Silhouette Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

The artwork is in simple white wood frames behind glass. The full signature is on the back of the drawing. Hanna Banaszczyk is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing at...

chalk on vintage collaged paper from a book of fables Artwork measures 60 x 32 inches 65. x 35.5 inches framed, deckle edge paper is floated in n...

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Boucles d'oreilles en corail (Coral Earrings) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...

The artwork is in simple white wood frames behind glass. At the right site there is a monogram with date. The full signature is on the back of the drawing. Hanna Banaszczyk is a gr...

The artwork is in simple black wood frames behind glass. The full signature is on the back of the drawing. Hanna Banaszczyk is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing at ...

"Born on a Boat and Trying to Get to Land", Acrylic ink on paper. Paper size: 10.75" x 15.75" Frame size: 18.5" x 23.5" Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current ...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Lilas 2', 2007 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 22.5 x 18.8 in. (57 x 47.5 cm.) ID: 1D200723 Hand-signed by author ____________________________________...

Series 7, #9F [2021] original Pen on paper Image size: H:36 cm x W:26 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:36 cm x W:26 cm x D:0..1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu image...

Found Alone Acrylic ink on paper 10.25 x 8.25 inches 18.25 x 16 inches framed 2023

Portrait of a Child is an Artwork  realized by  the French Artist  Gaston Charles Vuillier. Gouache on paper. 

The Officer is a Drawing in Watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, ...

Figure of Woman, 1895, is an original China ink drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the late 19th Century. In very good condition. Not signed. Dated on the lower right ma...

115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats. They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work. Today, they have a dual meaning. These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations. Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail. Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition. Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity. The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin. As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. . Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed. Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910. Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts. Early life Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed] The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8] Career Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11] In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia. Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940) Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915) The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926) The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917) On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938) Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...

Acrylic ink on paper. Paper size: 17" x 17" Frame size: 24.75" x 24.75" Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrates ...

Also, Not The Point Acrylic ink on paper 6.75 x 6.75 inches 15.5 x 14.5 inches framed 2022

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Pefil-1-10', 2010 ink on paper 12.3 x 7.5 in. (31 x 18.8 cm.) ID: 1D201005 Hand-signed by author ______________________________________________ Biogr...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Lilas 6', 2007 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 22.5 x 18.8 in. (57 x 47.5 cm.) ID: 1D200727 Hand-signed by author ____________________________________...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Lilas 5', 2007 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 22.5 x 18.8 in. (57 x 47.5 cm.) ID: 1D200726 Hand-signed by author ____________________________________...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Lilas 4', 2007 ink on paper Canson 320 g. 22.5 x 18.8 in. (57 x 47.5 cm.) ID: 1D200725 Hand-signed by author ________________________________________...

Mona, Not Mona Acrylic ink on paper 12 x 12 inches 20 x 20 x 1 inches 20232

Artist: Mary Joan Waid Title: Light, Behind Year: 1996 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm) Frame: 40 x 31 inches (101.6 x 78.74 cm)

Light, Behind Mary Joan Waid, American (1939) Date: 1996 Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 31 inches

ink drawing on paper blind contour drawing artists self-portrait

Signed and dated by the artist in ink, lower right Annotated in ink lower left: 3. Plate 15. - Lesson 3 A very early student work. From the Artist's estate

A piece of a whimsical alphabet that consists of 29 letters. Original work. Fineliner on paper. Inspired by a famous Villa Borghese park in Rome

Study for Spoleto Film Festival is a Drawing in Watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in the 1960s. Hand-signed. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...

Inside Berlin is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman around 1955 ca. Hand-signed on the rear...

Alena NADVORNIKOVA (née en 1942) Zoomorphic composition, 1979 India ink on paper Signed and dated "1979" lower left 50 x 32 cm Frame : 60 x 40 cm A Czech artist born in 1942 in Lipn...

Maka Cielecka Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Worked in Canada and in the Netherlands as a graphic artist. In the mid-90s she began her extensive travels, including t...

"Fishing in Amsterdam" is an original ink drawing on paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts two figures fishing in front of a bridge. 8 1...

Charles Buckley sources images from the fifties and using acrylic ink, carefully renders familiar scenes of the everyday with lines of varying thicknesses. The subjects run the gamut...

ink drawing on paper blind contour drawing, artists self-portrait

Richard Hambleton, Canadian (1952 -2017) - Shadow Head, Year: 1999, Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Size: 22.75 x 18 in. (57.79 x 45.72 cm), Fram...

We are premiering the paintings of a just discovered French artist Jade Bocquillon. A gifted artist living in Provence in the South of France, The work of Jade Bocquillon evokes deep feeling and emotion, combined with the artist's natural detailed style of painting. These paintings have just arrived from the personal collection of the artist, this will be the first time they have been available for sale. I MIss You...