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Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing, Chalk and Pencil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century French Academy drawing of a classical maiden, signed Xavier Rendeley bottom right, numbered and dated 2nd April 1883. Presented in ...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Le Bi à Villerville - Original Etching on Paper by Albert Bernard - 1884 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Le Bi à Villerville is a Modern Artwork realized by Albert Bernard (Paris, 1849 - 1934) in 1884 ca.
Original Etching on paper.
Titled and dated on pl...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Horse - Pencil Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Draft Horse is an original modern artwork realized in the second half of the XIX Century by a French Artist.
Original pencil drawing watermarked paper.
Mint conditions.
Draft Horse is an interesting drawing realized in the XIX Century in France; it depicts a genre scene, a draft horse with a small carriage...
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Naturalistic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912) An officer of the Gendarmerie Impériale, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
An officer of the Gendarmerie Impériale, viewed of the back
bears the monogram ED but it is not visible because it is hidden by the mounting of the frame...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed, signed watercolor
By Paul Lecomte
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920)
A Flowerbed
signed lower left
Watercolor on paper,
15.5 x 23.5 cm
Framed : 25.5 x 33 cm
This is a particularly original work by Paul Lecomte. It shows his ...
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Impressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Henri-Louis Dupray (1841-1909) Studies of military horsemen, two signed drawings
By Henry Louis Dupray
Located in Paris, FR
Henri-Louis Dupray (1841-1909)
Studies of military horsemen, two signed drawings
Pencil on paper
The first one figuring a partial study of two horsemen :
10.8 x 16.5 cm, bears a mo...
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912) Soldiers, a study, ink on wood
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Soldiers, a study
Black ink on a wood panel
12.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 20 x 20.5 cm
On the back of the panel a label inscribed "Dessin à la plume par Detaill...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Félix Ziem (1821-1911) Studies of Landscapes and Seascapes, original Drawing
By Félix Ziem
Located in Paris, FR
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Studies of landscapes and seascapes
graphite on paper,
14 x 22 cm
Stamp of the Ziem Estate bottom left
Framed : 25 x 33 cm
A rare exemple of mutiple studies ...
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival scene, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A carnival scene
21 x 16.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
Period frame : 35 x 30 cm (lacks in...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of an Old Lady, 1886
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small and delicate watercolor is believed to depict Madame Papillon, a subject also portrayed by Hanna Pauli in an oil painting dated 1886. The portrait was created during the s...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, signed watercolor
By Paul Lecomte
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920)
L'étang à Mortefontaine, an autumn landscape
signed lower left
Watercolor on paper,
29,3 x 22.5 cm
In its original vintage frame : 46 x 39,5 cm
titled on t...
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Impressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing, Chalk and Pencil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century French Academy drawing of a classical maiden, signed Xavier Rendeley bottom right, numbered and dated 2nd April 1883. Presented in ...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival character, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A Carnival character and a Zouave
19.5 x 12.5 cm
Pen and ink on paper
Signed lower left with the initials (faded)
In a modern framing : 35 x 28 cm
T...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Ferdinand Heilbuth, Woman lying on the shore, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Ferdinand HEILBUTH (Hambourg, 1826 - Paris, 1889)
"Femme allongée sur un rivage"
Aquarelle gouachée sur papier
32,5x46,5 cm (à vue) / 48,5 x 63,5 cm (encadrée)
Signée en bas à droite...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Arquebusiers En Manoeuvre", After Marchetti
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape of four infantrymen in formation with their long arquebus guns by Adolphe Ancker (Dutch, 19th Century), after Marchetti. Signed and dated "Adolph Ancker 1888" lo...
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American Impressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Temple Official
Located in London, GB
'Temple Official', pencil and watercolour on paper by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1882). This is the artist's portrait of a financial official in a Cantonese temple in Guangzhou, China in the latter half of the 19th century. His garment is typical of that of a senior civil servant of the Chinese government. Clothes were designed to indicate rank and status, becoming so distinct that the wearer’s position could be ascertained at a glance. During his second career as an artist, Pritchett traveled widely in the Pacific region in the 1880s. This artwork has been professionally restored and cleaned to preserve it for decades to come and therefore in good overall condition. It has also been newly framed and glazed. The artist has written 'The Treasurer & Temple' and '5 Geni Temple, Canton Jan. 22 1882' on the lower left and right hands of the artwork. Upon request a video of the work may be provided.
About the Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett (1823 - 1907), a gun maker and artist, was the son of Richard Ellis...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a dandy, watercolor on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Portrait of a dandy,
watercolor on paper
19 x 13 cm
Signed (?) with pencil lower right "L ... " illegible
Framed : 29 x 23 cm
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), The Young Paperboy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
The Young Paperboy
16.5 x 20.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
In good condition, the paper is slightly yellowed by time, some o...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) A Young Woman in profile, Signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895)
A Young Woman in Profile
Signed with the monogram lower right
Pencil on grey-blue paper
17.7 x 11.5 cm
Framed : 36.5 x 27 cm
This drawing shows Bida's tec...
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Beauty
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MAXIMILIENNE GUYON
"BEAUTY"
PASTEL AND WATERCOLOR, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1895
18 X 10.5 INCHES
FRAMED 27 X 19 INCHES
Maximilienne Guyon was born in Paris...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880
Portrait of a boy holding a book
graphite and white gouache on paper
39.5 x 32 cm oval view
in good condition, slightly yellowed with age
In its original ova...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A trophy of arms, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A trophy of arms
11.5 x 20 cm
Pen and ink with heightenings of white gouache on paper
Signed and dated 1885 lower right and annotated "Armée française...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper - Germany
Located in Soquel, CA
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper
Drawings of a man at a desk and other figurative sections by an unknown artist (19th Century). On the left sid...
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Realist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
“Villagers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings by the well known German artist, Peter Von Halm. Signed in pencil lower right. Condition is good. Several tiny foxing spots with small areas of mild wrinkles on the outer corners. Matted but not framed.
He was the son of an innkeeper and brewer. Initially, he wanted to become an architect and, in pursuit of that goal, attended the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After 1875, he studied copper engraving with Johann Leonhard Raab and general art subjects with Ludwig von Löfftz, at the Munich Academy.
From 1883 to 1885, he lived in Berlin at the invitation of his friend, Karl Stauffer-Bern, where he created graphic versions of the Old Masters for Wilhelm von Bode...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
The "En Plein Air" Painter - Pencil by Charles Des Bordes - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
"The Painter", 1880s, is an original pencil drawing glued on ivory paper realized by Charles Des Bordes (1863-1909) .
In very good condition.
Hand-signed on the lower left corner.
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Impressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925)
Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919)
pen and black ink on paper,
inscribed with thename of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing
15 x 12 cm
In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm
Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London.
He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892.
Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.".
Minor browning.
- Carved in stone -
About the artwork
The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
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Realist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed).
Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
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Victorian 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Carillon - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Carillon is an original modern artwork realized in the 19th Century.
Original colored china ink and watercolor on paper.
Excellent conditions.
The Carillon is a small format...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Secret Ladder - Original Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Secret Ladder is an original modern artwork realized in the Second half of the XIX Century by a French Artist.
Original pencil drawing and colore pastels on ivory paper.
Passep...
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Expressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
“Figures on Camelback along the Nile”
Located in Southampton, NY
Wonderful original orientalist gouache by the well known French artist, Paul B. Pascal. Signed lower right. Circa 1885. Condition is excellent. The scene depicts figures on camelback along the Nile with pyramids in the background. Newly professionally matted and framed in antique style frame. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 11 by 13 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
Paul B. Pascal (1839–1905) was a French landscape painter. He did landscape paintings of the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast with gouache. After he emigrated to the United States in 1893, he did paintings of the American wilderness...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Exquisite Rose Drawing (unique) done in graphite, hand signed with provenance
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt
Untitled Rose, 1983
Graphite on Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper
Signed and dated on the front
Framed
Unique, poignant, exquisitely rendered graphite drawing on watercolor paper with deckled edges. This work is framed and ready to hang; frame bears Alan Brown Gallery (Hartsdale) label verso. It was acquired from the Estate of Noel Frackman, renowned art historian, scholar, writer, and professor with a lifelong passion for 20th Century Art - and a close personal friend of Lowell Nesbitt. She earned a M.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in English Literature and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. She was an art critic for the Patent Trader Newspaper and the Scarsdale Inquirer, contributing editor for Arts Magazine, author of numerous catalogs including ''John Storrs'', for the Whitney Museum of American Art. For 19 years she was a faculty member at Purchase College, State University of New York.
Measurements:
Framed: 13 inches by 13 inches x .5
Artwork: approx. 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches
Lowell Nesbitt Biography:
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 October 1933. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. In 1980, the United States Post Office issued...
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Realist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Mixed Media
A Seraph (no. 2)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed dimensions 18.5 x 17.5 inches
One of two original drawings of seraphim created for the British firm of stained-glass designers Shrigley and Hunt. The drawings are by the cele...
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Victorian 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor
Portrait of Old Giuseppe Garibaldi - Chalk, Charcoal and Oil Pastels - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi is a wonderful colored original drawing (chalk, charcoal and oil pastels) by an anonymous artist in 1880.
A superb drawing representing the Italian hero of the unification...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Eugène Carrière (1849-1906) Studies of a baby's head, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Carrière (1849-1906)
Studies of a baby's head,
signed lower right
Pencil on paper
18.5 x 29.5 cm
In good condition, some stains in the lower right
Framed : 34 x 45 cm
This...
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Symbolist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century
Portrait of a young man
Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right
Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper
Oval vi...
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Romantic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic Polymer, Pencil
Arab Soldier - Pen Drawing by R. Legrand - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Arab Soldier is an original pen drawing realized by R. Legrand in 1880.
Good conditions on a yellow thick cardboard.
Hand-signed by the artist with a d...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Boboli Gardens - Original Pencil Drawing by Anonymous Artist - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
Boboli Garden is an original black and white drawing realized by Anonymous artist in 1889.
In good conditions. Includes passepartout: 33.5 x 25 cm
The ...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
A Seraph (no. 1)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed dimensions 18.5 x 17.5 inches
One of two original drawings of seraphim created for the British firm of stained-glass designers Shrigley and Hunt. The drawings are by the cele...
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Victorian 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor
Horse - Pencil Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Draft Horse is an original modern artwork realized in the second half of the XIX Century by a French Artist.
Original pencil drawing watermarked paper.
Mint conditions.
Draft Horse is an interesting drawing realized in the XIX Century in France; it depicts a genre scene, a draft horse with a small carriage...
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Naturalistic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
“Bedouin Encampment at Sunset”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful orientalist original gouache by the well known French artist, Paul B. Pascal. Circa 1885. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The scene is of a Bedouin encampment at sunset. Newly professionally matted and framed in antique style frame. Under glass. Overall measurements are 11 by 13 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
Paul B. Pascal (1839–1905) was a French
landscape painter. He did landscape paintings of the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast with gouache. After he emigrated to the United States in 1893, he did paintings of the American wilderness...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Coastal landscape, 1882
Located in PARIS, FR
Frank Charles Peyraud (1858-1948)
Coastal landscape, 1882
Charcoal and shading on paper
Signed "C. Peyraud", dated "82" and dedicated "à l'ami Baradat" ? lower right
29.5 x 56 cm
Slightly oiled
A French-born artist born in Switzerland in 1858, Frank Charles Peyraud showed an early interest in drawing and painting. He grew up in a rural environment before studying architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, encouraged by his father. In 1877, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1881, Frank Peyraud...
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Post-Impressionist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
French School 19th Century, Studies of horses, two drawings
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Studies of horses,
two drawings in the same frame
7 x 11 cm (oval) and 7 x 9.8 cm
pencil on paper
Condition : The oval one on the left with foxings (see...
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Academic 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
L'Orestie - Drawing by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
L'Orestie d'Eschyle is a pencil Drawing realized by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse in 1889.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (Versailles, 1859- Albiar, ...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Temple of Vesta - Drawing by Roberto Gigli - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Temple of Vesta is an orginal modern artwork realized by Roberto Gigli (1846-1922).
Mixed colored ink and watercolor on paper.
The artwor...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Le Caveau - Original Drawing by Gustave Jean Jacquet - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Le Caveau is an original drawing realized by Gustave Jean Jacquet in 1880 (1846-1909).
The little artwork is a pencil. China Ink, Biacca and watercolor.
Good condition included a c...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Ink
Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized in France in the 1880s by a French artist.
Original pencil drawing and white lead on paper. The signature is present on the lower rig...
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Contemporary 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Satyr - Original China Ink - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Satyr is an original modern artwork realized between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX Century.
Original drawing on paper.
China ink on paper. The sheet is glued ...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Venus in Furs - Drawing on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Venus in Furs is a modern artwork realized in the second half of the 19th Century in France.
Original pastel and sanguine drawing on watermarked paper....
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Porcelain Vase - Watercolor and China Ink - 1880 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Vase" is an original drawing in watercolor and China ink, on ivory-colored paper by realized in 1880 ca. Anonymous Artist of XIX Century.
In very good conditions, except...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Figure of Women - Original Pencil Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Women is an original modern artwork realized in France in the 1880s circa.
Original Black Pencil Drawing on paper.
Passepartout is included (total dimensions cm 39 x 30)...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sketches for Theatrical Costumes - Original Pencil Drawing - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches for theatrical costumes is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized an Anonymous Artist in 1880ca.
In very good conditions.
This artwork represents ...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Japanese - Original Pencil and Sanguine Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Japanese is an original modern artwork realized in 1880s by a french artist.
Original drawing realized wth black pencil and sanguine.
On the lower right corner: Musèe du Louvre...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
Firenze - Visita agli Uffizi - Original Ink on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Firenze - Visita agli Uffizi is an original china ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by an unknown artist, whose signature is not readable, in 1880s.
On the bottom right m...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Interior of Kitchen - Pencil Brown-colored Paper - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of kitchen is a beautiful drawing on brown-colored paper, realized during the XIX century by an architect.
Pencil drawing. This drawing rapresents an interior of a kitchen ...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
People in t - Pencil Drawing by an Unknown French Artist - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
People in the Village is an original artwork realized in 1881.
Original pencil and colored pencil on paper. Dated and hand-signed on the lower right corner.
Quite good conditions. Damages on the upper left corner.
Fresh sketch representing several peoples in a big plate...
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Modern 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
Portrait - Drawing on Paper - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in about 1880 by an Anonymous Artist of the 19th Century.
Sheet dimentrion: 36.5 x 25 cm
The state of preservation is very good e...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figurino della Banda [...] - Original Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
"Figurino della Banda Municipale di Amatrice di Popoli" 1881 is an original ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Italian Artist of XIX Century.
In excel...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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Family - Original Pencil Drawing 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid is an original pencil drawing on thick cream-colored paper, realized by an anonymous French artist of the end of XIX century.
Dated in pencil on lower left margin " 9.X.1880"....
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'".
Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse.
- In the shadow of betrayal -
About the artwork
This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376).
Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886
The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner.
In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk.
As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting.
About the artist
In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions.
Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904).
From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
