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Medium: Pastel
Come back Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist outsider colour
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tr...
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2010s Outsider Art Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Hula Hoop Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist pastel outsider
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tr...
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2010s Outsider Art Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
"America's Nightmares, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"America's Nightmares" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Della Wells. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. The work depicts three African American figures...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ', color pastel, c. 1957. Unsigned. A fine, atmospheric rendering, on warm gray charcoal paper; a reinforced crease (1/2 inch) across the bottom left sheet corner; otherwise in very good condition. Image and sheet size 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
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1950s American Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Weeping Willow - Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Weeping Willow is a drawing in pencil and pastel on paper artwork realized by an anonymous artist of the XX century.
Good conditions, aged. Margins have some cutaways.
Included the...
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20th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Beautiful Pastel Fountain Drawing
Located in Larchmont, NY
Pastel on paper
20 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: ME...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Eyes Sees America
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Eyes Sees America" is an original pastel drawing by Della Wells. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right. This work depicts a black woman in a blue dress sitting ne...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Gustave Den Duyts (1850-1897) - Late 19th Century Pastel, Wassail!
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 19th Century pastel, showing a rustic farm building with a bonfire raging behind it. The sparks can be seen flying up over the top of the thatch against the night sky. A g...
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Late 19th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Wet Kiss colorful mermaid warm humorous subject matter tropical color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass. Signed and dated bottom right.. Part of an ongoing series of mermaid themes by the artist
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2010s Post-Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Jon Reading
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Jon Reading
Color pastels on paper
25 x 18 inches (63.5 x 45.7 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Spring Awakening (2022), figurative, woman, nude, figure drawing, pastel sketch
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Spring Awakening" (2022) by Rebecca N. Johnson
Pigment ink, gel ink and pastel on rice paper
Green, pink, yellow, purple, blue color palette
Female figure with orchids, sun, flowers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel, Rice Paper, Pigment
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1898-1989).
Colored portrait on one side, figure of a woman and two heads in black on the other side.
Pastel and charcoal on pape...
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1960s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
"America, How Does Your Garden Grow?" Pastel signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"America, How Does Your Garden Grow?' is an original pastel by Della Wells. It pictures a blond girl holding a black doll in a verdant garden-like setting with leaves and apples and ...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany (View II)
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany (View II), 1980
Pastel drawing on paper
Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
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1980s Realist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Native Mexican Woman (Cuban Miami artist pastel)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Alex (Cuban, b.1949). Indigenous Mexican Woman, 1982. Pastel and charcoal on wove paper, sheet measures 23 x 33 inches. 31.5 x 41 inches framed. Excellen...
Category
1980s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Spanish folk dance Jota pastel drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alfredo Opisso Cardona (1907-1980) - Jota - Pastel
Measures work 46x36cm.
Frame measures 65x55 cm.
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1960s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Melon Scope, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by Della Wells
By Della Wells
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Melon Scope" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Della Wells. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This work depicts a black woman carrying a large slice of watermelon, which stands for a stereotype of African Americans. Two serpent-like large leaves flank her, each with a single eye, which signify, according to the artist the all-seeing eye of God...
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1990s Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Prisoner - Drawing by Léon Couturie - Early-20th Century
By Léon Couturier
Located in Roma, IT
The Prisoner is a drawing in pastel and charcoal on paper realized by Léon Couturie in the early-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition except for missing piece of ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
With Smiling Teeth, Dry Pastel on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
With Smiling Teeth, Dry Pastel on Paper
7 x 9.25 inches , 2022 (unframed Size )
The framed size of the work is approx . 17 x 20 inches
The work will be shipped inclusive of framing.
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron art...
Category
2010s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
Untitled, Pastel on Paper, Black Colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman
Untitled - 11 x 9 inches ( Unframed Size )
Pastel on Paper , 2012
Born : 1935 Kolkata
Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole N...
Category
2010s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Milkgirl, Rococo-Style, Unknown Artist, Pastel Drawing
Located in brussel, BE
Not only in the 17th century, but also in the 18th century, genre painting, where people are portrayed in their daily life, was successful. The theme of the milkmaid, which we all kn...
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18th Century Rococo Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Framed Late 19th Century Pastel - Boarding at the Quay
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming seascape depicts several Italian fishermen, readying boats in a rocky quay. Well presented in a beautiful veneer maple frame with a crisp white mount. Indistinctly sign...
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Late 19th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sicilian Cart - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Sicilian Cart is a Watercolour and Pastel Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (32.5x49 cm).
n...
Category
1970s Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Paper
In My Garden (2022), figurative nude woman, glasses, figure drawing, sketch
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"In My Garden" (2022) by Rebecca N. Johnson
Pastel and gel ink on rice paper
Pink, yellow, purple, magenta, yellow, green color palette
Female figure, nude portrait of seated woman ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel, Rice Paper
Carousel humorous dreamlike narrative story expressive human condition greys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel and charcoal on toned archival toned paper signed and dated bottom left . On view at the table Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn NY.
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2010s Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Freya (Seated Backwards), Mixed media on grey board
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Other Medium, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Pen, Felt Pen, Permanent M...
Colin George - Signed Mid 20th Century Pastel, The Boat on the Shore
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate pastel of an abandoned boat on the shore as the tide goes out. It overlooks what appears to be an industrial estate in the background which has been lit by the sunset. Wel...
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Mid-20th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Cardinal Rule surreal mythological narrative birds tree autumn color humor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned heavyweight paper signed and dated bottom. Part of an ongoing series by the artist depicting humans and birds and various other creatures.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Birdie Mae Sings the Blues surreal music birds saxophone trumpet autumn colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of a series of recent pastels by the artist this pastel is mounted on archival foam board suitable for framing
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
1950s Judaica Rabbi with Shofar Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
UNTITLED (GREEN RABBI HOLDING A SHOFAR)
Signed S. I. Rusoff
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Religious
Medium: Pastel, Chalk
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions: 16 1/2" x 12 3/...
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1950s Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Landscape - Drawing by Alfred Pichon - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a a pencil and pastel drawing realized in the early 20th Century by Alfred Pichon.
Pencil and pastel drawing
Includes frame: 23.5 x 41.5 cm
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Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Paper
Nude with Fan
Located in Washington, DC
American Impressionist
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1930s American Realist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
'Picnic in the Shade', Pasadena Art Center, LAAA, Taos, New Mexico, Pittsburgh
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Wilson' for Vernon Wilson (American, 20th century) and created circa 1975.
Matted dimensions: 12.75 H x 14 W x .5 D inches
Vernon Wilson studied at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design, the University of Miami and Belmont Abbey College. He exhibited widely and with success including at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (1923, 1928, 1929), the Pittsburgh Architectural Club (1933) and the Los Angeles Art Association, among others. In the late 1960's, Wilson joined the faculty of the Art Center's College of Design where he would teach for more than 25 years. A well-respected figure drawing teacher and pastelist, he is a noted influence on contemporary artists including Kurt Wenner, Ken Goldman and America Martin, among many others. In 1997, Wilson retired to New Mexico where he continued to draw and paint for the remainder of his life.
Reference:
Reference Services, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith...
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1970s Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Oleg (Kimono), Mixed media on ochre parchment paper
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
Dancer in White
Located in Washington, DC
American Impressionist
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1940s American Realist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Dancer in Pink
Located in Washington, DC
American Impressionist
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1940s American Realist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Céline et Pipo dans le pré
Located in Washington, DC
Accompanied by certificate no. 2772163 from the artist's archives.
Category
2010s Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"Shades of Pink, " Abstract Nude Figure Drawing
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract nude figure drawing by Kelly Rossetti is made with charcoal and pastel on paper. It has a pink palette, and captures a loose line drawing ...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Paper
Chris Stinchcombe - Contemporary Pastel, Pill Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and charming pastel drawing by the artist Chris Stinchcombe, depicting a view of Pill Harbour. Signed to the lower left-hand corner. There are two artist's labels on the rever...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Acquired with a collection of her work.
Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 26"H x 24"W
Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
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1990s Photorealist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Woman Figure - Original Ink and Pastel on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman Figure" is an original erotic ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on white paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century.
In excellent condition...
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20th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Colored figures - Drawing by C. Bissattini - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colored figures is an original contemporary artwork realized by Claudio Bissattini in the 1970s.
Mixed colored pastel drawing.
Includes frame: 37 ...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Dancer in Green
Located in Washington, DC
American Impressionist
Category
1950s American Realist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Lady with Hat and Fan
By William Lee
Located in Washington, DC
Signed lower left
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Connoisseur
Located in Surfside, FL
William Anthony
Born 1934, Forth Monmouth, NJ. and grew up in Washington State.
Education
1958 Yale, New Haven, CT, B.A European History
1959-60 San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1961...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Animals in the Fields - Ink and Watercolor Drawing - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Animals in the fields is an original modern artwork realized in the late 19th Century.
Mixed colored ink, watercolor and pastels on brown paper glued on paper.
Unreadible signature...
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Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
"Lean Back, " Abstract Nude Figure Drawing
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract nude figure drawing by Kelly Rossetti is made with charcoal and pastel on paper. It features a light grey, white, and vibrant pink accent,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Shtetl Klezmer Musician painting and drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village. This one depicts a Klezmer musician fiddler playing his violin.
Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan ...
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20th Century Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Tempera
John Cundy - Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel, The British Seaside
Located in Corsham, GB
This very fine pastel study by John Cundy takes you back in time to a joyous scene from the Victorian period. Crowds of formally dressed beach goers can be seen in the centre of the composition gathering round the sandy amphitheatre, in anticipation for the much loved Punch and Judy show...
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Mid-20th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Les Jardins de Monte-Carlo by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel, Post-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
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Les Jardins de Monte-Carlo by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935)
Pastel on card
37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches)
Sig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Ezra Elmer Keene (1853-1929) - Signed Late 19th Century Pastel, Burniston Bay
Located in Corsham, GB
The work depicts a view of the rough waves crashing over the rocks of Burniston Bay, which is situated just north of Scarborough in Yorkshire. The bay is a popular subject for the ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Danielle" Nude Figurative Drawing in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold nude pastel drawing by Albert Hutson (American, 1923-1994). A woman is reclined on a soft red surface, leaning up against a yellow pillow. The model is skillfully sketched, with quick but confident marks. Hutson has captured the character of the model in her expression and posture, both of which appear relaxed and natural.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper.
Signed, dated, and titled twice in the lower right corner ("Al Hutson Danielle 89")
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size:
Paper size: 19.75"H x 25.5"W
Albert L. Hutson (American, 1923-1994) had two careers: first as a professional military officer, and second as an artist and member of the Board of the Graphic Arts Council in San Francisco. He was born in 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia, into a family with a long military tradition. His father and maternal grandfather were Annapolis graduates, and his paternal grandfather served in the Civil War. Colonel Hutson graduated from Staunton Military Academy in 1941 shortly after World War II began. He later earned an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Nebraska in the late 1960s. As a young second lieutenant in World War II, he served with the First Armored Division in the Italian Campaign, starting with the Battle of Anzio, and participated in the liberation of Rome. His interest in art began at this time when his commanding officer introduced him to Italian art.
Al Hutson retired from military service in 1974, moved to San Francisco, and enrolled in art school at the California College of Arts and Crafts. In 1978 he earned his BFA degree with distinction in drawing and painting. His work as a figurative artist was in the medium of pastel drawing, and he had an intense and abiding affinity for works on paper. A graduate of the Fine Arts Museums docent [tour guide...
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1980s American Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Lunch on the Patio Deck', Pasadena Art Center, LAAA, Taos, Pittsburgh
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Wilson' for Vernon Wilson (American, 20th century) and created circa 1975.
Matted dimensions: 13 H x 14 W x .5 D inches
Vernon Wilson studied at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design, the University of Miami and Belmont Abbey College. He exhibited widely and with success including at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (1923, 1928, 1929), the Pittsburgh Architectural Club (1933) and the Los Angeles Art Association, among others. In the late 1960's, Wilson joined the faculty of the Art Center's College of Design where he would teach for more than 25 years. A well-respected figure drawing teacher and pastelist, he is a noted influence on contemporary artists including Kurt Wenner, Ken Goldman and America Martin, among many others. In 1997, Wilson retired to New Mexico where he continued to draw and paint for the remainder of his life.
Reference:
Reference Services, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith...
Category
1970s Impressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"Odalisque", contemporary, man, figurative, interior, pastel
By Jill Pottle
Located in Natick, MA
Jill Pottle's figurative work "Odalisque" was done with a series of other works about the "Absurd". She uses historical references to guide this beautiful man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"Three Helens", pastel, figurative, landscape, vibrant color
By Jill Pottle
Located in Natick, MA
Jill Pottle's Figurative work of "Three Helens" was a part of a series of work entitled "Absurdity". All of these works were put in this ideal landscape i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mercedes Matter, New York School Abstract Figures
Located in New York, NY
Mercedes Carles Matter (1913 - 2001)
Untitled, circa 1937
Pastel on paper
16 x 13 1/2 inches
Estate stamped on the reverse
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Spanierman Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Pennsylvania circa 2013
Private Collection, New York, 2021
Mercedes Matter was born in New York in 1913. Her father, the American modernist Arthur B. Carles, had studied with Matisse. Her mother, Mercedes de Cordoba, was a model for Edward Steichen. Ms. Matter grew up in Philadelphia, New York and Europe.
She began painting under her father's supervision at age 6, and studied art at Bennett College in Millbrook, N.Y., and then in New York City with Maurice Sterne, Alexander Archipenko and Hans Hofmann.
In the late 1930's, she was an original member of the American Abstract Artists organization and worked for the federal Works Progress Administration, assisting Fernand Léger on his mural for the French Line passenger ship company. Léger introduced her to Herbert Matter, the Swiss graphic designer and photographer, whom she married in 1939.
The Matters were active in the emerging New York art scene and also traveled frequently to Europe. Their closest friends included Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, Alexander Calder and Willem de Kooning. They were also close to Alberto Giacometti, who was an important artistic role model for Mrs. Matter and a frequent photographic subject for her husband.
Beginning in 1953, Mrs. Matter taught at the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Pratt Institute and New York University. Based on her teaching experiences she wrote an article for Art News in 1963 titled ''What's Wrong with U.S. Art Schools?'' In it, she lamented the phasing out of the extended studio classes required to initiate ''that painfully slow education of the senses,'' which she considered an artist's life work.
The article prompted a group of Pratt students to ask her to form a school based on her ideas, which led, in 1964, to the founding of the New York Studio School. Originally in a loft on Broadway, the school gained almost immediate support from the Kaplan Fund, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Ford Foundation. It granted no degrees, had only studio classes and emphasized drawing from life. Its teachers, chosen by the students, included the artists Guston, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Charles Cajori, Louis Finkelstein...
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1930s Abstract Expressionist Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel
Giorgio (Two figures, pink & blue), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
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Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
Russian Judaica Shtetl Klezmer Musicians
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Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village.
Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan was a Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins.
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20th Century Modern Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Tempera
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