Paper Bag by Reginald K. Ge
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tarkan" is an original oil pastel drawing on a paper bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features an abstract portrait in bright, expressionistic col...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"Skeletype Grape, " Acrylic & Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Skeletype Grape" is an original acrylic painting and pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features an abstract portrait o...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Found Objects, Pastel, Acrylic

"Liek, " Abstract Portrait Oil Pastel on Paper Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Liek" is an original oil pastel drawing on a paper bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstract color fields and gestural marks, over which ...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"J.D. Wovel Wearing Helmet, " Oil Pastel on Paper Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"J.D. Wovel Wearing Helmet" is an original oil pastel drawing on a paper bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features an abstract portrait in orange, ...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

Portrait of a Louis XIV Period Gentleman, Drawing by Vivian Rydgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vivian Rydgren Title: Portrait of a Gentleman Year: 1948 Medium: Color pencil and pastel on paper, signed and dated l.r. Paper Size: 23 x 15.5 inches Framed: 37.5 x 29.5 inches
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1940s Romantic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Oil Pastel

"Stay Go Stay Go, " Expressionist Oil Pastel on Cardboard by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Stay Go Stay Go" is an original oil pastel drawing mounted to cardboard by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It depicts two wide-eyed faces blending into a j...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Cardboard

MY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Located in Aventura, FL
Original pastel on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso. Visible image size: approx. 18.5 x 25.5 in. Frame size: 29 x 36 in. Artwork is in excellent conditi...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

"Blue Hat, Green Shirt, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Blue Hat, Green Shirt" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left and signed and dated it on the back. It depicts ...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"Festive Mode, " Oil Pastel & Acrylic on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Festive Mode" is an original oil pastel and acrylic painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This is a self portrait of the artist in glasses. 13 1/2"...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic

"Corey, " Original Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Corey" is an original oil pastel drawing on grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork depicts a portrait of a man over a tempestuous wash...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"Double Opinion, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag Portrait signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Double Opinion" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a confused and wide-eyed face with two mout...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Found Objects, Oil Pastel

19th century color portrait pencil pastel female subject realism
By Constance de Rothschild
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lady Mary Stanhope" is an original pencil and pastel drawing by Constance de Rothschild. This piece depicts a woman facing to the right. The artist also cre...
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1860s Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

"Portrait of La Goulue, " Auguste Grass-Mick, pastel, portrait, impressionist
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Paris, France in 1873, artist Auguste Grass-Mick apprenticed under lithography engraver Auguste Lemoine, the Dangler brothers and painter Georges Lavergne. A patron of Paris's cabarets, Le Chat...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Ear of Corn, Sioux", Mid Century Native American Portrait
By Robert Floodstrand
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ear of Corn, Sioux", Mid Century Native American Portrait Beautiful mid century portrait titled "Ear of Corn, Sioux" by Robert Floodstrand (American, 19...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Felt, Paper, Pastel

20th century portrait oil painting female subject dark background signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Portrait of the Artist's Mother-in-Law" is an original pastel drawing by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This drawing depicts an elderly woman in beige clothing...
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Early 1900s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

untitled Woman by the Windows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Woman by the Windows) Unsigned. Pastel on board, c. 1915 Created while the artist was in Giverny, France Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr by Descent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will Hess. David Salzman Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago Ronald C. Sloter, Columbus One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the "Chicago Times Herald" described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . . . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68) Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who immigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869. He was first exposed to his signature style of Impressionism in 1888 when he enrolled in night classes at the Art Institute while working in the shipping department of a lithographic firm near the Institute. He remained a student there until 1897 and was recognized in a "Chicago Times Herald" editorial of June 13, 1897 as one of the Institute's most outstanding pupils. The next year, his art career was temporarily put on hold when he briefly enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Spanish American War. In 1899, he resumed his art studies, this time with Frank Duveneck. He exhibited a painting at the Paris Salon of 1900. In 1905, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, Buehr and his family moved to France. They spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, and spent time in Venice as well. In Paris, Buehr studied at the Academy Julian with Raphael Collin for two years. Then he went to England, enrolling in the London Art School but had returned to Paris by 1908. During this time, he began painting at Giverny, the home of Impressionist leader Claude Monet (1840-1926, and by 1912, Buehr was listing that village as his home address. One of his good friends and associates at Giverny was Frederick Frieseke. One of Buehr's paintings from that time, "News from Home", was exhibited in 1913 at the French Salon in Paris and at the annual exhibit of the Chicago Art Institute. It shows a woman in floral dress sitting on a porch with a background with potted flowers and lush greenery background. Of his painting done at Giverny, Buehr wrote in 1912 to William Macbeth of Macbeth Galleries in New York: "My figures painted in and around Giverny are costumed and in appropriate out door settings." (Gerdts 68) In 1914, he returned to the United States and took a teaching position in Chicago at the Art Institute, which he held for the remainder of his life. He was married to Mary Hess, a painter of miniatures and decorative works. In 1928-29, he was a guest artist at Stanford University. Courtesy: AskArt “Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) was a painter born in Germany. Buehr was born in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh (Dohna?). He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s. In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a lithograph company near the Art Institute of Chicago. Introduced to art at work, Karl paid regular visits to the Art Institute, where he found part-time employment, enabling him to enroll in night classes. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually posted sketchings that blended in favorably with student's work. Having studied under John H. Vanderpoel, Buehr graduated with honors, while his work aroused such admiration that he was offered a teaching post there, which he maintained for many years thereafter. He graduated from the Art Inst. of Chicago and served in the IL Cav in the Spanish–American War. Mary Hess became Karl's wife—she was a student of his and an accomplished artist in her own right. In 1922, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. Art Studies in Europe In 1904, Buehr received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, then, in 1905, Buehr and his family moved to France, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, and they spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, where the artist painted local subjects, executing both genre subjects and landscapes as well as time in Venice. Buehr spent at least some time in Paris, where he worked with Raphaël Collin at the Académie Julian. Giverny and American Impressionism Prior to this time, Buehr had developed a quasi-impressionistic style, but after 1909, when he began spending summers near Monet in Giverny, his work became decidedly characteristic of that plein-air style but he began focusing on female subjects posed out-of-doors. He remained for some time in Giverny, and here he became well-acquainted with other well known expatriate America impressionists such as Richard Miller, Theodore Earl Butler, Frederick Frieseke, and Lawton Parker. It seems likely that Buehr met Monet, since his own daughter Kathleen and Monet’s granddaughter, Lili Butler, were playmates, according to George Buehr, the painter’s son. His other daughter Lydia died before adulthood due to diabetes. He returned to Chicago at the onset of World War I and taught at The Art Inst for many years. One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley...
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Crayon portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Crayon portrait drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add portrait drawings and watercolors created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, green, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Howard Tangye, Reginald K. Gee, Peter Collins ARCA, and Parmis Sayous. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Crayon portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $49 and tops out at $448,500, while the average work can sell for $629.

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