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James Exley, Roaring Tiger watercolour
Located in Harkstead, GB
James Exley (1878-1967)
Roaring Tiger,
Signed and dated 1903,
Watercolour
14 x 10 ¼ inches
A superbly executed image capturing all the latent power and ferocity of the tiger.
Jam...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,150 Sale Price
30% Off
Pink Flamingos, Watercolor Painting by Oscar Hess
By Oscar Hess
Located in Long Island City, NY
This watercolor painting was created by Oscar Hess in circa 1980. It is hand signed in the lower right hand corner, and measures 19.5 x 14 inches. It is displayed in a 27 x 22 inch m...
Category
1980s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1974
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in 1974.
Good condition except for foxings and decoloring on the right margin.
Leo Guida (1992...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Racing, Epsom and Aintree (a pair)
Located in Lexington, KY
Armour gre up in Liverpool and graduated from the University of St. Andrews and the Edinburgh College of Art. After his time in college he would move to Morocco to buy horses and wou...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in ink and pastel realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historica...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Girl - Original Watercolor by Maurice Van Moppes - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original drawing in pencil and watercolor realized in the 20th century by Maurice Van Moppes (1904-1957).
Good Conditions.
Beautiful depiction of a woman in early 20th century winter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Dove - Original Drawing by Eugène Juillerat - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Dove is an original artwork realized by Eugène Juillerat (1856-1925) in 1920s.
Pencil drawing.
Excellent condition.
Category
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pencil
Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and his...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Robert Bonfils Bianchini Ferier 1920 art deco scarf design no.332 Goyescas
Located in London, GB
From a series of designs by Robert Bonfils for Bianchini Ferrier, to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller."
Rober...
Category
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techniqu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nudes - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original drawing realized by Leo Guida in the 1980s.
Drawing in pen and Charcoal.
Good conditions.
Included a Passepartout: 60 x 40 cm
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pen
The Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition with some sign of stick on the lower.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972.
Good condition.
Hand-signed.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techniqu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original drawing in pastels and ink realized by Leo Guida in 1970.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical tech...
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Ponies - Original Mixed Media - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ponies is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s.
Original mixed media: china ink, tempera and silver color on paper.
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Bird on the Branch - Original Watercolor - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird on the branch is an original colored drawing in watercolor on ivory-colored paper glued on paper, realized by Anonymous Japanese artist.
In very good conditions. Image Dimensio...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Diana - Ink Drawing by Frans Stracké - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Diana is an original black and white drawing in ink realized by Frans Stracké (1820-1898)
Good condition except for diffused foxings and a small cutaway that doesn't affect the artw...
Category
19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
20th Century Gouache - Tropical Birds And Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful 20th Century gouache on cotton silk, showing colourful parrots entwined in flowers and foliage. The painting is unsigned and presented in a 20th Century silver frame with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$295 Sale Price
20% Off
Reverse the Curse
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Archival Paper
The Rat - Original Pastel by Leo Guida - 1973
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Rat is an original drawing in pastels on paper realized by Leo Guida in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil and dated on the lower right.
The state of preservation is good except for ...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Northern Parula
Located in Columbia, MO
Hannah Reeves
Northern Parula
2024
13 x 11 framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Chalk, Photographic Paper, Graphite
Study of a Lions - Original Pencil on Paper by Wilhelm Lorenz - Late20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of a Lions and child is a beautiful original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized in the late XX century by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, also known as Willi L...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Lion - Pencil on Paper by Willy Lorenz - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lion is a beautiful original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized in the late XX century by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, also known as Willi Lorenz.
This original...
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Vulture - Pencil and Pastel Drawing by Jane Le Soudier - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vulture is an original drawing in pencil and pastel realized Jane Le Soudier (1885-1976). with the monogram of the artist's name on the lower right. The state of preservation of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
British, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin ink drawing 'Heron Swallowing Fish'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Heron Swallowing Fish, a study for a sculpture
Pen and ink
Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `HERON SWALLOWING F...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Edith Honor Earl (1901-1996) - Framed 1950 Pastel, Portrait of a Cocker Spaniel
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful pastel portrait of a liver and white cocker spaniel by British artist Edith Honor Earl (1901-1996). Signed and dated to the lower right. Well-presented in a lime-washed f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Ragman - Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20x14 cm
Hand signed. Original ink watercolored drawing on paper. Made for the illustration of the volume 'Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux', publis...
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Absorbing Magic
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Archival Paper
Carnet de Voyage - Sioux Indians - Illustrated Album by I. Sermonski - 1910/1950
By Ivan Sermonski
Located in Roma, IT
Carnet de Voyage is a wonderful original illustrated album by the Russian artist Ivan Sermoski (1889?-1963?). A beautiful manuscript with original blue ink and marker sketches representing the uses and customs of the native Americans, the Sioux Indians.
This ancient sketchbook of 46 pages includes a final watercolored sketch concerning the history of the Indian Sioux...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Ma non era mai andato così in collera
Located in Roma, IT
Enamel paint on cardboard.
Signed, titled, and dated on overleaf. Authenticity certificate by Fondazione Pablo Echaurren.
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Enamel
Untitled (Tiger) (#1944)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
India ink and watercolor on paper
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
UFO (Unidentified Flying Octopus) - Gyotaku Style Print, Psychedelic Pattern
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Set on a dark blue sky complete with stars, this UFO (Unidentified Flying Octopus) casts its glowing aura upon the night sky. The psychedelic nature of the creature's patterning enh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Catsndogs (1)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
India ink and watercolor on paper
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Edward Bawden House Proud Mum Cat pen and ink Modern British Art drawing
Located in London, GB
From a series of Bawden Cat illustrations we have listed. To see the others and our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want.
Edward Bawden R.A. (British, 1903 - 1989)
House Proud Mum Cat
Pen and ink
38 x 27 cm
Signed and inscribed lower right.
Bawden developed a love of cats at a young age, copying Louis Wain's cat pictures...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Siegfried and Fafnir
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Siegfried and Fafnir was painted by William Stout in 2010 as part of his Nordic Myths series. Stout is a famo...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
No title
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original drawing with pastel on paper
Unique piece
Handsigned
Provenance : Matsart Auction House Jerusalem
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Soldier on Horse, Framed Surrealist Ink and Gouache Painting by John Rombola
By John Rombola
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Rombola
Title: Soldier on Horse
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Ink and Gouache on Paper, signed
Paper Size: 24 in. x 18 in. (60.96 cm x 45.72 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Osprey, contemporary realist gouache on paper animal miniature
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist painter and curator known for her detailed drawings of animals, architecture, and trees. Her miniatures carry with them the traditi...
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Human & Animal Limbs, Torsos, Ink, Watercolor, Acrylic on Graph Paper "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 20 x 13 inches (unframed size)
Coloured Ink, Water Colour & Acrylic on Graph Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
The...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Cornish, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin drawing 'White bird', pen and ink on paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
White bird
Pen and ink
Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `WHITE BIRD SclPT MY 87 SB’ (lower middle)
12.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (32.3 x 19.7 cm.)
S...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Antique William Goodall Framed English Watercolor and Ink of a Toucan
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming 19th century watercolor and ink on paper of a toucan on a tree in a bayscape with Latin description, signed by English naturalist artist William Goodall. Presented under gla...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early Horses III, Drawing, Brown, Conte on Paper by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses III - 31 x 20.5 inches (unframed size)
Conte on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
Austin Taylor (1908-1992) - Framed Mid 20th Century Gouache, African Grey
Located in Corsham, GB
Perched on an open cage door, is this charming study of an African grey by mid-century artist Austin Taylor (1908-1992). Unsigned. Smartly mounted in a complimenting chocolate-grey f...
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Original 1940s Abstract Pen & Ink Drawing “The Chicken” by Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original pen and ink drawing, titled “The Chicken”, was created by celebrated 20th-century American modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993) in the 1940s. A powerful exampl...
Category
1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Empress
Located in London, GB
Pastel and charcoal on paper
109cm × 75cm (120cm × 85cm framed)
Difficult to categorise in any particular style or movement, his work is steeped in the knowledge of the great tradit...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Max Ingrand Drawing
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Max ingrand (French, 1908-1969)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1967
Materials: ink on vellum
Dimensions (H, W, D): 13"h, 10.5"w (work is not framed)
Additi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Vellum
German expressionist drawing of a Bull Elephant by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Elefantenbulle (Bull elephant)
Pencil on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
15.3/4 x 13.3/8 in. (40 x 34 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Pink Crazy Rabbit
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on paper + frame
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
E. A. Rowlendson - Framed 19th Century Watercolour, Nesting Blue Tit
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisite watercolour depicts an engaging study of two blue tits, perched over a fragile nest of eggs. Barbed hawthorn and scent blossom ties the scene together with gentle touc...
Category
19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
David Truman, Puffins, Original Animal Drawing, Bempton Cliffs Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Puffins [2016]
Original
Landscapes and seascapes
Graphite on paper
Image size: H:42.2 cm x W:29.7 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42.2 cm x W:29.7 cm x D:0.2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Puffins, A study of Puffins on a rocky outcrop at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire. Original photographs taken by myself.
David Truman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
British 20th Century Charcoal and crayon drawing of a seated leopard
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967)
Seated Leopard
Charcoal and crayon
11.3/8 x 7.7/8 in. (28.8 x 20 cm.)
Provenance: The estate of the artist
S...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon
Mid Century, modern British artist Sven Berlin, a strutting cockerel
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
A strutting cockerell
Pen and ink
8 x 4.5/8 in. (20 x 12 cm.)
(4)
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septemb...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Hunted (Moose)
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
Chabellard - Signed & Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Hung Pheasant
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour depiction of game handing on a brick wall.
The artwork is full of radiant, deep colour, and truly captures the form of the pheasant in a highly detailed manner.
...
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$335 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s Modernist Line Drawing: Native American on Horse, Pinto, Black Ink Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1933 black-and-white line drawing titled "Pinto" by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966) captures a striking Native American figure wearing a feathered bonnet headdress, riding horseback. Rendered in fine ink on vellum, this drawing reflects Hiler’s signature style with clean, fluid lines that embody the modernist movement. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner, adding authenticity and value. Custom framing options are available to enhance this timeless piece.
About the Artist: Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed an early interest in art. He studied at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design as a child, before pursuing further education at several renowned institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Paris. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919 to 1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician while continuing his artistic endeavors.
After relocating to San Francisco in 1934, Hiler became involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), where he painted murals in the Aquatic Park...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Julius Detmold (British, 1883 – 1957)
Hornbill
Pen and ink on paper
Signed with initials’ ED’ (lower right)
16.3 x 15.8 cm.
Edward Julius Detmold (21 November 1883 Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey - 1 July 1957 Montgomery) and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) were prolific Victorian book illustrators.
Their parents were Edward Detmold and Mary Agnes Luck. Their father, an electrical engineer was chronically ill, and they lived with their uncle and guardian, Dr Edward Barton Shuldham, who saw to their tuition and was a noted collector of porcelain and Japanese woodprints of plants and animals. Dr Shuldham occupied a house in Upper Richmond Road, Putney, where the twins had been born. He ensured their interest in natural history and art, and created a nurturing environment for their precocious talents. They also spent time with another uncle, the painter Henry E. Detmold, who encouraged them in their art. Most of their prodigious energy was expended on depicting animal subjects and their work showed great influence from traditional Japanese art, Albrecht Dürer and later the Art Nouveau movement. They were exhibiting watercolours at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the age of 13. Edward Burne-Jones praised their work and warned against the dangers of uniformity inherent in art schools.
The twins subsequently mastered the techniques of watercolour etching and of colour printing with copper plates, buying a printing press and producing their own proofs at home.
In 1898 they compiled a portfolio of colour etchings of animals and flowering plants done in the Japanese style. These were much sought after and were rapidly sold out. They collaborated on the etchings and illustrations for their first book Pictures From Birdland published in 1899. This book resulted from a number of drawings being shown in the autumn of 1897, to the publisher J. M. Dent, who was so impressed that the two brothers were asked to provide coloured illustrations for a book of his. The first title mooted was Alphabet of Birds, eventually becoming Pictures from Birdland. "Particularly noticeable are the early influences in the paintings, Edward's design for an osprey, with its unusual water effects, testifying to a Japanese contribution. Already apparent is that style in which a searching study of natural forms, especially bird plumage, is subordinated to decorative arrangement" - David Larkin (The Fantastic Creatures of Edward Julius Detmold) This was followed in 1900, by an exhibition at the Fine Art Society's Gallery in London.
Their next joint project was to produce a set of 16 watercolours for Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book published in 1903, by Macmillan. The success of their painting careers seemed assured, but Maurice ended his life by inhaling chloroform in April 1908, shortly before they were due to leave for a holiday in Sussex with Dr Shuldham, who had arranged that Maurice put down the household cats using the anaesthetic. Although stunned by the death of Maurice, Edward threw himself into his work.
The recognition accorded the twins' illustrations of Kipling's classic tale was extraordinary. Consequently, in 1909 Edward illustrated The Fables of Aesop, producing 23 colour plates and a host of pen & ink drawings. This proved so popular that in 2006 The Folio Society of London published a facsimile of the original Hodder & Stoughton edition.
In 1911, Detmold worked on illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck's The Life of the Bee, Camille Lemonnier's Birds and Beasts and Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Beasts. In the following year he worked on Maeterlinck's Hours of Gladness, in 1913, on Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Birds and in 1919, on W. H. Hudson's Birds in Town and Village In 1919, he also produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and, in 1921, on Our Little Neighbours and Jean-Henri...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Milky Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on paper + frame
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Watercolor, Acrylic
Wild Affection, animal art, lion art, original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Graphite artwork entitled 'Wild Affection', showing male lion affectionately licking female lion.
David Truman artist offers original paintings and limited edition prints exclusivel...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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