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Pencil Landscape - The Old Mill

1942

French pencil drawing of tree, circa 1920. The artist's perspective lends a sense of upward movement to this piece, as the tree's branches seem t...

Pencil drawing of splendid peacocks resting peacefully beside a glistening pond and willow tree. Signed and dated 1942 lower right. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and ...

Line drawing with modern artistic touch of a bridge in red graphite by artist Ulrich Franke circa 1960. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Skillful pencil landscape drawing of travelers on the road bordering the small town of Villers-Saint-Paul north of Paris,France by artist Diogène Ulysse N. Maillart (1840-1926), 1908...

Vintage French watercolor featuring one of the Place de la Concorde's famous fountains with the Luxor Obelisk in the background, by P. Bourlier, circa 1930. The artist's perspective ...

Delightful 19th century French drawing of thatched cottage on country lane in the village of Montsoreau in the Pays de la Loire, titled "Chaumière à ...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Guijarros y Agua' Original Artwork (unframed*) ______________ Winter solstice light dancing on shingles and lapping tidal movements, towering rock formations rise ...

Provenance: Frédérique Tison, Château de Chassy (Burgundy-Franche Comté - France) Bibliography: J. Clair, V. Monnier Balthus, catalogue raisonné of the complete works, Gallimard, Pa...

Virgilio Marchi (Livorno 1895 – Rome 1960), Project for a new mobility in Venice Pencil and charcoal drawing 35 x 27 cm signed lower left. Provenance...

Four outrigger proa’s on the beach of Kusambe, Bali, 1937 Signed with initials, dated and described with location bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 29.7 x 35 cm In ebonized frame with white mount WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art and objects for their collections, Nieuwenkamp immediately started to purchase and order a wide range of ethnographic art and objects from local artists and craftsmen. Through his drawings and books, he gave an excellent impression of Balinese art and culture at that time. Since 1854 Northern Bali was under Dutch...

Premises in North Bali, 1906 Signed with initials and titled bottom left and fully signed, bottom right Pencil and ink on paper, 10.5 x 18 cm Black ebonized frame with white mount ...

Weltevreden, Kebon Sirih, & Vlucht voor de bui (Fleeing the rain) Executed between February 20 and March 2, 1918 Double sided drawing in graphite pencil on paper Images: c. 33 x 5...