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Figurative Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Style: Minimalist
Style: Academic
'Harvest Time', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors.
Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache, Watercolor
Richard Wintzer, A Young Woman & Bathing Machine, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century drawing by German artist Richard Wintzer (1866-1952) depicts a lady standing before a bathing machine. It’s a risque portrayal ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude back (1978) - Ink on paper 46x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
China Ink Signed H. Balslaecj (artist unknown from the gallery) and dated 1978
Pastel wooden frame with plexiglas
Total size with frame: 75x57x6 cm
Category
1970s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Early 20th Century French crayon drawing of a group of young people
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmund Dulac (French, 1882 – 1953)
A welcome refreshment
Black crayon with a touch of white chalk
Signed ‘E Dulac’ (upper right)
8.7/8 x 11 in. (22.5 x 28...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper, Crayon
'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 11.25 x 15.25 work on paper features a lone, seated, female dancer viewed from the back. The figure is twisting toward the viewer as she begins to look over her right shoulder. Her legs are pulled toward her body with the left leg crossed over the right. The isolation of the seated figure within the ground of the page lends a vulnerable quality to the work.
The 16 x 20 dark brown mat has a window size of 11.25 x 15.25.
Bio:
Jim Cobb, until recently was hanging his work on Canyon Rd in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One-man shows have been hosted in Taos, New Mexico, Norman, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Art...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Paper, Chalk
“European Village”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper laid down to heavy card stock by the American artist, Edward Loyal Field. The watercolor is of a European scene, perhaps Holland when the artist...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Diptych of a mother and her daughter by Elisabeth De Stoutz - Watercolor 24x40
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Framing possible
Pour Elisabeth DE STOUTZ (1854-1917)
Swiss artist famous on our different auction house
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La femme préhistorique (Prehistoric Woman)
Located in New Orleans, LA
James Tissot was among the most successful and critically acclaimed artists of the Victorian era. Although the artist is celebrated for his elegant scenes of fashionable life in Paris and London, this work is a fascinating rarity within his oeuvre. In this monumental pastel, Tissot depicts a prehistoric woman draped in a tiger skin, presented with a striking pose and heroic air. His delicate portraiture, combined with his fascination with conveying texture, demonstrates why he was one of the most revered artists of his generation, and La femme préhistorique illustrates the remarkable technique for which he was renowned.
This work was completed in preparation for a series of works exploring the Old Testament undertaken by Tissot from 1899-1902 that remained unfinished at the time of his death. A portion of this series focused on illustrations of Adam and Eve, and among these sketches were images of a nude Eve partially draped in animal furs. Towards the end of his life, following his conversion to Catholicism, biblical subjects became important to the artist. A few years before this work was completed, Tissot embarked upon a highly ambitious group of nearly 300 watercolors illustrating the New Testament, presenting the illustrated epic in its entirety at the Paris Salon of 1894. Both of these series were a critical artistic departure for the artist, stemming from a desire to create works separated from his typical images of modern society.
This pastel imagines Eve as the prototype of womanhood in the guise of a prehistoric woman. Tissot rarely painted the nude, and his skill as a draftsman highlights the figure's natural beauty, contrasting it with the stark landscape surrounding her. Although a study, this monumental work is incredibly well-finished and highly engaging, with the statuesque model commanding the majority of the canvas. Her pose is strong and theatrical, and she addresses the viewer with a direct, confident gaze.
The imagined historical subject of this drawing is grounded by Tissot’s exceptional attention to detail. A master of conjuring an array of textures, Tissot showcased this ability in this work by juxtaposing many types of fabrics and natural elements within one composition. The tiger skin with which the woman partially covers herself was a favorite studio prop of Tissot’s, appearing in many of his most influential works from the period, including several paintings of his partner and favorite model Kathleen Newton. It, in particular, showcases the artist’s understanding of texture, yet it also serves as an exotic element that elevates the sensuality of the scene when placed against the woman’s bare skin.
Born in 1836 in the port town of Nantes, Tissot traveled to Paris at the age of 20 in order to join the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. During this period, he became close with James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet, and the impact of these friendships is reflected in his portraits of modern life. Having enjoyed considerable success in Paris during the 1860s, Tissot fought in the Siege of Paris, and after the fall of the Commune in 1871, he went to London, where he stayed for the next ten years. He was met with incredible success there, and he also met the love of his life, Kathleen Newton, a divorcée, with whom he lived from about 1876 until her death in 1882. Today he is regarded among the great masters of Belle Époque painting, and his works can be found in important collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Musée d’Orsay, the Tate Gallery and many others.
This pastel remained in Tissot's private collection until his death in 1902 and is referenced in the posthumous 1902-3 valuation of Tissot's home at 64 avenue du Bois...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Canvas, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini/Joan Collins Visits Gemini! (Hand signed by BOTH)
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly at Gemini/Joan Collins Visits Gemini! (Hand signed by Ellsworth Kelly and Joan Collins), 1985
Printed paper collage on card (Hand signed by the artist and his subject)
Unique work
Hand-signed by artist, signed inscribed and dated 'JOAN COLLINS VISITS GEMINI! EK 85.59'; signed and inscribed by Joan Collins 'Love Joan Collins' (on the reverse)
Framed with wood frame and UV filtering acrylic glazing, with a die-cut acrylic window in the back revealing the artist and his subject's signatures
Gemini Gel is the famous printer and publisher that produced works by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, including Ellsworth Kelly; Joan Collins is the legendary actress who became an international superstar from her role in the soap opera Dynasty -- which happened to be produced by Kelly's collector, Douglas S. Cramer, who owned this work.
Hand signed inscribed and dated 'JOAN COLLINS VISITS GEMINI! EK 85.59'; signed and inscribed by Joan Collins 'Love Joan Collins' (on the reverse)
Acquired from the collection of Douglas S. Cramer, the renowned Hollywood producer who acquired it directly from Ellsworth Kelly; Joan Collins signed the work for Ellsworth Kelly.
From May 6–June 25, 2022, the Matthew Marks gallery put on an exhibition of
Kelly’s postcards which were also the subject of a 2021 exhibition at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.
Perhaps more than any other work by the artist, Kelly’s postcards illustrate his use of found compositions — from nature, architecture, art history, and popular media — to create his singular, abstract forms. Kelly’s appetite for visual inspiration is manifested in these modest works. “What I’ve tried to capture is the reality of flux,” he stated, “to keep art an open, incomplete situation, to get at the rapture of seeing.”
Measurements:
Framed
11.75 inches vertical by 13.25 inches horizontal by .75 inches
Card Collage...
Category
1980s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Laid Paper
Nude Sketch #2
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare work on paper by Ben Fenske. A sketch of a female nude, posing. Drawn from direct observation using a live model. White chalk is used to create highlights. Not framed. Wrapped...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Scene of Venetian evenings during the Carnival - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Scene of Venetian evenings during the Carnival
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10....
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, India Ink
Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Under the weight of the cross by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Charcoal 63x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sanguine and charcoal on paper without frame
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Gentle Evening - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Gentle evening
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, pa...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Half-lying young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
The source. Contemporary tempera painting, Young art, Realism, Polish artist
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary tempera on canvas painting by Polish artist Anna Wardega. Artwork depicts three women squatting to wet their hands in a reservoir. Women's clothing is very vibrant and i...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Egg Tempera, Canvas
“The Hunter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a solitary hunter in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. ...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
She Ain't Heavy - She's My Lover (Contemporary Figurative Nude Drawing))
Located in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans/Washington State artist Lue Isaac shows off her remarkable draftsmanship with this classical nude figure drawing. Note that this is from her ske...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Stanley Spencer study for The Apotheosis of Hilda, British, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Stanley Spencer (British, 1891-1959)
Study for The Apotheosis of Hilda
Pencil
19.3/4 x 30 in. (50 x 76 cm.)
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, Stanley Spencer studio sale, 1998...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES
Located in Portland, ME
Michallet (attributed). ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES. Four Charcoal drawings, each on heavy wove paper, 19th Century. 24 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
The Swiss by Otto Vautier - Drawing 31x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
“Tavern Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a lively tavern scene. Signed lower right and dated 1942 by the British artist, George Anderson Short...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
19th Century drawing attributed to John Flaxman of a classical maiden
By John Flaxman
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to John Flaxman (British, 1755- 1826)
Study of a classical maiden
Pen and ink on paper
5.1/2 x 3.1/8 in. (14 x 8 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
British turn of the 20th century ink drawing of an allegory of time
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sidney Herbert Sime (British, 1867 – 1941)
An allegory of lost Time
Ink on paper
Signed ‘S. H. SIME.’ (lower right)
6.5/8 x 5.7/8 in. (17 x 14.5 cm.)
Sidney Sime...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Drawing of Putti in the Clouds by Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Drawing of Putti in the Clouds
Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (France, 1738-1826)
Black pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower left "Le Barbier L'ainé 1816"
10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches ...
Category
1810s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Yin and Yang Planets - line drawing woman figure with black and white circle
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with ink and watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size.
This is the "Many thoughts, one head" series. The...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Nude 7, Ellen Williams, Original Drawing, Figurative Nude Portraiture, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 7 by Ellen Williams [2021]
original
Black ink pen on cartridge paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:29 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Set of six 19th Century studies or Turkish characters by Maltese artist Preziosi
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816 – 1882)
A set of six pencil and watercolour studies or Turkish characters including street vendors, a Turkish sold...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Paper
'Ballerina in Repose #2, ' by James Cobb, Charcoal and Conte Drawing, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 13.5" x 13.5" charcoal and conte drawing by artist James Cobb captures a ballerina in a seated, relaxed pose. The work is on toned gray drawing...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Charcoal
Ellen Williams, Nude 1, Original Nude Drawing, Affordable Art, Figurative Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 1 [2021]
Original
Nudes and Erotic
Black Ink Pen on Cartridge Paper
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
“Bringing Home the Game”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a hunter bring home the fresh game by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top right. ...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
“The Hunters”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of two hunters in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. Circa ...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Coffee Peloton XXIX
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXIX [2022]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:59 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59 cm x D:0.2cm
Sold Unfr...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Drawing of Putti with Anchor by Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Drawing of Putti with Anchor
Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Black pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower left "...1822. 12 years l waiting"
Considering that the anchor ...
Category
1820s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Coffee Espresso #5
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Espresso #5 [2022]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:59 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59 cm x D:0.2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu im...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), Three studies of horses, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Three studies of horses
16 x 10 cm
Pen and ink on paper
Signed lower left
The third study on the lower right has been ...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Pensive young woman by Emile Hornung - Pastel on paper 37x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch on the back of the work
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
George Frederic Watts 'Get thee beyond me, Satan', 19th Century British drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Frederic Watts OM RA (British, 1817 – 1904)
Get thee beyond me, Satan
red chalk on paper
10.5/8 x 8.1/2 in. (27 x 21.5 cm.)
Provenance: From the...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Study of woman in bathing suit - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Study of woman in bathing suit
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10.4 x 7.8 in)
Ver...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, India Ink
Sexy Gag Cartoon E. Simms Campbell first African American Cartoonist - Black Art
Located in Miami, FL
Elmer Simms Campbell was a brilliant illustrator and cartoon artist and was also the first African American cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in major newsstand magazines such a...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Casein
Two divine women - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Two divine women
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, ...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Nude 8, Ellen Williams, Original Drawing, Figurative Nude Portraiture, Black
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 8 by Ellen Williams [2021]
original
Black ink pen on cartridge paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873) Portrait of a young man, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873)
Portrait of a young man
signed on the right border
Pastel on paper
28.5 x 21 cm
In good condition
In a modern frame : 48 x 40.5 cm
Augu...
Category
1860s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled (Sideview of a Gentleman)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Sideview of a Gentleman", Charcoal/Pencil on Paper signed and matted to original card stock, 20.75 x 12.75 (22 x 14), Early 20th Century, 1920
Colors: White, Black
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.[1]
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.[2] He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers.[3] He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Nude 9 and Nude 10
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 9 by Ellen Williams [2021]
original
Black ink pen on cartridge paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:29 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unframed
Pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Sketch of women and infant by P.E Vibert - Drawing 41x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
“Seaside Italian Villa”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful, original watercolor on archival paper of an Italian seaside villa with figures. Executed in 1902 by the American artist, George Washington Nicholson...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Series 7 #9F, David Jones, Original Drawing, Nude Art, Figurative Portraiture
Located in Deddington, GB
Series 7, #9F [2021]
original
Pen on paper
Image size: H:36 cm x W:26 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:36 cm x W:26 cm x D:0..1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu image...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Nude 6, Ellen Williams, Original Drawing, Figurative Nude Portraiture, Black Pen
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 6 by Ellen Williams [2021]
original
Black ink pen on cartridge paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:29 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unframed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
1980 Fauno e Ninfa Faun and Nymph Pencil on Paper Figurative Drawing
Located in Brescia, IT
This delicate drawing of the dance between a Faun and the Nimph, looks following the Jean Cocteau clean line drawings.
We can see in this scene, the grace and simplicity of the Neoc...
Category
1980s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Isidore Pils (1813-1875) An Orientalist scene, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Isidore Pils (1813-1875)
An Orientalist scene
Signed lower left
Pencil and heightenings of watercolor on paper
15 x 24 cm
paper yellowed by time, stains and a small repaired tear on the upper right edge.
In a modern mount 40.5 x 53 cm
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.
In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot.
He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple.
Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.
Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“British Pub”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed lower left and date...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Untitled (Mother Holding Baby)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Mother Holding Baby", Figurative/Academic Drawing signed on Paper, 14 x 8, Early 20th Century
Colors: White, Black
"Untitled: Mother Holding Baby" is a Figurative/ Academic Drawing signed on Paper. Among our Gilroy collection of drawings, this particular work is unique due to its original grid markings included here within. As one can view among our details, the drawing has visible age markings and 3/4 of the perimeter rear of the work has tape. Nevertheless, as with all his figurative graphite works, a wonderfully drawn piece of a Mother cradling her infant child.
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers. He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
18th Century Italian head study of a Roman maiden
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727 – 1785)
A head study of a Roman maiden
Sanguine, pencil and pastel on paper
7.1/2 x 5.7/8 in. (19 x 14.8 cm.)
Category
18th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Pencil
"Young woman in evening dress" by Emile Hornung - Drawing 43x57 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch of Pierrot tuning his guitar on the back of the artwork
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite
"Take off" by Otto Vautier - Pencil on paper 11x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Stamp of the O. Vautier workshop
Dimension of the passe partout frame 52.5 x 38 cm
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Nude 9, Ellen Williams, Original Drawing, Figurative Nude Portraiture, Pen Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude 9 by Ellen Williams [2021]
original
Black ink pen on cartridge paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:29 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.01cm
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Coffee Break series X
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Break series X by Eliza Southwood [2022]
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:50 cm x W:70 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:70 cm ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Coffee
