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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Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany (View II)
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany (View II), 1980
Pastel drawing on paper
Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
By Edward Nevil
Located in Riga, LV
Edward Nevil ( 1813 – 1901 )
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
20th Century British Theatre Costume Design by John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Boy with Whip and Top
Signed l.r.: Dronsfield
Watercolour
Unframed
40 by 33 cm., 15 ¾ by 13 in.
(mount size 59.5 by 51 cm., 23 ½ by 20 in.)
John Marsd...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Alfred Charles Conrade - Pair of 1916 Century British grisaille watercolours
Located in London, GB
ALFRED CHARLES CONRADE
(1863-1955)
Ghostly Armies
A pair, both signed, one dated 1916
Both grisaille gouache over traces of pencil, framed
Each 26 by 36 cm.; 10 ¼ by 14 ¼ in.
(43 by 52.5 cm.; 17 by 20 ¾ in. frame size )
(2)
Alfred Charles Conrade was the son of German born Herman and Marie Schmitz. His parents had moved to England, settling in Leeds and their oldest son, Alfred Charles Conrad Schmitz, was born there in 1865. He later changed his surname to Conrade. He studied in Dusseldorf, Paris and Madrid and spent some time Japan. He specialised in architectural subjects and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1914-1933 and at the Dudley Gallery. He was chief artist at the White City...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Lost in Thought
Located in Burlingame, CA
Susan Manchester’s drawings of feathers and flora are meditations on the ephemeral nature of life, and they reflect the artist’s fascination with beau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Gipsies with Horses in England Landscape Painting by 19th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Gipsies with Horses & Covered Wagons in the Wild Moorland Landscape of England. An Original Watercolour Painting by 19th Century British Artist, James Walter Gozzard (1888–1950)
Art...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paint, Board
untitled / ohne Titel
By Martin Eder
Located in New York, NY
Martin Eder untitled work on paper executed in ballpoint pen with traces of watercolor. Ohne Titel Arbeit auf Papier, ausgeführt in Kugelschreiber mit Spuren von Aquarell. 2007
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
20th Century British drawing of a Girl Reading by Carolyn Sergeant
Located in London, GB
CAROLYN SERGEANT
(1937-2018)
Girl Reading
Pencil and black chalk, heightened with white, unframed
40.5 by 28 cm., 16 by 11 in.
(mount size 57 by 43 cm., 22 ½ by 17 in.)
Carolyn Cann studied at Wimbledon School of Art (1955-59) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1959-62) where she was a Silver Medallist. At the Royal Academy Schools she met and later married her fellow student, John Sergeant. She had several one-man exhibitions in London, at the Fine Art Society, Colnaghi, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, the Waterhouse Gallery and Waterman Gallery. She also showed at the Leicester Galleries, Roland, Browse and Delbanco and elsewhere.
In 1983 John and Carolyn bought an old run down farm house near Builth Wells in Powys, mid Wales. The house needed such extensive renovation that it took many years to complete. After their two sons...
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
19th Century British Original Pen and Ink Sporting Illustration by A C Corbould
Located in London, GB
ALFRED CHANTREY CORBOULD
(1852-1920)
“Which Way?”
Signed and dated l.r.: ACCORBOULD/FEB 78
Pen and brown ink with china white heightening
Un...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
20th Century British Theatre Costume Design by John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design
Signed l.l.: Dronsfield
Watercolour and pencil
Unframed
42 by 34 cm., 16 ½ by 13 ½ in.
(mount size 61.5 by 53 cm., 24 ¼ by 21 in.)
John...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oliver Messel - Costume Design for Caesar and Cleopatra, 1945
Located in London, GB
OLIVER MESSEL
(1904-1978)
Egyptian Costume Design for Caesar and Cleopatra - 1945
Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel
Watercolour and chalks heightened ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Francesc Ferret Farreras ”Bruno” (1921-2000) - Sitges Beach - charcoal
Measurements drawing 44x59 cm.
Frame measures 65x79 cm.
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
1920's Historical Fashion Illustration of Lady in 17th Century Dress
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed historical figurative fashion illustration painted in watercolor in 1921, of a lady in 17th century dress; complete with a full blac...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'The Working Class Enjoying a Meal', Satire of Capitalism, Proletarian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. Manganaro' for 'Antonio Manganaro (Italian, 20th Century), and titled lower center, 'Ability of the Working Classes to Enjoy Meals Under Humble Surroundings'. ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pen, Graphite
Nude - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing
PROVENANCE
Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery.
The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist.
The Gallery o...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
Maud Stumm Pair of original 19th Century Ladies Golf Watercolors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maud Stumm: 1866-1935. Fabulous pair of rare antique watercolors by the listed American artist Maud Stumm. She studied at the Art Students League in NYC. Her watercolors were shown at the most prestigious settings of the time such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
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1890s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
On the deathbed by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Gouache on paper 33x47 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist, George Trevor.
Art measures 13.5 x 9.5 inches
Frame measures 20.5 x 17 inches
...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Design for a Gown by Sir Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE
(1904-1980)
Design for Gown
Watercolour and pencil
Framed
39 by 25.5 cm., 15 ¼ by 10 in.
(mount size 61 by 46 cm., 24 by 18 in.)
Provenance:
The artist’s studio sale;
Private collection.
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, interior designer and stage and costume designer for the stage and screen. He was born in Hampstead and educated at Harrow and St John’s College, Cambridge although he left without a degree in 1925. He worked as a photographer for fashion magazines and became an extremely popular and well-connected society portraitist who also recorded the gathering of his friends among the Bright Young Things...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Italian Village Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Italian Village Scene" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by noted Italian artist Roberto Gigli, 1846-1922. It is signed at the lower left c...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Italian Village Scene II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Italian Village Scene II" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by noted Italian artist Roberto Gigli, 1846-1922. It is signed at the lower rig...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
The Dancer - 20th Century British painting by Oliver Messel
Located in London, GB
OLIVER MESSEL
(1904-1978)
Dancer
Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel
Oil and watercolour on paper
Framed
60 by 50 in., 23 ½ by 19 ¾ cm.
(Frame size 76.5 by 66.5 in., 30 by 26 ¼ cm.)
Bor...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Oil
View of Constantinople
Located in Middletown, NY
A bright and beautiful Orientalist landscape by a master of the genre.
Watercolor and graphite on cream laid paper, laid down to archival board, 14 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (374 x 170 m...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Jack Escapes the Giant - 1920s British Children's illustration by Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
FRANK WATKINS
(1863-1929)
Jack Escapes the Giant
Pen and ink, unframed, in conservation mount only
24 by 29 cm., 9 ¾ by 11 ½ in.
(mount size 40 by 44.5 cm., 15 ¾ by 17 ½ in.)
Frank Henry Watkins was born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and comic illustrator in the early 20th century, drawing for many children’s stories including Dolly Twoshoes (1901); The Wonder and Dolly Daydream (1902); Illustrated Chips and Dick and Daisy (1919-1921) and also for Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael (1909); The Sun’s Babies by Edith Howes (1910); The King Who Never Died: Tales of King Arthur by Dorothy Senior (1910) and Fairy Rings...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"But it Seemed so Real" Large colored ink and watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " But it Seemed so Real" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Holman, b.1949. It is...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Am I Excluded ? or do I Exclude Myself ?" Large colored ink and watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Am I Excluded ? or do I Exclude Myself ?" 1979, is a colored ink and watercolor on Fabriano paper by American artist Linda Carter Hol...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original 1920s British Pen and ink Children's book Illustration by Frank Watkins
Located in London, GB
FRANK WATKINS
(1863-1929)
The Boat Builder Giant
Pen and ink, unframed, in conservation mount only
20.5 by 29.5 cm., 8 by 11 ¾ in.
(frame size 36.5 by 45 cm., 14 ½ by 17 ¾ in.)
Frank Henry Watkins was born in Lambeth, London and was the son of a bank clerk. He worked as a children’s book and comic illustrator in the early 20th century, drawing for many children’s stories including Dolly Twoshoes (1901); The Wonder and Dolly Daydream (1902); Illustrated Chips and Dick and Daisy (1919-1921) and also for Merry Moments. He provided book illustrations for The Man From the Moon by Philip Carmichael (1909); The Sun’s Babies by Edith Howes (1910); The King Who Never Died: Tales of King Arthur by Dorothy Senior (1910) and Fairy Rings...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century
Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5 inches (238 x132 mm). 1/4 inch repaired loss, top center, to the left of the figure’s h...
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18th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
Fleurus Airship French Army
Located in Middletown, NY
A portait of the first Allied airship to perform a bombing raid from the sky by a celebrated artist whose work hung on the Titanic.
Watercolor and ink on heavy wove watercolor paper, 10 5/8 x 15 inches (270 x 380 mm). Signed in black watercolor in the lower right image area. In very good condition with minor surface soiling on the verso. Titled "Verdun" in pencil on the verso in the artist's hand. Adhered on the verso to matboard at the extreme margins with non archival tape. Presented handsomely in a simple, period maple frame. Titled, dated, inscribed and initialed by the artist on a label on the frame back.
Born in Cambridge in 1898 and educated at Southsea School of Art, Norman Wilkinson is known for his graphic art, specifically his British Railway poster images, and also for something quite incredible; Wilkinson revolutionized the art of naval camouflage. Having been assigned to submarine patrols in Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Gibraltar during WWI as a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Wilkinson was deeply troubled by the unprecedented success the German submarine fleet had torpedoing British ships. He hoped to find a solution to this gaping vulnerability, and in a lightning bolt moment, he had an epiphany that would change everything. Wilkinson says in his autobiography, A Brush With Life (Seeley, 1969), that he realized a ship could be painted to hide its shape against the sea and sky. In his own words, Wilkinson states that the hull of a ship could be camouflaged "not for low visibility, but in such a way as to break up her form and thus confuse a submarine officer as to the course on which she was heading." After some preliminary testing, the theory Wilkinson called "dazzle camouflage" was accepted by British Admiralty and Wilkinson was placed in charge of the naval camouflage unit. The unit, which was headquartered in the basement of the Royal Academy of Arts, consisted of Wilkinson and about two dozen "camoufleurs;" they were artists, students, model makers and consultants, including a zoologist. The dazzle schemes were tested on models and then distributed to artists who were stationed at the docks, where the ships would be painted. At the end of the war Wilkinson was formally declared the inventor of dazzle camouflage and awarded for his contribution.
Wilkinson went on to enjoy a long and celebrated career as a painter of maritime scenes, naval vessels, and warships. He served as the president of the Royal Institute of Painter in Water Colours (RI) from 1936 until 1963 (having been elected a member in 1906); he was elected Honourable Marine Painter to the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1919, and he was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1918 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and a Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1948. In January 1920 he was appointed knight (chevalier) of the Belgian Order of the Crown.
Among the many notable points of interest regarding Wilkinson's career is that his painting Plymouth Harbour, which was commissioned by Cunard White Star Lines for the first class smoking room of the RMS Titanic, was lost at sea when it perished with the ship. Wilkinson had also created a comparable painting entitled The Approach to the New World, which hung in the same location on the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
View of St. Marks Basilica, Venice Italy Landscape Watercolor with Gondolas
Located in Soquel, CA
View of St. Marks Basilica, Venice Italy Landscape Watercolor with Gondolas
Beautifully detailed landscape watercolor of an iconic ...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Lake landscape – Swiss School early 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Brush and brown ink and wash with graphite on cream wove paper, 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (165 x 232mm). Inscribed "Fahlerant, No. 9754, Paisaje--Orillas de un lago" in ink on the verso. ...
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Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Graphite
Thai Beauty - Seated Female Nude
By Theo Meier
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Sanguine on paper.
Signed and dated upper left.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist at his home in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1969.
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
"Great Pine", Tree Inhabited by Human in Nature, Drawing and Pigments on Paper
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylic, and colored pencils on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed.
Through drawings, the...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment
1950s British Fashion illustration by Eve Sheldon-Williams
Located in London, GB
EVE SHELDON-WILLIAMS
(1916-2001)
Fashion Illustration
White wash on black paper
Framed
30.5 by 15.5 cm., 12 by 6 in.
(frame size 50 by 34.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 13 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cottages in Devon
By Samuel Prout
Located in Middletown, NY
An early Devonshire landscape, ex-collection West Collection of British Watercolors & the Fine Art Society, London.
Circa 1800
Ink and brown wash on paper, 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (...
Category
Early 1800s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Graphite
African Children Suffer Famine and Despair in Hot Colors - Africa is Bleeding
By Victor Olson
Located in Miami, FL
An intense and powerful study of five undernourished and perhaps starving African children partly superimposed and partly integrated into the silhouette of the African continent...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Modern Realistic Black and White Pencil Drawing Study of Smiling Mouths and Lips
Located in Houston, TX
Modern realistic black and white pencil drawing study by American artist Scott Martin. The work features six meticulously rendered studi...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY
(British 1883-1956)
Reverie
Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09
Red chalks
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Graphite Drawing on Wood Titled, "Aren't We All Made Of The Same Stardust?"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind realistic graphite on wood drawing by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 24" x 12" x 1.75". It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity w...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Wood
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
1920's Illustration of a Country Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed figurative illustration of a young woman leaning against a fence. The woman is wearing a plaid dress and bonnet with a black ribbon. Some of the landscape has been il...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
Sleeping Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Drawing of a sleeping nude woman by S. LeDrew (20th Century). Signed "S. LeDREW" in the lower right corner. Presented in a double mat of dark red and whi...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
London Stock Exchange Waiter - 1960s British drawing by Francis Watt
By Frances Watt
Located in London, GB
FRANCES WATT
(1923-2009)
London Stock Exchange Waiter
Pen and ink and watercolour wash, unframed, in mount only
17 by 13 cm., 6 ½ by 5 in.
Edith Frances Watt was born in Falkirk in 1923. In 1926 the family moved to Switzerland when her father, the Rev Thomas Meikle Watt, was appointed permanent chaplain to the Church of Scotland in Geneva. Her father died in 1938 and the family returned to Scotland where Frances continued her schooling at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her mother moved the family to London in about 1940 and they settled in Southwood Lawn Road, Highgate. Frances attended the Hornsey School of Art were she gained a National Diploma in Design before going on to study at the Byam Shaw School in London, where she later taught. In Highgate she was a member of the Highgate Artists Group, which included Sir Kyffin Williams among its exhibiting members, and she was also an active member of the Highgate Choral Society, designing many programmes and posters for its productions in the 1950s.
In the early 1960s she was commissioned by the Council of the Stock Exchange to record the daily life in the Square Mile. Over the next 20 years she was brilliantly placed to observe the enormous changes taking place in the great institutions of the Stock Exchange and Lloyd’s of London...
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Porsche 914 - Contemporary watercolor painting, Vintage vehicle, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts volkswagen car in realistic style.
MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984)
Graduated of Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Coachman - 18th Century British Figure watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby
By Paul Sandby
Located in London, GB
PAUL SANDBY
(1731-1809)
Study of a Coachman
Pencil and brown wash, shaped
Framed
16.5 by 9 cm., 6 ½ by 3 ½ in.
(frame size 32 by 22.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 in.)
Provenance:
Iolo Williams;
Private collection.
Exhibited:
Sudbury, Gainsborough House, 1979.
Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...
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Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"In the Artist's Studio, " Late 19th Century Scottish Realist Watercolor Interior
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"In the Artist's Studio" was painted in the realistic style in the late 19th century by the Scottish artist, George Clark Stanton. Stanton was a painter, watercolorist, goldsmith and...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reginald Hallward Design for celebratory flag with cross
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, Stained Glass designs and 20th Century British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below ...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Harry Morley - The Romany Camp - 20th Century British watercolour
By Harry Morley
Located in London, GB
HARRY MORLEY, ARA, RWS
(1881-1943)
The Romany Camp
Signed and dated 1927
Watercolour and bodycolour, framed
36.5 by 52cm., 14 ¼ by 20 ½ in.
(frame size 60.5 by 75 cm., 23 ¾ by 29...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Commedia dell'arte – Four Character Studies in Watercolor, 1920s
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Unidentified artist, 'Commedia dell’arte' – four character studies (Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pantalone giovane, Tartaglia), watercolor and pencil, c. 192...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Four drawings - Okada suit of playing cards
Located in Burlingame, CA
Four (4) original individual drawings depicting the complete suit of playing cards. (Diamond): Infanta Vida y Muerte, (Heart): Infanta Viento Frio, (Club): Infanta Conocimiento and (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Summer - Chalk Drawing Design for Minton charger by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Summer
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Chalk
"Study for decoration Moscow metro station" Kievskaya Tempera, Real socialism
Located in Torino, IT
Real Socialism,Moscow,1970,Russia,Orange,Men at Work,Propaganda
VIKTOR A. KONOVALOV (Uidol, Vladimir region 1912 – Moscow 1995)
Russian painter and gr...
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1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Spring
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Chalk
'The Thief from François Villon's Christmas', San Francisco Bay Area Illustrator
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'James March Phillips' (American, 1913-1981) and painted circa 1965.
Displayed in an original card mat decorated by the artist. Signed lower right, in pencil, 'J. M. Phillips' and titled, lower left, ''The Thief' - from Francois Villon's Christmas'. Mat dimensions: 16 x 13 inches.
Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Jean Turner Art Academy and, later, under Alfred Owles...
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
Hula Study, energetic realistic charcoal drawing on paper, girl and hula hoop
Located in Dallas, TX
"Hula Study" is an energetic and unique charcoal on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a female figure dancing with a hula hoop. It is created using charcoal and pastel on pale pink Mur...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Infanta Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)' features the face of a young woman with flora motif (top) and series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
Infanta La Danza de la Muerte no. 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta La Danza de la Muerte no. 1' features the face of a young woman with flora motif (top) and series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing lif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
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