Vivian Rydgren

Portrait of a Louis XIV Period Gentleman, Drawing by Vivian Rydgren

1948

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...

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

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

A pastel drawing of Mickey Mantle by Jack Lane from 1986. A classic sports illustration of the legendary Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees at bat. Fr...

Artist: Alton Tobey Tite: Beethoven Year: 1974 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 35.5 x 41 in. (90.17 x 104.14 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)

Self Portrait in Underwear John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1962 Pastels on Watercolor paper, signed and dated Image Size: 23.5 x 18 inches Size: 32 x 27 in. (81.28 x 68.58 cm)

"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...

Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA 1769-1830 Portrait of a Young Officer Pastel with touches of black chalk on paper Signed and inscribed on an old label verso: "Be pleased to keep away / from the Damp & from dust / T Lawrence AE 13. / 1783." Wash mount and gilt frame Provenance W.E. Spooner; Anonymous sale, Phillips London, 17 April 2000 lot 196 Sothebys, Old Master & Early British Paintings, 14 April 2011 • London Lot 246 Old label verso describes how this was drawn in 1783 at the age of 14! This is a portrait of an officer from the Irish Volunteers. The Irish Volunteers was a part-time military force raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War. As a young boy Thomas Lawrence lived with his parents who ran a coaching inn near Bath. Clearly talented from this young age, he drew the passing travellers who stopped at the inn and this soldier may have been one such sitter. Lawrence was only 13 years old when he drew this work. To capitalise upon their son's talents, the family later moved to Bath and sent Lawrence to London in 1787 where he entered the Royal Academy schools at the earliest possible age. Works from such an early period of Lawrence's creativity are rarely to be found today. This rare early portrait drawn in Bath shows the level of technical skill that Lawrence had reached at 14 years old. His use of colour and tone to depict flesh and all the subtle variations in the texture and pigmentation of his sitter’s face, powdered hair and clothes show how Lawrence conceived pastel as a form of painting and partly explains how he could have made the smooth transition to oil painting so soon afterwards. When he arrived in Bath from Devizes in 1780, eleven-year-old Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) was promoted as a natural-born genius like his Renaissance predecessor Raphael. The local press announced the arrival of the boy wonder and his ‘Striking Sketches’, inviting the ‘Nobility and Gentry’ to sit for their portraits. Thomas Lawrence was a prodigious portraitist from the age of just eight, when he began to draw his first portraits in pencil...

Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has been supporting local Kansas City Artists for the past 40 years. The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), is a non-profit, artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, supporting artists at every level in their career through exhibitions, continuing education and artist studios. Artist: Joseph Broghammer Title: “Stalemate” Materials : Chalk pastel and pencil on Arches Paper Date : 2018 Dimensions : 7 x 11 ft. Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. His one-of-a-kind pastel drawings in “Animals” are chronicles of his life. The creatures Broghammer creates are vehicles to uncover the varying characteristics of the artist’s personal identity. Hence, Broghammer’s “Animals” translates as a flowing stream of consciousness. The different birds and livestock staring back at the viewer are ornamented with iconographic symbols – small surprises along the way. These trinkets are keys to understanding the stories Broghammer is sharing. Broghammer began mastering his “dry painting” technique during his B.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of South Dakota. He graduated in 1986 and a year later went on to study his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he studied at Creative Capital in Omaha, Nebraska. As storytellers often do, Broghammer later went on to become an educator himself, teaching at WhyArts? and becoming an Artist Assistant at Vera Mercer in Omaha – both of which he still practices at today. It’s apparent that Broghammer’s work has resonated with so many people around the world. Only a few years after his formal education, he began exhibiting his work through various International group shows in Italy, Germany, Holland, Mexico, and even Kansas City. Although Broghammer’s portraits depict downy creatures, his work is very much about the human experience. They are honest and full of life, evoking a sincere exchange between artist and viewer. “Animals” is for the animal lovers, students, teachers, collectors, writers, the young or old, and art historians alike. Dry Painting, Pastel, Drawing, Chalk Pastel, Oil Pastel, Painting, Contemporary Drawing, Contemporary Painting, Animal Drawings, Animal Paintings, colored pencil, pencil, large-scale drawings, portrait, portrait drawing, contemporary art, contemporary artists, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Vladimir Kush...

Big Baloo / Head Study No. 86 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in blue, pink, gold and white. The work is created with mixed media on Bristol paper,...

Bright Lashes / Head Study No. 93, drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in monochromatic grey, brown and white. The work is created with mixed media on ar...

Wartime / Head Study No. 76 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in yellow. The work is created with mixed media on Canson paper, including stabilo penc...