Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Katya
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is one of those sketches where Evgeniy Monahov first used an industrial marker together with tempera - the thick velvety black of his lines expands the tonal range of the delica...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Tempera, Paper
In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm
C. J. W. Huns was born in the family of Estonian teacher, organ player and sacristan Karl Fridrich Huhn.
He studied in Rig...
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1860s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
John Dronsfield - 1940s Ballet costume design for Amor Eterno
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Young Girl - “Amor Eterno”
Inscribed on the reverse: Girl from “Amor Eterno” Jasmine Honeré Ballet, 1949
Watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper
Unfra...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman with a Blue Kerchief: watercolor by Irish artist Magrath
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William Magrath
(Irish, 1838-1918)
Woman with a Blue Kerchief
Watercolor on paper, mounted; 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches
Signed and dated at upper right: "W Magrath/1876"
Stamped on stret...
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1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rowers Before the Race - British 1930's art sport lithograph rowing
Located in London, GB
This superb British lithograph drawing is by noted artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. Dated from circa 1930 and on paper, the subject matter is a group of rowers on a riverbank, moving the...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
The Chestnut Vendor: an early 20th century Italian watercolor signed A.Mattolini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A. Mattolini
(Italian, early twentieth century)
The Chestnut Vendor
Watercolor on paper, 12 3/4 X 9 inches
Signed at lower left: “A Mattolini”
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Sleepyhead
Located in Zofingen, AG
While working with a model in the studio, it often happens that models get tired and fall asleep - such moments are beautiful in their naturalness and often become the impetus for cr...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Antique 19th Century Realism Orientalist Watercolor Paper on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Arabian Charger Seller" by Antonio Rivas (Spanish, 1845-1911) stands as an exquisite example of Orientalism, a 19th-century artistic movement that sought to depict the rich and diverse cultures of the East. Rivas, a master of his craft, delves into this genre with a keen eye for detail and a dedication to authenticity that brings the scene to life.
In this antique watercolor on paper...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper
"Boating on the Morin River"
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Pen, ink, watercolor and wash on paper by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, France, 1922-1924. Boating on the Morin River. Measurements : with frame: 52.5x65x2 cm - 20.7x25.6x0.8 inches / without frame: 36.5x45 cm - 14.4x17.7 inches. Signed lower left "A. Dunoyer de Segonzac". Colors may vary slightly depending on your screen. The lighter band at the top and the bottom of the piece, visible in the first picture, is only due to the reflection in the protective glass. It does not exist. In its frame gilt with gold leaf and its protective glass.
André Dunoyer de Segonzac was born in Boussy-Saint-Antoine (Essonne) July 7, 1884. After his schooling at high school Henri IV, as early as 1900, he attends classes at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in free listener where he will befriend Charles Dufresne. In 1903, he enters the private studio of Luc-Olivier Merson. In 1907, he studies with Jean-Paul Laurens and attends the La Palette and Colarossi academies in Montparnasse. He meets Luc-Albert Moreau and Jean-Louis Boussingault with whom he shares a studio. His first drawings are published in 1908 in The Great Review and The Witness. Nearly indifferent to contemporary aesthetic revolutions, Dunoyer de Segonzac undertakes, with Jean-Louis Boussingault and Luc-Albert Moreau, to revive Gustave Courbet's realism by performing still lifes, nudes, landscapes, in a thick paste and masonry . In one of his letters to the painter Maurice Boitel, he wrote in the 1950s: "I have not forgotten the heroic period of the independents - when we were grouped around Paul Signac, the charming and valiant Maximilien Luce - in these barracks where the living and authentic Art was grouped outside the academic formulas - or literary and systematic tendencies - which were to lead to this abstract aesthetic of which the painting dies. "
In 1908, he begins exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants, with Paul Signac and Maximilien Luce. He befriends Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Raoul Dufy and Vlaminck. From this period, renting a house belonging to Signac, Dunoyer discovers the landscapes of Saint-Tropez, to which he will remain faithful and where he lived until the end of his life. He stays in Saint-Tropez only in the summer season. For the rest, he leads a real nomadic life, in search of the motive especially through the Île-de-France, the Grand Morin valley, Feucherolles, Chennevières-sur-Marne, Guyancourt, etc. "I also worked a lot on the banks of the Seine in Chatou, Bougival, Andrésy, Poissy and Triel that I particularly like, with its beautiful Gothic church that is reflected in the Seine and the high wooded hills that surround him", he will say.
In 1910, he knows fashion designer Paul Poiret and meets Max Jacob, Raoul Dufy and Vlaminck. From 1910 to 1914, he travels to Italy, Spain, North Africa, and is interested in sport and dance (drawings of Isadora Duncan's Russian Ballets, 1911, The Boxers1910). From 1914 to 1918, mobilized in the infantry, he makes the war hardly, before being assigned to camouflage. He performs many war drawings, valuable for their artistic and documentary value.
From 1919, he appears again in many exhibitions, including major Parisian salons. Nearly indifferent to contemporary aesthetic revolutions, Dunoyer de Segonzac undertakes, with Boussingault and Moreau, to revive Courbet's realism by performing still lifes, nudes, landscapes, in a thick and masonry paste. Enlisted in engraving by Jean Émile Laboureur, he makes nearly 1,600 brass plaques from 1919 to 1970. He was president of the Society of French painters-engravers.
In 1921, he meets Paul Valéry, Léon-Paul Fargue and Jean Cocteau. In 1928, he makes a trip to America where he met with great success. In 1930, he becomes friend with Derain. In 1933 he receiveds the Carnegie Foundation of Pittsburgh Award and in 1934 the Venice Biennale.
During the Occupation, in November 1941, he takes part in a "study trip" to Germany, organized by Arno Breker, accepting, like other artists of the most renowned, to visit the hotspots of German culture as well as artist workshops.
After the war, he is exhibited in the best galleries...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Sir Dominic Sewell at the St. George's Jousting Tournament in Moscow in 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the summer of 2019, Evgeniy Monahov was lucky to make a series of live sketches during the of St. George's Jousting Tournament in Moscow - for several days everyone had the opport...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Freedom
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Aquarius
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Aquarius' features the face of a young woman with flowering succulents, thorns and a turbulent sky surrounding her body and is a complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. From Japanes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Love & Peace & Sisterhood
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Infante & Infanta Mellizos
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Life Drawing
Located in Provincetown, MA
Anne MacAdam's landscape paintings reflect the exquisite structural relationships that she finds within the natural world and the elemental power of our human responses to its intrin...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Infanta de la Resistencia
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists.
The drawing is 16 x 12 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Do butterflies live in winter? (sketch for the painting of the same name)
Located in Zofingen, AG
A quick spontaneous live sketch started on the windowsill of a house on Patriarch's Ponds turned into a sketch for a future large painting of the same name. An additional strip of pa...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Growing Pains
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists.
The drawing is 23 1/4 X 18 1/4 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold wood...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Scream of an Angel
Located in Zofingen, AG
A sketch for a future big painting that Angelina and Evgeniy will make someday - then they will decide what will be more in her beautiful dark eyes - surprise, fright, pleasure.. or ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
No, I'll not give you my password!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Usually viewers try to look over the shoulder to see what the artist is painting, but here Evgeniy Monahov, in a quick sketch portrait, seems to be looking over the shoulder of his m...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Two girls reading a book
Located in Zofingen, AG
Just another evening in the artist's studio, when the guests arrived and sat down to look at all kinds of art books. Two girls were so carried away by the book that they no longer no...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
The Market Place Venice - British Victorian art watercolour painting Italy
By Thomas Ellison
Located in London, GB
A fine, large watercolour by British listed artist Thomas Ellison who exhibited at The Royal Academy and the British Art institutions. It is a busy scene depicting the market at Veni...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Infanta de la Verdad
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta de la Verdad' features the face of a young woman with cactus surrounding her head and a bird and flowering cactus (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in betw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Infanta Primavera, 2019
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Primavera' features the face of a young woman's head with a flowering cactus in an intricately patterned and a succulent coated body. It is complex graphite drawing on Kent ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
“Old Laborer” by Raphael Soyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raphael Soyer: 1899-1987. Well listed American social realist artist with Auction records up to $86,500. This wonderful pencil drawing really captures the old laborers personality.Th...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of an Italian Peasant - Victorian art watercolour painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful 19th century Italian watercolour portrait painting is by noted artist Frederico Bartolini. It was painted circa 1890 in Rome and is signed and in good condition behind...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Cecil Beaton - Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon, 1936
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE
(1904-1980)
Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
Signed l.r.: Beaton
Watercolour, bodycolour and ink
49 by 39 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 ½ in.
(frame size 70.5 ...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cecil Beaton - Watercolour Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE
(1904-1980)
Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
Signed and bears wardrobe mark l.r.: Beaton
Watercolour and ink
49 by 39 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 ½ in.
(fram...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rare Rodin Watercolour & Pencil on Paper of a Seated Nude - The Cambodian Dancer
Located in London, GB
Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)
Seated Nude, Cambodian Dancer
c. 1898 - 1900
Pencil and watercolour
11.5 x 9.3 inches;
25 x 20.5 inches, inc. frame
Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
"It's very simple. My drawings are the key of my art."
Rodin was an extraordinary creative artist and a prolific worker. After attending the “Petite École”, he worked in the studio of the ornamentalist Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, first in Paris, then in Brussels, where his skill in handling decorative subjects fashionable in the 18th century became apparent. His discovery of Michelangelo, during a visit to Italy in 1875-76, was a decisive moment in his career. Rodin would, in turn, break new ground in sculpture, paving the way for 20th-century art, by introducing methods and techniques that were central to his own artistic aesthetics.
In 1906, King Sisowath of Cambodia visited France on an official state visit. It was on this visit that Rodin discovered the dancers of the Cambodian Royal Ballet and was inspired to draw and paint them over 150 times.
They made a deep impression on the artist, as he confided to Georges Bourdon, in an article for the newspaper Le Figaro on 1 August 1906: “There is an extraordinary beauty, a perfect beauty, about these slow, monotonous dances, which follow the pulsating rhythm of the music… [The Cambodians] have taught me movements I had never come across anywhere before…”
Originally seeing them in Paris he left everything suddenly to follow the dancers of the royal ballet to Marseille, from where they would embark on their return to Cambodia.
In just one week, he made about one hundred and fifty drawings, re-transcribing or interpreting the ballet poses, with an obvious fascination for the arms and hands of the dancers. These drawings were later highlighted with watercolour, creating coloured harmonies of a rare refinement.
The first performance of the Cambodian Royal Ballet took place in the context of the Colonial Exhibition in Marseille. Sisowath 1st had just been crowned King of Cambodia when he undertook the first trip ever to be made by a Cambodian sovereign to France, which had controlled Cambodia since June 1884. This official visit occurred at the height of French colonial expansion. Previously, the Universal Exhibition of 1900 had attracted 48 million visitors! The organisers realised what a tremendous impact this event made on the public, and it was soon adopted as the main tool for colonial propaganda. At the exhibition in Marseilles, the area devoted to Indochina was the largest of the seven sections.
When Auguste Rodin met the troupe of dancers for the first time in July 1906, during their brief visit to Paris for an exceptional performance at the Pré Catalan...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Promenade at Southport - British 19th century art coastal landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
This charming 19th century watercolour painting is of the promenade at Southport. Painted circa 1842 the view is of the original Victoria baths on the left, built 1839, then Victoria...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
PROVE...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Untitled (Coastal Scene)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (Coastal Scene)" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 10 x 28 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 35.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some minor rubs and scratches.
About the artist:
Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85).
She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections.
Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines.
STUDIES:
Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA
Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73
Mt. Allison University, 69-72
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:
25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews.
Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999.
Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue)
Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991
New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987.
Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
"A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog
"Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs
"Moku Hanga Travelling Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hasbrucken Wald Altenberg Germany - The Forest - Dutch 19thC wooded landscape
By Cornelius Springer
Located in London, GB
A stunning large drawing, signed and dated 1880, by Cornelius Springer. It is house behind glass in a fine frame. A huge heroic Ruisdael tree empowers this picture. Beneath it, worke...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Lily
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lily" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 10 x 28 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 35.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some small minor rubs.
About the artist:
Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85).
She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections.
Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines.
STUDIES:
Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA
Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73
Mt. Allison University, 69-72
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:
25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews.
Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999.
Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue)
Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991
New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987.
Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
"A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog
"Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs
"Moku Hanga Travelling Exhibition: Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Persepective", Pigments Watercolor Acrylic Paper Drawing
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Perspective", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white paper. It remains unfr...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment
Smoke
Located in Natchez, MS
Girbent's realistic charcoal on paper drawing, "Smoke", based on a frame from the film "Breathless" by Jean Luc Godard is a portal in time. The image captures a moment in time but s...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Au Louvre I
Located in Natchez, MS
Girbent's realistic charcoal drawing of a woman in the Louvre is highly evocative and transmits a moodiness in shades of gray.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Au Louvre II
Located in Natchez, MS
Girbent's realistic charcoal drawing of a woman in the Louvre is highly evocative and transmits a moodiness in shades of gray.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Charles Sims, RA - Nude Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Mural
Located in London, GB
CHARLES SIMS, RA, RWS, RSW
(1873-1928)
Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Arts & Crafts Mural
Pencil, squared for transfer
Unframed, in conservation mount
17.5 by 24 cm., 7 by 9 ...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"The Cold Wind in the Pine Trees", Pigments Watercolor Acrylic Paper Drawing
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "The cold wind in the pine trees", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white pa...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment
Two on the road, Muli-Tibet County, China (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Tempera, Paper
Waiting for the rice to cook, Muli-Tibet County, China (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Qiang Gang settlement "Unyielding" (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with marker, white tempera and watercolor.
Flattened, pasted and pressed onto a thick cardboard sheet.
Signed in the lower right corner with the stylized letter "M"
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In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper, Tempera
Mother and Son (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with marker, white tempera and watercolor.
Flattened, pasted and pressed onto a thick cardboard sheet.
Signed in the lower right corner with the stylized letter "M"
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In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Eya Village. Little horses (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
The Girls and their Dog in Tibetan village (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with marker, white tempera and watercolor.
Flattened, pasted and pressed onto a thick cardboard sheet.
Signed in the lower right corner with the stylized letter "M"
***
In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Do not be afraid, son! (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with marker, white tempera and watercolor.
Flattened, pasted and pressed onto a thick cardboard sheet.
Signed in the lower right corner with the stylized letter "M"
***
In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Tibetan Tea (sketch)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sheet from the artist's traveler album. This sketch was made live in November 2018 during expedition in remote areas of Muli-Tibet County in China with marker, white tempera and watercolor.
Flattened, pasted and pressed onto a thick cardboard sheet.
Signed in the lower right corner with the stylized letter "M"
***
In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov won 5 awards at once in the 15th International ARC Salon Competition including the prestigious William Bouguereau Award. In addition, his painting "Girl with a Gun" was illustrated in the Lunar Codex, a cultural archive of contemporary works, launching on the Nova-C Lunar Lander...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Tempera
"The Faraway Forest", Pigments Watercolor Acrylic Paper Drawing
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "The faraway forest", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white paper. It remai...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment
"The Remote", Pigments Watercolor Acrylic Paper Drawing
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "The remote", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white paper. It remains unfra...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment
John Dronsfield - 20th Century Costume Design for the Theatre
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design – Man with Staff
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
Unframed, in mount only
44 by 29.5 cm., 17 ¼ by 11 ½ in.
(mount size 57 by 42.5...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The University Church of St Mary Oxford - Dutch 1920's art watercolour painting
By Willem Leendert Bruckman
Located in London, GB
This beautiful exhibited watercolour painting is by Dutch listed artist Willem Leendert Bruckman. It depicts the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, South Porch. The Un...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oliver Messel - Costume Design for Vivian Leigh in Caesar and Cleopatra - 1945
Located in London, GB
OLIVER MESSEL
(1904-1978)
Blue Costume Design for Vivian Leigh in Caesar and Cleopatra - 1945
Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel
Watercolour and chalks heightened with white and gold pain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"This should help you with the difficult Mr. Buckley" handwritten, signed letter
Located in New York, NY
Norman Rockwell
"This should help you with the difficult Mr. Buckley", ca 1965
Hand written and hand signed letter on artist's personalized stationery with the accompanying stamped and postmarked envelope.
Frame Included
Unique. Vintage handwritten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Newsprint, Lithograph, Offset, Mixed Media
Wind Dodgers at the Baltic Sea
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Scheerbaum (1897 Reichenbach im Vogtland), Wind Dodgers at the Baltic Sea. Watercolor on strong yellowish grained paper, 44 x 56 cm, signed by hand "Th[eodor] Scheerbaum" at ...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Dronsfield - 20th Century British Costume Design of a Man in a Green Coat
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design with Green Jacket
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
Unframed, in mount only
40 by 28.5 cm., 15 ¾ by 11 ¼ in.
(mount size 53 by 41...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Harry Carleton Attwood - The Resurrection - 1930s Mural Design for Eltham Hall
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
Resurrection – Mural Design for Eltham Hall
Signed with initials, dated and inscribed l.c.: Designs for Eltham Hall / 17/4/36 / HCA
Watercolour ...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Realist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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