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Nude Female Reclining II

Circa 1990

Striking watercolor and ink painting of a nude female figure lying on her side, in brilliant shades of red against blue paper by artist Kei Mitsuuchi, 1994. Signed and dated lower le...

French watercolor and ink painting of a nude female figure posing with geometric objects by Jean-Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950. Original art...

French ink sketch of a nude female figure standing and stretching in a bright orange hue by French-Japanese artist Kei Mitsuuchi (1948-2001), circa 19...

Modern pen and ink drawing of a female nude with her legs crossed and arm across her chest, 1990s. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival p...

Black and white pen & ink drawing of a nude female model posing for an artist by French artist Jean Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat...

Radiant ink and charcoal painting of a nude female figure seated on a stool in a rich rust hue, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. A...

We would like to thank Juliette Parmentier-Courreau of the Custodia Foundation for her welcome and support during the consultation of Glomy’s Journal des Ouvrages. This spectacularly large "feuille de desseins ajustés" commissioned by François Boucher from Jean-Baptiste Glomy is emblematic of the painter's art and mastery of rocaille. It is also fully representative of the taste of this period in the field of decorative arts. The largest of these three drawings, placed at the bottom of the composition, is particularly interesting: dating from around 1756, it constitutes a modello (apparently unpublished) for the frontispiece of the "Catalogue des tableaux de Monsieur de Julienne"), preserved in the Morgan Library in New York. 1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry...

In this lively and fresh drawing, probably taken from one of the artist's notebooks, Pajou presents us with a composition freely inspired by antiquity, as a souvenir of a visit to th...

Martin Eder untitled work on paper executed in ballpoint pen with traces of watercolor. Ohne Titel Arbeit auf Papier, ausgeführt in Kugelschreiber mit Spuren von Aquarell. 2007

Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...

Ink drawing of female nude lounging on the floor. This is 1 of 2 drawings of Chantel I created during a figure drawing session I attended during my MFA at SVA. Chantel is a dear fri...

Ink drawing of female nude lounging on her stomach with her legs up. This is 1 of 3 drawings of Laurel I created during a figure drawing session I attended during my MFA at SVA. It ...