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Art Subject: People
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,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
50% Off
Friday Milonga
By David Remfry
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Framed in black measuring 31 x 28 inches total.
Whether obscured by the smoky nightclub lighting or enlivened by the strong color of the Mardi Gras dancers, David Remfry’s life-size...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$22,000
Three Figures
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and pencil on paper, 76cm x 51cm, (87cm x 61cm framed).
Born in London to his renowned artist mother Elisabeth Frink RA and a French architect father, Michel Jammet, Ja...
Category
1990s Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gustavo Simoni Merchant Abundant Orientalist Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Merchant Abundant
A merchant walks through a covered marketplace draped in rugs and holding intricately decorated knives.
Signed lower right : Gustavo Simoni
Medium: Watercolor ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Early Indian Mithila Folk Art Painting
By Sita Devi
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Early Indian Mithila Folk Art Painting
Traditional Indian Mithila Painting artist signed verso.
Pencil, ink, natural dye watercolor, on handmade paper 22x30 framed under glass 26x36...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Episodic disturbances #2 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
Dolly Dingle's Halloween, Original Paper Doll Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for a paper doll design, featuring Halloween-themed outfits, including a witch costume, a black cat, and a pumpkin jack-o-lantern.
Medium: Watercolor and Ink o...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Nude - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude of Woman - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Confess, paper/etching, 9.8x7.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Confess, paper/etching, 9.8x7.5 cm
Category
1980s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Judith I, paper/etching, 13.5x9.5 cm, 1987
Located in Riga, LV
Judith I, paper/etching, 13.5x9.5 cm, 1987
Category
1980s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Kiss, paper/etching, 15.5x9 cm, 1986
Located in Riga, LV
Kiss, paper/etching, 15.5x9 cm, 1986
Category
1980s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching, Paper
View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Performance II realistic charcoal & ink monotone drawing, woman in striped dress
Located in Dallas, TX
"Performance I & II" are thoughtful and dynamic charcoal drawings on paper by Patsy McArthur. They are monotone, black and white, and show a woman wearing a fashionable striped skirt...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
Sleeping – Double Portrait Martha Liebermann Schlafende – Zwei studien von Mar
Located in London, GB
MAX LIEBERMANN 1847-1935
1847 - Berlin - 1935 (German)
Title: Sleeping – Double Portrait Martha Liebermann Schlafende – Zwei studien von Martha Libermann...
Category
1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Healing Greenland, Skydiving Chunja
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics, oil pastel on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Singer Actress Eva Tanguqy - Mexican Artist, Mexican Writer
Located in Miami, FL
Eva Tanguqy-A Strange Request, New York Evening World newspaper and Puck magazine interior (two works), 1910s
India ink and blue pencil on heavyweight paper
16-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (4...
Category
1910s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Color Pencil
Side Profile of Asian Man with Ponytail
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This side profile portrait features an Asian man with a neatly tied ponytail, capturing a moment of quiet contemplation. The artist skillfully emphasizes the graceful lines of his pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980)
Proposal Sketch for Worland Wyoming Post Office WPA Mural Project
Image: 7 x 15 inches
Board 14 x 22 inches
Watercolor on paper, attached to black/gray cardboard/thick paper
c. 1937
Signed lower right
Written in Louise's hand on mounting paper in white chalk/pencil: "Sketch for Mural...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
Elsa
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Elsa, 1915
Charcoal on paper, 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Daniel Garber / 1915
Provenance
The artist;
Estate of the artist, 1958;
Tanis Garber Page,...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$14,500
Untitled
By Bo Bartlett
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bo Bartlett (b.1955). Untitlrd, 1991. Charcoal and pencil on paper, 18 x 18.5 inches, 28.5 x 28.5 inches framed. Non-reflective museum glass. Signed and dated lower right. Artist seal in red ink lower left. Excellent condition.
While Bo Bartlett’s paintings pay homage to an art historical tradition that has long been rooted in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, his work highlights the American South—a place he refers to as both the “center of the art world” and the “center of the real world.” After graduating from high school in Columbus, Georgia, Bartlett traveled to Florence, Italy, to pursue an artistic career. There, he studied under North Carolina painter Ben Long...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$2,800 Sale Price
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Nero's Temple On The Nile
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Middle Right
Sight Size 20.50" x 27.00;" Framed 30.25" x 35.00"
Framed and matted under glass in antique gold painted art deco...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Veil Homme
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Veil Homme
1947
drawing
26,9 x 21 x 0,1 cm
Registered on the catalogue raisonné with inventory number : N°0252 cat. B
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Luckiness
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang
Title: Luckiness
Dimension: 29 x 36 cm
Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper
D...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Art Nouveau Painting of a Maiden and Mischievous Cupids 19th Century by Rontini
Located in Rochester, NY
Art nouveau painting of beautiful maiden and mischievous angels. An allegory of Spring. Watercolor painting by Alessandro Rontini (Italian born 1854). In beautiful custom floral deco...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"The Lowest Pair" - Live Action Figurative Drawing of Musicians in Pencil
By Brian Rounds
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic live drawing of two musicians by Santa Cruz artist Brian Rounds (b. 1968). Drawn at a house concert in Santa Cruz, California, this piece depicts a musical duo called "The Lowest Pair," one playing guitar and the other one playing banjo. The composition skillfully captures a moment in time from the concert, showing the motion of the musicians.
Signed along the right edge.
Presented in a new grey mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 13"H x 15"W
Paper size: 6"H x 8.5"W
Brian Rounds (American, b. 1968) is an award-winning artist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and is now based out of Santa Cruz, California. Since earning a B.A. in Painting from UC Santa Cruz, he has focused on a continued commitment to plein air painting in oils, but also enjoys working in watercolor and various drawing media.
His work has been shown at: Smith Gallery, UCSC; Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History; Winfield Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Untitled
By Archie Gunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
At the stop. 2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the stop
2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. – 2...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Transcendentalist Figural Oil', Paris, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Geneva
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marguerite Bordet' (French, 1909-2014) and painted circa 1940. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'La Vanite' and inscribed with artist's Paris address in the 16th arrondissement.
From an early age, Marguerite Bordet avidly pursued both drawing and painting. In the late 1930's and early '40s, she attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris where she studied with the sculptor, Antoniucci Volti (Italian, 1915-1989). After several years, and feeling increasingly disconnected with the academic atmosphere of the Salon, she left to develop her independent artistic style.
Bordet's first public exhibition took place at the Galerie Claude (1947) and, for the next forty years, she continued to exhibit widely with success, both throughout France and internationally, including in Cairo (1955), Geneva (1960) and the United States (1966). A 1962 exhibition of her work showed a thematic rejection of the Academy's influence and the artist's shift to a more personal and spiritually driven style.
Bordet continued to take frequent study trips to Italy, especially to Florence, where she was inspired by the Renaissance Masters. She also visited England (1975-76) where the works of J.M.W.Turner and John Martin at the Tate Museum had a pronounced impact on her development.
In an interview with Hervé Serane, Marguerite Bordet described her artistic process in these words:
"I start my painting with spots. Sometimes I cover it completely and everything is dark. But then it's stronger than me, I can't bear that there isn't an opening. Immediately, I place a Light. I need the shadow to bring out the Light. So I start with the shadow to create this Light. I cannot define why I need this Light so much. It's stronger than me. It's something that dominates me without my being able to explain it intellectually. It is for me an absolute necessity to seek the Light in the darkness.. You have to open like you open a window. You have to reveal. I remove the stains that obscure my painting to find the luminous background of the canvas.... I only paint with transparent colors and I apply several layers of glaze to preserve this light."
Partial Exhibition Record:
1947 Paris, Galerie Claude
1951 Paris, Galerie Breteau - Cairo, Galerie Adam - Alexandria, l'Atelier
1954 Paris, Galerie Simone Bdinier
1955 Cairo, l'Atelier
1959 Paris, Galerie A. Weil
1960 Geneva, Galerie Motte
1962 Paris, Marignan Gallery
1964 Paris, Ror Volmar Gallery
1966 San Rafael (U.SA) International Museum
1966 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Castle Gallery...
Category
1940s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) The Children of the painter Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
The children of the painter
Portrait in an oval, study for a portrait
Black pencil on paper
23 x 19 cm
Stamp of the worksh...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$820 Sale Price
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'Abstraction #56' - abstract painting - colorful oil on linen
By Eilis Crean
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Abstraction #56" is a colorful abstract painting featuring hues of blue, mauve, green and red. The framed dimensions are 11 by 13 inches.
Eilis Crean is inspired by the works of Honoré-Victorin Daumier, Evie Hone, Patrick Pye, Milton Avery, William Kentridge, Joan Snyder, Jennifer Bartlett, Judy Pfaff and Sarah Sze...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Li Qing-Yan - Giraffe Drinking Water
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on handmade paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
$1,320 Sale Price
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Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix, Landscape With Watermill, Mother & Child
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming 19th-century drawing by British artist Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix (1840-1916) depicts a mother and child standing by a mill pond before a rustic watermill.
De Poix was a gentleman artist descended from French nobility...
Category
1870s English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
ON THE BEACH original art Paula Craioveanu Female Nude FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“On the Beach”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper, frame included.
Framed size 35.8x24in shipped framed. Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500.
This drawing is a d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Early 20th century German watercolor of children dancing in traditional dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
Category
1910s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Out on a Limb"/"Tortoise & The Hare, " Double-sided Ink signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Out on a Limb" is an original ink drawing with a second side, titled "Tortoise & the Hare," both by David Barnett. It is signed on the lower right verso. On the front side, a bearded lady stands on a tree branch in front of a sidewalk and a children's mobile. The back features a sketch of the tortoise and hare...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Vancouver Girl', Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920.
George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board
Figures Being Waited in a English Warm Lit Cafe Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Warm Lit Cafe
Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered
Framed: 15 x 17 inches
Watercolour: 8.5 x 11.5 inches
Condition...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of woman with glasses. 22.5x17.5 ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926.
This early twentieth-century...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Watercolor, Gouache
$3,120 Sale Price
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'London to Brighton Coach', Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Horses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observation of character and fine equestrian painting.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is known for his, often humorous, anecdotes of American life in the pre-industrial age. His subjects included polo matches, carriage rides and coaching scenes, and pastoral landscapes. After a professional career in business, Harrington studied art and subsequently became a successful landscape and equestrian painter. He exhibited widely and with success including at the National Academy of Design (1888), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club of which he was a member.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1922
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
22.5 x 27.75 inches
27.75 x 34.5 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Performance I, realistic charcoal & ink monotone drawing, woman in striped dress
Located in Dallas, TX
"Performance I & II" are thoughtful and dynamic charcoal drawings on paper by Patsy McArthur. They are monotone, black and white, and show a woman wearing a fashionable striped skirt...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Ink
A Serene Dawn by the Lake with Villagers
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Tranquil Dawn by the Lake
A serene, wind‑still dawn scene in watercolor: a woman and a man in a small boat moored to a jetty, both with their backs to the viewer as they tend to th...
Category
1840s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Handsome Young Black Man in Profile
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Handsome Young Black Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A wonderful executed studio figure study portrait depict...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
William Heath Robinson original drawing, British early 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872 - 1944)
'Boring The First Tunnel With An Early Type Of Rotary Excavator, And The Red Flag', circa 1935 (railway ribaldry was published in this year)
The former signed 'W. Heath Robinson (lower left) and inscribed with title (lower left and right)
The former to mount 14 X 10.1/4in. (35.5 X 26cm.)
The latter 1.1/2 X 8.1/2in. (3.8 X 21.6 cm.)
Literature: Railway Ribaldry, first published by the Great Western Railway, Paddington, 1935.
William Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives.
During the First World War, he drew large numbers of cartoons, depicting ever-more unlikely secret weapons being used by the combatants. In the UK the term "Heath Robinson" entered popular language during this time as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Its continuing popularity was undoubtedly linked to Second World War Britain's shortages and the need to "make do and mend".
In the course of his work, Robinson also wrote and illustrated three childrens books including The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902) which is regarded as the genesis of his depiction of unlikely machines.
The inventions he drew were frequently powered by steam boilers or kettles, heated by candles or a spirit lamp and usually kept running by balding, bespectacled men in overalls. There would be complex pulley arrangements, threaded by lengths of knotted string.
One of his most famous series of illustrations accompanied the first Professor Branestawm book written by Norman Hunter. The stories provided a perfect backdrop for Robinson's drawings.
One of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park during the Second World War to assist in the decryption of German message traffic was named "Heath Robinson" in his honour.
He died in September 1944 during the Second World War and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery.
The Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner opened in October 2016 to house a collection of nearly 1,000 original artworks owned by The William Heath Robinson Trust.
In the Wallace and Gromit...
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Six Figures Rising from Rocky Terrain 1000 - 3D Sculptural Drawing Collage
Located in New York, NY
In 2000, Linda Stein began a series called Knights of Protection. Her Knights functioned both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism.
In 2019, Stein re-conceived her Kni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Cotton, Board, Magazine Paper
$5,600 Sale Price
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Divers
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
Category
2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
"La sentinelle de Thérèse", c. 1914-1918, drawing and gouache, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
"La sentinelle de Thérèse" (The Sentinel of Therese), two soldiers discussing, bears a handwritten note at the bottom "if you feel like sneezing, you will go under the window of the ...
Category
1910s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Wolf, are you there #1 ? Hélène Duclos Contemporary art drawing green nature
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and pencil on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed and entitled lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso Study)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso Study) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Flower Seller in Clichy', Parisian Street Vendor, French Post Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and animated Parisian street view with a gendarme poised languidly to survey the street outside the Hotel de Clichy beside a flower vendor tending her colorful stall . A cha...
Category
1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
At the Café - Original Ink Drawing by Florisa Cordova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"At the Café" is an original ink drawing realized by Florisa Cordova.
In excellent conditions: As good as new.
Hand-signed on the right side.
Florisa Cordova was born in 1922 and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Mother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 22" x 28" and framed 26" x 32" x 2"
Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan NA 1952" lower left.
About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by h...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
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Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Flowers in Hair"
Ink on Paper
24.5” x 22.5”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a paint...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
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Along the Avenue
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
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Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, coloured pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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