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Art Subject: Baby
Purple Perkins Over St. Croix - Octopus on Nautical Map, Gyotaku Style Print
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 a nautical chart, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Purple Perkins over St. Croix
sumi ink and colored pencil on nautical chart
30h x 33.50w in
76.20h x 85.09w cm
JEC110
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 of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil
John Fincher Stallions Watercolor
By John Fincher
Located in Larchmont, NY
John Fincher (American, b. 1941)
Physical Activities, c. Late 20th Century
Watercolor and collage on paper
Sight: 16 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 22 x 30 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Paul Brown Meadow Brook Steeple Chase At Ambrose Clark Estate Drypoint
Located in Bristol, CT
Meadow Brook Steeple Chase at Ambrose Clark Estate, Broad Hollow, Old Westbury, Long Island
Art Sz: 7 1/2"H x 11 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 15 1/4" H x 18 5/8"W
Category
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint
An Army of Captain Crash - Johnston, Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Charmin
By Greg Craola Simkins
Located in Dallas, TX
He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings. He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Horse Show Preparations, 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Algesa O'Sickey (American, 1917-2006)
Horse Show Preparations
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Unsigned
18 x 24 inches
23.25 x 29 inches, framed
Born Algesa D’Agostino on June 4, 1...
Category
20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'Allegory of a beast' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking Surrealist work by the French 20th Century artist Louis Marchand des Raux. Louis Marchand des Raux was a self-taught amateur painter who caught the eye of the famous deal...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Wren, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
254
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Wren
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Surrealist pastel drawing 'The king and bird' by Marchand des Raux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Louis Marchand des Raux (French, 1902 – 2000)
Le roi et l’oiseaux
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘Marchand des Raux’ (lower left)
25.1/4 x 18.1/2 in. (64 x 47 cm.)
Louis Marchand des Raux w...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"Weathered Hands" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 16" x 19" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Weathered Hands" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 16" x 19" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
"Mushroom Magic" - Original Folk Art Pen and Ink Illustration on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mushroom Magic" - Original Pen and Ink Illustration on Paper in the Style of Folk Art
A charming illustration by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), of a scene with three woodland animals - a fox, a bear, and a deer - cuddled up together on an armchair reading a book titled, "Mushroom Magic." A cat sleeps below the three in a basket full of yarn.
The detailed ink gives such depth and texture to the artwork with patterns, stippling, and shading. The interior of the cabin gives an old-fashioned Alpine chic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Tinker Bell
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 15.75" x 11" FRAMED: 23.375" x 18.5" x 1.125"
Artist Statement
“‘Tinker Bell’ is one of my series of pictures for a fort...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Panel, Watercolor
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Rooster
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anne Schroer
Rooster
watercolor
Signed by hand
Size: 20.1 × 14.6 inches
COA provided (gallery issued)
Anne Schröer was born in Bocholt / Westphalia, Germany in 1931. Post-war she s...
Category
1990s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini in 1970s.
Oil Pastels on Cardboard.
Handsigned in green in the lower right part.
74 x 54 cm.
Very good conditions!
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Proof that a Cat is a Snake with Fur, from the Patrick Eddington Cat Project
By Jerome Witkin
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Witkin
Proof that a Cat is a Snake with Fur, from the Patrick Eddington Cat Project, ca. 2004
Marker on paper drawing
Boldly signed by Jerome Wit...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Cat - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
Signature by pencil.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Two Adorable Chinese Watercolors, Signed & Dated 1992
Located in Larchmont, NY
Two Watercolors of a Bird and Panda
Watercolor on paper
4 7/8 x 7 in.
11 x 14 in.
Signed, dated, and stamped with artist insignia
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
CAT (original drawing)
By Walasse Ting
Located in New York, NY
Walasse Ting 丁雄泉
CAT (original drawing), 1985
Original Ink and Marker on offset lithograph held in hardback monograph
Hand signed and inscribed by the artist
This is an absolutely gorgeous drawing of a cat by the pioneering Chinese-American-European artist Walasse Ting, who famously collaborated with Sam Francis and many other Ab Ex, Pop and COBRA artists. (He was the brainchild behind the legendary One Cent Life portfolio). Ting was also, famously, a cat lover, and is renowned for his expressive, colorful and gorgeous drawings of cats...
Category
1980s Abstract Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Offset
Dog - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a Black Marker Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No Signature.
Reynold Ar...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Snoopies in Blue on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a 6 x 9 ink work on paper from the "Snoopies" series.
Drawing Snoopy as a kid was common in my generation.
Cloning this dog into a team who operate on instinct, gives levity,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
Mr. Rabbit, Pen & Colored Pencils Drawing on Paper by Nikolay Starostenko, 2022
Located in Sempach, LU
Nikolay Starostenko - Mr. Rabbit (2022)
"Mr. Rabbit", Original drawing done in pen and colored pencils, no frame on heavy paper, 34 x 29 cm. The work will be shipped flat and secure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Figurative Drawings and...
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
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 Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon 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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pencil, Ink
Disegno figurativo fregio china su carta ripreso dall'antico, XIX secolo.
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, china su carta, rientra negli studi all'antico molto diffusi nelle Accademie dal XVIII secolo in poi, e rimanda al fregio di un sarcofago antico.
Al centro si trova un cl...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper
British, early 20th Century design of George and the Dragon by Edward Ridley
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946)
St George and The Dragon
Gouache
27 x 19.1/4 in. (68.7 x 48.8 cm.)
This design based on a 14th Century stained glass window was accepted for an AMC...
Category
Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Portrait of Dog - Original Pencil Drawing - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Dog is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of the mid 20th Century.
Good condition, no signature.
On a white cardboard.
Category
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
“Tiger”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original colored pencil on archival paper of a tiger in a jungle setting attributed to H.A. Wilson. No visible signature. Not examined out of frame. No current information on the art...
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Common Redstart, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
170
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Common Redstart
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Animal - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Animal is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Monogrammed and dated on the lower margin.
Reynol...
Category
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Savanna (Zebras)
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. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pinto, 1930s Modernist Line Figure Drawing, Native American on Horse, Black Ink
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1933 drawing, "Pinto" by New Mexico modernist, Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966), black and white line drawing of a Native American Indian figure wearing a feather bonnet headdress on horseback. Ink on vellum, signed lower right. Custom framing is available.
Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote.
About the Artist:
Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was raised in Providence, Rhode Island. Hiler took art classes as a child at the Rhode Island School of Design.
When he was older, Hiler studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, and William Server’s studio. He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Denver, Golden State University, and National College in Ontario, Canada. He continued on to France, studying at the University of Paris in 1919. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919-1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician and a piano player for The Jockey Club.
Hiler moved back to America in 1934, settling in San Francisco. He was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to paint murals in the Aquatic Park...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Master of Secrets (Lion Gates)
By Laura Ball
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Space/Time
By Laura Ball
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
The Burning One (Leopard Gates)
By Laura Ball
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Separation of Earth and Sky (Blake)
By Laura Ball
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Great Tits, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
63
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Great Tits,
Size: 12 x...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
91
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Robin,
Size: 12 x 16 i...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin, Swan landing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
A Swan landing
Pen and ink
14.1/2 x 14.1/2 in. (36.8 x 36.8 cm.)
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English paint...
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
The Bird Lover
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Bird Lover" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Titmouse, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
62
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Titmouse,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sleeping Cat - Original Pencil Drawing by Giselle Halff - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Cats is an original pencil drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Not signed and dated on 1965 on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-1971...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Puppies - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Puppies is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Not signed.
Good conditions.
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–193...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mixed Media Painting of a Parrot in a Faux Bamboo Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty mixed media painting on brown paper of a parrot executed in classic Art Deco style with a bold stroke using watercolor and gouache. Signed by not...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Afternoon nap (minotaur, centaur) - expressive line drawing
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Anxious morning (minotaur, centaur) - expressive line drawing on 140lb paper.
His artistic style is rather difficult to describe, it can be named as "expressive romanticism".
Usually...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Bird - Original Charcoal Drawing by Giselle Halff - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original charcoal drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971) in 1959. Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-1971) was ...
Category
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Sven Berlin, Cornish St. Ives artist, a drawing of a rabbit
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Hare
Pencil on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `HARE’ (lower left), and ‘SVEN ‘79’ (lower right)
14.7/8 x 22.3/4 in. (37.8 x 57.8 cm.)
Sven Berl...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sven Berlin, Cornish St. Ives artist, 20th Century 'Pegasus' drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Pegasus
Pen and ink on paper laid down on card
11 x 7.7/8 in. (28 x 20 cm.)
(16)
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London ...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
'Female Nude with Animals, ' by Charles Edward Burdick, Watercolor Painting
By Charles Burdick
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 16.25" x 30.25" watercolor painting by Charles E. Burdick depicts a possible interpretation of Noah's Ark. A nude female figure sits on coastal rocks next to a waterscape with a boat with sail in the distance. She is surrounded by five prominent animals including a tiger, lion and zebra which she playfully entertains. The painting is In a darker palette of blues, browns, white, and black. The painting is framed and matted.
Charles Edward Burdick...
Category
Late 20th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - The Layers Get to Me
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
British St. Ives artist Sven Berlin 'Owl in flight' drawing, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Owl in flight #2
Pen and ink
7.7/8 x 11 in. (19.7 x 28 cm.)
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English painter, d...
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Sleeping Cat - Original Pencil Drawing by Giselle Halff - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Cat is an original pencil drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Not signed and dated 1965 on the lower right margin.
The artwork is depicted skillfully through co...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward 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
'Bird of Paradise on a Mossy Rock', 19th Century Chinese School Painting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Framed dimensions: 6 H x 10.5 W x 1 D inches
An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School gouache scroll painting fragment showing a richly-plumed Bird of P...
Category
19th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
