Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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...

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, ...

English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 14.75 x 10.5 inches provenance:...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 10.25 inches (width measure...

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...

In this drawing, Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents a drawing after a sketch by Edgar Degas. Degas' original drawing was a study for an 1863 painting entitled 'Les malheurs...

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso) Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Helen Chase Storm (the arti...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off-white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 14.5 x 11 inches provenance: fr...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Back View, Seated by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches prov...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Leaning by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.25 x 11.5 inches provenance: ...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated in Profile by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 13.5 x 11 inches prove...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 12 inches provenance: from...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 11 inches (width mea...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Forward Facing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 22 x 14.75 inches provena...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated on Floor by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches proven...

Image size: 16 x 20 ½ inches This is a study for the body of Medusa in Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa, 1922-25, the mural panel installed on the ceiling side aisle of the Hunting...

English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, in Profile by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 12 inches provenance...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated (with additional image attached) by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on yellowed thin artists paper, unframed measurements: she...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Reclining (double sided sheet, another similar image verso) by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed me...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Kneeling by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance: f...

English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing Facing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 12 inches provena...