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Moroccan Woman on a Donkey by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Drawing
Located in London, GB
Moroccan Woman on a Donkey by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Charcoal on paper
26 x 18 cm (6 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower right
Created while Manzana was...
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Satirical Monogrammed Drawing by Unknown Artist
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this humorous yet thought-provoking sketch, individuals from various walks of life are momentarily diverted from their routines. The artist captures the unexpected interruption th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
$450 Sale Price
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A Stylized, Modern 1930s Art Deco Drawing of Two Young Men Planting a Tree
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stylized, 1930s Art Deco Pastel Landscape Drawing of Two Young Men Planting a Tree by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 9 x 12 inches, u...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Flore - Drawing by Marcel Dupont - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Flore is a beautiful drawing on paper, realized by the French artist Marcel Dupont (1898-1974).
Hand-signed on back.
The artwork represents a minimalistic, clean design, through p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
DANCE MARATHON
By Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Located in Portland, ME
De Lappe, Pele (American, 1916-2007). DANCE MARATHON. Pencil, 1935. Signed in pencil. 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. In very good condition, except for minor creases at the top and bottom ri...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
BOYS WILL BE BOYS original art Paula Craioveanu Male Nude Female Gaze
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Boys will be Boys”, male nude, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper, 27.5x19.5in, 70x50cm.
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
people on the bar terrace spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Bar - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 11x13cm.
Frame measures 35x37 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
$1,164 Sale Price
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The Fawn - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a dear
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
The Fawn
50 x 43 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 62 x 55 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artist R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972), gouache of a Burmese dancer
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Original Painting for a Japanese Magazine Cover or Romance Novel
Located in Burbank, CA
Painting for a Japanese magazine cover, or possibly a romance novel. One can infer from the dramatic juxtaposition that it may have been designed for a s...
Category
1960s Showa Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
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Fairies among the Lily Pads - Female Illustrator Fantasy
Located in Miami, FL
A turn-of-the-century fantasy illustration by female illustrator May Audubon Post features a charming fairy with expanded wings resting on Lilly s...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Two Preparatory Drawings by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1931
Pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Each signed: Wheeler Williams, 1931
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors...
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Baby" - Original Acrylic Painting of Woman and Deer by Mary Carroll
By Mary Carroll
Located in Denver, CO
Mary Carroll's "Baby" (2024) is a deeply evocative acrylic painting, measuring 24 x 18 inches, ready to hang even without a frame. This poignant artwork captures a somber yet tender ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Fortune Teller
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
William Andrew (Willy) Pogany was a native of Hungary and his first studies in Budapest and Paris were in engineering. Success in caricaturing led him to pursue and art career, first in London and then in America. His influences were the Oriental artists and illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration.
Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The Children’s Book of Northern Myths, The Witch’s Kitchen, The Frenzied Prince, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories to Tell the Littlest Ones, Hungarian Fairy Book...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Bouquet Bearer bright colors blue dress yellow wall pastel women fashion flowers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on toned archival sanded paper signed and dated bottom left this work is part on an ongoing series bt the artist depicting women with floral bouquets
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s c...
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Nude Female Figure, Woman in Purple, Yellow & Blue by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Purple, Yellow & Blue"
Pastel & Ink on Paper
40” x 26”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
[Woman at a Table]
Located in Boston, MA
Frederick Bosley was an Impressionist painter of the Boston School who most often depicted portraits, figures and still-lifes. The artist was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1881. He studied at the Museum School in Boston from 1900-1906 with Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938) and Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), and then in Europe from 1906-1908. Bosley returned to Boston in 1909, obtaining a studio at the Fenway Studios from 1909-1918. He was to become a teacher in his own right, settling as Director at the Museum School from 1913-1931. His many awards include First prize in the 1920 Concord Art Academy Exhibition and a Gold Medal in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, 1925. His work may be found in the collections of several institutions, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Farnsworth Museum, the National Academy of Design and the Concord Academy...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Pencil
![[Woman at a Table]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_3973/a_139116321707237315466/CGL54384_40jpg_framed_master.jpg?width=240 "fred bosley")
Music Players - Original Ink Drawing by Florisa Cordova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Music Players" is an original ink drawing realized by Florisa Cordova.
In very good conditions.
Hand-signed on the right side.
Florisa Cordova was bor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
A Fabulous 1945 Mid-Century Female Nude Studio Figure Study By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous Mid-Century Female Nude Studio Figure Study By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a Seated Nude, the drawing is ink and watercolor on paper an...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Dancer - Drawing by Michel Estèbe - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is a China ink realized by Michel Estèbe in the Second half 20th Century
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Michel Estèbe is a Frenc...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Aeron's Gift
Located in Columbia, MO
Aeron’s Gift
Oil on panel
24 x 18 inches
Framed: 32.5 x 26.5 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Pastel
German Contemporary Art by Juliane Hundertmark - Pool
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
Juliane Hundertmark is a German artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She is considered one of Berlin's most original and inventive emerging pai...
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Manhattan Arch
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Baus is an alumnus and instructor of the Grand Central Atelier in Long Island City, New York. His unique artistic vision, which mines the world of the Old Masters and antiqui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...
Materials
Ink, Pen, Paper
Man Becomes His Work - Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
This is one of many cartoons by Gahan Wilson where the subject morphs into the identity of his work. "Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon from 1960...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Peony
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencils on paper mounted on panel
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenage...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
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Central Park Zoo with Sea Lions and Animals
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front of a packed audience. The...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Milchmädchen mit Kuh / Milkmaid with cow
Located in Wien, 9
Mariette Lydis (Vienna 1887 - Buenos Aires 1970) is an Austrian painter and illustrator who was successful in Paris in the 1930s, in Montparnasse and then in Argentina, where she emigrated in 1940. Mariette Lydis was born on 24 August in Vienna, Austria 1887. From 1919 to 1922 she signed her works with the initials MPK for Marietta Pachoffer Karñy, a name derived from her first marriage in 1910 to Julius Koloman Pachoffer-Karñy, who died on 22 April 1922. Subsequently she lived in different cities around Europe, among others: Athens and Florence. She moved to France from 1926 to 1939, during these years she exhibited and became a member of the Salon d'Automne. She befriended Count Giuseppe Govone, the art publisher, in 1928 and married him on 1 August 1934, for whom she illustrated the books of many authors and cultivated a great friendship with Henry de Montherlant, which came about through the publication of a first in 1938 monograph by the author of Les Jeunes Filles. Fearing the German invasion, she travelled to England and then to Buenos Aires in July 1940, where she stayed and published published her latest paintings...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
A corner at Fashion Desginer Dries van Noten’s home. Watercolor interiors
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
17th Century French sanguine drawing of maiden's harvesting flowers
By (Circle of) Nicolas Poussin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Maiden’s harvesting flowers
Sanguine on paper
8. ¾ in. (22 cm.) tondo
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.007
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.007 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.007 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and ...
Category
2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Kiss of Death, night scene, interior, black and white, dramatic narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
"Brussels Excursion" (ca. 2011) By Naum Katsenelson, Watercolor Cityscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Brussels Excursion" (ca.2011) By Naum Katsenelson is a beautiful original watercolor painting done on watercolor paper, depicting a crowd of people walking up a staircase on a rainy...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Due ritratti figurativi aristocratici pastelli su pergamena primi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Sul cartoncino applicato nella cornice è riportata l'annotazione, a penna e in grafia Kurrent, "Urgroßvater Ludwig Fr(ei)h(e)r(r) von Keller" "Urgroßmutter ...
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
Disegno figurativo neoclassico fiorentino del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Disegno inchiostro, gesso, acquerellature e rialzi a biacca su carta collegato alla serie di studi per la decorazione della Sala di Ercole di Palazzo Pitti a Firenze.
Di mano di Piet...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sexy Evening in Bed Phone Call - Playboy Cartoon Humor - Francis Wilford Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Cartoon art is the original Conceptual Art.
Renowned British Illustrator Smilby (Francis Wilford Smith) conceptualizes a Playboy cartoon so good that no caption is needed. The exist...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
"Guardian of the Mosque" Drawing 14" x 10" inch by MOUNIR CANAAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Guardian of the Mosque" Drawing 14" x 10" inch by MOUNIR CANAAN
Signed and dated.
ABOUT:
Mounir Canaan (1919 – 1999) was a powerful artist whose body of work & style was always...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$6,800 Sale Price
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William Glackens Watercolor on Paper, "Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class"
Located in New York, NY
William Glackens, 1870-1938
Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class, ca. 1907
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Signed (at lower left): Glackens
Inscribed ...
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Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Study of Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionall...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Mother and Child
By Hendrik Maarten Krabbe
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Amsterdam in 1868, Hendrick Maarten Krabbe attended the Academie des Beauz-Arts d’Amsterdam where he studied with August Allebe. Krabbe was known for his genre paintings, por...
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Early 1900s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series The Horse Whisper No.2-24
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang
Series The Horse Whisper No.2-24
Dimension: 29 x 36 cm
Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper
Date: 2013
Artist Bi...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
"Fear Not; Only Believe" Watercolor & Gouache on paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fear Not; Only Believe" is an original watercolor and gouache painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts two people walking through...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions.
Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Reminiscence" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Lady in White" (2024) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade oil painting done on canvas. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long brown hair wearing a white dress laying ...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Création de Mode
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour, ink on paper
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Pastel Figure Study Drawing of a Female Nude Model (Study of Shoulder, Arm & Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). ...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mr. George Payne & Admiral Rous Turf Characters
Located in Bristol, CT
Charming watercolour, heightened w/ bodycolour and gum arabic by Richard Deighton (British 1795-1880) depicting Admiral the Hon. Jenry John Rous (1795-1877) who held the position of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Acrobats - Drawing by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on paper realized by Cecilia Ferro Caporilli in 1963.
Hand signed and dated .
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Edward Burra original gouache 'The Procession', British, 20th Century
By Edward Burra
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Burra CBE (British, 1905 – 1976)
The harbour at low time
pencil on paper
signed with studio stamp ‘E.J. Burra’ (lower right)
21.3/4 x 30 in. (55.3 x 76 cm.)
Provenance: Sotheb...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Gouache
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Suitor with Voyeur
Located in Miami, FL
Roy Carruthers is a brilliant mix of George Tooker and Fernando Botero but with unexpected charm.
"The Suitor with Voyeur", A variation of this concept was done in oil twenty years later. "The Venus of Ponte Vedra...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Go through the trials #7 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing art landscape red
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
"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...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Accordion Player - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Accordion Player is a drawing artwork realized by a French Artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil on paper
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Triptych: The Olympic Games, Modern British Drawing, Ancient Greek, Nude
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size of rectangular works: 33 x 43 inches (84 x 109 cm)
Image size of arched central work: 38 1/4 x 29 inches (97 x 73.5 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection of Seymour Stein, Vice President of Warner Bros Records
Sotheby's 'Modern British and Irish Art,' London, 19 May 2004, lot 92
The three impressive drawings are studies for Stroudley’s ‘Olympic Games in a Demi-Lune’. From left to right the studies depict groups of athletes practicing diving, a conversing crowd of oarsmen, hurdlers mid jump and a collection of javelin throwers. This study was created in 1930 when Stroudley practiced in the British School in Rome. There are few surviving works from Stroudley’s short stay in Rome, with the compositions from his Rome period being among the last wholly successful decorative cycles produced by a Rome Scholar prior to World War II. Indeed, as can be seen here, his drawings from this period are technically brilliant and even bear comparison with those of Eric Kennington.
James Stroudley
Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker, paid homage to Stroudley by including his work in the exhibition ‘Pupil & Masters’, held at Westgate House, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Stroudley married three times, and his wives included the fashion artist to the Sun newspaper...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Whispers Had Changed - Figurative Portrait Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Firemen of the Communism - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Firemen of the Communism is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition with slight folding.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Modern Pastel Figurative Drawing of a Seated Resting Sumo Wrestler with Kimono
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a sumo wrestler resting after a match with a kimono or blanket draped over his shoulders. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hun...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
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