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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Style: Academic
Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/ Unknown Artist," Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor", Figurative Nude Academic Watercolor Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black and White
A 18 x 13...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
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
Untitled: Three Nude Females
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Three Nude Females", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal signed Drawing on Paper, 24 x 18, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black a...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
“Tsingtao, China 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a Tsingtao, China street scene in 1912 executed by the American illustrator, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted and signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall mat size is 16 by 12 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
William Henry Drake
Born: 1856 New York
Died: 1926 Los Angeles
Nationality: American
Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York
Known for: Painting, illustration
Awards: National Academy
Biography:
Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.
Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animal...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$700 Sale Price
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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
Paper, Pencil
Drawing of Putti with Anchor by Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Drawing of Putti with Anchor
Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Black pencil on paper
Signed and dated lower left "...1822. 12 years l waiting"
Considering that the anchor ...
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1820s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Brown...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel) - In Celebration of Pride
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
A rare pencil drawing by John Lear created in 1957, signed and dated in pencil.
John Brock Lear...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
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
Charcoal Portrait of a Lady Profile - Partner of Violet Oakley - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
Academic study in profile of a high bow sitter on gray paper with white highlights.
Signed lower right and dated faintly 1916
Edith Emerson (July 27, 1888 – November 21, 1981) was a...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, ...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
“Home Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper by the Swiss artist, Simon Daniel Lafond. Signed and dated lower right, 1820. In very good condition, wth minor toning. Colors are strong with incredible detail ...
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1820s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
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Untitled: 1930s Drawing Of A Seated Woman
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: 1930s Drawing of a Seated Woman", Signed Figurative Pencil Drawing on Paper, 21 x 13.88, Early 20th Century, 1936
Colors: Black and White
*Unknown Artist signature...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
She Ain't Heavy - She's My Lover (Contemporary Figurative Nude Drawing))
Located in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans/Washington State artist Lue Isaac shows off her remarkable draftsmanship with this classical nude figure drawing. Note that this is from her ske...
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Girl Kneeling - female, figurative, nude, pencil drawing on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It is a classic drawing in pencil. A young woman, nude, kneels, hands behind her head. She is looking away from the viewer into the distance, a solemn gaze.
Christopher Pratt, one of...
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1980s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Untitled: Solo Seated Nude Twist
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude Twist", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple, Red
*Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Nassau Harbor, Bahamas”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the American artist, Martin Louis Lindsay. Signed, titled and dated top right. Done in 1944. Condi...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
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“After the Hunt”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa 1940. ...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$295 Sale Price
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“The Hunters”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of two hunters in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. Circa ...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$295 Sale Price
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“The Race”
By Henry Alken
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor attributed to the well known British artist, Henry Thomas Alken. Circa 1825. Unsigned. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London, 1993. Matted but presently unframed.
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square.
Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...
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1820s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$1,500 Sale Price
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Pair of Kate Greenaway original watercolour artworks 'Under the Window', 1879
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Kate Greenaway (British, 1846 – 1901)
‘Prince Finikin and his Mamma sat sipping their bohea..’; and ‘You see, merry Phyllis, that dear little maid, Has invited Belinda to tea..’
Penc...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Elegant Woman Seen in Cafe de la Paix (Paris) - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Elegant Woman Seen in Cafe de la Paix (Paris)
Original pencil and color pencils drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x ...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
“View of Pyramid Cestius, Rome”
Located in Southampton, NY
Brown ink and wash drawing with touches of watercolor and gouache by the French artist, Francois-Marius Granet. Signed lower left. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London sale 1993. Matted but unframed.
The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia...
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1810s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Attractive Young Woman Sitting in Chair and Looking Upwards in Domestic Setting
Located in Miami, FL
Female Illustrator of the Golden Age Alice Barber Stephens renders in an academic style and women sitting in a chair and responding to something outside of the frame.
Signed lower left. Most likely done for a major newsstand magazine like Harper's, Century or Scribner's Monthly.
Work is framed under glass in a simple black wood frame. Perhaps period. Matt is new. Frame size: 20.5 x 14.5
From: Wikipedia
Alice Barber Stephens (July 1, 1858 – July 13, 1932) was an American painter and engraver, best remembered for her illustrations. Her work regularly appeared in magazines such as Scribner's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, and The Ladies Home Journal.
Early life and education
Alice Barber was born near Salem, New Jersey. She was the eighth of nine children born to Samuel Clayton Barber and Mary Owen, who were Quakers.
She attended local schools until she and her family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At age 15 she became a student at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art & Design), where she studied wood engraving.
The Women's Life Class (1879), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1876 (the first year women were admitted), studying under Thomas Eakins. Among her fellow students at the Academy were Susan MacDowell, Frank Stephens, David Wilson Jordan, Lavinia Ebbinghausen, Thomas Anshutz, and Charles H. Stephens (whom she would marry). During this time, at the academy, she began to work with a variety of media, including black-and-white oils, ink washes, charcoal, full-color oils, and watercolors. In 1879, Eakins chose Stephens to illustrate an Academy classroom scene for Scribner's Monthly. The resulting work, Women's Life Class, was Stephens' first illustration credit.
New Woman
As educational opportunities were made more available in the nineteenth century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art associations. Artwork made by women was considered to be inferior by the art world, and to help overcome that stereotype women became "increasingly vocal and confident" in promoting women's work, and thus became part of the emerging image of the educated, modern and freer "New Woman". Artists then, "played crucial roles in representing the New Woman, both by drawing images of the icon and exemplifying this emerging type through their own lives."
Alice Barber Stephens, The Women Business, oil, 1897, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
One example of overcoming women stereotypes was Stephens' Woman in Business from 1897, which showed how women could focus not only in the home, but also in the economic world.[8] As women began to work, their career choices broadened and illustration became a commendable occupation. People's ideas about education and art started to merge, and the outcome of a certain sensitivity to the arts began to be seen as uplifting and educational. By using illustration as a means to further their practices, women were able to fit the traditional gender role while still being active in their pursuits for the "New Woman". According to Rena Robey of Art Times, "The early feminists began to leave the home to participate in clubs as moral and cultural guardians, focused on cleaning up cities and helping African Americans, impoverished women, working children, immigrants, and other previously ignored groups." Stephens took advantage of the explosion of illustration opportunities, including the opportunity to work from home.
Women's education
Edwin Forrest House, formerly the home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
Throughout the period before the civil war, textile and other decorative work became acceptable occupations for those who aspired to be in the middle class. The Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 by Sarah Worthington Peter was first among a group of women's design schools established in the 1850s and 1860s; others appeared in Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati. It began as a charitable effort to train needy and deserving young women in textile and wallpaper design, wood engraving, and other salable artistic skills, providing a means for training women who needed wage work.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) was established in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Willson Peale, sculptor William Rush...
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Early 1900s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Charcoal
Untitled: Solo Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 17 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple
*Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...
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Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
“Afternoon Stroll”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of a hunter and his dog taking a late afternoon stroll in the countryside. Signed middle bottom and dated 1852 or 1853 J. Hamilto...
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1850s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #2
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower left.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 11.25 x 15.25 work on paper features a lone, seated, female dancer viewed from the back. The figure is twisting toward the viewer as she begins to look over her right shoulder. Her legs are pulled toward her body with the left leg crossed over the right. The isolation of the seated figure within the ground of the page lends a vulnerable quality to the work.
The 16 x 20 dark brown mat has a window size of 11.25 x 15.25.
Bio:
Jim Cobb, until recently was hanging his work on Canyon Rd in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One-man shows have been hosted in Taos, New Mexico, Norman, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Art...
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Paper
The Swiss by Otto Vautier - Drawing 31x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 in Düsseldorf. He was influenced by a family of artists and developed his style dur...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
$352 Sale Price
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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
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Steel
$266 Sale Price
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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
Paper, Chalk, Crayon
"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
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 i...
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Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Untitled (Sideview of a Gentleman)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Sideview of a Gentleman", Charcoal/Pencil on Paper signed and matted to original card stock, 20.75 x 12.75 (22 x 14), Early 20th Century, 1920
Colors: White, Black
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.[1]
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.[2] He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers.[3] He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
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1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Gentle Evening - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Gentle evening
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, pa...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
$237 Sale Price
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'Erika in Gesture II, ' by James Cobb, Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 21" x 19" academic drawing by artist James Cobb, 'Erika in Gesture II,' captures a female model in a standing pose. Facing away from the viewer...
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
“View of Porta San Paolo, Rome”
Located in Southampton, NY
Brown ink and wash drawing with touches of watercolor and gouache by the French artist, Francois-Marius Granet. Signed lower left. Condition: Good. Pr...
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1810s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$5,200 Sale Price
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Night Fishing at Saint Maurice
By Emile Noirot
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "Emile Noirot 1893" at lower right
overall dimensions, including frame, are 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Mother Holding Baby)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Mother Holding Baby", Figurative/Academic Drawing signed on Paper, 14 x 8, Early 20th Century
Colors: White, Black
"Untitled: Mother Holding Baby" is a Figurative/ Academic Drawing signed on Paper. Among our Gilroy collection of drawings, this particular work is unique due to its original grid markings included here within. As one can view among our details, the drawing has visible age markings and 3/4 of the perimeter rear of the work has tape. Nevertheless, as with all his figurative graphite works, a wonderfully drawn piece of a Mother cradling her infant child.
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers. He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
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1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
'Ballerina in Repose #2, ' by James Cobb, Charcoal and Conte Drawing, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 13.5" x 13.5" charcoal and conte drawing by artist James Cobb captures a ballerina in a seated, relaxed pose. The work is on toned gray drawing...
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Charcoal
Naked woman facing a little devil - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Naked woman facing a little devil
Original pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good condition, paper...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
“British Pub 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top left and dated ...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$316 Sale Price
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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
Jules Coignet (1798-1860) Lago di Guarda, 1837, fine drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Coignet (1798-1860)
Lago di Guarda, 1837,
Inscribed "Lago di Guarda 9 8bre 1837"
Graphite on paper
24 x 35 cm
Framed : 37 x 48 cm
Provenance : Galerie Paul Prouté, Autumn 1...
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1830s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
"Warm Evening Solitude"
By John P. Nicolson
Located in Southampton, NY
For your consideration here is a wonderful original watercolor by the Scottish born artist John P. Nicolson also known as John Nicolson. Executed circa 1915 in the style of Winslow H...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fishing Party - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Fishing Party
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, pap...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
$237 Sale Price
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Two Women (Contemporary Female Figurative Nude Drawing))
Located in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans/Washington State artist Lue Isaac shows off her remarkable draftsmanship with this classical nude figure drawing. Note that this is from her ske...
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2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
"Self Portrait Conte Sketch" rare Ben Fenske work on paper - academic study
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A colorful self-portrait from Ben Fenske, staring at the viewer straight-on. Hues of red dominate.
Unframed.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnesota, and has been worki...
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Early 2000s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
Retrato femenino - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado y fechado del año 2005
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta algún leve...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
French Woman with a Officer - Ink drawing - 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
French Woman with a Officer
Original India ink and pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good co...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
$285 Sale Price
40% Off
“Mother and Children”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a mother and her children by the Japanese artist, Takashi Nakayama. Signed in watercolor lower left...
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1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
“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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Paire de dessins d'après Roméo et Juliette
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
"Juliette et sa servante" & "Juliette au balcon"
Paire de dessins à la mine de plomb, encre, aquarelle et gouache
23,5×10,5 cm et 25×14 cm respectivement / 33,6×41,6 cm encadrés
Sign...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
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
“Seaside Italian Villa”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful, original watercolor on archival paper of an Italian seaside villa with figures. Executed in 1902 by the American artist, George Washington Nicholson...
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Early 1900s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
36% Off
“Portrait of a Head”
Located in Southampton, NY
Late 18th century mixed media portrait of the head of an old man, perhaps the biblical figure Moses. Italian school . Composed of graphite, colored chalk, watercolor and gouache on ...
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1780s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Paper, Ink, Gouache
“The Hunter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a solitary hunter in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. ...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$295 Sale Price
30% Off
Domingo Alvarez Gómez (1942) - Joven frente al espejo - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior
Se presenta bien enmarcada la obra (no hay cristal para evitar posibles roturas del cristal en el transporte)
Medidas obra: 65 cm. de al...
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1990s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
“Tavern Meeting”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
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