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Style: Art Nouveau
Weltevreden, Kebon Sirih, & Vlucht voor de bui (Fleeing the rain)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Weltevreden, Kebon Sirih, & Vlucht voor de bui (Fleeing the rain)
Executed between February 20 and March 2, 1918
Double sided drawing in graphite pencil on paper
Images: c. 33 x 5...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Part of the ring-wall of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1914
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Part of the ring-wall of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1914
Signed with initials and dated bottom right
Black chalk on paper, 45.5 x 53 cm
Literature:
Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbro...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Lady at her Vanity
Located in Sheffield, MA
Henry Mayo Bateman
English, 1887–1970
Lady at her Vanity
Watercolor on paper
9 ½ by 10 ½ in. W/frame 18 ½ by 19 ½ in.
Signed & dated 1904 lower on left
H. M. Bateman was noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons, featuring comically exaggerated reactions to minor and usually upper-class social gaffes, such as "The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before the Loyal Toast", "The Man Who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz" and "The Boy Who Breathed on the Glass at the British Museum."
He was born in the small village of Sutton Forest in New South Wales, Australia. His parents were Henry Charles Bateman and Rose Mayo. His father had left England for Australia in 1878 at the age of 21 to seek his fortune, then returned to England briefly in 1885 before going back with an English wife. Soon after Henry was born, his strong-willed mother insisted that they return to London 'and civilisation'. He had one sister, Phyllis, three years younger. Henry remained in England for the remainder of his life except for one disappointing visit to his birthplace.[citation needed]
Henry was always drawing from an early age, consistently producing funny drawings...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lykas, The Songs of Bilitis
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and Chinese ink on paper, signed and dated (upper right), 10cm x 17cm (30cm x 38cm framed).
George Barbier was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
Tea at the Ritz, New York
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tea at the Ritz, New York
Colored chalk, 1912
Signed with the estate stamp verso. (see photo)
Authenticated by the artist's daughter, Mme Paulette Johnston.
Image size: 10 5/8 x 10 1...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Bride - Scottish Female Glasgow School Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Miami, FL
Scottish female illustrator Annie French renders a charming cropped portrait of a bride in an Art Nouveau / Aubrey Beardsley style with curved theme borders. The piece is unsigned an...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Flora Scottish Female Illustrator Glasgow Girls Pre-Raphaelites
Located in Miami, FL
Annie French was part of the Glasgow Girls group of artists and illustrators who worked in a delicate, feminine, and detailed Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite style. This work, "Flora,...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled Nude Male Diptych, Charcoal/ Graphite on Parchment by Henrik Kóbor
Located in New York, NY
This refined art nouveau diptych was realized in Hungary in 1908/1909 by the famed artist of the Austro-Hungarian artist Henrik Kóbor. It features two rectangular panels each offerin...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) La Confidence, 1909, drawing signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
La Confidence (The confidence) 1909
signed and dated in the lower right
Charcoal and heightenings of white chalk
22.7 x 22.7 cm
Framed under glass : 33.8 x...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) A couple, 1909, drawing signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
A couple, 1909
signed and dated in the lower right
Charcoal and heightenings of white chalk
23 x 23 cm
Framed under glass : 33.8 x 33.8 cm
This work is hi...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Chalk
The Lady of the Lake.Naked Lady with Red Boa Skating Poodle Art Nouveau Such Fun
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Oscar Wilson.
English ( b.1867 - d.1930 ).
The Lady of the Lake.
Watercolor and Ink on Paper.
Signed.
Image size 17 inches x 10.2 inches ( 43cm x 26cm ).
Frame size 23 inches x 16....
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Village Northern Bali, 1906
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Premises in North Bali, 1906
Signed with initials and titled bottom left and fully signed, bottom right
Pencil and ink on paper, 10.5 x 18 cm
Black ebonized frame with white mount
...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Chez Maxim's
By André Meurice
Located in London, GB
'Chez Maxim's', pastel and gouache on fine art paper, by André Meurice (circa 1950s - 60s). The artist depicts the glamorous clientele at the entryway to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Athena Goddess - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Athena Goddess is an original drawing in pen on paper applied on a paper Passepartout realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions, aged, and consumed ...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Pour Guitare solo, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
Pour Guitare solo, For Solo Guitar
bears the monogram "M" in the middle left, titled in lower left
Ink on paper
29,8 x 18,8 cm
in good condition, traces...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Art Nouveau Ornament with Women
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Art Nouveau Ornament with Women and Flowers, c. 1898, Pencil
Technique: Pencil on Paper
Inscription: Verso dated: "1898".
Date: c. 1898...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
The Musketeers
bears the monogram "M" on the lower left
Ink and pencil on paper
26,7 x 23,7 cm
in good condition,
In a mod...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Striding Neapolitan
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Striding Neapolitan, 1896, Pen drawing
Technique: Pen drawing on Paper
Inscription: Lower right signed: "Leo Primavesi". Lower right dat...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau German watercolor of children dancing in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Women illustrators were alive, well, and quite active in the early 20th century. Most of their production was associated with topics that dealt with the home, children or fairy tales. In this masterfully rendered work in pen and ink, Jacobs displays great technical skill in presenting three maidens dressing a beautiful female member of the Court wearing a tiara. Signed in a cartouche lower right
From: Stella Mead, Great Stories from Many Lands, London: James Herbert and Co, 1936, page 78 " Red and White Roses"
Provenance: Chris Beetles
Work is elegantly matted and not framed.
Helen Mary Jacobs was born in Ilford, Essex, the sister of the writer W.W. Jacobs; she studied art at the West Ham...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink
Mother and Child, Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
America's greatest female illustrator draws a heartwarming picture of a mother putting to bed her child. Motherly love towards their children is the artist's most iconic theme. This ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) L'Araignée du Prophète, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
L'Araignée du Prophète, the spider of the Prophet
bears the monogram "Mb" on the middle left, titled in the middle
Ink on paper
31,8 x 21.9 cm
in quite ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Le Cadeau de Sahagun, original dawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
Le Cadeau de Sahagun, The Gift of Sahagun
bears the monogram "M" on the lower left, titled on the lower left
Ink on paper
29,8 x 18.7 cm
In a modern fra...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
Poèmes magyars, Magyar poems
bears the monogram "M" on the lower left, titled in the upper right
Ink on paper
29,8 x 19,8 cm
in good condition, the sheet is slightly yellowed
In a modern frame : 33 x 23 cm
This is an illustration project by Felician Myrbach for François Coppée's work, "Poèmes magyars". He leaves the space to be occupied by the text blank on the sheet and arranges his composition accordingly. It is interesting to see the artist imagine his drawing with this constraint.
Felician Myrbach (also Felicien de Myrbach, Felician von Myrbach, from 1919 Freiherr von Rheinfeld) was born on 9 February 1853 in Zalishchyky, he died 14 January 1940 in Klagenfurt
He was an Austrian painter, graphic designer and illustrator. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and the director of the Applied Arts School in Vienna (now the University of Applied Arts Vienna), and was instrumental in the creation of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Myrbach's father was Franz Myrbach (1818–1882), the Administrator of Bukovina in 1865–70. His older brother Franz Xaver (1850–1919) was an economist and professor at the University of Innsbruck. He attended the Theresian Military Academy in 1868–71, graduating as a Leutnant, then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under August Eisenmenger. In 1875, he joined the 19th Feldjäger Battalion, and in 1877 became an Oberleutnant in the Military Geographic Institute, then, after campaigning in Bosnia in 1878, he taught drawing at the Infantry Cadet School in Vienna. He continued his artistic studies under C R Huber. In 1881, he went on military leave and moved to Paris, retiring totally from the military in 1884 as a Hauptmann, 2nd Class. He stayed in Paris until 1897, working as an illustrator, including illustrating the works of Alphonse Daudet, Victor Hugo and Jules Verne.
Myrbach was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897. In the same year, he became the a professor of the Applied Arts School at the Museum of Art and Industry; Arthur von Scala, another reformer Modernist, was made head of the Museum. In 1889, Myrbach became the director of the school. He brought an enthusiastic Modernist attitude and encouraged an integration between art, design and production. He added Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann to the staff, amongst other Secession artists. This would lead to the foundation of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. Myrbach leant more towards an aesthetic approach than von Scala, but both worked together to bring about their combined vision of successful, popular Austrian applied art. Myrbach was a voice for reform towards Modernist ideals in the School, which was started 1899 with the support of Alfred Roller, and completed by 1901.The reform of the school has been described as his "lasting merit".
Ludwig Hevesi called Myrbach "probably the best [illustrator] in Vienna", partially for his work (with Moser) in the Secession magazine Ver Sacrum.
Myrbach visited America on a state-funded study trip in 1904, part of which was to represent the Applied Arts School at the 1904 World...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Watercolor 20th Decorative French Saint Michael slaying the dragon
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry MORIN Strasbourg, 1873 – Versailles, 1961 Watercolor Signed lower left "Henry Morin / 1950" 41 x 18 cm (53.5 x 29.5 cm with the frame) Framed Excellent condition
After studying at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux- Arts of Paris, Henry Morin specialized in the illustration of children's books at the beginning of the 20th century. But from 1923, he also drew religious subjects for glassmakers masters, especially for the stained glass windows of the Joan of Arc chapel of the Saint-Julien Cathedral in Le Mans, France, and those of the church of the Catholic University of Lille. This is probably a preparatory work for a stained glass window, representing Saint Michael...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Arts and Crafts Illustration of Women in Yellow Dress in Foliage
Located in Miami, FL
This is an elegantly rendered and designed work with fine lines and flat colors by an accomplished female illustrator.
Signed lower right Framed in an old simple wooden frame with...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Woodcut
Frank Brangwyn Painting Mural Study Christ's Hospital West Horsham England 1912
Located in Portland, OR
FRANK BRANGWYN ( U.S./U.K./Belgium, 1867-1956) watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, "The Scourging of St. Alban," study for the mural painted for Christ's Hospital, West Horsh...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
'Princess Herminie and the Tapestry Prince - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
An original pen and ink by Barbara Macdonald 1892-1969, that was published on page 70 of the 1922 book, 'Princess Herminie and the Tapestry Prince,' written by Lee Ivatt. The second ...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Children's Book Illustrator - Mother Goose, Children and Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Mother Goose is a French fairy tale and later of English nursery rhyme. In this illustration, we see an oversized Goose in a yellow bonnet elevated on a step and engaging with an attentively curious young girl and young boy. Large vases of flowers frame them. Titled in pencil center bottom: "Goosey, Goosey Gander. Where do you wander? Signed Margaret Evans Price...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Reginald Pannett The Merry Widow, Sheet Music Cover Design, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century watercolour and gouache by British artist Reginald Pannett (1875-1924) depicts an Edwardian lady in a sumptuous black dress and white gloves.
Pannett was imm...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache
Fairies among the Lily Pads - Female Illustrator Fantasy
Located in Miami, FL
A turn-of-the-century fantasy illustration by female illustrator May Audubon Post features a charming fairy with expanded wings resting on Lilly s...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Risque Pedicure by Angel, Les Ongles, Boudoir style, Female Illustration
By Suzanne Meunier
Located in Miami, FL
This Illustration Boudoir style Illustration by Female Illustrator Suzanne Meunier was done on an assignment for a French Postcard. It's a very early ...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Art Nouveau Illustration Women and Children in the Woods
Located in Miami, FL
Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Paper, Gouache
Programme de Concert - Drawing by Adolphe Willette - Late-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Programme de Concert is a drawing in blue pastel on paper realized by Adolphe Willette in the Late 19th Century.
Very Good conditions.
Monogrammed.
Including a cardboard Passepart...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Bohemian Fantasy', British, 20th Century original painting
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Austin Osman Spare (British, 1888 – 1956)
Bohemian Fantasy
Pen and gouache on paper
13.1/2 x 19.5/8 in. (34.3 x 50 cm.)
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20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pen
Alluring Nude Woman - Original Pencil Drawing- Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alluring Nude Woman is an original drawing on paper in pencil mounted on blueish Passepartout, realized by an Italian anonymous artist of the early 20th century.
Passepartout: 23.5 ...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fairy in the Pussy Willows with Baby and Spider Web Fantasy Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
This work is presented more as a concept piece since it's condition is destresed.
Illustrator Hazel Frazee was a Female Illustrator in the first quarter of the 20th century for child...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Portrait de Mme De Mornand - Ink on Paper by Maurice Lourdey - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait de Mme de Mornand is an original drawing in ink on paper realized by Maurice Lourdey (1860-1934)
Dated on the upper right 22.02.10
Stamp on the lower right ""CJ"
Good con...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French school, circa 1900, Studies of characters, four drawings
Located in Paris, FR
French School circa 1900
Studies of characters, four drawings in a same frame
Pencil on paper
Sizes of the drawings (from left to right and from top to bottom)
A couple at a table ...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Original ink drawings "Trois Portraits" by Steinlen
Located in Hinsdale, IL
STEINLEN, THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE
(1859 -1923)
"Trois Portraits"
(Three Portraits)
Original ink drawings, c. 1900
Initialed in ink by the artist
Bears artist monogram stamp in black in...
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Early 19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Dancer - Original Pencil Drawing - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is an original pencil drawing realized by an Italian artist of 20th century in 1920.
Good condition on a little yellowed cardboard.
N...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Giant - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Giant is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922.
Signed and dated on plate on the lower left corner: F.Bac 1922....
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"Medieval Thoughts, Prague, " Alphonse Mucha, Czech Art Nouveau Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860 - 1939)
Medieval Thoughts, circa 1890
Wash, ink, and watercolor on paper
11 x 9 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Phillips New York, 19th and 20th ce...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Female Nude Liberty - Original Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude Liberty is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922.
Signed and dated on plate on the lower left corner: F. Bac 1922.
Original Lith...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Three studies of women, original signed drawing
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Three studies of women
charcoal on paper
signed on the bottom left
39 x 24.5 cm
This drawing of studies was part of the artist's workshop as so it bears the...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Art Nouveau Painting of a Maiden and Mischievous Cupids 19th Century by Rontini
Located in Rochester, NY
Art nouveau painting of beautiful maiden and mischievous angels. An allegory of Spring. Watercolor painting by Alessandro Rontini (Italian born 1854). In beautiful custom floral deco...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beach of Kusambe, Bali 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Four outrigger proa’s on the beach of Kusambe, Bali, 1937
Signed with initials, dated and described with location bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 29.7 x 35 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount
WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP
(1874-1950)
Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way.
He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths.
In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art and objects for their collections, Nieuwenkamp immediately started to purchase and order a wide range of ethnographic art and objects from local artists and craftsmen.
Through his drawings and books, he gave an excellent impression of Balinese art and culture at that time. Since 1854 Northern Bali was under Dutch...
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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pencil
Four Balinese, Bali (1910)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Four Balinese, 1910
Signed and dated bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 15.6 x 23 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount.
Literature:
W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten op Bali, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 36
WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP
(1874-1950)
Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way.
He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths.
In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Market under the Banyan, Bali, 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Market under the Banyan tree, 1937
Signed with initials and dated bottom right
Pencil and ink on paper, 28 cm x 34.5 cm
Literature:
Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First ...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Entrance to the temple at Klungkung, Bali, 1925
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Entrance to the temple at Klungkung, Bali, 1925
With studio seal at the reverse, dated and described, bottom left
Black chalk on paper, 53 x 46.5 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount
Willem Otto Wijnand Nieuwenkamp
(1874-1950)
Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way.
He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths.
In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Theatrical Scene - Original Pencil on Paper by Maurice Lourdey - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Scene is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Maurice Lourdey (1860-1934)
Stamp on the lower right ""CJ"
Good conditions.
The drawing represents an intere...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
France early 20th century, Head of a faun, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France, early 20th century
Head of a faun
bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
24.5 x 13 cm
In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Incoming Rain, Bali, 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Incoming rain, Den Pasar, Bali 1937
Signed with initials, dated and titled, bottom right
Black chalk and ink on paper, 42 by 46 cm
Literature:
Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W.O...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia (1937)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Graveyard with in the background the Borobudur, 1937
Signed with initials and dated bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 33 x 29 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount
Literature:
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Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Statue of Vishnu Garuda, Bali, 1904
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Statue of Vishnu Garuda, Bali, 1904
Signed with initials
Pencil and ink on paper, 21.4 x 21.3 cm
Literature:
Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First European Artist in Bali,...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, India Ink
Portrait of artist Ida Bagoes Ketut Diding, Bali, 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ida Bagoes Ketut Diding, Artist on bali 1937
Signed with initials, dated and titled, bottom centre
Black chalk on paper, 29 x 31 cm
Literature:
Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W....
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Stone Statue, Madura, India, 1914
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stone statue in the temple at Madura, India, 1914
Signed with initials and dated, bottom left
Pencil on paper, 25.4 x 16.7 cm
Literature:
Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W.O.J. ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Denpasar, Bali (1937)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Entrance to a house in Denpasar, Bali, 1937
Signed, dated and titled bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 19 x 26 cm
Literature:
Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W.O.J. Nieuwenka...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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