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Medium: Crayon
Eunice, Figurative Painting on Paper by African American Artist Bai
Located in New york, NY
A portrait of an elegant woman with a leopard stole, Eunice, 2025 by African American artist Bai is a 15” x 11” colorful drawing/painting on watercolor paper. The artist uses both ac...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper
Marcita by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A colorful acrylic and oil pastel Picassoesque portrait of a woman with a daisy tiara, Marcita, 2025 by African American artist Bai is 15” x 11” drawing/painting on watercolor paper...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
Study of a horse lying on its right side seen from the front
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance:
Jean-Marc Du Pan (1785–1838), Geneva (L. 1440), passed to his brother
Alexandre-Louis Du Pan (1787–1846);
his sale, Geneva, March 26–28, 1840, included in lots 913–917;
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17th Century Old Masters Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Landscape - Mixed Media by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a wooden frame 36x27 cm.
Very good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March...
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1960s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Napoleon at the Head of His Grande Armée, His Generals and the Prussian Hussars
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour depiction of Napoleon at the head of his generals by French artist Jean Ducel. The work is signed bottom right.
A bold and graphic depiction of Napoleo...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Cardboard, Pencil, Watercolor
Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse Inspired Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse-like Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante
2024
pastel and collaged vintage Penny Magazines and chalk
23.75 x 24.50 inches unfram...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Pedro Pablo, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pedro Pablo 1998, by Celso Castro
Black crayon on archival paper
Image size: 40 H in. x 48 in. W
Sheet size: 45 H in. x 59 in. W
Unframed
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U...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper
MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 20 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
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2010s Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Graphite
Adonis, pastel drawing on oversize black paper, muscular male nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1983-84 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing obs...
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2010s American Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Spiritual angel oil pastel painting on heavyweight paper "Angel of Light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Angel of Light" is a deeply spiritual artwork that carries a profound personal meaning. During times of crisis or difficult challenges, we often seek comfort in the invisible forces...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Jose el velezolano, Sabado 25 de junio. Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose el velezolano Sabado 25 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Crayon and pastel on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Cardboard
French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 18th Century
Portrait of a gentleman
Pastel on paper
25 x 18 cm
Framed : 49 x 32 cm
The mounting of this work is marked "Attribué à Saint Aubin", which means t...
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1770s Old Masters Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero, Nude Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero" by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper
Sheet size: 19.5 ...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Buongiorno Professore! - Mixed Media by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Pastel and watercolor 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....
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1960s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Self-Portrait In Pastels - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Drawing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame.
Ksenya Istomina made...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Fauvist Pastel on Paper, "Lunch in Provence", After Henri Matisse
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist pastel on paper of a Provençal lunch. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in a white frame under perspex.
A charming, highly colourful and ...
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Late 20th Century Fauvist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Empire State Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
Empire State Building
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
19 x 12 inches
The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon th...
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1930s American Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape - Drawing by Ardengo Soffici - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Ardengo Soffici in 1930s.
Pencil on paper.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes frame.
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1930s Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Pine trees in a river valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains - American School
Located in Middletown, NY
An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac River valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance.
Watercolor on board with...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Board
Paradise Lost Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of drawings is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
1. Paradise Lost (But His Doom)
Crayon on paper, 17 ½ x 12 ½ inches (image), 22 x 15 inc...
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1940s American Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Chez Maxim's
By André Meurice
Located in London, GB
'Chez Maxim's', pastel and gouache on fine art paper, by André Meurice (circa 1950s - 60s). The artist depicts the glamorous clientele at the entryway to...
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Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk , Signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
A Man writing at his desk, 18th century interior scene
Pastel on paper
Signed upper right
20.5 x 15.8 cm
Framed under glass : 37 x 31.5 cm
It is known that Guirand de Scevola was very interested in the Palace of Versailles and its Old Regime atmosphere, that he often painted it and that he participated in the Versailles Revival movement at the beginning of the century. This probably led him to paint scenes in the 18th century style, for which he was particularly well known and which are still sought after.
What is striking is the modernity of the execution of our pastel, which obviously contrasts with its subject in the style of the 18th century. Guirand de Scevoal is a great colourist and he proves it here with eclat, by building up his composition with white pastel highlights, contrasting with brown and black. There is something of the northern painters in this treatment of light. All this, as always with him, is very subtle. The light radiating from the window is almost an abstract notation, but it gives meaning to this interior scene.
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter.
He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
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1920s Art Deco Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Spirit of Youth, Watercolor and Pastel Drawing by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012)
Title: Spirit of Youth
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Watercolor and Pastel on Paper, signed and dedicated
Size: 11 in. x 7.5 in. (27.94 cm ...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Double sided crayon drawing in colors: Study for "The Shoe" (recto)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Double sided crayon drawing:
Front: Study for "The Shoe"
Reverse: Studies of Figures
Blue crayon, red and black crayons
Image size: 19.25 x 15.375 inches
Frame size: 30 x 25 1/2 inch...
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1890s Art Nouveau Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Solfrid Dancing 2
Original Figurative Drawing
Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper
Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Fruit by Alphonse Mucha
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alphonse Mucha
1860-1939 Czech
Fruit
Signed "Mucha" (lower left)
Pastel on paper
"Art only exists to communicate a spiritual message." —Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha's distincti...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Ornette by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A muted color acrylic and oil pastel of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornette by African American artist Bai is an enigmatic portrait made on 15” x 11” etching paper. ...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Rue de Thorigny, signed F. Feuilloy
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and crayon in color with white heightening on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (343 x 310 mm) (sheet). In good condition with uniform toning, handling creases, and lightly dog-eared corners.
The building on the left is a hotel particulier in Paris' Marais neighborhood, the Hôtel Salé, which now houses the Musée Picasso.
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Late 19th Century French School Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Contemporary Drawing On Paper With Colored Pencils And Ink."Get out of yourself"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the fir...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Untitled- Penis. Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled- Penis by Celso Castro-Daza
Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Image size: 48 in. H x 39.5 in. W
Sheet size: 59.5 in. H x 44 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his bas...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
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Late 18th Century English School Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 1, Original Figurative Art, Abstract Sketch Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Sophie Dancing 1
Original Figurative Drawing
Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper
Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Sophie Dancing 1 is an original nude drawing by Judith Brenner.The figure is continuously moving and the final work is a composition made in an attempt to capture the rhythm of the dance. This abstract-impressionistic work is evocative of Francis Bacon’s style...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Satyrical Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mussolini is an original drawing realized by the satirical cartoonist Alberto Fremura in 1975.
Drawing in pencil and pastel. The artwork rapresents a caricature of the italian dictator Benito Mussolini...
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1970s Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
In Isolation Series VI
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VI" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Oil Pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
2010
Signed and dated, l.l.
Graphite and pastel crayon on paper
30.5 x 22 inches
$3,125
Category
2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
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...
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1860s Academic Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Elegant pastel composition of a nude woman by an unknown artist (20th Century). The model is laying on her back, with her hea...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Happiness" - Figurative work on paper with dancers and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Drawing, pastel, ink and colored pencils. "Free spirits"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the fir...
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, by Celso Castro
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper. NUDES 2D
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
2018
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Rooftops (Framed 1970's New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted New York City landscape drawing of urban rooftops and tree tops
"Rooftops", created by William Clutz in 1977
30 x 20 inches, charcoal and pastel on paper
33 x 25 inches in light wood frame
This framed pastel on paper was made in 1977 by William Clutz. It features an abstracted depiction of New York City rooftops as seen from a high window. Of particular note is the artist's technique with pastel; a wonderful texture and motion is created by closely woven striated lines. Sunlight reflects off brown rooftops and peaking green tree tops. The charcoal and pastel drawing is framed in a natural light wood frame with non-reflective glass and wire backing for installation.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career.
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Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947...
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1970s Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Feelings - Figurative work on paper with ballerinas and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
French Landscape with Horses and Ladies, Pastel Drawing by Hughes Pissarro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hugues Claude Pissarro, also known professionally as H. Claude Pissarro, is the grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and son of Paulémile Pissarro. Born in Neuilly-...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of A Blonde Women with Bright Red Lipstick
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Crayon on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.5 height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pro...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Caribbean Mermaid soft tropical color Mermaid and angel fish mythical subject
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass. Signed and dated bottom. Part of an ongoing series of mermaids by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"House Studies Series II", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architecture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
Femme Cheval
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Miami, FL
Wifredo Lam
“Femme Cheval” 1971
Pastel on paper
24 x 18 in
Signed and dated at the bottom left corner
Provenance:
Gallerry Dobbelhoef, Kessel.
Private Collection, Brussel.
Campo and...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Litho crayons on illustrator’s board, c. 1932
Signed: Adolf Dehn (VED) lower right corner (signed by Virginia Dehn, the artist’s widow)
Tilted along the upper edge of the recto in pencil by the artist
Verso inscriptions: “VF 3168.D” in a circle, also annotated in red pencil “32” in a circle and “699
Provenance:
Mary Ryan Gallery, exhibition entitled Adolf Dehn Lithographs, 1927-1940, Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1982. The original exhibition notice us affixed to the backing board of the frame
Note: A drawing intended or used in the publication Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1930s American Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
“Ski Style 1960”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original mixed media fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Signed with initials bottom right. Circa 1965. ...
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1960s American Modern Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper
At the Shore
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Dancer in White
Located in Mc Lean, VA
American Impressionist
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1940s American Realist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"House Studies Series V", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architectural
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series V" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Femme mettant ses bas by Maximilien Luce
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maximilien Luce
1858-1941 French
Femme mettant ses bas
(Woman putting on her stockings)
Pastel on paper
Signed "Luce 89" (lower left)
Maximilien Luce’s Femme mettant ses bas is a...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Original Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper II (1987)
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper II (1987)
Robert Azensky Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this gorgeous example of 1980...
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1980s Post-War Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) and painted circa 1935.
This early twentieth-century painter, lithographer, muralist, author, poet and ill...
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1930s Art Deco Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
L'Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel, Post-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
L' Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935)
Pastel on card
37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro
This work is accompanied by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Pastel & Pencil on Paper.The Chapel Saint Pierre, Villefranche, South of France.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of the Chapel Saint Pierre at Villefranche, with the harbour beyond, by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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Mid-19th Century Crayon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
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