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
'Study for a Stained Glass Window', Devotional, Ecclesiastical, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn and highly-detailed study for a three-panel set of stained glass windows showing the ascension of Jesus by angels and mortals.
Initialed, lower right, 'EB-J', an...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic 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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
“India, 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a busy street scene in India done in 1912 by the American artist, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall matte size is 12 by 16 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 animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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
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...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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
'Study for a Stained Glass Window', Devotional, Ecclesiastical, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn and highly-detailed study for a three-panel set of stained glass windows showing the ascension of Jesus by angels and mortals.
Initialed, lower right, 'EB-J', an...
Category
1920s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Watercolor Paper mid 19th Victor ADAM Zouaves French Infantry soldiers Military
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Victor ADAM known as Victor ADAM
Paris, 1801 – Viroflay, 1866
Watercolor on paper
14 x 18.5 cm (30.5 x 34.5 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “V. Adam”
Framed
Very beautiful wat...
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1830s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
This represents the statue of the écorché by the French sculptor Houdon.
Sculpture - Anatomical model o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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 ...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur interrupting the playing of his pan pipes to cast a speculative eye towards a dancing nymph. Datin...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Vogue Magazine Illustration Turn of the Century - Woman Illustrator
By Helen Dryden
Located in Miami, FL
Early in the artist's career most likely for Vogue Magazine. Signed lower left. Helen Dryden (1882–1972) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Gouache
'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...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Charcoal
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
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
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
Category
1970s 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
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Tribute to Degas Ballerina : Sitting female nude - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Tribute to Degas Ballerina : Sitting female nude
Original India ink and pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil
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
The Carpet Seller 19th Century Orientalist Antique Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance
John Welles Hollenback, New York
The Painting is Signed FBartolini Lower Right
Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861 - 1908)
Description:
Federico Bartolini was a renowned ...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
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
La femme préhistorique (Prehistoric Woman)
Located in New Orleans, LA
James Tissot was among the most successful and critically acclaimed artists of the Victorian era. Although the artist is celebrated for his elegant scenes of fashionable life in Paris and London, this work is a fascinating rarity within his oeuvre. In this monumental pastel, Tissot depicts a prehistoric woman draped in a tiger skin, presented with a striking pose and heroic air. His delicate portraiture, combined with his fascination with conveying texture, demonstrates why he was one of the most revered artists of his generation, and La femme préhistorique illustrates the remarkable technique for which he was renowned.
This work was completed in preparation for a series of works exploring the Old Testament undertaken by Tissot from 1899-1902 that remained unfinished at the time of his death. A portion of this series focused on illustrations of Adam and Eve, and among these sketches were images of a nude Eve partially draped in animal furs. Towards the end of his life, following his conversion to Catholicism, biblical subjects became important to the artist. A few years before this work was completed, Tissot embarked upon a highly ambitious group of nearly 300 watercolors illustrating the New Testament, presenting the illustrated epic in its entirety at the Paris Salon of 1894. Both of these series were a critical artistic departure for the artist, stemming from a desire to create works separated from his typical images of modern society.
This pastel imagines Eve as the prototype of womanhood in the guise of a prehistoric woman. Tissot rarely painted the nude, and his skill as a draftsman highlights the figure's natural beauty, contrasting it with the stark landscape surrounding her. Although a study, this monumental work is incredibly well-finished and highly engaging, with the statuesque model commanding the majority of the canvas. Her pose is strong and theatrical, and she addresses the viewer with a direct, confident gaze.
The imagined historical subject of this drawing is grounded by Tissot’s exceptional attention to detail. A master of conjuring an array of textures, Tissot showcased this ability in this work by juxtaposing many types of fabrics and natural elements within one composition. The tiger skin with which the woman partially covers herself was a favorite studio prop of Tissot’s, appearing in many of his most influential works from the period, including several paintings of his partner and favorite model Kathleen Newton. It, in particular, showcases the artist’s understanding of texture, yet it also serves as an exotic element that elevates the sensuality of the scene when placed against the woman’s bare skin.
Born in 1836 in the port town of Nantes, Tissot traveled to Paris at the age of 20 in order to join the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. During this period, he became close with James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet, and the impact of these friendships is reflected in his portraits of modern life. Having enjoyed considerable success in Paris during the 1860s, Tissot fought in the Siege of Paris, and after the fall of the Commune in 1871, he went to London, where he stayed for the next ten years. He was met with incredible success there, and he also met the love of his life, Kathleen Newton, a divorcée, with whom he lived from about 1876 until her death in 1882. Today he is regarded among the great masters of Belle Époque painting, and his works can be found in important collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Musée d’Orsay, the Tate Gallery and many others.
This pastel remained in Tissot's private collection until his death in 1902 and is referenced in the posthumous 1902-3 valuation of Tissot's home at 64 avenue du Bois...
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Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Laid Paper
ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES
Located in Portland, ME
Michallet (attributed). ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES. Four Charcoal drawings, each on heavy wove paper, 19th Century. 24 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (s...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Study of woman in bathing suit - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Study of woman in bathing suit
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10.4 x 7.8 in)
Ver...
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
“Tavern Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a lively tavern scene. Signed lower right and dated 1942 by the British artist, George Anderson Short...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
“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
“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
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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
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
Paper, Chalk, Graphite
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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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
“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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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
'Harvest Time', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, London Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Hammond' for Horace Murray Hammond (British, circa 1879-1966) and dated 1921.
A luminously painted, bucolic view of harvest time in England with the lilac of the evening casting a soft light over the contented horses and loaded hay-cart, as the harvesters come to the end of their day's labors.
Son of the noted landscape painter, Robert John Hammond, Horace Hammond was born and raised in Warwickshire. In 1927, he moved, first to Worcestershire and then to London. Over the course of a long and successful career, Hammond exhibited widely, including at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and at London's Royal Academy, among numerous other locations. A well-listed painter...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
“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
“Bringing Home the Game”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a hunter bring home the fresh game by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top right. ...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
“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
Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
1942 Calendar illustration featuring the First Lady of Haiti (Madame Elie Lescot]) rendered in a precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelve American Women." It was executed during the hight of World War II. Lois Mailou Jones...
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1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
“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
“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
Study for Alyssa II
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman.
"The emotional intensity found in Bauman’s figurative work is astounding. A hallmark of Bauman’s character portraits is that, somehow,...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
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
Set of 4 watercolours, mid 20th Century British by Harold Dearden, farm helpers
By Harold Dearden
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Harold Dearden (British, 1888 – 1962)
Farm helpers sorting a farm crop
Set of four watercolours
16.3/4 x 17.1/8in.
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
'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
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare pencil drawing by John Lear created in 1937, signed and dated in pencil.
John Brock Lear, Jr.
Born: 1910 - Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
Died: ...
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1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Buttonhole By Charles Spencelayh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Spencelayh
1865-1958 British
The Buttonhole
Signed “C.SPENCELAYH” (lower left) and inscribed “This Drawing was accepted into the Royal Academy but crowded out for want of ...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Miss Twisty: Back to the City - Mid-Century Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Miss Twisty is a story of a young girl who leaves the big city to spend time in the country. The book is filled with insight and humor. This work is a deftly rendered black-and-wh...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'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...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
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.)
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Actress June Knight
Located in Miami, FL
Celebrity portrait sketch of
actress June Knight but James Montgomery Flagg on card stock in two colors.
Signed and inscribed lower right. The work is unframed.
There
is a slight cr...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“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...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Boats at the Dock
By Stephen Seymour Thomas
Located in Dallas, TX
gouache with pen and ink
signed "Seymour Thomas" at lower right
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
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...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
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