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Medium: Pencil
Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
The Great Australian Bight Trio - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopi, the artist then embellishes them with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing them on an antique nautical chart...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Color Pencil, Watercolor
Characterful study of the artist's cat
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really super image of a beautiful pussy cat by one of the keystones of the British Modern Art movement, Philip Wilson Steer. The relationship between artists and their pets has oft...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Galloping rider by Carle Vernet - Drawing on paper 25x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Carle VERNET is an artist born in France in 1758 and died in 1836. His works have been sold at public auction 962 times, mainly in the Print-Multiple category.
This work is sold with...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Studio 54 - Bananarama - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
TETE DE LION MARYAN UNIQUE PIECE DRAWING PARIS SIGNED
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
ORIGINAL DRAWING ON PAPER
Hand signed and dated
Unique piece
Category
Late 20th Century French School Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Mr. Bubbles, Goldfinger - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Goldilocks, Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
TETE DE LION MARYAN UNIQUE PIECE DRAWING PARIS SIGNED
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
ORIGINAL DRAWING ON PAPER
Hand signed and dated
Unique piece
Category
Late 20th Century French School Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Turkeys
Located in Austin, TX
By Armando Hinojosa
18" x 22"
Pencil and Watercolor on Paper
Unframed
Category
20th Century Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Archival Paper
TETE DE LION MARYAN UNIQUE PIECE DRAWING PARIS SIGNED
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
ORIGINAL DRAWING ON PAPER
Hand signed and dated
Unique piece
Category
Late 20th Century French School Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
"Le combat des poissons "Pencil study with annotations , cm. 30 x 20 1940 ca
By André Masson
Located in Torino, IT
André Masson ( 1896-1987)
Pencil study with annotations on the right side, acquired by the previous owner from Luis Masson son of Andrè Masson
Category
1940s Surrealist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sea Fan - Blue Meets Red - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Fox Hunting, Drawing Signed And Dated 1863
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fox hunting.
Graphite and pastel highlights.
Drawing signed and dated 1863.
Signature to be identified.
Framed and under glass.
Old frame gilded with fine gold.
Small stucco gaps in ...
Category
1860s Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Graphite
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing animal color map
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Liber Mystia XLIII
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Liber Mystia XLIII" is an original artwork by Henry Hablak made of gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper measuring 16.25"h x 12.25"w framed and 14"h x 11"w unframed.
Henry Habl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Horses in Landscape, Late 20th Century Watercolor by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013)
Horses in Landscape
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
15 x 22 inches
...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Stable Scene, 20th century horse and barn watercolor by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013)
Stable Scene
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
9 x 12.25 inches
Josep...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Study of a buffalo
By Victor Prouve
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor Prouvé (1858-1943)
Study of a buffalo
Pencil on paper
32,5 x 50 cm
Provenance : Marianne Prouvé-Georges (1905-1994)’s collection, artist’s daughter
Sold without frame
A major...
Category
Early 20th Century Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing animal color map
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Two Macks - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of Two Mackerel on Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A Mackerel is inked and then "printed" with sumi ink in this Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print. The artist then embellishes the fish with colored pencil adding an extraordinary dimen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Double-sided Horse Studies by Théodore Géricault
Located in PARIS, FR
Recto: two horses, preparatory study for the lithograph "Les Boueux" ("The Muddy Ones")
Verso: four studies of horse heads (including two preparatory studies for the watercolor "Plowing in England"), a study of a life guard with the rump of his horse (preparatory to the lithograph "A Party of Life...
Category
1820s Old Masters Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Frog - Drawing in pencil by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Frog is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934)
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes.
Emmanuel Gondouin is a French Cubist...
Category
1930s Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fragrantissima
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beauty in all its strangeness. Manch...
Category
2010s Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Study on a Mouse - Drawing by Augusto Monari - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Study on a Mouse is a Drawing in pencil realized by Augusto Monari in 1935.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1930s Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Cobalt Canary - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Cobalt Canary
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC122
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
The Blue Ring of Cape Fourcroy - Gyotaku Painting of Octopus on Nautical Chart
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
An octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Boo Berry - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Boo Berry
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC116
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Blue Blood - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Blue Blood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil, Sumi Ink
18th Century Old Master pencil study of cows by French artist Jean Baptiste Huet
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A rare and charming study of cows by 18th Century French painter, engraver and designer Jean-Baptiste Huet.
The details are:
Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745 – 1811)
Study of cows
P...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Stay Golden Pony Boy - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Stay Golden Pony Boy
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC123
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Dippin' Dotopus - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Fontainebleau - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Fontainebleau
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC120
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Octopus, Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Bird With Long Legs
By Adonna Khare
Located in Denver, CO
Adonna Khare is an America artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California State University Long Beach. Her work has be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Archival Paper
Lemon Meringue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Lemon Meringue
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC118
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Study of a cat by tapestry weaver artist Lynne Curran 'Dark voices'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A charming drawing of a cat by the contemporary female tapestry weaver Lynne Curran. Lynne Curran trained in tapestry at the Edinburgh College of Art ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Koi Pond in Pastel
Located in Austin, TX
A piece from Bartolome Sastre's mixed media on paper collection.
11.25" x 8.5"
Pastel and pencil on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil
Horse's Head - Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse's Head is an original pencil drawing on paper, attributed to Luigi Galli and realized in the late 19th Century.
With another drawing of hands...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom left. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Two are signed by the artist to the bottom righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Tiger Moth
By Kiki Smith
Located in New York, NY
Kiki Smith
Tiger Moth, 2020
Ink and colored pencil on Twin Rocker hand made paper with deckled edges
Pencil signed and dated by Kiki Smith on the front
Frame Included; elegantly floa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Silk
"Jersey Girl" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Jersey Girl" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a cow in profile.
Category
2010s Photorealist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Bourgeoise Keep I & II
Located in Singapore, SG
This artwork contains 2 separate drawings, sold together
Bourgeois Keep (I only want to wake up in my dreams) I & II
Colour pencil on strathmore paper
42cm by 29cm each
Natalia Lud...
Category
2010s Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Red Rum - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Untitled Sheep Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Menashe Kadishman
Untitled Sheep Drawing, ca. 1985
Unique Graphite Drawing
Hand signed and inscribed on the front
Frame Included
Unique whimsical drawing...
Category
1980s Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Silk, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Carbon Pencil, Handmade Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule II" Pencil on Paper Drawing 13" x 15" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in Upper Egypt, where he received his BFA with hon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Crab (with traveling Museum Exhibition documentation)
By Tony Oursler
Located in New York, NY
Tony Oursler
Crab (With Museum Exhibition Labels), 1972
Colored pencil on paper
Bears what appears to be the artists signature (or original notation)...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Vigilant Fox - The psyche of the fox -
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Friedrich Deiker (1838 Wetzlar - 1892 Düsseldorf). Vigilant fox. Pencil drawing on brown paper, 18 × 29.5 cm (inside measurement), 31.5 x 43.5 cm (mount), signed and dated "Deiker [18]54" at lower right.
- a little bit stained, with a light water stain at lower right
About the artwork
Carl Friedrich Deiker's consummate ability to depict animals is already evident in this early work. He brought a whole new psychological dimension to animal painting, so that one could literally speak of animal portraits.
The naturalistic appearance of the fox alone makes it seem alive. Every strand of muscle, even every hair, is captured, which requires an intensive artistic study of animal anatomy and physiology. But the fox's real liveliness comes not from its natural appearance, but from its internal movement: Stretched out, it has been brought out of rest. It turns around and, with its ears pricked up, looks intently in the direction from which it has seen something. His mouth is slightly open and his pointed teeth are bared, as if he were growling. Tension gradually takes hold of his whole body. While the hind legs were still in a relaxed position, closely observed by Deiker, one front leg was already raised, ready to begin a rising movement. The fox seems so alarmed with all its senses that one gets the impression that, at any moment, its tail will move jerkily and the animal will jump up.
While wild animals have traditionally been portrayed as beasts or anthropomorphised, often for caricatural purposes, Deiker explores their inherent nature by attempting to capture their psychic impulses. The wild animal is neither bestial nor human, but a creature in its own right, valued by Deiker for its own sake. In this way, he brought the dignity of the animal into representation and raised animal painting to a whole new artistic level.
About the artist
Carl Friedrich Deiker was the son of the drawing teacher Christian Friedrich Deiker and the younger brother of the animal painter Johannes Deiker. In addition to the family art lessons, Christian Friedrich shared a studio with his brother Johannes at Braunfels Castle, Deiker attended the drawing academy in Hanau, and from 1858 he was a student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy, where he studied under the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Carl Friedrich Deiker was already in demand as an artist during his first year: Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden, Margrave Max of Baden and Grand Duke Michael of Russia bought hunting scenes by him.
In 1859 he went on a study trip to the Reinhardswald. Just as the Barbizon School had rediscovered the landscape, Deiker opened up the forest for animal painting.
From 1861-64 Deiker had his own studio in Karlsruhe, then moved to Düsseldorf, where his brother Johannes followed four years later. Deiker married a daughter of the landscape painter Karl Hilger and remained in Düsseldorf until his death.
In 1868 he finally achieved international fame with his painting 'Pursued Noble Deer' and was regarded as a virtuoso new founder of animal painting.
"Deiker brought for the first time a truly great artistic quality to animal painting [...]".
- Hans Vollmer
From 1870 he participated in the academic art exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Hanover. He was also very busy as an illustrator. He drew for the Gartenlaube, the Salon, the Universum, and produced many of the finely illustrated hunting and animal books of the period. He also worked as a printmaker, while his oil paintings circulated as reprints by Franz Dinger.
From 1865 to 1892 Deiker was a member of the artists' association Malkasten.
Carl Friedrich Deiker's life's work was honoured with a large posthumous memorial exhibition at the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle in 1892.
His son Carl Deiker, born in 1879, also became a painter.
Selection of art museums that own works by Carl Friedrich Deiker:
Hamburger Kunsthalle / Kunsthalle Karlsruhe / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Wallraff Richartz Cologne.
Selected Bibliography
H. Schmidt: Johannes and...
Category
1850s Naturalistic Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro - Sketch
Located in London, GB
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A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Pencil on paper
25.5 x 20 cm (10 x 7⁷/₈ inches)
E...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Feeding the Kittens - Little cat mother -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893".
- Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed.
- Little cat mother -
About the artwork
Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat.
It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...
Category
1890s Academic Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
Purple Nurple - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Purple-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Tako print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Cats and Riders - Original Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cats and Riders is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in pencil, pen, and ink.
Good conditions.
The artwork is re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pencil, Ink
Owl - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is a pencil drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, monogrammed by the artist on the lower right corner.
The dra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pencil Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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