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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Isabelle Mulvany - 2022 Coloured Pencil, Infinite Night
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic contemporary coloured pencil scene, showing a modernist figure in a night time landscape, holding the yellow moon in their hand. The artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Isabelle Mulvany - 2018 Gouache, I Give Up
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful and humorous gouache painting, showing a tired young woman lying on her carpet, in her Monday pants, with a cleverly altered Pot Noodle, waving a white flag. The artist h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th century watercolour portrait of a young girl wearing a delicate yellow dress and red beaded necklaces. The girl has been captured ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
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Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
21 x 15.7 cm (8...
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Early 1900s Fauvist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Mid 20th Century Pastel - Lady In A Summer Dress
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine Mid Century portrait of an elegant woman with red lipstick and a colourful summer dress. She has a soft, kindly smile and gentle eyes. The drawing is unsigned. On paper.
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
My Husbands Former Girl Friends - First Black Illustrator/ Cartoonist
Located in Miami, FL
Cuties Cartoon Strip - E. Simms Campbell
My Husband Former Girl Friends - First Black Illustrator/ Cartoonist,
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
The Cardinal - Drawing by Giovanni Boffa - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cardinal is an original artwork realized by Giovanni Boffa in 1980s.
Mixed colored drawing on paper.
Includes wooden frame: 55 x 2 x 44 cm
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pastel
A Meeting on a Sunny Day by Annemarie Ambrosoli Watercolor Pop Art
Located in Kiens, BZ
A Meeting on a Sunny Day (2022), 19,5x45,5 cm, Watercolor Paper Fabriano 600 g, by Italian contemporary artist ©Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist)
The Fabria...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman in an Interior - Drawing by Claudin Felix - 1890
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in an Interior is a pencil drawing realized by Claudin Felix in 1890.
Good condition on a brown paper included a white cardboard passpartout (25x16 cm).
No signature.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
FAUNE MUSICIEN . Edouard DERMIT Private
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau from Edouard DERMIT collection .
signed and dated 1957 . framed .
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
The Family
Located in London, GB
'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Sleeping - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Italian Weavers Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th Century watercolours showing an Italian family. The boy sits on he ground at his parents feet. All three are finely dressed in traditional, regional garb with unusua...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Farm Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine mid 19th Century, English School watercolours, depicting a farm girl collecting corn. The young girl is wearing a fully length skirt, blue corset an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Pause For Thought
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite late 19th Century watercolours portrait of a beautiful young woman in a Middle Eastern landscape, sitting with elegant poise, on ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figure - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pola Negri. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pola Negri, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W
Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D
The Dis-enchanted project,
what if reality...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Valentino hat fall, Watercolor and Ink on Paper fashion illustration
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Valentino hat fall 2019 by Manuel Santelices
One of a kind, oil pastel on paper.
Signed by the artist.
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
Manuel Santelices explores the world ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Coffee Peloton XXXVI, Eliza Southwood, Original drawing, Coffee art, Sport art
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXVI by Eliza Southwood [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Coffee on Paper
Image size: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Coffee Peloton XXXVI is an original drawing in coffee on paper by artist Eliza Southwood. Featuring a pack of cyclists racing, the artist has noted a link between cycling culture and the love of a good coffee break.
Eliza Southwood cycling prints...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Lynn Yaegger, Watercolor fashion, portrait on archive paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lynn Yaegger by Manuel Santelices
Dimensions: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Watercolor and archival paper
2016
Unframed
Manuel Santelices explores the world of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Dance - Original Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid 20th Century.
Good conditions except for some folding and a cutaway on the lower margin.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Peter Hujar, Watercolor fashion, portrait on archive paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Peter Hujar, 2018 by Manuel Santelices
One of a kind, ink and watercolor on paper
Signed by the artist.
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
The worlds of fashion, society and po...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Pola Negri III. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pola Negri III, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W
Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D
The Dis-enchanted project,
what if rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Monna Lisa - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Monna Lisa is an original modern artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Watercolor drawing.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame: 49 x 3 x 43
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Man - Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Edouard-Jacques Dufeu.
Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Edouard-Jacques Dufeu ...
Category
1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
Category
1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Day and Night Meeting by Annemarie Ambrosoli, Watercolor on Paper, Pop Art
Located in Kiens, BZ
Day and Night Meeting (2022), 19,5x45,5 cm, Watercolor Paper Fabriano 600 g, by Italian contemporary artist ©Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist)
The Fabriano ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pola Negri I. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pola Negri I, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W
Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D
The Dis-enchanted project,
what if reali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Portrait of a Boy - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing pen realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure is de...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Vilma Banky. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vilma Banky, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W
Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D
The Dis-enchanted project,
what if realit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth.
Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat.
Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W
John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo).
Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover by Manuel Santelices
Image Size: 11 in. H x 8.5 in. W
Frames Size: 13 in. H x 10 in. W x 1 in. D
One of...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
La Montera
Located in London, GB
'La Montera', gouache, watercolour and ink on art paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1960s). The artist created many artworks with bullfighting as theme. In this case, a single torer...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Woman projecting the future by José Gerson - Drawing 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
Figure - original drawing on paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in Tempera and watercolor realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Portrait of a Young Girl Writing
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Girl Writing', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - man...
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1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Figure of Man - Original Drawing by Léon François Comerre - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is an Original pencil and Charcoal Drawing realized by Léon François Comerre (1850-1916).
The artwork is in good condition include...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
German Female Artist, Study or Portrait of a Girl, Expressionism, Realism
Located in Greven, DE
Helene Rutkowski is an artist who was born in 1862. The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "Baumbestandene Allee im Herbst" at Quentin Auction House in 2021.
She worked in the style of Realism and Expressionism and her works remind one of Käthe Kollwitz.
This beautiful drawing...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
British 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin, Self Portrait, pen and ink
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Self-portrait
Pen and ink
14.1/2 x 14.1/2 in. (36.7 x 36.7 cm.)
Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English paint...
Category
20th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Nude - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original ink drawing artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good conditions (some stains and foldings).
Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others.In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years.In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Orince Eagle. After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton. Watercolor portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton), 2018 by Manuel Santelices
One of a kind, watercolor and ink on paper
Signed by the artist.
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unfra...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
Portrait of Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by Henri Regnault - 1861
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by Henri Regnault (1843-1871) in 1861.
Good condition, except for some torn and missing paper ...
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1860s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
beggars spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Beggars - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 21x31cm.
Frame measures 39x48 cm.
Damaged paper at bottom.
Anti-reflective glass.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Figure of Man - Original Pencil Drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin- 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807).
Good condition included a green and white cardboard passpartout (65x48 cm).
No signatur...
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Late 18th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fleeting Ghosts
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on foam board
Signed lower right
This work includes a certificate of authenticity.
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-refle...
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Sir Stanley Spencer 'Portrait of Hilda, Stanley's wife', 1924, drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (British, 1891 – 1959)
A Portrait of Hilda, the artist’s wife
Pencil on paper
Signed and dated ‘Stanley spencer 1924’ (lower right)
8 x 9.3/4 in. (20.3 x ...
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stylish Blonde Lady In White Dress
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 s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait Studies
Located in London, GB
Edwin Long
1829 - 1891
Portrait Studies
Graphite on paper
Image size: 4 x 8 inches (10 x 20.5 cm)
Framed
Edwin Longsden Long RA (1829-1891, British) wa...
Category
1850s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Redingote by student od Jean Louis David drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
An exceptional ink, wash and graphite portrait of a gentleman by Henri-Joseph Hesse, dating from circa 1820, the time of the Bourbon restoration in France. It depicts a dashing figur...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Graphite
'Summer of 1976–Portrait of David Barnett' original signed watercolor 1970s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small portrait of gallerist David Barnett is an intimate example of the watercolors of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abstract Expressionist, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Nude and Full Moon - Drawing by Gabriel Ferrier - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Nude and Full Moon an original Charcoal drawing on paper realized by Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914) in the 19th Century.
Stamped on the lower right.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Tallulah Bankhead. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tallulah Bankhead, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W
Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D
Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
Portrait of a Man - Drawing by Antoine Alphonse Montfort - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original drawing, ink pencil and white lead on ivory paper realized by Antoine Alphonse MONTFORT (1802-1884).
Original signed drawing by the artist.
The sta...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
