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Growing Pains
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists. The drawing is 23 1/4 X 18 1/4 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold wood...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Aquarius
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Aquarius' features the face of a young woman with flowering succulents, thorns and a turbulent sky surrounding her body and is a complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. From Japanes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

'Les Femmes du Samedi #5, ' by Josette Simon-Gestin, Black and White Ink Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this 9 x 12 framed ink drawing by Josette Simon-Gestin, two women are seen wandering in an imaginary garden with a bird and flowers surrounding them. A younger girl jumps rope ne...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

"A Long Time Ago" Modern Figurative Abstract Drawing of a Woman in Blue Lingerie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative drawing of a woman by Houston, TX artist Charles Pebworth. The work features a central female figure with red hair and dressed in blue lingerie. Signed by ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Watercolor

South Africa (Apple Trees): Colored Pencil Drawing & Unique Stamp
Located in Hudson, NY
South Africa (Apple Trees): Colored Pencil Drawing & Unique Stamp by Andrea Moreau colored pencil and postage stamp on paper 11 x 11 inches 15 x 15 inches framed This contemporary, ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Color Pencil

Signed, Watercolor on Paper. Framed Painting - Figurations 359.008
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Figurations 359.008 - Signed, Watercolor on Paper, Framed Painting Linda Stein's Figurations series are early paintings she made in the 1970s. They show the artist's p...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Open (Study)" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Framed Dimensions: 20.25h x 16.25w inches Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite, Chalk, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Seated Nude Woman (Original Drawing, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Sorry for the reflections on the glass.) When I first saw this graphite-on-paper drawing I assumed it was a print of a Larry Rivers drawing (early Pop Artist and one of the great dr...
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1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Color Pencil

Women Resting - 1930s British Design for a Mural by Harry Carleton Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD (1907-1985) Women Resting - Design for Eltham Palace Watercolour Framed 20.5 by 14.5 cm., 8 by 5 ¾ in. (frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 12 ½ in.) Attw...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Composition - Drawing by Ernest Fouard - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a drawing realized by Ernest Fouard in the 1940s. Black Marker on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker

Boxer III, America Martin, Ink on Paper, Black + White/ Figurative, Boxer
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Boxer III" Ink on Paper 21.75 x 27.75 in. Framed In a distinct style that is both figurative and abstract, gestural and deliberate, America Martin revisits her famou...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Portrait - Drawing by Jean Lasnier - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Jean Lasnier in the Mid-20th Century. Oil pastel and watercolor ink on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Oil Pastel

Abstract Composition MR2 , 1970 - ink, 82x67 cm., framed
By Michel Raffaelli
Located in Nice, FR
Drawing on paper, signed up left.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Jimmy and the Mower" Dark Humor Figurative Ink Comic Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Dark humor figurative ink drawing of a male figure and a push mower signed "RM Shirley." The work features a young man holding his foot with his dismembered toe sitting near by next ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Student Life, Morning (Gunter Grove, Chelsea), Watercolour Painting, 1941
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Student Life, Morning (Gunter Grove, Chelsea), Watercolour Painting, 1941 Additional information: Medium: Watercolour over pen and ink 12 x 15 in 30.5 x 38.1 cm Signed and dated; si...
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Orpheus - Art Deco British watercolour design for a mural by H C Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD (1907-1985) Orpheus - Design for Eltham Palace Watercolour, squared for transfer Framed 22.5 by 14 cm., 9 by 5 ½ in. (frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 1...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Study for Fallen Angel III
By Daniel Barkley
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed and dated (lower right), 76cm x 56cm, (93cm x 69cm framed). Daniel Barkley is known for his nude figurative work alluding to myths, legends and art history, whi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Sportsmen - Early 20th Century British illustration
Located in London, GB
STEPHEN BAGHOT DE LA BERE (1877-1927) The Sportsmen Signed Watercolour and pencil Framed 36 by 30.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 12 in. (frame size 48.5 by 43 cm., 19 by 17 in.) Baghot de la Ber...
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1890s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis
Located in New York, NY
BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis Miles White (1915 – 2000) BYE BYE BIRDIE 11 x 8 inches Mixed Media on Paper Signed Lower Right Framed by Bark Affixed to the back are original gold lame fabric swatches. This drawing is available, along with two other original costume drawings from BIRDIE by Miles White, another of Conrad Birdie and one of Chita Rivera. Miles White, a leading Broadway and Hollywood costume designer for decades. created costumes for the original Broadway productions of OKLAHOMA CAROUSEL, BYE BYE BIRDIE and many others. In film he worked on "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Greatest Show on Earth." He designed Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and the Ice Capades for many years. Miles was a close friend for the last 20 years of his life. We live with one of his two Tony Awards and a dozen drawings. BYE BYE BIRDIE is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Figures at a Road Junction - Modern British drawing by Harold Cheesman
Located in London, GB
HAROLD CHEESMAN, RSA (1915-1982) Figures at Road Junction Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1960 on a label on the backboard Charcoal and black conte crayon Framed 36 by 53 ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Mechanical Brain, Contemporary Graphite Drawing
By Olaf Breuning
Located in New York, NY
An abstract line drawing on white paper in graphite by Olaf Breuning. Mechanical Brain 2008 Graphite on paper 11 x 8.5 inches, sheet $1,875
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Signed, Watercolor on Paper. Framed Painting - Figurations 359.009
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Figurations 359.009 - Signed, Watercolor on Paper, Framed Painting Linda Stein's Figurations series are early paintings she made in the 1970s. They show the artist's p...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Nude Study, Drawing, Ink, Painting by Horace Brodzky, 1931
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Nude Study, Drawing, Ink, Painting by Horace Brodzky, 1931 Additional information: Medium: Drawing, ink 18.4 x 38.1 cm 7 1/4 x 15 in Signed and dated
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Graphite on Paper Drawing by John Sloan Titled 'The New Hat', circa 1912
Located in New York, NY
Sloan, John, 1871-1951 The New Hat, c. 1912 graphite on paper 12 X 10 inches signed l.l. “John Sloan (per HFS)” inscribed by Helen Farr Sloan. Sloan-1 Provenance: The artist, Priva...
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1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Untitled (Colored Pencils), unique painting, Allan Stone Collection & Sotheby's
By Grace Knowlton
Located in New York, NY
Grace Knowlton Untitled (Colored Pencils), 1978 Mixed media watercolor and charcoal painting on paper. (Framed with labels from the legendary Allan Stone Collection...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Mixed Media

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Hommage á Léger
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 47×38 cm Frame size: 62,5 x 51,5 cm Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Signed and dated on the verso. “I paint because painting is a private ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici - Original Ink Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
This particular drawing is a study of the sculpture at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy. The artist creates a true to life representation of the sculpture in question by incorporating techniques of classical academic drawing such as cross hatching and gesture based mark making in order to create volumes and give the study an overall three-dimensionality. Christopher Ganz Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici, by Michaelangelo, in Florence Ballpoint pen 24h x 13w in 61h x 33.29w cm CG0064 -ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey, and Michael Mazur. Christopher is now an associate professor of printmaking and drawing at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Christopher drawings are represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago, and he shows his prints across the nation. -CV- EDUCATION MFA 2001 Printmaking Indiana University-Bloomington BFA 1995 Drawing and Printmaking University of Missouri-Columbia TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2002-13 Associate Professor, Printmaking and Drawing Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN 2002 Adjunct Professor: Lithography (instructor of record) Indiana University-Bloomington 1998-00 Associate Instructor: Beginning Drawing (instructor of record) Indiana University-Bloomington 1998 Artist’s Assistant, Assisted Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudy Pozzatti in the production of an intaglio edition, Bloomington, IN SOLO OR SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN Feb. 5 – Feb. 21 2012 Dramatis Personae: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, University of South Carolina-Columbia, Jan 16. – Feb. 16, 2012 2011 Christopher Ganz; Prints and Drawing Hendrix College, Hendrix, Arkansas, March 5 - 18 2009 Fall Season Exhibition, six drawings displayed Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago. Oct 16 – Nov. 24 South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 25 - regional juried exhibition for artists in all media, six large drawings displayed; 14 artists selected from over 200 submissions; May 30-Aug. 23 Juror: William Lieberman, Director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago 2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6 Alter Egos: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Jan. 9 - Feb.17 2005 The Two-Way Mirror: Self - Portraits by Christopher Ganz Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.20 - Oct. 23 2004 Works on Paper: Christopher Ganz and Paul Schumann Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington College, Huntington, IN, Sept. 2 - 25 2002 Images by Christopher Ganz - Visual Arts Gallery Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Oct. 11 2001 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - School of Fine Arts Gallery Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 27 - April 7 SELECTED ADJUDICATED OR INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Drawing, “The Initiation” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, Nov. 2-4 Reverse Watching, Invitational Print Portfolio Monoprint, “The Mind’s Eye" displayed at Mid America Print Council’s National Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Cape Girardeau, MO, Nov. 1 – 3 Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2012 National Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.11-Oct. 28 32nd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 13 – May 23 Juror: Ladislav Hanka, internationally exhibiting printmaker International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York, Park Avenue Armory, Drawing, “The Enigma” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April 20-23 Spring Group Show, drawings, “Checking Out” and “The Enigma” displayed, April – May 2 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago 2011 Prints U.S.A. 2011 – National Juried Exhibition Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, Nov. 18 – Jan. 8 Juror: Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, St. Louis Art Museum International expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York, Park Avenue Armory, Drawing, Checking Out on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April 14-17 2010 Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2010 National Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Nov. 7; two pieces accepted Cultural Baggage, Invitational Print Portfolio Intaglio print, Super-Heroes go to Hell, after Dore’ displayed at Mid America Print Council’s National Conference, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, Oct. 13-16 Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art Drawing, The Cyclops on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April 29 - May 2 30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 16 – May 26 Juror: Claudia Berlinski, Senior Lecturer of Printmaking at Akron University, Akron, OH 2009 Are you looking at me? Invitational Print Portfolio Color lithograph, Open and Shut, displayed at IMPACT 6: International Print Conference Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, Sept. 16 – 19 Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art Drawing, Self-Checkout on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, May 1 – 4 Identification Please, Invitational Print Portfolio Intaglio print, Good Cop/Bad Cop displayed at Southern Graphics Council National Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, March 25 – 29 Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial – National juried printmaking exhibition Juror: Rebecca Waddell, Curator of Prints at the New York Public Library Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 15 – March 30 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.18 - Feb. 19 Juror: Professor of printmaking at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside Portraits and Beyond, Ann Nathan Galley, Chicago, IL, Jan. 9 - Feb 19 2008 Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2008 National Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept13 – Nov. 2; two pieces accepted 28th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition 2008 Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 11 – May 21 Juror: Mark Pascale, Printmaking Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Curator of Prints and Drawing, Art Institute of Chicago “No Danger” - Invitational Portfolio Folded paper airplane lithograph, “The Dream of Flight” displayed at Richmond International Airport as part of the Southern Graphics Council National Conference Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March 26 – April 26 21st Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.20 - Feb. 21 Juror: Karla Hackenmiller, Printmaking Chair and Associate Professor, School of Fine Arts, Ohio University 2007 Singularities – Invitational group exhibit Joan Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA Nov. 2 – Dec. 17 Hong Kong Graphics Art Festival 2007: Crossing Boundaries - Invitational international printmaking exchange exhibition School of Design Gallery, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 1 – Nov. 16 27th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted Award Selector: Brett Colley, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Grand Valley State University Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial – National juried printmaking exhibition Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 18 - April 1 Juror: Judith B. Hecker, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2006 The Printed Image: The First Biennial Midwestern Graphics Juried Exhibition National Juried Printmaking Exhibition Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS Aug. 11 - Sept 15 Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Printmaking/Book Arts, University of Nebraska- Lincoln 2006 National Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 2006 Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, June 10 - Aug. 20; two pieces accepted 26th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted Award Selector: Carolyn Autry, artist and Associate Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Toledo 19th University of Dallas Print Invitational - Traveling national invitational exhibition Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving TX, Jan. 28 – March 6 three pieces accepted Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 1 – March 9, 2007 Juror: Juergen Strunck...
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Night Life 2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Night Life 2" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in black and white by Post-War artist Irving Norman. The...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Landscape with Figures
By Frans de Geetere
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled Landscape with Figures" c.1950, is a watercolor by noted Belgian artist Frans De Geetere, 1895-1968. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The art...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Signed, Charcoal and Acrylic on Paper. Framed Painting - Figurations 360.112
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Figurations 360.112 - Signed, Watercolor on Paper, Framed Painting Linda Stein's Figurations series are early paintings she made in the 1970s. They show the artist's p...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Due ritratti figurativi aristocratici pastelli su pergamena primi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Sul cartoncino applicato nella cornice è riportata l'annotazione, a penna e in grafia Kurrent, "Urgroßvater Ludwig Fr(ei)h(e)r(r) von Keller" "Urgroßmutter ...
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Parchment Paper, Pastel, Cardboard

"Maya the Wonderful" Mixed Media Female Nude in Cut Paper W/ Airbrush Gradients
Located in New York, NY
This striking mixed media work, entitled "Maya the Wonderful" was realized in the United States during the mid 20th Century. It offers an austere composition, whose effect is far gre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media

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Spray Paint, Archival Paper

Woman on a Patio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman on a Patio Pastel on paper, c. 1915 Unsigned Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will Hess David Saltzman Robert Henry Adams Fine Art Thomas French Fine Art Ronald C. Sloter, Columbus, Ohio Columbus College of Art and Design (de-accessed) Exhibited at Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, 1994, the first exhibition at the North Franklin Street Gallery. One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the "Chicago Times Herald" described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . . . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68) Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who immigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869. He was first exposed to his signature style of Impressionism in 1888 when he enrolled in night classes at the Art Institute while working in the shipping department of a lithographic firm near the Institute. He remained a student there until 1897 and was recognized in a "Chicago Times Herald" editorial of June 13, 1897 as one of the Institute's most outstanding pupils. The next year, his art career was temporarily put on hold when he briefly enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Spanish American War. In 1899, he resumed his art studies, this time with Frank Duveneck. He exhibited a painting at the Paris Salon of 1900. In 1905, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, Buehr and his family moved to France. They spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, and spent time in Venice as well. In Paris, Buehr studied at the Academy Julian with Raphael Collin for two years. Then he went to England, enrolling in the London Art School but had returned to Paris by 1908. During this time, he began painting at Giverny, the home of Impressionist leader Claude Monet (1840-1926, and by 1912, Buehr was listing that village as his home address. One of his good friends and associates at Giverny was Frederick Frieseke. One of Buehr's paintings from that time, "News from Home", was exhibited in 1913 at the French Salon in Paris and at the annual exhibit of the Chicago Art Institute. It shows a woman in floral dress sitting on a porch with a background with potted flowers and lush greenery background. Of his painting done at Giverny, Buehr wrote in 1912 to William Macbeth of Macbeth Galleries in New York: "My figures painted in and around Giverny are costumed and in appropriate out door settings." (Gerdts 68) In 1914, he returned to the United States and took a teaching position in Chicago at the Art Institute, which he held for the remainder of his life. He was married to Mary Hess, a painter of miniatures and decorative works. In 1928-29, he was a guest artist at Stanford University. Courtesy, AskArt “Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) was a painter born in Germany. Buehr was born in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh (Dohna?). He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s. In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a lithograph company near the Art Institute of Chicago. Introduced to art at work, Karl paid regular visits to the Art Institute, where he found part-time employment, enabling him to enroll in night classes. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually posted sketchings that blended in favorably with student's work. Having studied under John H. Vanderpoel, Buehr graduated with honors, while his work aroused such admiration that he was offered a teaching post there, which he maintained for many years thereafter. He graduated from the Art Inst. of Chicago and served in the IL Cav in the Spanish–American War. Mary Hess became Karl's wife—she was a student of his and an accomplished artist in her own right. In 1922, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. Art Studies in Europe In 1904, Buehr received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, then, in 1905, Buehr and his family moved to France, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, and they spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, where the artist painted local subjects, executing both genre subjects and landscapes as well as time in Venice. Buehr spent at least some time in Paris, where he worked with Raphaël Collin at the Académie Julian. Giverny and American Impressionism Prior to this time, Buehr had developed a quasi-impressionistic style, but after 1909, when he began spending summers near Monet in Giverny, his work became decidedly characteristic of that plein-air style but he began focusing on female subjects posed out-of-doors. He remained for some time in Giverny, and here he became well-acquainted with other well known expatriate America impressionists such as Richard Miller, Theodore Earl Butler, Frederick Frieseke, and Lawton Parker. It seems likely that Buehr met Monet, since his own daughter Kathleen and Monet’s granddaughter, Lili Butler, were playmates, according to George Buehr, the painter’s son. His other daughter Lydia died before adulthood due to diabetes. He returned to Chicago at the onset of World War I and taught at The Art Inst for many years. One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley...
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Study of a girl sitting and reading a book
By William Hoare
Located in Bath, Somerset
A study in red chalk of a girl sitting and reading a book. Red chalk on paper under glass in a giltwood and gesso frame. This small drawing has a sense of intimacy in the capturing of a moment where the sitter is seemingly unaware of being observed, unlike the feeling of formailty and self-awareness in a staged portrait sitting Provenance: Private collection, Somerset With J. Davey & Sons Ltd, Liverpool William Hoare...
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Late 18th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Glass

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Drawing Rococo Florentine figurative satirical 18th century watercolor
Located in Florence, IT
This is the preparatory drawing, watercolor and ink on paper (with wooden frame and gilded plate 51 x 44 cm, unframed measures 30 x 22 cm), by the hand of Giuseppe Piattoli for one o...
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1780s Rococo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Still life with fish bones, pencil and pencil sharpener / - The irony of art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Manfred K. Schwitteck (*1948), Still life with fish bones, pencil and pencil sharpener, 1992. watercolor over pencil on handmade paper, 31.5 x 45 cm (visible size), 47 x 61 cm (frame...
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1990s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching, Watercolor

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Red Caprice Part 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Portico with Figure and Scooter, Pencil Drawing by Michael Andrews
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Portico with Figure and Scooter, Pencil Drawing by Michael Andrews Additional information: Medium: Pencil drawing 23.5 x 16.5 cm 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in Michael Andrews was born into a de...
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

'Speak to My Heart No. 8' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Composition - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960 ca. Drawing pen on yellowed paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Si...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Post-Impressionist drawing of a man drinking
Located in New York, NY
The passepartout contains the following legend 'Jean-François Raffaëlli - Paris 1889 - E. Universelle - 1885'.
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Young and old portraits by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Drawing
Located in London, GB
Young and old portraits by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Pencil on paper 12.9 x 19.9 cm (5 ¹/₈ x 7 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower righ...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Horseshoe Cloisters, Windsor Castle, Original Signed Watercolor, c. 1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely watercolor of the Horseshoe Cloisters at Windsor Castle, with three Edwardian figures having a chat near the stairway. There's an inscription and the signature "Herbert" but...
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Early 1900s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

High Moorland Landscape in the fog - The world as a transcendent phenomenon -
Located in Berlin, DE
Charles Edward Brittan Jr (1870 Plymouth - 1949). High moor landscape in the fog. Gouache, signed at lower left "Charles E. Brittan", 18 x 34.5 cm (passepartout), 45 x 62 cm (frame)....
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Gene - Stylized Baseball Card of Chicago Cub Gene Cline, Original, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale Gene acrylic and ink on paper 24h x 19w in 60.96h x 48.26w cm PKV017 See What I See Why are Chicago and baseball so perfect for each other? ...
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2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

The mother Fénollan (the Merchant Mother)
Located in Genève, GE
Work on watercolor paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 61.5 x 46 x 2.5 cm
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth Collage on paper, 1987 Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left Condition: Good, with the ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Antilopes, Drawing by Jean Poulain, Framed
Located in Pasadena, CA
Jean Poulain 1884-1967 Jean Poulain was born in 1884 in Katanga (formerly Belgian Congo). The self-taught artist from an early age, he will be in search of all the emotions and beau...
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1940s Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - Ex Voto
Located in Paris, IDF
Monotype on paper, Framed 25 x 25 x 3 cm Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where sh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Monotype

Lost in Thought
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper

SCHOOLGIRLS
Located in Portland, ME
Mora, F. Luis (Amwericn, born Uruguay, 1874-1940). UNTITLED (SCHOOLGIRLS). Drawing, pencil on paper. Not dated, but circa 1890-1910. Signed in pencil. 5 x 4 7/8 inches. Framed to 10 ...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

"Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket, " Graphite on Paper, 2020
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket," this work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald is a companion piece to his sculpture "A+L Helmet & Jacket." Worn by the imagined driver of one of his miniature soap box derby cars, each helmet & jacket is branded with an industrial sponsor, in this case the Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, a steel manufacturer from the early 20th century. Mounted on subtle collage materials and paper fragments...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Graphite, Paper, Board

'Speak to My Heart No. 5' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper

Henry Gillard Glindoni, The Friendly Chat, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century watercolour by British artist Henry Gillard Glindoni (1852-1913) depicts a passing encounter between two old friends. “And perhaps another game of cards?” he...
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1910s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Pleased to See You, " Crash, Pop Art, Street Art Graffiti
Located in New York, NY
Crash Pleased to See You, 1989 Signed and dated lower left Watercolor and ink on paper 30 x 20 1/2 inches A contemporary of Keith Haring and a modern-day master of this present day ...
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1980s Street Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Piece That Fits
Located in Kansas City, MO
Brittany Noriega The Piece That Fits Graphite on Archival Paper Year: 2021 Size: 35 x 27 x 1.3 inches Unique Framed Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1047 This piece examines...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

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