Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...

Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud Albert Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003) At the age of 12, Albert Hirschfeld, the famed caricaturist who depicted figures in the New York theater...

Pencil and pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari, on recto and verso of the sheet, in 1934 ca. Hand signed. Very good condition.

The painting shows the artist`s perception of the epidemic. The little mouse has the Latin name « Pande Mus». This painting is bursting with surrealism and symbolism. It features a...

This 45" x 31" work was drawn by Harold Stevenson in 1983 and is presented in a multi-matted black frame. The drawing depicts three standing figures, each adorned in classical-style ...

Sunil Das - Head, Ink & Watercolour on paper - 11 x 17.25 inches (unframed size) Free Shipping Without Frame Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Ex...

Costume di Napoli is an original gouache drawing on paper realized by Michela De Vito, Naples. Hand-signed, on the bottom center. Good conditions.

This exquisite watercolor by Fritz von Dardel captures a vivid winter scene, rich in narrative and detail. The composition depicts a rustic moment: a horse-drawn sleigh carrying a co...

Eduardo DalBono, Portrait of a Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880's. Watercolour on card paper of a lady dressed in white in an artist’s folding chair seated with sketchbook and brush viewing the landscape, possibly seaside with soft brown dunes in the background and blue and green brush foliage in the foreground. An elegant subject softly rendered in original gilt carved floral frui frame. Eduardo DalBono was a Neapolitan pupil of Nicola Palizzi...

Bertha Corbett Melcher's The Sunbonnet Babies, with their flat, minimalist, semi-abstract, and symbolic style, are an early example of American Modernism/Surrealism by a lesser-known female artist/illustrator. The present work demonstrates a delicate balance between abstraction and representation and between the commonplace and the mysterious. Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of this is unknown, but 120 years after they were done, it resonates as somewhat surrealistic. Her work is a contradiction. She shows innocent children engaging in everyday activity but are depicted in vail of mystery. Why does she not show the faces of her subjects? Watercolor on paper (each) Six drawings in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed. Six drawing in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed The Sunbonnet Babies characters were created by illustration Bertha L. Corbett when she was challenged to create a faceless character who nonetheless was engaging and appealing. The characters were a wild hit and appeared in books, comics, and popular collectibles. They also became a popular motif in quilting. Few of Corbett's original drawings for the babies are known to survive, making this a rare offering. From: Wikipedia Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies were later used as a popular quilting pattern also known as Sunbonnet Sue.[1] Melcher created a male version of the Sunbonnet Babies, named the 'Overall Boys' in 1905.[2][3] History Bertha L. Corbett Melcher Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950).[4] Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist.[5] She may have also studied with Howard Pyle.[6] By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California.[7][4] Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets.[4] Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position.[4] Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face."[2] Melcher published her first book, The Sun-Bonnet Babies in 1900.[3] Later, she shopped her illustrations to publisher Rand McNally of Chicago, and nine subsequent books were written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Bertha Corbett. In 1905, Melcher wrote The Overall Boys.[3] Many of these books were used as primers and used widely in primary schools in the midwest. Melcher used the sunbonnet babies in advertising and later established the Sunbonnet Babies Company. She started a studio to illustrate and create merchandise of the Sunbonnet Babies.[2] The characters also appeared in a comic strip.[2] Quilting Melcher herself did not originate the use of the sunbonnet babies as quilting pattern. The Sunbonnet Babies quilting pattern appeared in textile art 1910's in the Ladies Home Journal 1911–1912 in a quilt stitched by Marie Webster. The pattern was popular during the Great Depression. In the American South, it was often known as "Dutch Doll" until the 1970s.[3] There was also a quilt pattern based on the "Overall Boys," known by the various names including “Overall Bill, “Overall Andy,” “Sunbonnet Sam,” “Suspender Sam,” “Fisherman Jim."[3] Many patterns for quilts and sewing were designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in nationally syndicated newspapers.[8] Sunbonnet Sue became symbolic of 'female innocence and docility'.[9] Linda Pershing collected accounts from women quilters who depicted 'Sues' doing activities such as smoking, wearing more revealing clothing, and subverting feminine stereotypes.[10] In 1979, the “Seamsters Union Local #500," a group of quilters from Lawrence, Kansas, created “The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue," a quilt depicting the character murdered in a variety of ways.[3] Collectibles Sunbonnet Babies merchandise includes school books, valentines cards, postcards, china, and quilts.[2][5][11] Sunbonnet Babies were adapted into three dimensional porcelain collectibles and pottery made by Royal Bayreuth Company in the early 1900s. The Royal Bayreuth China...

Handsome pencil drawing of a hunter and his canine companion tracking their prey by French artist Jean-Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white...

Jean Durand, (French 1894-1977) Academic Study (Centaur), c.1930s, Charcoal on paper, studio stamp (lower right), 32cm x 48cm (63cm x 46cm framed.) The picture is framed behind museu...

Colours Of The Night #4 - This figurative art print on paper captures the essence of timeless style. A neutral, atmospheric background creates an evening-like ambiance. Personalize your space with a sense of quiet sophistication. Hand signed on back. This is #4 from a series of 4 art...

Tammy Liu-Haller presents "Green Sunset," an original mixed media painting on encaustic panel created in 2023. This intimate artwork measures 5 x 5 x 0.87 inches (12.70 x 12.70 x 2.2...

Children, Playing,Green, Blue,Russian art, 1970, Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art C...

A fine watercolor and sepia drawing of people harvesting in a hilly landscape attributed to Antonio Grano (c.1669-1718). In the front of the image is a shepherd resting against a roc...

Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Seated Nude Woman, Charcoal on Paper, woman holding ball, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 14.25" ...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1964 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: E...

Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccarin in the 1950s. It depicts the painter and Master of Pittura Metafisica Giorgio De Chirico. Hand signed. Very good condition.

This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...

China ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Albert Gaulme in 1950s. Not signed. Very good condition.

Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...

A drawing by Andy Warhol. "Woman in a Pink Hat" is a figural drawing, ink and tempera on paper in a soft palette of pink and white by Post-War American artist...

"Self Portrait in N.Y., 20th St." is an original gouache, ink, and pastel drawing by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features a seated, abstracted f...

The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...

Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.049 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Acrylic and Gouache on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.049 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, coll...

THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE Gent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, Var LES RUBANS VERTS Portrait of Marquerite Mommen-Ithiers 1897 Pastel on paper 90 x 65 cm. Signed and dated: lower right with mo...

Ink on handmade paper

This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...

Pencil on paper Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It was the beau...

Composition is an artwork realized  in the Mid-20th Century. Drawing in Watercolor.  The artwork is in good conditions . The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident strok...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of I...

Valley House Gallery presented our first exhibition for Houston artist Otis Huband in the summer of 2014. After a hiatus of over 20 years from regular exhibitions, his work was re-in...

"Head of Woman with Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features the profile of a woman's head with various ...

Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 -2002) - Surrealist Figure in Space-scape, Year: 1956, Medium: Wax Crayon on paper, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x 18 inches...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: E...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: E...

Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a contemporary wooden frame 106x82.5 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on M...

A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon sh...

Fashion Illustration. Work is unframed. Free standing heavy watercolor paper loosely hinged to board. Excellent condition.

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1965) Capri, 1927 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 11 x 10 inches 14.25 x 13.25 inches, framed A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art ...

Charcoal on paper, 56cm x 38cm, (79cm x 60cm framed). Provenance: The Artist’s sister. From the mid-1940s to the early 1950s Colquhoun was considered one of the leading artists of his generation. Along with that of Robert MacBryde, another artist and Colquhoun’s partner, his work was regularly shown at the Lefevre Gallery in London. This early work is likely to be a drawing from when Colquhoun was at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. Known as the ‘Two Roberts’, Colquhoun and MacBryde met at the Glasgow School of Art in 1932 and lived together until Colquhoun’s death in 1962. The pair also exhibited in several group shows at the Lefevre Gallery, including one in February 1946, alongside Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Bacon and Freud. Works were bought by the Arts Council, the British Council, the Contemporary Art Society and the Imperial War Museum. Major art patrons added their work to their collections, including Sir Kenneth Clark...

Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless s...

Original oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of woman with glasses. 22.5x17.5 ...

Italian Artist; Detailled and impressive old master drawing with the view Naples. Very fine Drawing with white heighting.

The subject illustrated here is one of the moments that mark the centuries-long history of Genoa's glorious Maritime Republic, when the ashes of St. John the Baptist, one of the city...

Original mixed media on 10.5 x 7.5 inch paper mounted on 14 x 11 inch paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Frame size approx 20 x 17 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...

Kate Greenaway (British, 1846 – 1901) ‘Prince Finikin and his Mamma sat sipping their bohea..’; and ‘You see, merry Phyllis, that dear little maid, Has invited Belinda to tea..’ Penc...

"Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach" is a unique watercolor by Masami Teraoka. The framed artwork measures 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 in. “Mere depiction of social and cultural issues is not enough. My work has to create something that goes beyond simple perception. To make a strong statement, art needs timeless aesthetic qualities. These can take any subject matter to a higher level of experience. That is the essence of what I am pursuing.” – Masami Teraoka Born in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Teraoka studied at what is now Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. His works are inspired by Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints. However, Teraoaka infuses the style and techniques of the traditional art with American Pop Art. The mass-produced nature of Japanese woodcut prints...

Little Deer, work on paper by Rick Bartow, red, white, pink, blue, black, green,

Charcoal and watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1975 ca. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on archival paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance...

Provenance: Unidentified collector’s mark “D.G.R,” lower right (Lugt 757b) Wilhelm Suida (1877–1959), New York; by descent to: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996 Private Collection, USA This impressive drawing of the Assumption of the Virgin is the work of the Genoese artist Giovanni Battista Paggi. The son of a nobleman, Paggi received a humanist education and was a self-taught artist. According to Paggi’s first biographer, Raffaele Soprani, it was only after encountering Luca...

This Ink and watercolour masterpiece is featured in Bloomsbury's 2011 publication, showcasing the artist's sketchbook (Note 1). Created en plein air, Shizico Yi painted this piece in...

"Region Nine Walkers" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two blue fi...

The figures in the painting symbolize mobility. The world is changing quicly and requires changes from us. The gallery guarantees the uniqueness and high quality of this work of art,...

Pastel drawing on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Very good condition. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Includes a contemporary wooden frame 108.5x84.5 cm. Sirio Pe...

Untitled IV, 1992 by Enrique Grau Graphite on ight cardboard Image size: 17 in H x 14 in W Frame size: 32 in H × 28.5 in W × 2 D in Signed and dated in th...

Badri Narayan - Ganapati - 10.25 x 8.5 inches ( unframed size) - 20.25 x 18.5 inches ( Framed ) Condition: A very small tear on the top le...