Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
ROMANTIC STYLE
In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.
Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.
British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.
The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.
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Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view, 19th century, Pencil
Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper
Date: 19th century
Description: Watermark: Shield of arms with initials "AGC
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Verso: numbered: 26""
Keywords: Back view, female garment, drapery, academy study, garment study, antique garment...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Melancholic Woman, a Drawing signed by Léon Bonnat
Located in PARIS, FR
This drawing by Léon Bonnat, the greatest portrait painter of the Third Republic, shows a woman of indeterminate age, caught in a melancholic pose.
1. Léo...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
Frédéric Millet (1786-1859) Portrait of a gentleman, 1849 watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Frédéric Millet (1786-1859)
Portrait of a gentleman, 1849
signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
36 x 27,5 cm
framed : 44 x 35 cm
Frédéric Millet is rightly renowned fo...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Orpheus - Late 20th Century British watercolour by Robert O'Rorke
Located in London, GB
ROBERT O’RORKE
(Born 1945)
Orpheus
Signed and dated l.r.: Rbt O’Rorke ’93; signed, dated 1993 and inscribed The Dance No.3 on a label attached to the backboard
Watercolour on grey ...
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1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George H Hay, Spinning Wool, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century watercolour by Scottish artist George H Hay RSA (1831-1912) depicts four young ladies, wearing outfits synonymous with the 1820s, spinning wool within a simple...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830,
Pencil and heightenings of white and red
26 x 19.7 cm oval view
examined outside the frame, in good condition
I...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
French school 19th century, Court scene in front of a palace, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th century,
Court scene in front of a palace
watercolor on paper
16.4 x 13.3 cm
In good condition, some foxings
Framed : 30 x 26.5 cm
This enigmatic yet charming s...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Historical figurative drawing of 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The subject illustrated here is one of the moments that mark the centuries-long history of Genoa's glorious Maritime Republic, when the ashes of St. John the Baptist, one of the city...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
The Cloaked Shepherdess. Pre-Raphaelite. Arts and Crafts Aesthetics. Victorian.
By Philip Richard Morris
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Philip Richard Morris.
English ( b.1836 - d.1902 ).
The Cloaked Shepherdess.
Watercolor. Signed.
Image size 14 inches x 9.3 inches ( 35.5cm x 23.5cm ).
Frame size 26.3 inches x 20.3...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hand-Me-Downs - Street Children - Waif - Cockney Gutter Imps.
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Street Art - British children's book author and illustrator Edith Farmiloe depicts a waif-like girl - Cockney Gutter Imp - who is disheveled. The artist draws her i...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
German School 19th Century,
Portrait of a boy,
pencil on paper
25.7 x 16 cm (view)
Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm
The style and execution are v...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Napoleon at the Head of His Grande Armée, His Generals and the Prussian Hussars
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour depiction of Napoleon at the head of his generals by French artist Jean Ducel. The work is signed bottom right.
A bold and graphic depiction of Napoleo...
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Late 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Chalk, Crayon, Cardboard, Pencil
Disegno italiano, ritratto di signora con cuffia, matita su carta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno in questione è molto probabilmente uno studio dal vivo per un ritratto da riportare successivamente in pittura, come si può notare dall'intensità dello sguardo e dall'alta...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Les Mille et Une Nuits. French Orientalism School of the Late 19th Century. 1892
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
A. Lesueur
French 19ème siècle
Les Mille et Une Nuits – One Thousand and One Nights, 1892
Charcoal on paper heightened with white.
Signed & dated 1892 lower right.
Image size 23.6 i...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
James Ward The Fisherman's Family
By James Ward
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Precious Watercolor attributed to James WARD (1769-1859) - England, 1830-1840. The Fisherman' S Family. Measurements : View : 20"x14.6" (51x37 cm), With frame : 26.6"x21.5" (67.5x54....
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898)
Portrait of a man in profile
signed on the lower right
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
19.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm
Jules...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Watercolor Interpretation of the The Raft of the Medusa After Théodore Géricault
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on paper interpretation of the Raft of the Medusa by English artist Derek Carruthers. The work is signed and titled to the back of the paper.
A vivid and engaging interp...
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Late 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840
Portrait of a young man,
charcoal on paper
22.5 x 17 cm
In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Study for Republic Standing
By Pierre-Roch Vigneron
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study for “Republic Standing”
Graphite on calque tracking paper, c. 1848
Signed lower right corner: Vigneron
Provenance:
Shepherd Gallery, New York
...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Louis DAVID (1798-1849) Le Moulin La Butte aux Cailles, Paris, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Alphonse DAVID (1798-1849)
Le Moulin de la Butte aux Cailles, Paris, (The Mill at la Butte aux Cailles)
signed lower left
Pencil and white chalk on paper
22,5 x 36 cm
Framed : 40,5 x 55 cm
Louis-Alphonse David is known for a relatively small body of work, including portraits and large compositions. In any case, in this work he shows a remarkable mastery of drawing, with particularly suggestive and subtle plays of light and shadow.
The Butte aux Cailles, now part of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, was a hill covered in meadows, vineyards and woods, built with several windmills and overlooking the river Bièvre. It was named after Pierre Caille...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Chalk
Siren. Original Contemporary.Watercolor Painting.Fairy.Mythical.LP Cover-esque
By Liz Wall
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Liz Wall.
Welsh ( XX - XXI ).
Siren.
Watercolor and Ink.
Signed and Dated 2011 Lower Right.
Image size 11.4 inches x 18.9 inches ( 29cm x 48cm ).
Frame size 25.6 inches x 26.8 inch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
French Neoclassic mythological figurative drawing early 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
The iconography and the inscription at the centre help us recognising the episode in the one of Heracles and the Cercopes, that worth him the appellation of μελάμπυγος (melampygos me...
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1820s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a manor and a traveler, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a manor and a traveler
Signed lower left
Pencil on paper
27.5 x 44.5 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
This drawing shows more particularly...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a fisherman, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a fisherman,
Signed lower right
Pencil on paper
27.8 x 44 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
We find in this drawing everything that makes...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) A Young Woman in profile, Signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Bida (1813-1895)
A Young Woman in Profile
Signed with the monogram lower right
Pencil on grey-blue paper
17.7 x 11.5 cm
Framed : 36.5 x 27 cm
This drawing shows Bida's tec...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fishing Boats, late 19th Century French Marine Mauve Ink Drawing
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century mauve ink drawing on paper of fishing boats at harbour by noted French artist Georges Ricard-Cordingley. The drawing is signed bottom left and carries various annotations and another small sketch. The drawing is presented in a period wood frame under glass with a double card mount.
Provenance: This drawing came from the estate of the artist's daughter who had acquired it directly from her father.
A charming drawing capturing the scene fishing boats at harbour with extensive detail of the rigging and sails. It seems to be a preparatory sketch as it carries extensive colour and other annotations. There is also a smaller sketch bottom right which shows the boat from a different perspective. The figures are well annotated and Cordingley has achieved great detail but with a lightness of touch.
The sketch is even more interesting as it is completed in mauve ink. This was a fashionable and technical innovation at the time as the colour was only 'invented' in the late 1850s. A really interesting, lovely and evocative drawing.
Georges Ricard was born on January 30, 1873 in Lyon, son of Prosper Louis Ricard and Georgina Marie Cordingley. He spent part of his childhood in Lyon and Boulogne-sur-Mer. He displayed early gifts for drawing. He lost his father in 1885.
He began his training around 1887, becoming a pupil of Jean-Charles Cazin, a landscape painter from Pas-de-Calais and the Côte d'Opale. He then joined the School of Fine Arts in Lyon and remained there from 1888 to 1889. He moved to Paris in 1890, where he studied at the Académie Julian as a pupil of Benjamin Constant, Louis Martinet and Jules Lefebvre.
He lost his mother around 1892, went to England to his maternal family and added his mother's name to his name. He embarked for the North Sea with the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen and carried out his first studies. In 1894, he met with great success at the court of Queen Victoria. He embarked a second time, in 1895, still for the North Sea and produced numerous studies of waves of clouds, of the port and of portraits of fishermen which he exhibited in Paris and London. He embarked a third time, around 1896, in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean with the Société des Travaux de Mer and was shipwrecked in Newfoundland.
In 1901, he set up his studio in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He divided his time between London, Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer and painted portraits and seascapes. He realized the decoration of the casino of Wimereux.
He travelled to Australia, where he exhibited from 1909 to 1910.
In 1911, he married Suzanne Giraud-Teulon, the daughter of historian Alexis Giraud-Teulon, and had three children, Éliane, Louis and Gabrielle.
During the First World War, he was assigned to Lyon as a stretcher...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) Lady on the beach, 1829, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867)
A Young Lady on the beach, 1829,
signed and dated on the lower left
watercolor on paper
17 x 19.5 cm
F...
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1820s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Angel of Light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
This spiritual artwork called "Angel of Light" has a special meaning for me. When there is period of crises or any hard challenges we should face in our life, we can...
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2010s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel
Violin player studying music
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): The blue hour Violin players studying music, 1899, Watercolor
Technique: Watercolor on Paper
Inscription: Lower right monogrammed: "LF"....
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Hand study with book
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Hand study with book, c. 1820, Pencil
Technique: Pencil on Paper
Date: c. 1820
Description: Watermark: "P. e. C."
Provenance: From the est...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Hand study of crossed hands
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Hand study of crossed hands, 19th century, Pencil
Technique: Pencil on Paper
Date: 19th century
Description: Watermark: Coat of arms with i...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Garment Study as Costume Drapery
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Garment Study as Costume Drapery, 19th century, Charcoal
Technique: White heightened Charcoal on Paper
Date: 19th century
Description: Wate...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Heartfelt pleading Neapolitan
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Heartfelt pleading Neapolitan, 1896, Pen drawing
Technique: Pen drawing on Paper
Inscription: monogrammed and dated in the centre left: ...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Young Italian woman with headscarf
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Young Italian woman with headscarf, c. 1892, Pen drawing
Technique: Pen drawing on Paper
Date: c. 1892
Keywords: Woman, Italian, brooch...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Young Italian woman in dark costume
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Young Italian woman in dark costume, c. 1890, Pen drawing
Technique: Pen drawing on Paper
Inscription: numbered "14." at the bottom centre.
Date: c. 1890
Keywords: Woman, Italian, young girl, full body portrait...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Study of the garment on a reclining female nude
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study of the garment on a reclining female nude, 19th century, Pencil
Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper
Date: 19th century
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Verso: Indication of a female nude study to the left; numbered: 12""
Keywords: Robe study, antique drape...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Scipio refuses the rescue
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): The Roman consul Cornelius Scipio refuses to be rescued by his son, 1814, Pencil
Technique: White heightened P...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Garment Study as Ancient Costume Drapery
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Garment Study as Ancient Costume Drapery, 19th century, Charcoal
Technique: Charcoal on Paper
Date: 19th century
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Verso: numbered: 20""
Keywords: Academy study, antique robe, belt, female robe study, antique drape...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Robe study
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Robe study, 19th century, Pencil
Technique: Pencil on Paper
Date: 19th century
Description: Watermark: Three moons
Provenance: From the es...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Study after the artist's hand
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study after the artist's hand, 19th century, Pencil
Technique: Pencil on Paper
Date: 19th century
Provenance: From the estate of the artist....
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Charles Emile Jacque (Paris 1813 - 1894) Dog in a doghouse, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Emile Jacque (1813-1894)
Dog in a doghouse
Monogrammed "C. J. "lower right
Pencil on paper
17 x 13 cm
Mark of the Collection of Doctor Albert Finot "AF" (Lugt 3627) lower lef...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
French Romantic School, View of Arriccia, 1828, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School beginning of the 19th Century
View of Arriccia, 1828
located and dated, "Arriccia 1828" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
23 x ...
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1820s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Legs and Rumps, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action.
He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens.
Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae.
His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Young Italian Woman Spinning Thread /// Antique Watercolor Rome Lady Landscape
By Luigi Olivetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Luigi Olivetti (Italian, 1856-1941)
Title: "Young Italian Woman Spinning Thread"
*Signed and dated by Olivetti lower center right
Year: 1904
Medium: Original Watercolor Painting on paper
Framing: Framed in a gold gilt wood frame
Framed size: 30" x 23"
Image size: 21" x 14"
Condition: Minor wear to frame. In excellent condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Cleveland, Ohio. The work is dated in Roman Numerals. Brass plate with artist's name attached lower center.
Biography:
Luigi Olivetti (Revere, Lombardy, November 11...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Heads, Hooves and Rump, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action.
He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens.
Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae.
His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle* in Paris.
The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
The Pipe's of Pan - British Watercolour by Hubert von Herkomer
Located in London, GB
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, RA, RWS
(1849-1914)
The Pipe’s of Pan
Signed with initials and dated 26/2/74
Watercolour and bodycolour
17 by 22 cm., 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size 42 by 49....
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1870s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Auguste Mayer (1805-1890) A seascape with a boat, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Mayer (1803-1890
A seascape with a boat
signed with the initials on the lower left
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
17.5 x 26 cm
In fairly good condition, ma...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
Romantic Couple In Wartime Paris on Rainy Parisian Night
Located in Miami, FL
The technique and subject matter work well together in this loosely but masterfully rendered World War 1 romantic illustration of a Soldier and a Parisian woman. Even though this wo...
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1930s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
The Chess Game (antique drawing by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Despite the tears and repairs, this remains an absolutely wonderful drawing, by a famous Southern artist. Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington, A beached vessel on the coast
By Richard Parkes Bonington
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delicately painted view of figures by a beached fishing vessel on the coast
Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington, 19th Century
Figures on the shore by a beached vessel
Watercolour...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Gentlemen at the Races, Point to Pointing
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century watercolour of a gentleman on horseback with other riders in the background apparently signed or titled 'Count A de Monthaus'. Signed or titled bottom left. Presented in fine period gilt frame under glass.
The artist has captured a moment of pause, the gentlemen rider in his fine clothes and bowler hat regarding his surroundings as his fellow riders continue the chase behind him, possibly a 'point to point'. Monthaus has captured the stance of the standing horse as well as the movement of the other horses. He has used white to give light and definition to the costume of the rider and the background. A lovely atmospheric and dynamic watercolour very much of its period and in the spirit of equine portraiture made famous by the likes of Sir Alfred Munnings.
Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
"Partially clothed beautiful young model"
Located in ludlow, GB
Original conte crayon drawing of one of his familiar models. In pristine condition and signed lower left. It is presented in a handmade gold lea...
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20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté
Henri-Louis Dupray (1841-1909) Studies of military horsemen, two signed drawings
By Henry Louis Dupray
Located in Paris, FR
Henri-Louis Dupray (1841-1909)
Studies of military horsemen, two signed drawings
Pencil on paper
The first one figuring a partial study of two horsemen :
10.8 x 16.5 cm, bears a mo...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
English School, circa 1800 Georgian watercolor, The Sailor's return
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delightful rustic scene dating to circa 1800 with the sailor returning to his thankful wife and the domestic idyll of his country cottage. The harbour with sailing ships ferrying c...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Laid Paper
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A young woman seen in profile, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
A young woman seen in profile
Black Chalk on paper
with cut edges
Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale of 1...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Mountainous Riverlandscape with resting Wanderers, German, Aquatint, old master
Located in Greven, DE
German or Swiss School, probably Circle of Christoph Nathe (1753-1808)), around 1800; beautiful old master drawing/ aquatint, inscribed "P 50/ 1871 gekauf...
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Handmade Paper
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934), Henri Rochefort for a duel, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934)
Portrait of Henri Rochefort ready for a duel,
Pencil on paper
Signed and titled lower left
28 x 21 cm
In good condition : the left and right bord...
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1870s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Romantic figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ellsworth Woodward, Achille Devéria, Diana Matthes, and Leo Primavesi. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pencil and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Romantic figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.63 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $178 and tops out at $68,131, while the average work sells for $1,000.