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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Portrait of a Seated Lady - French 1880 Victorian art female portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
This lovely pencil and charcoal drawing is attributed to circle of French noted artist Jacques Joseph Tissot. Created around 1880 the drawing is of a woman relaxing on a reclining chair...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A young woman seen in profile, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
A young woman seen in profile
Black Chalk on paper
with cut edges
Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale of 1...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Man in a blue and brown coat and Fashion for our Future, Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Ink, Watercolor
James Arden Grant (1885-1973) - Pastel, Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a young girl with short cropped hair seated in a red chair. The artist captures her features and ruffled dress in expressive pastel markings, bringing vibrancy...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Young Girl (Jenue Fille)" Louis Valtat, French Drawing
By Louis Valtat
Located in New York, NY
Louis Valtat
Young Girl
Stamped with initials lower right
Pencil on brown paper
Sight 7 x 6 inches
Provenance:
Mrs. Ernest M. Werner, New York
Private Collection, Rhode Island
Loui...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Diptych. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Diptych, 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Overall Frame size: 43 cm H x 68 cm W x 3 c...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
untitled Woman by the Windows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Woman by the Windows)
Unsigned.
Pastel on board, c. 1915
Created while the artist was in Giverny, France
Provenance:
Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr
by Desc...
Category
1910s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of Young Girl Victorian British Pre-Raphaelite portrait pencil drawing
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Victorian pencil drawing dates to around 1890 and is by an unknown hand. It is a bust length seated portrait of a young girl gazing to her right. Her long hair is bac...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Sanguine Watercolour Study of a Cubist Head With Floral Painted Mount.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A sanguine coloured watercolour, gouache and ink drawing of a stylised head with intricate floral and head motifs on the hand drawn mount. The work is initial signed bottom right 'AE...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Jean Dulac (1902-1968) - 1942 Watercolour, Portrait of D'Adrienne Dulac-Riche
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a woman in profile. The artist captures her in watercolour and pastel. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a slim wooden frame. Titled and dated verso. On ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - French Fishwife
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a French fishwife in a pink dress. Presented glazed in a cream mount and a reeded gilt frame. Unsigned. There is a label on the verso inscribed with the title and furth...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Japanese Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with stylized rails and bead course. The artist's signature and seal can be seen to the lower left. On paper.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of Young Girl - 20th Century Portrait Drawing in Ink, Pencil and Crayon
By Jacob Kramer
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Study of Young Girl, Ink and Crayon Painting by Jacob Kramer
Additional information:
Medium: Ink, pencil and crayon
20.3 x 17.8 cm
8 x 7 in
Signed
Provenance
Private Collection, UK.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Crayon, Pencil
Attributed to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) La famille heureuse, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attribuetd to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
La Famille heureuse (The Happy Family)
Watercolor on paper
23 x 18 cm
In quite good condition : a small tear i...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Art World Series, Watercolor on Archival Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School late 19th century,
A woman in a deckchair,
pencil on paper
21 x 31.5 cm
In a modern frame : 36 x 47 cm
This is a very sensitive and interesting drawing.
Typical of Im...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
1866 Watercolour - Lady In The Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour showing a finely dressed young lady in a flowing white gown and elegantly styled hair in the fashion of the 18th Century. The artist has mono...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Kate Porter - Framed 1996 Watercolour, Blyth Tait & Ready Teddy
Located in Corsham, GB
A very finely painted watercolour study of the New Zealand equestrian Blyth Tait. Ready Teddy was an eventing horse competitively ridden by Blyth. Together the pair competed in three...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Frank William Burton (b.1855) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Beside the Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A pretty portrait of a young woman on a rocky beach. She wears a simple linen dress and pink hat. Presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed with initials. On watercolour paper.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Auguste Gardanne (1840-1890) Soldiers at rest, War of 1870, wartercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Gardanne (circa 1840- circa 1890)
Soldiers at rest during the franco-prussian war of 1870
Watercolor on paper
On the reverse Study of a battlefield (?)
Pencil on paper
Mark o...
Category
1870s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Robbie
Located in Corsham, GB
Subtle conte is used in a sculptural manner to render a delicate study of a child. The artwork has been completed on a piece of pale rose wove, which perfectly complements the rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Watercolour artwork by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro titled 'Le Moulin de la Galette'
Located in London, GB
Le Moulin de la Galette by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952)
Watercolour and ink on paper
21 x 15.7 cm (8 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp and inscribed Elisabeth lower ri...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
L. D. Carmichael - Signed Mid 20th Century Oil, The Men at the Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil study of four men loitering by the harbourside. They appear to be engaged in conversation whilst one is off to the side smoking a cigarette. In the background we can...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
William Edward Frank Britten (1848-1916) - 1906 Pastel, Head Of The Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine early 20th Century portrait in delicate pastel, showing a refined older woman in elegant black dress with a white lace cap. She holds her knitting in her lap as she gazes...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Domingo Alvarez Gómez (1942) - Retrato femenino - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas obra: 65 cm. de altura x 50 cm. de ancho
Buen estado de conservación el de la obra
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Category
Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Head of a Cheerful Man Wearing a Cap
Located in New York, NY
Watermark: the arms of Amsterdam
Provenance:
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 1 December 1986, lot 46; where acquired by:
Private Collection, New York
Literature:
Roger Adolf d’Hulst, “Jordaens Drawings: Supplement II,” Master Drawings, vol. 28, no. 2 (1990), pp. 153-156, no. A237a, fig. 17.
Matías Díaz Padrón, Jacob Jordaens...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Man looking into Window
Located in Miami, FL
Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge
Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight,"
Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame
Morris Weiss collection...
Category
1910s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor
The Painter Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccarin in the 1950s. It depicts the painter and Master of Pittura Metafisica Giorgio De Chirico.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Minister Scelba - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1954
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1954, and depicting the former italian Prime Minister Mario Scelba.
Hand signed.
Very good condition
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Abundance - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing realized by minio Maccari in the 1950s.
Another charcoal drawing is present on the verso.
Hand signed in pencil.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
The Painter - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1945 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
George Charles Francis (1860-1940) -Late 19th Century Watercolour, Mantes Market
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully impressionist view of French market in Mantes-la-Jolie, France. Women gather at stalls under canopies, one woman walks towards the viewer in the foreground, a basket ov...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Girolamo Tubino After Raffaello, Sanzio Da Urbino La Velata
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century watercolour by Italian artist Girolamo Tubino (1805-1879) is after ‘La Velata’ (Woman with a Veil) by Raphael (1483-1520),...
Category
1840s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns, and was ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Signed Contemporary Gouache - The Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming gouache and watercolours study of a man. Illegibly signed to the lower left and well presented in a white mount and hardwood frame. On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Performance II realistic charcoal & ink monotone drawing, woman in striped dress
Located in Dallas, TX
"Performance I & II" are thoughtful and dynamic charcoal drawings on paper by Patsy McArthur. They are monotone, black and white, and show a woman wearing a fashionable striped skirt...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
Early 20th Century Pastel - Edwardian Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
This compelling portrait depicts an Edwardian girl against a blue background. The artist captures her soft facial features and long brown hair in fine detail. Her white ruffle dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Isabelle Mulvany - 2020 Gouache, Corona Girls
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary illustration, showing a group of glamorous girls out for drinks. The painting is full of interesting commentary on Covid, from the year 2020, at the start of the outbreak. One woman, shows off her hand, dripping with hand sanitiser, to her friends, with her stash of flu pills and hand sanitiser bottles at her side. Another holds a bottle of Corona beer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Washington DC" By Ed Fairburn, Original Pigment Ink on Antique Map Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
Washington DC is a beautiful original pigment ink illustration, created by Ed Fairburn on a medium of an antique 1800s map, depicting a woman drawn through the streets and topography gazing to the east.
Artist Biography:
Born 15th November 1989 in Southampton, UK.
Ed Fairburn is an English artist whose ability to combine the geography of our facial features with the geography of the earth leads to a startling and compelling synthesis of the two. Fairburn has become known in Europe for his evocative portraits, which produce complex human features from the apparently random patterns found in mundane topographical and astrological maps...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pigment
Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
...
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Black & White Sketch of Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Graphite Character Drawing of Leonard Brezhnev done by Ben Blum
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Graphite
Classical Female Head (woman portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1950 drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Graphite on wove paper, sheet measures 12 x 18 inches. Excellent condition with no restoration or damage. Signed lower right. Unframed. From a recently discovered collection of over 60 important Castellon drawings and watercolors c.1939-1950.
Birth place: Almeria, Spain
Death place: New York, NY
Addresses: NYC (immigrated 1921; citizen, 1943)
Profession: Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, teacher
Exhibited: Weyhe Gal., 1934, 1936-40; AIC, 1935-47 (prize, 1938); AFA traveling exh., 1937; WMAA, 1938-45; PAFA, 1938-39, 1940 (prize), 1941-42; Carnegie Inst., 1942; PAFA, 1943-53; Assoc. Am. Ar., 1946 (prize), 1952 (solo); Corcoran Gal, 1947; LOC, 1949 (prize); Paris, France, 1952; Bombay, India, 1952; Gallery 10, 1961; Dintenfass Gal., N.Y., 1963; Phila. Pr. Cl., 1964 (prize); Hudson Gld. A., 1964; Great Neck, L.I., 1964; SAGA, 1964 (prize). In 1953, under the auspices of State Dept. Specialist Div., of I.E.S., he exhibited in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, with lectures in each country. Awards: F., Spanish Republic, 1934-36; fellow, Guggenheim Fnd., 1941, 1950; Nat. Inst. A. & Let. Grant, 1950.
Member: NA; SAGA
Work: WMAA; PAFA; MoMA; PMA; MMA; BM; AIC; NYPL; LOC; Univ. KY; San Diego Mus. FA; Newark (NJ) Pub. Lib.; Princeton Univ. (Frank Jewett Mather Coll.).
Comments: A Surrealist painter whose imagery of the 1930s was greatly influenced by Dali. His full name was Federico Cristencia de Castellón y Martinez. Teacher: Columbia Univ., 1946-61; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1952-61. Illustrator: Shenandoah, 1941; I Went into the Country, 1941; Bulfinch's Mythology, 1948; The Story of Marco Polo, 1954; The Man Who Changed China, 1954; The Story of J. J. Audubon, 1955; The Little Prince, 1954; The Life of Robert L. Stevenson, 1954. Reproduction of paintings on The Sumerian Civilization" for Life series "The Epic of Man," 1956; 15 paintings on "The History of Medicine" for MD magazine, 1960-61; The Story of Madame Curie...
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Winged Putti
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publicatio...
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Brian Midlane - 20th Century India Ink, Seated Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
With watercolour wash. Well presented in a contemporary black frame and white card mount. Unsigned. On tissue paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Joshua Fisher (1859-1930) - 19th Century Watercolour, A Young Girl by a Fence
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting a woman seated on a wooden fence in the summer garden. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with acanthus detai...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel portrait of a woman in thought.
Indistinctly signed.
Well presented in a gilded and molded frame with glazing and a white mount-board
On wove.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
German School Early 19th Century Pastel - Portrait of Joachim Simon
Located in Corsham, GB
A handsome early 19th-century pastel portrait of Joachim Simon, wearing a flamboyant floral waistcoat, double-buttoned overcoat and a black silk cravat. Well presented in a distresse...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
By Ray Swanson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
Fine portrait of a Native American Indian by listed Western artist Ray Swanson.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Minnie Asprey - Framed 1913 Watercolour, Portrait of a House Maid
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour from listed artist Minnie Asprey depicting a house maid dressed in 17th/18th century attire. Well presented in an ornate gilt frame with ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid-Century French Feutre on Paper. Tea time In the Kitchen.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French feutre drawing on paper of a Provençal lady sitting in her kitchen by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left.
This artwork is a striking pen-and-ink drawing that vividly captures a cluttered interior scene filled with an assortment of teapots and household objects. The central figure, an elderly lady with an expressive face, sits at a table surrounded by an overwhelming array of details. The artist uses bold, dynamic lines to convey a sense of chaos and charm, creating an atmosphere of cozy clutter. The composition’s intricacy draws the viewer's eye around the room, showcasing...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
Infanta de la Verdad
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta de la Verdad' features the face of a young woman with cactus surrounding her head and a bird and flowering cactus (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Sophie Hobson (fl.1880-1887) - 1882 Watercolour, Daisy Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolours portrait depicts a girl with a chain of daisies in her blonde hair. The daisy motif is repeated in the collar of her blue dress. The artist captures th...
Category
1980s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century India Ink, The Artist's Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming self portrait in bold ink line work. The simplicity of form resembles the sketches of Matisse. The artist has inscribed with a dedication to his wife at the lower edge, re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
" double face " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau , certified and signed .
exceptionnel "Oedipe " drawing 27,7 x 22, 6 cm .
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic portrait of a young woman after Sir Peter Lely's drawing, currently shown in the B...
Category
Mid-17th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Margaret McClean - 1881 Sanguine, Study of a Head
Located in Corsham, GB
A sanguine conte study of a head. Presented in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-left edge. Pastel Society exhibition label o...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
The Vampire
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
