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Figurative Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio. Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Charcoal on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
(Erase signature with white paint)
Unframed
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Undefined by medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Charcoal
"Yesterday's Ladies" Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming "Yesterday's Ladies" drawing by Aptos, California artist Virginia J Hughins,(Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004). Presented in a rustic black wood frame. Signed...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
$440 Sale Price
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Alfred Bendiner, Santa Fe Cowhands (New Mexico)
Located in New York, NY
Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing!
In this scene of a young 'cowgirl' is working a lasso while an 'old cowhand' looks on -- clutching a cigaret of...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Renaissance Male Foot Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Foot Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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HUMAN ATMOSPHERE Retro-study 5 - contemporary artwork, emerging artist
Located in London, GB
In this collection, British painter Michael Pemberton (b. 1974) suggests we each have a personal HUMAN ATMOSPHERE. An ether where we truly exist, unseen by the naked eye but as real ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
"Mining Language From the Mud of My Mind" - mixed media collage - folk art
By Blair Hobbs
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Noodling" is a narrative and figurative mixed media work featuring hues of blue and red.
Blair Hobbs is inspired by the works of Marc Chagall, Benny Andrews, and Charles and Marga...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Art Deco Costume Illustration by Broadway Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston
Untitled, c. 1920s
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston
The first tidb...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions.
Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Forest
Located in Riga, LV
Karlis Miesnieks (1887.31.I – 1977.25.X)
Studied in the studio of J. Madernieks (1910), in Petersburg society of Imperial art promotion school (1911) and he graduated class of theat...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Costume Design - Gouache by Erté - 1970
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Costume Design is an original modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,842 Sale Price
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"Two Palms" by Frida Willis - Stunning Minimalist Colorful Watercolor Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Frida Willis (Swedish, born 1971)
"Two Palms" 2024
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
The artist signed the bottom right of the artwork.
"Two Palms" by Frida Willis is a stunning minimalist wat...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Vanity Fair
Illustration proposal, c 1930’s
18 X 13 3/4 inches (sight)
...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Charon's Ferry - Early 19th Century Scottish Romantic watercolour by David Scott
By David Scott
Located in London, GB
DAVID SCOTT, RSA
(British 1806-1849)
Charon’s Ferry
Signed with initials and indistinctly inscribed l.l.
Watercolour
Unframed, in mount only
29 by 40.5 cm., 11 ½ by 16 in.
(mount size 40.5 by 55.5 cm., 16 by 22 in.)
Provenance:
William Bell Scott, London;
Mrs Balton;
Private collection.
David Scott was born in Edinburgh. He studied art under his father, the engraver, Robert Scott. He exhibited his first picture oil painting, Hopes of Early Genius Dispelled by Death in 1828, becoming a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1832 he visited Italy. He specialised in large canvases of historical or symbolist subjects, being much influence by William Blake. From the mid 1830s he became absorbed in a series of designs and illustration for Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, Bunyan’s Pilgrim...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'The Working Class Enjoying a Meal', Satire of Capitalism, Proletarian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. Manganaro' for 'Antonio Manganaro (Italian, 20th Century), and titled lower center, 'Ability of the Working Classes to Enjoy Meals Under Humble Surroundings'. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pen, Graphite
$900 Sale Price
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Rider On A Horse 2 - Modern Figurative Nature and Landscape Drawing
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is in simple black frames behind plexi. The full signature is on the back of the drawing.
Hanna Banaszczyk is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing at the U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Feelings - Figurative work on paper with ballerinas and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Paradise Lost Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of drawings is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
1. Paradise Lost (But His Doom)
Crayon on paper, 17 ½ x 12 ½ inches (image), 22 x 15 inc...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Clinton Hill, (Nude #2), 1950, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. From 1949 to 1951 he attended the Brooklyn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sliced Venus. Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper. large size, shipped rolled in a tube
Drawing has on the back 2 white wood sticks, and it's rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Ink, Archival Paper
Death March — Spanish Civil War, Anti-fascism
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Untitled (Death March)', brush and ink, c. 1936. Estate stamped, verso. A fine expressionist rendering, on cream wove drawing board, with margins (3/8 to 5/16 inch). Minor toning at the board edges, otherwise in very good condition. Image size 12 5/16 x 9 3/8 inches; sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
One of a series of powerful Anti-fascist brush and ink drawings created by the artist at the commencement of the Spanish Civil War...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Untitled 3, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 3" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts bison in a golden prairie.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Cowboy on the Horse - nk and Watercolor by C. Coleman - Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Nice ink and watercolor by Carlo (Charles) Coleman, an english born painter who worked in Italy for most of his life and in well known for his bucolic and animal representations.
Fai...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue Elevated
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Watercolor on paper
Signed an...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original painting in watercolor and pen on paper applied on brown cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta, hand-signed.
In excellent conditions.
Sheet dimension: 24 x17 ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
$444 Sale Price
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Early 19th Century, Portrait of a young man wearing glasses, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th Century,
Portrait of a young man wearing glasses,
gouache on paper
13 x 10.5 cm oval view
In a vintage frame : 41.5 x 39 cm, accidents and lacks in the gilding but but...
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Narrow Street in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Narrow Street in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9.5 (height) x 6.25 (width)
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm
C. J. W. Huns was born in the family of Estonian teacher, organ player and sacristan Karl Fridrich Huhn.
He studied in Rig...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898)
Portrait of a man in profile
signed on the lower right
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
19.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle.
There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light.
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives.
He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius).
A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...
Category
1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude I"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
A Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
For your hockey enthusiast! A ca. 1950s, pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted to: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
“Marvin the Martian”
Located in Southampton, NY
The image is original drawing by Virgil Ross featuring Marvin the Martian pointing a gun at Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers. It's based on the 1953 cartoon "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Cen...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
$960 Sale Price
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Nude Female Figures (Nude Women Study)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Martin Friedman (1896-1981). Two Nude Figures, ca. 1960. Charcoal on paper, image measures 17 x 22.5 inches; 24 x 30 in original custom chestnut frame ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fawn
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fawn" is an original ink, colored pencil, and gouache on paper artwork by Henry Hablak measuring 30"h x 22"w.
Henry Hablak is a tattoo artist and illustrator based out of Philadel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
$1,000
Rue de Thorigny, signed F. Feuilloy
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and crayon in color with white heightening on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (343 x 310 mm) (sheet). In good condition with uniform toning, handling creases, and lightly dog-eared corners.
The building on the left is a hotel particulier in Paris' Marais neighborhood, the Hôtel Salé, which now houses the Musée Picasso.
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite, Handmade Paper
Gun from Clue
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media drawing by American artist A.J. Fries.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Cernay Passage - Drawing by André Gallaud - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by André Gallaud in 1959.
Titled, dated and signed in pencil in top right side.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The General - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
"Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
Category
17th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Engraving
Sur l'ile, Charcoal, Black & White figurative Drawing, Contemporary Drawing
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Charcoal on Archival paper 300Gsm.
Artist : Aurélie Sicas
Subject : Sur l'ile VIII (series - French Title)
Signature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
ENTANGLED- original large blue love couple by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Entangled", large scale drawing pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Couple in love, part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Architectural Drawing by Giuseppe Perotti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural Drawing is a modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Perotti in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Delicate Moments by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Delicate Moments is a striking example of Judith Williams’ mastery of line and negative space. This charcoal figure study exudes intimacy and vulnerability, making it a poignant foca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Expressionist Color Drawing Cobalt Glass Vintage Frame Modernist Ben Zion WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist ink and pastel crayon drawing of flowers in vase.
Framed in a vintage cobalt blue glass original frame
Hand signed and dated
Framed it measures 13.5 X 10.5
The actual ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
I Can’t Stay Away From You 1980s Vintage Painting Mature Female Nude In Cornwall
By John Emanuel
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Emanuel .
English ( b.1930 ).
I Can’t Stay Away From You.
Watercolor & Ink.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 28.3 inches x 19.9 inches ( 72cm x 50.5cm ).
Frame size 35.2 inches x...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Summer and the Setting Sun" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Summer and the Setting Sun" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with the sun setting in the distance.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connectic...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
At the Black Cat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink Over Graphite on Board
Signature: Signed "C. D. Gibson" in lower left
"At the Black Cat." Illustration for About Paris by Richard Harding Davis (New Yorker: Harp...
Category
1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
"I Think I Will" Modern Oval Drawing of a Nude Woman with Wings and Boots
Located in Houston, TX
Modern oval figurative drawing of a nude, tattooed woman with wings and cowboy boots by Houston, TX artist Charles Pebworth. Signed by the artist next to the figure's right hip. Hung...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Camilo. Figurative, Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Camilo, 2014 by Celso Castro
Pencil, Crayon on paper
Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W
Unframed
____________
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Crayon
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Self Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Ghost and the Wheel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fleurus Airship French Army
Located in Middletown, NY
A portait of the first Allied airship to perform a bombing raid from the sky by a celebrated artist whose work hung on the Titanic.
Watercolor and ink on heavy wove watercolor paper, 10 5/8 x 15 inches (270 x 380 mm). Signed in black watercolor in the lower right image area. In very good condition with minor surface soiling on the verso. Titled "Verdun" in pencil on the verso in the artist's hand. Adhered on the verso to matboard at the extreme margins with non archival tape. Presented handsomely in a simple, period maple frame. Titled, dated, inscribed and initialed by the artist on a label on the frame back.
Born in Cambridge in 1898 and educated at Southsea School of Art, Norman Wilkinson is known for his graphic art, specifically his British Railway poster images, and also for something quite incredible; Wilkinson revolutionized the art of naval camouflage. Having been assigned to submarine patrols in Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Gibraltar during WWI as a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Wilkinson was deeply troubled by the unprecedented success the German submarine fleet had torpedoing British ships. He hoped to find a solution to this gaping vulnerability, and in a lightning bolt moment, he had an epiphany that would change everything. Wilkinson says in his autobiography, A Brush With Life (Seeley, 1969), that he realized a ship could be painted to hide its shape against the sea and sky. In his own words, Wilkinson states that the hull of a ship could be camouflaged "not for low visibility, but in such a way as to break up her form and thus confuse a submarine officer as to the course on which she was heading." After some preliminary testing, the theory Wilkinson called "dazzle camouflage" was accepted by British Admiralty and Wilkinson was placed in charge of the naval camouflage unit. The unit, which was headquartered in the basement of the Royal Academy of Arts, consisted of Wilkinson and about two dozen "camoufleurs;" they were artists, students, model makers and consultants, including a zoologist. The dazzle schemes were tested on models and then distributed to artists who were stationed at the docks, where the ships would be painted. At the end of the war Wilkinson was formally declared the inventor of dazzle camouflage and awarded for his contribution.
Wilkinson went on to enjoy a long and celebrated career as a painter of maritime scenes, naval vessels, and warships. He served as the president of the Royal Institute of Painter in Water Colours (RI) from 1936 until 1963 (having been elected a member in 1906); he was elected Honourable Marine Painter to the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1919, and he was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1918 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and a Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1948. In January 1920 he was appointed knight (chevalier) of the Belgian Order of the Crown.
Among the many notable points of interest regarding Wilkinson's career is that his painting Plymouth Harbour, which was commissioned by Cunard White Star Lines for the first class smoking room of the RMS Titanic, was lost at sea when it perished with the ship. Wilkinson had also created a comparable painting entitled The Approach to the New World, which hung in the same location on the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Toys - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition except for a minor burn in the top left edge.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beach Dance in Brazil, Watercolour, Signed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Very pretty modern watercolor by a Bresilien artist, framed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Cubist Nude in Studio" 1940s Charcoal Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers
Cubist Nude in Studio
1940s
Charcoal on Paper
19"x 24.75", unframed
Signed on left side in charcoal
Came from a portfolio from the estate of John Bowers
John Henry Bowe...
Category
1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Wonderful and evocative abstract expressionist ink drawing of a off-center standing male with slap-das...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Female Nude, Pastel and Chalk Study for a Sculpture
Located in Cotignac, FR
A chalk and crayon study for a scuplture by French female artist Marie-Josèphe Bourron. Presented in modern frame with mount under glass. Though not signed the drawing was acquired d...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel
