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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
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Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
Signed “Boldini” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
This exceptional portrait was composed by the great Giovanni Boldini, one of the most important portrait painters of the Belle Époque. The charming work captures the young, elegant French...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Canvas
Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Son of Camille
Located in Holywell, GB
A delightful pencil sketch on watermarked laid paper by Camille Pissarro’s son, George Manzana Pissarro. Signed by means of his studio stamp and with auct...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Original Joseph Stella Drawing" - 20th Century Portrait Pencil Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch by famed American Modernist Joseph Stella, who burst on to the American scene at the epochal Armory Show of 1913 and whose work is today in the collections of every m...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Letters to Sardinia - Drawing by Filiberto Scarpelli - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Letters to Sardinia is a modern artwork realized by Italian artist Filiberto Scarpelli (Naples, 1870 - Rome, 1933).Four Separate artworks in one frame. Original drawings realized i...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper
27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame)
Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique”
Dated "1785"
Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
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1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770), Study of a Child.
This charming work is probably a study for a painting, it shows a child with a swathe of billowing fabric over her ...
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage and me...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
The Arab Butcher, a preparatory drawing by Gustave Guillaumet (1840 - 1887)
Located in PARIS, FR
This intensely expressive figure is a preparatory study for "Arab Market on the Tocria Plain", a painting exhibited at the 1865 Salon and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
1...
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1860s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Carbon Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1976.
Mixed media on Paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right.
Good conditions
The portrait is linear and simp...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Mother and Child. Bold Very Accomplished 20th Century Stand Out Modern Artwork.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Unknown School.
Second half of the mid-20th Century.
Charcoal, Oil Paint & Spray Paint on Plywood Panel. Signed Indistinctly.
Image size 26.8 inches x 21.7 inches ( 68cm x 55cm ).
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Charcoal, Oil, Spray Paint
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Profile of a Lady'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'December Bride'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
Portrait of a Woman - Drawing by Roland Cruypelants - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an Artwork realized by the Artist Roland Cruypelants (1882-1947).
Drawing pencil on paper, Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
The artwork...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Profiles - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Profiles is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s.
Pencil on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good conditions with some foxing.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Man - Drawing by Jacqueline Barbet - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Man is an artwork realized by the french Artist Jacqueline Barbet (1902-1975), in 1944.
Drawing Charcoal on paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil in Roman numerals...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Pilgrim's Progress'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'She Nailed It!'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
Portrait of Mildred - British Victorian art Pre-Raphaelite seated young girl
Located in London, GB
This captivating Victorian sanguine portrait drawing of a young girl is by Pre-Raphaelite British artist Edward Robert Hughes. The red chalk portrait dated 1885 is of Mildred, her name inscribed upper left. She is seated, hands in lap, her long hair flowing over her shoulders in typical Pre-Raphaelite manner. Great detail has gone into depicting the smocking on her dress and the artist has perfectly captured her sweet innocent nature.
Signed and dated lower left.
Provenance. Cambridge collection.
Condition. Red chalk on paper, image size 22 inches by 18 inches and in good condition.
Housed in a complimentary frame and glazed, 28 inches by 24 inches framed and in very good condition.
Edward Robert Hughes - Not to be confused with Edward Hughes (1832 - 1908), who specialised in portrait painting. Edward Robert Hughes RWS (1851 – 1914) was an English painter who worked prominently in watercolours, but also produced a number of significant oil paintings. He was influenced by his uncle and eminent artist, Arthur Hughes who was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and worked closely with one of the Brotherhood's founders, William Holman Hunt. Having settled on his career choice, Edward Robert Hughes attended Heatherley's in London to prepare himself for the chance of auditioning for the Royal Academy School. Hughes became a student at the Royal Academy School in 1868. While Pre-Raphaelitism played an influential part in shaping Hughes work, Aestheticism is also seen in his paintings. E.R.Hughes is widely known for his works Midsummer Eve and Night With Her Train of Stars yet he built a career as a portrait painter to the upper classes. In addition to being an accomplished artist himself, E.R.Hughes was also a studio assistant to the elder artist and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founding member William Holman Hunt when Hunt suffered from glaucoma. Two of the paintings that Hughes worked on with Hunt were The Light of the World, which is displayed in St Paul's Cathedral, and The Lady of Shalott, which is exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum. On his own he experimented with ambitious techniques and was a perfectionist; he did numerous studies for many of his paintings, some of which turned out to be good enough for exhibition. Hughes held several important offices within the artistic community over his lifetime such as becoming a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1888, and was on their committee from 1895 to 1897. He was elected to Associate Membership of The Royal Water Colour Society (ARWS) on 18 February 1891, and he chose as his diploma work for election to full membership a mystical piece (Oh, What's That in the Hollow?) inspired by a verse by Christina Rossetti entitled Amor Mundi. His painting A Witch was given by the Royal Watercolour Society to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to mark the coronation in 1902. In later years Hughes served as the Vice-President of the RWS before leaving in 1903. Throughout his career, E.R.Hughes exhibited his works in several galleries around London: Dudley Gallery, Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery, The Royal Academy, and toward the end of his career he exhibited with The Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours (RWS). His works can be seen in public collections including Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Cambridge & County Folk Museum, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery, Bruce Castle...
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Tuscan Florentine Female Nude Portrait Drawing 20th century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
Pencil on paper 32.5 x 23.5 cm.
The subject is a double study of a female nude.
It's signed at the bottom right, "U. Capocchini".
Ugo Capocchini was an Italian artist. He won many ...
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1930s Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Lady, Drawing Signed and Dated by Augustin de Saint-Aubin
Located in PARIS, FR
This drawing full of freshness presents us with the profile of an elegant lady, drawn by Augustin de Saint-Aubin on a beautiful summer day in 1776, during the early months of Louis X...
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1770s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Clemente Pujol de Gustavino An orientalist Arab Guardsman
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Clemente Pujol de Guastavino (1850-1905)
Origin: Spanish
Signature: signed C. Pujol (lower right)
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimension: 25 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in. Framed 34 by 2...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Bella Attrice
Located in Mokena, IL
La Bella Attrice, 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Graphite and White Chalk on Toned Paper. Drawing by artist Justas Varpucanskis. This piece utilizes the "rules of craftsmanship" as outlined in C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Modern Dancers
By Mick Micheyl
Located in London, GB
'Modern Dancers', pastel, ink and gouache on fine art paper by French artist, singer and sculptor, Mick Micheyl (1964). Two elegant young men are depicted in a graceful dancing pose, arms outstretched, their lithe bodies so agile and limber. Perhaps one of the dancers was her friend, Philippe, to whom the painting is dedicated on the bottom. The dedication says: 'For you Philippe, all my friendship'. Signed: 'Mick Micheyl'. The work has been newly framed and glazed after having been acquired in the S. of France. It is in fair vintage condition commensurate with age showing minor blemishing on the paper. Upon request a video of the piece can be provided.
Dimensions with Frame:
H 75 cm / 29.5"
W 61 cm / 24"
Dimensions without Frame:
H 56 cm / 22"
W 42 cm / 16.5"
About the Artist: Mick Micheyl (1922 - 2019) was born in Lyon and had a busy and rewarding artistic career as a singer, producer, reviewer, metal sculptor, artist. After having received training at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon she became a painter and decorator in the theatre but then commenced a career in the musical activities of a theatrical troupe. She won the ABC competition in Paris in 1949 with a song, Le Marchand de Poésie, which she composed herself. She then performed in many cabarets: L'Échelle de Jacob, Harlequin and Liberty's. In the 1950s she was one of the most important French cabaret singers of that period. One of her titles, 'Un Gamin de Paris', became one of the French standards and also performed by Yves Montand and Robert Clary...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour character
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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2010s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Winged character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art drawing outsider art portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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2010s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
French Impressionist Portrait Drawing, 'The Art Lesson'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil study portrait drawing of a child painting at an easel by French artist Charles-Jean Agard. The work is signed bottom left and presented in a carved wood and gilt frame with mount under glass.
A very charming pencil study of a child sitting at an easel. Agard has beautifully captured the head and face in full, with the light and shade, the rest of the body and surroundings are in sketch form, the contrast between the two making for a very successful composition beautifully capturing the intensity of the sitter.
Charles Agard...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Handmade Paper
The Reading Girl - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Reading Girl is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1939
Charcoal and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good condition with slight foxing.
The artwork is represented ...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s portrait, gouache on paper painting by Belgian artist Max Moreau (1902 - 1992).
A finely detailed portrait of a lovely young girl looking like a good child from the period right after WWII. Moreau captures the sweet expression, soft features, and calm, well-mannered demeanor of that child. Hand-signed and dated on the bottom right corner.
The artist demonstrates incredible skill in detailing this portrait with gouache and watercolor. This skill has made his portraits so desirable for international collectors.
The painting still has its original elegant mahogany carved frame with glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 25.19 in wide (64 cm) x 30.32 in high (77 cm) x 2.38 in deep (6 cm).
Opening view: 19.69 in wide (50 cm) x 24.50 in high (62 cm).
Note: Max Leon Moreau (1902 - 1992)
Moreau is a highly acclaimed artist born in Belgium. He is best known for his loosely brushed street scenes of Paris, Granada, and North Africa and his revealing portraits of met characters during his foreign travels. Taught to paint by his father, the family moved to Paris, where he made copies of paintings at the Louvre Museum. Later Moreau and his family lived in Tunisia and Morocco before settling in Granada, Spain. Following his death in 1992, his home was converted into a museum dedicated to his life and work. His paintings are internationally collected and appear at auction in major international houses.
Max spent his last 30 years living in his Moorish-style house in Granada, which upon his death, was bequeathed to the City of Granada along with the contents of his studio and artwork.
The City of Granada has turned his home into a museum showcasing his paintings, studio, and private life.
The main building of the Casa Museo Max Moreau houses an exhibition space that takes us on a journey through his most common themes: portraits, still-life, and landscapes, represented through oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings on paper. There is also a series of models for theatre creations that illustrate his interest and relationship to the scenic arts (he was involved in many productions as an actor, playwright, musician, and set designer).
The building is an original from the region of Albayzín and is popularly known as Carmen. Does the name come from the Arabic word Karm which means vine, orchard, or garden.?The second building houses his studio, remained untouched: the easel next to the window, a piano with scores, and a collection of oriental objects...
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Pupils - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Pupils is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938.
Watercolor and ink on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower and dated.
In good conditions
The artwork is represented through def...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Lady - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s.
Watercolor and ink on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes maste...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938.
Oil Pastel on paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Writing Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Writing Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good conditions
The artwork is represented through deft s...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes ...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Teacher and Pupil - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Teacher and Pupil is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938.
Charcoal on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower and dated.
In good conditions
The artwork is represented through de...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Frederick I of Prussia
By Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder
Located in PARIS, FR
Georg Philipp I RUGENDAS (1666-1742)
Frederick I of Prussia
Red chalk, ink and brown wash on paper
45x42 cm
This drawing has been long considered representative of Charles VI. In r...
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Early 1700s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame.
Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Peasant - Drawing by Augusto Monari - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Peasant is a Drawing in pencil realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions, including a ivory-colored Passepartout.
The artwor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portraits - Drawing by Augusto Monari - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a Drawing in pencil realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions, including a creamy-colored Passepartout.
The art...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Joyful Modern British portrait of famed comedian Victoria Wood by Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A bright and engaging portrait of the famed comedian Victoria Wood (1953 - 2016). She wears a vibrant yellow jersey with a vivid blue stripe running across it. In the background are ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
Florentine Artist Religious Figurative drawing 20th century ink pencil paper
By Giuseppe Fraschetti
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing is signed on the bottom left G. Fraschetti, a Florentine artist, pupil of Giacomo Lolli, active mostly in Tuscany in the time between the 19th and 20th century and known ...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
'Sheila', Pacific Grove Art Association Exhibit, Woman Artist, LACMA, PAFA, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled on exhibition label, 'Sheila' and created circa 1965.
Exhibited:
Pacific Grove Museum of Natu...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite, Mica
Man sitting in the studio - Thinking about art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adolph Eduard Otto von Faber du Faur (1828 Ludwigsburg - 1901 Munich). Man sitting in the studio. Watercolour painting, 43 x 27 cm (visible size), 73 x 53 cm (frame), monogrammed at lower right, estate stamp.
Upper right corner neatly repaired, small tear in the wall to the left of the sitter.
- Thinking about art -
About the artwork
The sitter, an elderly man, is seated in a studio on a pedestal reminiscent of an academy hall. The earthy, dark tones give the scene a weighty quality. The lightest tones are found in the incarnate parts of the figure, which do not stand out from the other colours of the picture, but are linked to them. As a result, the sitter's face is both part of and the highlight of the colour references in the picture. The colour of the sitter's skin is reflected in his pink coat, while his white-grey hair matches the colour of the wall next to him. This almost monochrome wall surface, in turn, is connected across the portrait to the framed picture standing on the floor, which seems to have been erased by this correspondence with the empty wall surface. Through the palette, which is positioned directly behind the sitter's head, the reference to painting, which is already given by the studio space, is explicitly linked to the sitter, who thus seems to be contemplating the question of the meaning of art.
This raises the question of whether Faber Du Faur, who had become lonely in his old age, might have painted a self-portrait here in his later years. In addition to the studio setting, the sitter's explicit reference to the palette and the fact that the picture was part of his estate, the only summary elaboration of the body suggests a self-portrait, while the representation of the face is concretised with the wide-open eyes typical of a self-portrait. This concentration on the face gives the impression of the artist's melancholy introspection, captured by the palette and related to the meaning of painting, whose dark character is reinforced by the concealment of the palette hanging on the right of the picture in the light tones so characteristic of Faber Du Faur. In the course of this resignation, Faber du Faur advises his son Hans, who has also become a painter: "Promise me one thing: never move to Munich, they'll kill you here!"
Whoever the sitter may be, the references to painting make the portrait a resigned self-contemplation by Faber Du Faur, focused on art.
About the artist
After leaving school, Otto Faber du Faur entered the service of the Württemberg army, at the same time cultivating his artistic talent. In 1851, on the recommendation of his father Christian Wilhelm, who was himself a battle painter, he spent six months in Munich as an apprentice to Alexander von Kotzebue. In 1852 he was granted a year's leave of absence from military service to study battle painting in the studio of Adolphe Yvon...
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1890s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in Thought, 20th Century English Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 16 x 20 inches (40.5 x 51 cm)
This portrait is painted in an impressionist palette and is likely to have been created by Caroline Hutchinson circa 1955. It...
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20th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Oleta's Hat', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, California Woman Artist, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Conroy' for Virginia Conroy (American, 1922-2006) and dated 1985.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (on original backing...
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1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Adam and Eve - Drawing - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Adam and Eve is a drawing realized in 1849 and attributed to the painter and draughtsman Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850).
Applied on cardboard: 35 x 25 cm
Hand-signed on the lower and ...
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1840s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
'Out of Hokkaido', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, Japanese portrait, Kimono
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled lower left, 'Mitsuko ''Okaido Born''' and dated August 1976.
Exhibited:
Carmel Art Associati...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'".
Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse.
- In the shadow of betrayal -
About the artwork
This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376).
Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886
The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner.
In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk.
As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting.
About the artist
In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions.
Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904).
From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...
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1880s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Cabaret Dancers girls Austrian watercolor painting in fraimed 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed: by Richard Geiger (1870 – 1945), Austrian - Hungarian painter. Also pencils inscriptions on reverse with date 33 (1933). By the 1920s, he worked illustrating books, bookplates and posters. His paintings included portraits, nudes, genre paintings, and mythological scenes, but he was known for his illustrations, especially his carnival motifs. Spectacular masterwork.
Size app.: 18 x 23.3 cm (roughly 7.1 x 9,2 in), framed 31.7 x 36.4 cm (roughly 12.5 x 14.3 in). Very Good condition, minimal age wear. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. Glass will be removed prior to shipment for safe transit. Weight of app. 0,5 kg (without glass!) is going to measure some 2 kg volume weight packed for shipment.
R. Geiger was born in Vienna. He first attended a drawing school and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied under Christian Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger. He studied sculpture with Fritz Klimsch at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. There he took part in the exhibitions of the Academy with his portrait busts and sculptures. In Paris he studied at the Julian Academy and worked in the studio of François Flameng...
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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Portrait in Venice Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
A bit of a mystery scholarly sanguine drawing. Very well executed portrait of a Lady dated either 1904, 1907, or 1909 in Venice. It is signed but I cannot make it out. The paper meas...
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Signed Female Nude Portrait Drawing 20 century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing, pencil on paper 33 x 49 cm without frame, displays a naked woman laying. This is clearely a portrait, by the way she stands and look at the audience.
On the back ther...
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20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Young Handsome Man (Army GI)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WWII era portrait of a young man by Louis Krupp (1888-1978). Charcoal on paper measures 16.5 x 22.5 inches, 25 X 30 IN MATTING. Signed and dated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
original Ronald Shap oil pastel character portrait - Ol' California
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel character portrait by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. "Ol' California." 17x23 inches....
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Male Nude Portrait Academia Drawing Study 19th century pencil white lead paper
Located in Florence, IT
This “Academia” (pencil and white lead on paper, 48 x 32,5 cm) is the kind of study from live that was the most frequent way of training in Arts Academies since the 18th century.
The...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Female Portrait Drawing Roaring Thirties Monogram Dated pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing, color pencil on paper 26 x 23 cm without frame, portrays a lady on profile, styled as the typical fashion of the time. By the way she's portrayed, she seems an audaciou...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
"Limfjorden" by Erik Raadal Portrait Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Limfjorden, a vintage oil on board landscape painting, depicts two figures conversing with a rural village landscape and large body of water in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
At the bar att. to Alexandre Blanchet - Drawing 23x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on cardboard without frame
Category
Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
