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Simeon Stafford pencil drawing of St. Michael's bay, Cornwall, 2012
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Simeon Stafford (British, b.1956)
St Michael’s Bay
Pencil on paper
Signed `Simeon’ (lower right)
15.3/4 x 22.3/4 in. (40 x 57.8 cm.)
Executed in 2012
Simeon Stafford was born in Duk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English School Figurative Drawings and Wat...
Materials
Pencil
'Woman with Guitar', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988).
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 13.5 x 1 inches
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz,...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Betty Page
By Gennadiy Koufay
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Ink, Watercolor and Airbrush on Paper
Dimensions: 23.50" x 17.75"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Additional artist signature dated March 10, 2013 on COA on frame verso, indi...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Pretty In Pink - 3, (5.75" x 8.5") Framed Original Artwork, Dress Painting
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This original artwork on board combines delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped gracefully against a fine...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Illustration Board
Givenchy Paris No.52
Located in Bristol, CT
Chic, original c1980s fashion watercolour illustration for Givenchy Paris No. 52 together w/ a couture fabric swatch
Plate Sz: 11 3/8"H x 8"W
Frame Sz...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Wettersteinkamm - The blue of the mountains -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adalbert Holzer (1881 Munich - 1966 Munich). Wettersteinkamm. Watercolour, 29 x 34.5 cm (visible size), 37.5 x 43 cm (frame), signed and dated at lower right 'ADALBERT HOLZER [19]23'.
Framed behind glass. Frame shows signs of wear.
- The blue of the mountains -
About the artwork
The Wetterstein ridge is revealed to the viewer from a gentle, snow-covered hill. In contrast to conventional depictions of mountains, the painting is composed entirely of shades of blue, which condense into the blue-grey of the rock or fade into the white of the snow. As a complementary colour to the blue, Holzer virtuously activates the ochre ground. The uniform yet exciting polarity of the colours emphasises the massive majesty of the mountains and at the same time underlines the special character of the Wetterstein ridge. Holzer transferred the translucency of glass painting, in which he was originally trained, to watercolour and developed a pictorial language related to the art of Ferdinand Hodler, which earned him the nickname 'Master of Blue' and led to the appreciation of his watercolours in particular.
About the artist
After an apprenticeship as a stained glass painter at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Adalbert Holzer studied at the Munich Art Academy under Carl von Marr...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hat Lady - 8"x8", Original Artwork, Framed, Black, White, Red, Figurative
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small paintings are intimate and personal, a form of self expression. In this artwork on paper, attention to detail captures a chic and timeless sense of glamour. Expressive brush an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
British 20th Century watercolour on paper 'Adam and Eve'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Derrick Latimer Sayer (British, 1917 – 1992)
Adam and Eve
Ink and watercolour/ gouache on paper
Signed ‘DEK Sayer 12/44’ (lower right)
13.5/8 x 10.1/2 in. (34.7 x 26.5 cm.)
Sayer st...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - Sleeping Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A watercolour study on a printed base of an angelic child asleep on a wicker basket in a cosy corner. His mother and sister appear to be seated in the hall behind him and a bonnet li...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Eyres Simmons (1872-1955) - Watercolour, Beached on the Estuary
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting beached fishing boats on an estuary at low tide. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
The Musketeers
bears the monogram "M" on the lower left
Ink and pencil on paper
26,7 x 23,7 cm
in good condition,
In a mod...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Hank Aaron, August 6, 1969, black and white drawing, baseball player, sports
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 13" x 10.5"
Frame size: 20.75" x 18"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrates a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Buick Super - Antique Automotive Stamp Series Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration of a Red Buick Super Vintage Car - from the Antique Automotive Stamp Series
A couple stands next to the red car in front of a mid-cent...
Category
20th Century Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Charles Pulsford ARSA 'Abstract Harbour' watercolour Modern British Art Scottish
Located in London, GB
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Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Frenchmen in Conversation
Located in Corsham, GB
Gossip on the Street- This Mid 19th century watercolour depicts three boastful Frenchmen having a public natter in front of several french style houses. The artist has captured a dog...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cell 06 - Contemporary Art, Abstract, White, Black, Organic, Minimalist, Drawing
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Cell 06, 2021
black ink on white paper
39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 w cm
100 H x 70 W cm
The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of microscopic observation....
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Early 20th Century figurative drawing by French Fauvist artist Andre Derain
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Andre Derain (French, 1880 – 1954)
Personnage de Theatre
Pencil on paper
Signed with atelier stamp (lower right)
13.3/4 x 11.1/8 in. (35 x 28.3 cm.)
André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 S...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
" Jean Bourgoint " en buste façon XVIIIème
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963 )
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Watercolor French 19th signed DES FOUGERES Italian boy flute player Pifferaro
Located in PARIS, FR
G. DES FOUGERES (19th century) Watercolor and gouache 33 x 24 cm (38 x 29 cm with the frame) Signed lower left "G. des Fougères" Beautiful wood gilded frame of the beginning of the 2...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
J. Jerome Miller - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Fisherfolk on the Shore
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolour scene depicts fisherfolk waiting on the shoreline for boats to come in. Fishwives wear long shawls and aprons that blow in the strong winds as they look out to sea. The artist perfectly captures the atmosphere of a blustery day on the British coast...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Ava (1940s Art Deco Fashion Rendition)' art deco drawing by Jorge Ruiz-Martinez
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Ava (1940s Art Deco Fashion Rendition)' is an original drawing by the American artist Jorge Ruiz-Martinez. The artist works in an art deco style, imagining graceful figures in histo...
Category
2010s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - The Drunkard
Located in Corsham, GB
A detailed watercolour study of a drunk gentleman pouring himself another glass of port. He props himself up against the doorway as his servant replenishes the cellar with even more ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
France early 20th century, Head of a faun, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France, early 20th century
Head of a faun
bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
24.5 x 13 cm
In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Michele Capuano - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Italian Town on the Bay
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene by well listed artist Michele Capuano depicting an Italian town at sunset. A woman sits on a wall on a flower-lined pathways. The artist ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Stanfield Walters (1838-1924) - Framed Watercolour, Beached at Sunset
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming seascape in watercolour, by the well listed artist George S. Walters (1838-1924). The painting shows a stranded ship at low tide. A figure can be scene busy in the foregro...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
CALORIE BURNER(THIRD HOUR) Signed Oil Pastel Girl Pink Workout Shorts Treadmill
Located in Union City, NJ
CALORIE BURNER(THIRD HOUR) is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee,...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Dead Queen 3 [20th Century Russian Duchess]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead Queen 3 [20th Century Russian Duchess]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper. This piece measures 21.2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
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Dead King 22 [1st Century Roman Emperor]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 22 [1st Century Roman Emperor]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
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Standing Nude - British 1946 exhibited art female portrait - Royal Academician
Located in London, GB
An original 1946 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at The Roya...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
HIS NEW DEN Signed Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag, Man with Vacuum Cleaner, Surreal
Located in Union City, NJ
HIS NEW DEN is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee is known for his Visonary Art filled with comical, expressive faces, figures, and colorful, surreal landscapes and seascapes. He is of African and Native American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent.
HIS NEW DEN depicts an amusing scene from modern day life - a lanky male figure in a striped shirt, pale yellow toned slacks and blue shoes pushing his upright vacuum cleaner...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Mothers and Children, North Africa" Martha Walter, Impressionist Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Martha Walter
Mothers and Children, North Africa
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Martha Walter was best known as a painter of colorful beach scenes and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Trying To Find Her Place In the Landscape, black and white work on paper
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 17" x 17"
Frame size: 24.75" x 24.75"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrates ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
20th Century French Surrealist, avant-garde, naive drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jeantimir Kchaoudoff (French, 1941 – 2017)
Le Carrosse du prints
Ink and crayon on paper
Signed ‘JEANTIMIR’ (lower left)
9.1/2 x 12.5/8 in. (24.2 ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Japanese / French Tsuguharu Foujita Post Impressionist drawings, a pair, babies
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
(Léonard) Tsuguharu FOUJITA
(Japanese, 1886-1968)
Baby acrobat; and Baby walking
both signed `Foujita’ (lower right), and both signed in Japanese
red and black ink on paper
20 x 15 ...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Polished", Figurative Oil Pastel and Pen Drawing, Portrait of Legs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative drawing titled "Polished" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil pastel and ballpoint pen on Arches paper. This piece measures 18"h x 11"w framed. The p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen
ROCKET LAUNCH Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Space Travel, Visionary Art
Located in Union City, NJ
ROCKET LAUNCH is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 196...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
18th to 19th Century "Art Presentation" Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th Century "Art Presentation" Old Master Drawing
Remarkable old master pen, ink and wash drawing of an art presentation
Dimensions 14" wide x 8.5" high
The lightly distr...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
LAURENS French romantic Drawing 19th century pencil Departure children mountain
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules LAURENS Carpentras (Vaucluse), 1825 - Saint-Didier (Vaucluse), 1895 Pencil 29 x 23 cm (36 x 30 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "JL / 52" Modern frame Excellent condi...
Category
1850s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Attrib. William Roxby Beverley (1811-1889) - Watercolour, Stormy Seas
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour attributed to listed artist William Roxby Beverley. The scene depicting fishing boats fighting stormy weather out at sea. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Gathering Kindling
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful 19th century watercolour depicting a family collecting kindling for their fire in the depths of winter. Painted en-grisaille, this naive study is full of character and ch...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman sitting - Pencil on Paper Unique Drawing Post Impressionism, 1910
Located in New York, NY
Henri Edmond Cross
Woman sitting, ca. 1910
Pencil on paper
5 1/10 × 3 9/10 in l 13 × 10 cm
Frame included - 9 x 7 in l 23 x 18 cm
Stamped 'HEC' lower right
Condition: Excellent cond...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
P. Moore - Framed Contemporary Watercolour, A Busy Mooring
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate contemporary watercolour of sailing boats in a harbour. Well-presented in a pale wooden frame with double card mount. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
Located in New York, NY
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
10 1/2 x 6 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by Lowy.
Offered here is one of several original drawings by WPA artist David Fredenthal that were first published in the 1940 illustrated edition of the novel TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell.
Background on the Drawing
Erskine Caldwell remarked, on seeing the work of David Fredenthal, 26-year-old painter: "That boy could draw my Tobacco Road people." A casual comment, it was enormously productive.
The young painter was just finishing a two-year Guggenhcim Fellowship, preceded by a year's study in Paris, two one-man shows at New York's Downtown Gallery, and a fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy near Detroit. He was out in Colorado Springs when he heard what Caldwell had said about him.
Fredenthal hadn't read Tobacco Road. He had not even seen the play - now breaking all records in its seventh year on Broadway. But he swapped a portrait for a second-hand Ford and headed East.
In New York he learned that Dnell, Sloan & Pearce were bringing out a deluxe edition of Tobacco Road. But he had no entrée to the publishers, and Caldwell, to his disappointment, was out of town. So he drove on to Georgia to have a look at the Tobacco Road people.
He found Dr. I. C. Caldwell, the author's father, in Wrens, Ga., going on his ministerial rounds among people like the Lesters. Fredenthal got a room from a couple who ran a 1-pump filling station...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
19th C. French Provincial Watercolor & Collage-Figures in a Pastoral Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine 19th Century, Continental watercolor and textile fabric collage, depicting an erotic figural group at leisure in a pastoral landscape. ...
Category
19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Paper, Watercolor
Thomas Symington Halliday (1902-1998) - Framed Watercolour, Ropes & Rigs
By Thomas Symington Halliday
Located in Corsham, GB
This colourful and detailed harbour scene shows Scottish fishing boats moored against a jetty wall, with rig equipment hung up to dry. The watercolour has been signed by the artist t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Todd Siler Original Surrealist Drawing
By Todd Siler
Located in New York, NY
Todd Siler (American, b. 1953)
Untitled, c. Late 20th Century
Pen/ink on paper
Framed: 32 3/4 x 24 in.
Signed verso
The following, submitted August 2005, is from the artist.
The Am...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler
By Todd Siler
Located in New York, NY
Todd Siler (American, b. 1953)
Untitled, c. Late 20th Century
Pen/ink on paper
Framed: 31 x 25 in.
Initialed lower left: T.L.S.
The following, submitted August, 2005, is from the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Doble Standard 14. From The Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Eric Thompson - Contemporary Watercolour, Bordeaux Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting Bordeaux Harbour in Guernsey. the artist captures small fishing boats floating around the island's rocky coastline. Unsigned. Presented in a wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Reflections, black and white charcoal drawing of trees and lake
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal on paper drawing by Toronto-based artist Katherine Curci. Framed.
Katherine Curci began this series of charcoal drawings, premiered in This L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Secret Garden 13 - Contemporary Art, Flower, Black, White, Organic, 21st Century
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Secret Garden 13, 2020
white ink on black cardboard
27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of microscopic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Cardboard
Cupid Sleeping - 18th Century British watercolour by Richard Westall RA
Located in London, GB
RICHARD WESTALL, RA
(1765-1836)
Cupid Sleeping; from a poem of Mrs Robinson
- The Duchess of Devonshire Discovers the Sleeping Cupid
Watercolour on paper, oval
36 by 44.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 18 in.
(frame size 55 by 66 cm., 21 ¾ by 26 in.)
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1792, no.448.
Richard Westall was bon in Reepham, near Norwich. Initially apprenticed to a London silver engraving he began studying at the Royal Academy Schools from 1785 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1784 and 1836. Westall became an Associate member of the Royal Academy in 1792 and a full member in 1794.
Westall painted in both oil and watercolour, his works being romantic and neoclassical in style. He contributing to both Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery and Fuseli’s Milton Gallery and was also a prolific book illustrator of both fiction and poetry including works by Sir Walter Scott and Byron, whose portrait he also painted. For a time he was also art master to the young Princess Victoria.
This is probably Westall’s 1792 Royal Academy exhibit (no.448). The subject was inspired by the poem Cupid Sleeping by the poetess-actress Mary Darby Robinson, which had been published in the previous year. The poem was dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the picture show the Duchess discovering the sleeping cupid who she then relieves of his bow and arrows. Mrs Robinson was not only the Duchess’s protégée but also the first public mistress of the Prince of Wales. William Nutter’s engraving of Westall’s picture was also dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire.
Close in a woodbine's tangled shade,
The blooming god asleep was laid;
His brows with mossy roses crown'd;
His golden darts lay scatter'd round;
To shade his auburn, curled head,
A purple canopy was spread,
Which gently with the breezes play'd,
And shed around a soften'd shade.
Upon his downy smiling cheek,
Adorned with many a "dimple sleek,"
Beam'd glowing health and tender blisses,
His coral lip...
Category
1790s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
K.K - Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour, View Over the Estuary
By K.K.
Located in Corsham, GB
A picturesque coastal watercolour of a view over a Devonshire estuary, with figures. Initialled K.K and dated to the lower right hand corner. Well presented in a gilt effect frame an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pauline and Severus (Illustration for the Part II, Scene II of Polyeucte)
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert MAIGNAN
(Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, 1845 – Saint-Prix, 1908)
Pauline and Severus (Illustration for the Part II, Scene II of Polyeucte)
Ink, grey wash
Signed lower left
51 x 35 cm
Exhibition: French Watercolour Society, 11th exhibition, Galerie Georges Petit, 8, rue de Sèze, Paris. Catalogue number: 125
This classic drawing but tinted with symbolism is an excellent example of the talents of illustrator of Albert Maignan, a facet of his art that he developed significantly from 1883.
It is one of five watercolours in “black ivory” created by Maignan to illustrate the Polyeucte from Cornelius, a book specially published by Mame Editions (for which Maignan worked a lot) for the Universal Exhibition of 1889. These watercolours were exhibited in 1889 at the famous Galerie Georges Petit (which hosted the 11th exhibition of the French Water Color Society) under No. 124/125/126/127/128 (Maignan exposed another illustrative drawing for “Boileau” under No. 129).
Each drawing illustrating an episode of all five acts of the tragedy.
Our work represents the moment when Pauline (daughter of Felix, Roman senator and governor of the province of Armenia) regains his former suitor Severus (a noble Roman general) and explains that she is now married to Polyeucte (a lord of Armenia) and she can see him again. The scene is set in a garden with a small temple of Vesta, where Pauline has filed an offering; the Pauline confidante named Stratonice, stands at his side, while Severus was accompanied by his servant Fabian. The drawing is captioned by Pauline words to Severus: “Yes I love Severus, and not doing as an excuse”
The book was printed in 800 copies, containing compositions from Maignan etched by Emile Boivin...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour - Estuary at Low Tide
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine coastal sketch showing boats on the sand of an estuary at low tide. Much of the artist's graphite workings can still be seen beneath the light washes of watercolour. The paint...
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Edmund M. Morris - 1895 Watercolour, Breakfast with Grandmother
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful study of a grandmother sitting at a table with a young baby. The light from a nearby window bathes both figures in a soft, hazy glow capturing a moment of familial bliss...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Style of Myles Birket Foster - Watercolour, The Conkers Match
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastoral scene after British artist Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899). The painting depicts children in a meadow with two on the right playing a game of conkers. Signed with...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Accounting Women - Contemporary, Collage, Figurative, Red Lips, Funny
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Accounting Women, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 w in
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, te...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
