Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Academic
Academic drawing of classical bust sculpture. 19th century
Located in Firenze, IT
This 19th century Italian drawing of classical bust sculpture in plaster showcases expert chiaroscuro modeling in black and brown charcoal on paper.
Technique: black and brown charc...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
British mid century pen drawing 'Bird's eye view' by Mona Alizon Edwards
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, circa 1944)
Birds Eye View
Pen on paper
9.7/8 x 10 in. (25.3 x 25.5 cm.)
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
English School 19th Century, Julia Matthews in ‘The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein’
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A highly decorative and whimsical study of ‘The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein’ starring Julia Matthews as the title role, first shown in 1867. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an ...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino.
Located in Firenze, IT
Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino.
Disegno a carboncino e gessetto bianco su carta leggermente colorata di grigio.
Seconda metà dell'Ottocento
In buone condizioni.
Prov...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Chalk, Pencil
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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Pencil
Study of Christ, hands crossed, three pencils on blue paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor François Éloi BIENNOURRY (1823-1893)
Study of Christ, hands crossed
Three pencils on blue paper
Signed "V. Biennourry" and located in "Paris" at the top right
10 x 8,5 inch
Fr...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Study of a saint, circa 1875-79, Preparatory drawing
Located in PARIS, FR
Melchior DOZE (1827-1913)
Study of a saint, ca. 1875-79
Preparatory drawing for the decoration of the church of Saint-Félix de Saint-Gervasy (Gard), chapel of the Cross (south side...
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1870s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper, Graphite
Scottish early 20th Century watercolour painting of a sitting girl by Lamont
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
John Charles Lamont ARSA
(Scottish, 1894-1948)
“The sitting girl”
Pencil, watercolour, body colour and pastel Signed ‘LAMONT’ (lower-right)
23. 3/4. X 14. 3/4 in (60.5 x 37.5 cm)
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
Academic Drawing. Figure Study of Young Sitting Nude Man. 19th Century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Charcoal drawing on light gray-blue colored paper.
The drawing depicts a young man sitting with the
hand on forehead. the position is probably meant to express the feeling of regret,...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Steel
Set of six 19th Century studies or Turkish characters by Maltese artist Preziosi
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Count Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816 – 1882)
A set of six pencil and watercolour studies or Turkish characters including street vendors, a Turkish sold...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Paper
Early 20th Century profile of a lady in pastel by Belgian artist Fabry
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Emile Fabry
Profile of a lady
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘Emile Fabry’ (lower right)
15 x 12 in. (38.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Emile Fabry was a highly regarde Belian symbolist painter who became a refugee in St. Ives during the first world war. This work is a study of a lady from St. Ives during this period. He was commissioned by University College Cardiff to paint two large canvasses...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Century head study in pastel by Belgian artist Emile Barthelemy Fabry
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Emile Barthelemy Fabry (Belgian, 1865 – 1966)
Head study
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘Emile Fabry’ (lower left)
15 x 12 in. (38.2 x 30.5 cm.)
£850
Emile Fabry was a highly regarded Belgian symbolist painter who became a refugee in St. Ives during the first world war. This work is a study of a lady from St. Ives during this period. He was commissioned by University College Cardiff to paint two large...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Alice Liddell and sisters, inspiration for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful drawing, brimming with the unique personalities of Alice Liddell and her beloved sisters, Lorina and Edith. Dating back to the late 19th Century, this captivatin...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Dame Laura Knight, signed, charcoal on board drawing of behind theatre scene
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautifully composed drawing of 'A Barry Jackson Xmas Play' by Dame Laura Knight executed in 1921. The work is signed and titled and is in good condition. The full details are as...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Bacchanal scene with nymp and Satyrs, pencil on Paper signed and dated 1778
Located in Paris, FR
A Nymph and two Satyrs
Signed lower right "................fecit" and dated 1778
Grey wash over charcoal and brown ink, on laid paper
27 x 40.5 cm / 10.5 X 16 inches
Framed : 51 x...
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1770s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
LAURENS French romantic Drawing 19th century pencil Departure children mountain
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules LAURENS Carpentras (Vaucluse), 1825 - Saint-Didier (Vaucluse), 1895 Pencil 29 x 23 cm (36 x 30 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "JL / 52" Modern frame Excellent condi...
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1850s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Feeding the Kittens - Little cat mother -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893".
- Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed.
- Little cat mother -
About the artwork
Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat.
It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
A pair of early 20th Century drawings of Neo-Classical hero by Hildegard Miller
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Hildegard Miller (British, 19th / 20th Century)
Studies of a Neo-Classical Hero
Signed ‘HILDEGARD BMB MILLER’ (lower right)
Crayon and light chalk
15.3/4 x 11.5/8 in. (40 x 29.7 cm.)...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon
British early 20th Century pastel drawing of Puck, Midsommers Night Dream
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Herbert James Draper (British, 1863-1920)
Puck
Pastel
Inscribed ”PUCK” (middle left) and further inscribed and signed `Study for Puck/ Herbert Dra...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Academic master drawing: Allegorical Scene artist in Musée d'Orsay
Located in Norwich, GB
A fascinating allegorical scene by French master Paul-Louis Delance (1848–1924), an artist known for the allegorical and history paintings. His grandfather was the Count Joseph van R...
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1870s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Kyffin Williams OBE RA, pen and ink study, Welsh 20th Century, figurative
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir John Kyffin Williams, OBE, RA (Welsh, 1918–2006)
Study for The Agony in The Garden
Pen and ink
Signed with initials `KW’ (lower right)
18 x 10....
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Richard Wintzer, A Young Woman & Bathing Machine, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century drawing by German artist Richard Wintzer (1866-1952) depicts a lady standing before a bathing machine. It’s a risque portrayal ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude back (1978) - Ink on paper 46x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
China Ink Signed H. Balslaecj (artist unknown from the gallery) and dated 1978
Pastel wooden frame with plexiglas
Total size with frame: 75x57x6 cm
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1970s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Diptych of a mother and her daughter by Elisabeth De Stoutz - Watercolor 24x40
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Framing possible
Pour Elisabeth DE STOUTZ (1854-1917)
Swiss artist famous on our different auction house
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Under the weight of the cross by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Charcoal 63x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sanguine and charcoal on paper without frame
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1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Stanley Spencer study for The Apotheosis of Hilda, British, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Stanley Spencer (British, 1891-1959)
Study for The Apotheosis of Hilda
Pencil
19.3/4 x 30 in. (50 x 76 cm.)
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, Stanley Spencer studio sale, 1998...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Half-lying young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Early 20th Century French crayon drawing of a group of young people
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmund Dulac (French, 1882 – 1953)
A welcome refreshment
Black crayon with a touch of white chalk
Signed ‘E Dulac’ (upper right)
8.7/8 x 11 in. (22.5 x 28...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper, Crayon
19th Century drawing attributed to John Flaxman of a classical maiden
By John Flaxman
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to John Flaxman (British, 1755- 1826)
Study of a classical maiden
Pen and ink on paper
5.1/2 x 3.1/8 in. (14 x 8 cm.)
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing
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 Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Sketch of women and infant by P.E Vibert - Drawing 41x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
The Swiss by Otto Vautier - Drawing 31x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
"Take off" by Otto Vautier - Pencil on paper 11x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Stamp of the O. Vautier workshop
Dimension of the passe partout frame 52.5 x 38 cm
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Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
18th Century Italian head study of a Roman maiden
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727 – 1785)
A head study of a Roman maiden
Sanguine, pencil and pastel on paper
7.1/2 x 5.7/8 in. (19 x 14.8 cm.)
Category
18th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Pencil
"Young woman in evening dress" by Emile Hornung - Drawing 43x57 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch of Pierrot tuning his guitar on the back of the artwork
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite
British, early 20th Century oriental scene by female artist Katie Blackmore
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Katie Blackmore (British, 1890 – 1957)
Oriental fantasy
Ink and gouache on paper
Signed ‘K Blackmore’ (lower right)
9 x 8.3/8in. (22.8 x 21.2 cm.)
A Scottish figurative and decorative artist, Katie Blackmore was closely associated with both Jessie Marion King...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Gouache
Pensive young woman by Emile Hornung - Pastel on paper 37x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch on the back of the work
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Dance school by Benjamin II Vautier - Drawing 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
49,5 x 63 x 2 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), Three studies of horses, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Three studies of horses
16 x 10 cm
Pen and ink on paper
Signed lower left
The third study on the lower right has been ...
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Isidore Pils (1813-1875) An Orientalist scene, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Isidore Pils (1813-1875)
An Orientalist scene
Signed lower left
Pencil and heightenings of watercolor on paper
15 x 24 cm
paper yellowed by time, stains and a small repaired tear on the upper right edge.
In a modern mount 40.5 x 53 cm
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.
In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot.
He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple.
Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.
Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau...
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1870s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Frederic Watts 'Get thee beyond me, Satan', 19th Century British drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Frederic Watts OM RA (British, 1817 – 1904)
Get thee beyond me, Satan
red chalk on paper
10.5/8 x 8.1/2 in. (27 x 21.5 cm.)
Provenance: From the...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
1980 Fauno e Ninfa Faun and Nymph Pencil on Paper Figurative Drawing
Located in Brescia, IT
This delicate drawing of the dance between a Faun and the Nimph, looks following the Jean Cocteau clean line drawings.
We can see in this scene, the grace and simplicity of the Neoc...
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1980s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Fernand de Launay (1855-1904) Portrait of a child, 1890, original drawing
By Fernand de Launay
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand de Launay (1838-1904)
Portrait of a child, probably the daughter of the artist
Lead pencil on paper
Signed and dated "4 septembre 1890" on the lower left
27 x 21 cm
In quite ...
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
1850 American school, Franklin being piloted to Boston, watercolour on paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
American school, circa 1850
‘The American steamer Franklin being piloted to Boston’
Pencil and watercolour and body colour
Inscribed ‘Franklin’ on the sail
6.1/4 x 9.1/2 in. (16 x 24...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890) A Maid feeding rabbits, Watercolor
By Eugène Louis Lami
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890)
A maid feeding rabbits
Watercolor on paper
Bears a monogramm E L on the lower right
12.5 x 12.5 cm
In good condition, some foxings in the uppe...
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1860s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A 1930s drawing of a young girl in a blustery windy day with autumn leaves
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Elsa Carlander (British, circa 1930)
An autumn gust
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Signed and inscribed ‘Best wishes from Elsa Carlander’ (lower right)
6.5/8 x 5.7/8 in. (16.8 x 15 ...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Paper
British turn of the 20th century ink drawing of an allegory of time
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sidney Herbert Sime (British, 1867 – 1941)
An allegory of lost Time
Ink on paper
Signed ‘S. H. SIME.’ (lower right)
6.5/8 x 5.7/8 in. (17 x 14.5 cm.)
Sidney Sime...
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Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
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...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
A Muskeeter
Pencil on paper
26.5 x 17 cm
Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right
In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings,
In an old mount (some damages)
(not framed)
Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Secretary in the Subway - Pencil drawing - circa 1913
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Secretary in the Subway
Original pencil and color pencils drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good conditio...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Carbon Pencil
France early 20th century View of the Grosbois castle and head study, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school early 20th century
View of the Grosbois castle and a portrait study.
Black ink, black ink wash and watercolor on paper
Signed lower right (indistinct, see photo)
27 x ...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Carbon 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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
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1830s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
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