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Nude Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
Study for “L’Acropole”
By Paul Delvaux
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul Delvaux
1897-1994 Belgian
Study for “L’Acropole”
Signed and dated "P.Delvaux 1965" (lower right)
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
This preliminary drawing for Paul Delvaux’s greatest masterpiece L’Acropole, which resides today in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, features the artist’s most beloved subject — mystical scenes of nude women. A centrally-placed, stoic woman draped in a long green gown stands with her arms outstretched by her sides. She gazes at another idealized woman in the foreground, lying nude on a chaise lounge, while behind her, multitudes of other women in white dresses undertake a long procession towards a distant door. The captivating scene exudes the unique Surrealist style for which the artist has become known.
With this skillful rendering of the surreal setting, Delvaux has mastered depicting nude women in a sensual yet non-erotic manner. The artist drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer, and blended them with his subconscious themes, which frequently included the nude female form. In combination with the loose concepts of form and perspective found in the 16th-century Mannerist paintings that Delvaux studied in Italy before World War II, his distinctive style served to create memorable dreamscapes without veering into lewdness. Like the very best Surrealist images, the work is both innovative and engaging.
Paul Delvaux's earliest and most lasting influences in his art were the futuristic writings of Jules Verne and the mythos of Homer. After completing his initial artistic training at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Delvaux exhibited with Surrealists Dalí...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton
Detailed nude drawing by Paul "Garth" Garfield Benton (American, 1940-2012). Portrait of Christine Rosamond...
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1980s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Nude Reading" c.1970, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Study
Located in Dallas, TX
My work is capturing the energy or mood of a place or event and presenting it to the audience to have them connect to the subject more closely as if it’s an integral part of their li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude By Albert Marquet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ink drawing on paper mounted on a panel by Albert Marquet ;. He was a French painter. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet su...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Crouching nude man with a mustache...
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1980s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Side View Seated Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Side View Seated Female Nude
Graphite on paper, c. 1890's
Unsigned
Provenance:
Rookwood Pottery Factory Collection, Cincinnati
Spanierman Gallery, New York (label)
Drawings from the sketchbook are in the collections of the Munson Williams Proctor Institute in Utica, New York and the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Frame size: 16 x 12 1/2 inches
Frank Duveneck
(1848-1919)
Born in Covington, Kentucky, Frank Duveneck had the birth name of Frank Decker. He became a well-trained academic painter whose work ranged from single figures in interiors to plein air canvases of figures in landscape and often included the depiction of low-life persons. His styles included Realism, Social Realism, and Impressionism, and his work was ever influenced by the dark tones and vigorous brush-strokes of the Munich style, which he learned at the Munich Academy in the 1870s. Art historian Matthew Baigell described Duveneck's mature style as having "loose highlights brushed over ruggedly blocked-out forms emerging from a richly suggestive chiaroscuro."
He apprenticed to a church decorator, Wilhelm Lamprecht, in Cincinnati, and worked in Catholic Churches in Covington, Cincinnati, Latrobe, Pennsylvania and Quebec, Canada. At age 22, entered the Royal Academy of Munich where he intended to further his interest in church decoration but instead veered to fine-art painting on canvas. One of his most influential teachers was realist Wilhelm von Diez, and Duveneck, also impressed by the realism of French painter Gustave Courbet, became known for adopting this revolutionary approach with rich brushwork. In Munich, Duveneck shared a studio with William Merritt Chase.
Returning to Cincinnati, he painted portraits and decorated churches and also taught art classes. At first he did not gain much attention, but an exhibition in Boston in 1875 gained him good attention.
In 1875, he went back to Europe and opened an art school in Munich and also in Poling in Bavaria, and many Americans who became known as "Duveneck's Boys," studied with him. Several years later, he opened his school in Italy where he spent the winters in Florence and the summers in Venice. In 1879, he and his followers went to Venice where he began etching and briefly shared a studio with James Whistler in order to learn from him. He also did sculpture. During this period, his painting changed drastically from dark interiors with heavy, impasto paint to outdoor, plein air painting in much lighter colors giving the appearance of sunlight. Among his students was the future Impressionist painter John Henry Twachtmann, and also Elizabeth Boott, whom he married in 1886 and who died two years later.
In 1888, he returned to Cincinnati where from 1900 he taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy. He spent the summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts painting...
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1890s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Nude woman laying sideways with washes of tea...
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1980s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Oil Pastel
Mid 20th Century Nude Figure Posed Away Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School
watercolour/pen drawing on artist paper
painting: 10.5 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
The Breeze, Nude, Figure, Watercolor, Salmagundi Club
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Clinton, Missouri, in 1876, Louis Frederick Berneker was a painter, illustrator and graphic designer. Berneker’s early art training was at the St. Louis School and Museum of ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Standing Nude, Pastel, Figure, Illustrator for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker
Located in Wiscasset, ME
William Henry Cotton was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1880. He studied painting with Joseph DeCamp and Andreas Anderson at the Cowles Art School in Boston, and then at the Académie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens. Cotton was a founder of the National Association of Portrait Painters and a member of the Newport Art Association. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York City; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Saint Louis Art Museum. He was among a number of American artists invited by the government of France to exhibit at the Musée du Luxembourg. After a successful career as a portrait painter, Cotton worked for Vanity Fair from 1931 to 1936 as an illustrator. Eleanor Roosevelt called his drawing of her for Vanity Fair, "her favorite character picture." Beginning in 1932, he was an illustrator for the New Yorker. In 1931 the New York Repertory Company produced a comedy Cotton wrote, "The Bride the Sun Shines On." He also painted mural decorations for New York City theaters...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Zoltan" - 1990 Male Nude Study
Located in Soquel, CA
"Zoltan" - 1990 Male Nude Study
Watercolor painting depicting a nude male figure. The brunette male figure is posing, seated on a purple cloth, his left hand gripping a table net to him, while he leans on his right elbow, his face looking straight ahead. The background is made up of hues of green.
Signed "AG" lower left.
Signed, titled and dated on verso.
"Arnold Grossman, 'Zoltan' November 1990"
Presented in a white mat.
Image with mat: 19"H x 22"W
Image: 10.5"H x 14.5"W
Sheet: 12"H x 16"W
Arnold A...
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1990s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Yvonne debout by Paulémile Pissarro - Nude drawing of the artist's wife
Located in London, GB
THIS WORK IS SOLD UNFRAMED
Yvonne debout by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Pencil on paper
30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower centre, P...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'Reclining Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Seated Male Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Male Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Figurative piece with a nude male by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Late 20th Century Latin American School Painting — Artist’s Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
LATE 20th Century American School Impressionist Watercolor Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait
Handsome example of 1990s Latin American art depicting a man raising his hands by Lati...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Seated Female Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Female Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Figurative piece with a nude woman by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is seated, with her he...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Seated Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude in Charcoal on Paper
Figurative piece with a nude model by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is seated, with one leg bent ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Pencil Sketch of Girl Nude Posing - Early 20th Century by Bruno Beran
By Bruno Beran
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Bruno was born in 1888 in Bruenn, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the youngest son of a well-to-do family of textile manufacturers.
Bruno was a delicate child, but...
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1930s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
A sleepy village sits under the shadow of the Matterhorn in this Swiss-style painting by an unknown artist. A handful of lights illuminate w...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on Paper
Beautiful modern figure drawing of a nude woman by Bay Area Artist George Wishon (A...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Color Pencil
"Seated Figure" Nude in Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Seated Figure" Nude in Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper
Beautiful modern figure drawing of a nude woman by Bay Area Artist George Wishon (Ameri...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Color Pencil
'Après Le Bain', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp verso for Victor di Gesu (AmerIcan, 1914-1986) and drawn circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the C...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is on her side, facing away fr...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper
Nude Female Torso in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Female Torso in Charcoal on Paper
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978).
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collectio...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
French Pointillist Reclining Male Nude Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pointillist Reclining Male Nude
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
initialled lower right
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 5.5 x 10 inches (overall the sheet measures 8.25 x 11.9 inches)
provenance: private collection of the artists work, Provence, France
Condition report: very good, colour strong, thin paper, margins of sheet show light marks but image is clean
Beautiful Neo-Impressionist 1940's French pointillist...
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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
'Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). On the ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Berthomme Saint-André, The Nap, Watercolor, 1925
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, ca.1925. The nap. With frame: 75x60.5 cm - 29.5x23.8 inches, without frame, just the watercolor: 53x39 cm - 20.9x15.35 inches. Signed lower left "Berthomme St André" (see photo).
Louis Berthommé Saint-André is a figurative painter, fresco painter, decorator, illustrator, engraver, ceramist and French lithographer born in 1905. He comes from rural and commercial France: his father ran a wine and grocery business. In his youth, Louis Berthommé Saint-André was injured by a kick, which left him with a stiff leg, preventing him from driving, among other things. The family left Oise to settle in Saintes, where the artist studied at La Recouvrance. He entered as a student architect with Georges Naud, responsible for the historical monuments of Charente then, in 1921, he entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
Louis Berthommé Saint-André is one of the great representatives of French figurative painting in the 20th century. He was trained at the School of Fine Arts by two very old masters who died during his training: Fernand Cormon (1845-1924) and Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921). He retains from their training the taste for well-learnt techniques, but from his first works, he is part of modernity. His constructions show decomposed forms inspired by Cézanne, while maintaining a keen sense of rigour. He never strayed from realism, but his very colourful, sometimes incisive palette and his freedom in representation gave his painting a bite and an acidity that placed Louis Berthommé Saint-André among the great talents of his time.
Silver medal at the Salon of French Artists where he exhibited from 1924 to 1929, he won the Abd-el-Tif Prise in 1925 and was then the youngest resident of the villa in Algiers. Friend of Jean Launois, in addition to his recognised portraits, he painted Algiers and the Kasbah. His studies of women recall those of Eugène Delacroix, but if his luminous inspiration is due to the Algerian sun, his touch is more Cézanne than purely orientalist. He left Algeria in 1928, to return there in 1931.
Before the war, Berthommé Saint-André exhibited regularly in all the major Salons: from 1928 at the Salon d'Automne, at the Salon des Beaux-Arts (1934 to 1936) at the Salon des Tuileries since 1935. His inspiration is close to surrealism .
During the Occupation, he became very "fauve", in reaction to the darkness of the war. He joined the Resistance, and collaborated with Vaincre (Resistance newspaper).
After the war, he developed a style close to poetic reality (Brianchon, Legueult, Oudot, Terechkovitch, Cavaillès. Caillard, Limouse, and Planson), without however ever being part of the group so called. He is present at the Salon Comparaison, at the Salon of painters Witnesses of our time, is president of the Salon of drawing and water-based painting. He has exhibited solo internationally, in Europe, the USA and Japan in particular. In 1977, he received just before his death, the grand prise of Painters Witnesses of their Time.
He died on October 1, 1977 in Paris.
Bibliography
- Michel Droit. Berthommé Saint-André. Éditions de la revue moderne, 1981
Wall frescoes
Entrance to the Direction, National School of Fine Arts, Paris
Lycée Charlemagne, Paris, Notre-Dame and the banks of the Seine, 1952
Staircase of the Staff of Poitiers
Personal exhibitions
Villa Abd-el-Tif, Alger, 1922
Galerie Armand Drouant, Paris, 1928
Galerie Marcel Bernheim...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1900s Original French Atelier Life Drawing Posed Man Head in Hands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Nu (Standing Female Nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nu (Standing Female Nude)
Red chalk on wove paper, c. 1925
Signed lower right: C Despaiu (see photo)
Sheet size (folded format): 12 1/8 x 8 5/16 inches
Condition: Very good
Sheet fol...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
'Seated Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" (for Michael Decker, American, 20th century) and created circa 1975.
An elegant graphite and india ink figural study of a young woman shown seated an...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
'Black Tie and Tail', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso for estate of Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
A Post-Impressionist figural watercolor showing a young woman partially-clothed in evening w...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
'Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) Estate Stamp verso; drawn circa 1955.
An elegant, figurative drawing showing a view of a young woman seated and gazing candidly towards the view...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', California Modernist Figural Drawing
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A graphite study of a young woman seated, shown contrapposto with her hair drawn back and gazing to her left. Michael Decker (American, 20th century) circa 1975 and stamped, verso, ...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
Figure Bending Over
Located in New York, NY
Image dimensions: 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Framed dimensions: 12 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ inches
Inscribed at lower left: JS 220
Our drawing is also referred to as Young Boy Adjusting His Sandal, and is illustrated in the catalogue for Sargent's 1928 exhibition of drawings at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. It is an example of an early study from life executed c. 1874-8.*
Sargent drew continuously from an early age and had benefited from the emphasis on drawing at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence where he entered the life class in 1870. He arrived in Paris on May 16th, 1874, with a large portfolio of drawings...
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1870s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Antique, Surrealism, Original Painting, Ready to Hang, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Colt K Sdall
Work: Original painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Graphic on Paper, Drawing,
Year: 1900 ?
Style: Surrealism
Size: 29" x 23" x 0.5'' inch, (73.5x5...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Paper, Pencil
'Man Stretching', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Gouache, Paper
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Modernist Original Watercolor Painting - Reclining Nude Female Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Original Watercolor Painting - Reclining Nude Female Figure Study
Reclining nude female figure set on a low, moody horizon in sunset ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Post Impressionist nude drawing by French 20th Century artist Latapie
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (French, 1891-1972)
La Modele
Black crayon
Signed `Latapie’ (lower right)
24.5/8 x 19 in. (62.5 x 48.3 cm.)
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Undressing by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Undressing by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Pencil on paper
13.6 x 10.6 cm (5 ³/₈ x 4 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed w...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Charcoal on paper
31.3 x 24.2 cm (12 ⅜ x 9 ½ inches)
Signed lower right, L.Rodo
This work of art is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated by Lélia Pissarro.
Artist biography:
Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro, born in Paris in 1878, was Camille Pissarro’s fourth son. Encouraged by his father, he began drawing from nature at an early age. He was familiarly known as “Rodo” and generally signed his works "Ludovic-Rodo", or early on in his career simply "Rodo".
The impact of Camille’s art and teaching on Rodo was considerable. His artistic production encompassed a wide range of media, including oil painting, tempera, watercolour, gouache, wood engraving, drawing and lithography. Rodo exhibited regularly at the Salon des Indépendants over a forty-year period.
In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Rodo published his first wood engravings in the anarchist journal, Le Père Peinard. When Camille left France for the safety of Belgium during the anarchist upheavals of the same year, Rodo joined him there.
Rodo moved into his first studio in Montmartre with his brother Georges in 1898. Works of this early important period until just after the death of his father in 1903 were post-impressionist and clearly painted under the influence of his father.
By 1904 living in Paris, he found the nightlife and the habitués of the cafes, theatres, circuses and cabarets compelling subjects for his work and changed dramatically the style of his painting, affiliating himself to the Fauve artists. Rodo became close to artists such as Kees Van Dongen, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy. In 1905 he participated in the first Fauve exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants. In 1907 he visited Van Dongen in Rotterdam and the two artists continued to paint together, something they often did in Paris.
In 1914 he married, though he never had children. Later that year at the outbreak of the War Rodo moved to England. Over the next seven years he lived mainly in and around West London. He worked closely with his brother Lucien to establish in 1915 the Monarro Group, formed with the aim of exhibiting work by contemporary artists inspired by Impressionism. Many of the works produced by Rodo while he was in England were of London landmarks but, he was also interested in the urbanisation of West London. After 1921, when Rodo had already returned to France, he divided his time between Paris and Les Andelys in Normandy, living and working closely with his elder brother Georges Manzana.
Despite his rich artistic heritage and his achievements as an artist, Rodo is perhaps best remembered for his contribution to art history. For ten years he researched and compiled a catalogue of his father’s paintings...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
"Untitled 17, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 17" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) Nude in the studio, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927)
Nude in the studio
signed lower right
Charcoal on paper
37.5 x 31.5 cm
In good condition
In a modern frame : 53 x 46.5 cm
Published under n°414 of the artist's catalogue raisonné (p 167 reproduced) published by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, Paris 2020
This drawing is a particularly interesting and touching example of Henri Ottmann's art. It shows his special technique, which gives priority to a kind of blur, and in this case it serves very well this scene of intimacy as if captured by stealth.
Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis.
He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.
In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Moroccan Dancer by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
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Moroccan Dancer by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Watercolour, coloured crayon and pencil
26.3 x 20.2 cm ( ...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Nude Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and confident sketch of a nude model by an unknown San Francisco Bay Area artist (20th Century). A woman is lying down on her back, with her arm...
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1980s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pen
"Untitled 18, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 18" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
"Untitled 16, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 16" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Vellum
Traditional nude drawings by Paulémile Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Traditional nude drawings by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Pencil on paper
34.1 x 26.5 cm (13 ³/₈ x 10 ³/₈ inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile-Pissarro-
This work ...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
"Untitled 19, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 19" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setting.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
"Untitled 15, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 15" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto scene of artists with their easels.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Paper
"Untitled 20, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 20" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setti...
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
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The human body has long been a favorite subject for artists throughout history. Nude drawings and watercolor paintings reveal the human figure but also the social ideals, traditions and cultural beliefs around people and bodies at the time they were created.
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