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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Boy Leaning Against Urn
Located in Corsham, GB
An utterly charming English school portrait of a young boy leaning against a garden urn. Well-presented in an elegant gilt-effect frame with wash-line mount. Signed with the initials...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Michel Cadoret - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an artwork realized by Michel Cadoret in 1956.
Pencil drawing on paper.
Hand-signed.
The artwork id depicted through soft strokes in a well...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Boy - Drawing by Augusto Monari - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Boy is a Drawing in pencil, watercolor, and white lead realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century.
Monogrammed on the lower.
Good conditions, including a creamy-colo...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Sketch for a Portrait - Drawing by Flor David - Mid 20th Century
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for a Portrait is a drawing on paper realized in the Mid-20th Century by Flor David.
Good conditions.
Flor David (1891-1958) ): pseudonym of David Florence. Pastel painter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized in the late-19th century by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt , Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Sketch for a Portrait - Drawing by Flor David - Mid 20th Century
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for a Portrait is adrawing on paper realized in the Mid-20th Century by Flor David.
Good conditions.
Flor David (1891-1958) ): pseudonym of David Florence. Pastel painter....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Woman - Original Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is a very beautiful mixed media and oil painting realized by Mino Maccari in 1960 ca.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
In good condition, ex...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bats - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Bats is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena,...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Woman in The Landscape - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in The Landscape is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a black permanent marker Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Portrait of Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1955
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of De Chirico is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1955.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Hey Cowboy
By Olivia Gibb
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Hey Cowboy
Materials : Stamp,xerox transfer,ink
Date : 2015
Dimensions : 16.5×23.5
COA provided
Art school took Olivia Gibb away from Oklahoma and up to Kansas City, which s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1928
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1928.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945 ca.
Monogrammed on the lower margin.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1950 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989)...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Sacred Flying Chariot - Ezekiel's Vision - Drawing - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Sacred Flying Chariot is an Original pen and pencil drawing on paper realized by an unknown french artist in 1937.
Monogrammed "P.B." on the lower and dated and hand-note on the...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Figure - Painting by Mino Maccari - 1960ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original painting realized in 1960 ca by Mino Maccari (1898-1989).
Hand-signed in pencil lower left.
In good conditions.
The subject of this artwork is female figu...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of woman - Watercolor by R. Moretti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of woman is an artwork realzied by R. Moretti in the early of 20th Century.
Watercolor on paper.
cm. 35,5 x 36 with frame.
Hand signed in the lower left right.
Good c...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Face - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Face is a Pastel Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little cardboaard.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Brigitte #1 #5b
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
One of a set of 3 images of Brigitte Bardot, numbered 5A, 5b, 5c. Can be sold as a triptych, listed individually.
Exploration of the image of 1960's screen Godess Brigitte Bardot
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
M.H. - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Portrait of a Nurse Sewing
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait in watercolour depicting a nurse wearing a traditional nurse's cap, sewing a piece of cloth. Handsomely presented in an antique oak frame. Monogrammed to the upper le...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing in Charcoal - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original charcoal drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork represented through deft strokes by mastery.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
BB #4#11
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the artist's 2017 Bridget Bardot series
Ink + thread hand stitched on plywood with 24kt gold leaf
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Ink
English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted full length portrait of a 19th century gentleman, seated in a high back armchair with a slightly perplexed expression. The artist has enhanced the portrait with deli...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a China Drawing and Watercolor realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little cardboard.
Mino Maccari (Sien...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a Pencil Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white cardboard.
Mino...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a Pencil, pastel and Watercolour drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccar...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Tangent or Annoying? - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Tangent or Annoying? is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Ro...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Gardener - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Gardener is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
Mino Maccari (Si...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait - Drawing by Albert Fernand-Renault - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Albert Fernand-Renault in the early 20th Century
Charcoal on paper.
Stamped signed.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is realized through delicate a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Figures - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Woman - Pencil and Pen Drawing by Florane- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized by the french Artist Florane (1871-1939) in the early 20th Century.
Pen and pencil drawing on paper.
Signature of the artist on the low...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pen
Robert Taylor Pritchett (1828-1907) - Watercolour, Maria Van De Toorn
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a painted black frame. Signed and inscribed. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Richard Westall (1765-1836) RA - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Woman Reading
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study depicting a women reading a prayer book. The artist captures the woman's elaborate headdress and dress in fine detail. Signed with Westall's monogra...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Man in Mirror - Drawing by Alfredo Furiga - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man in Mirror is a drawing artwork realized by Alfredo Furiga in the mid-20th century.
Pastel and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Revolutions, dynamic surreal purple drawing on paper of pretty girl dancing
Located in Dallas, TX
"Revolutions" is a dynamic and unique ink and pastel drawing on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a fashionable female figure dancing. The energy and movement makes it fun and whimsica...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Ink
Spanish and Dutch Soldiers - Original drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Spanish and Dutch Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of Woman - Drawing by G. Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Hand-Signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Good condition included a whi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a young man, drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874)
Portrait of a young man, in uniform,
signed and dated 1837 on the lower left
charcoal and heightenings of blue, red and white chalk on paper
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Framed : 41.8 x 36 cm
This drawing is a good illustration of Jules Boilly's own style, obviously very different from his father's realistic acuity. There is something softer, more velvety, lighter, and we can see it clearly in the way he renders the features of this young man.
Julien-Léopold Boilly (30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures...
Category
1830s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Math of a Real World", contemporary, portrait, man, charcoal, drawing
Located in Natick, MA
“Math of a Real World” by artist Mary Spencer is a 23 x 17.5 inch contemporary portrait of a man drawn in charcoal on rag paper. The drawing is matted and framed in a 34 x 28 x 1 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Rag Paper
Bicycle - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bycicle is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre.
The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good condition.
No Signature.
Norbert...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Yellow Blouse (drawing paper vintage girl back portrait hair yellow article)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, dream, tones, portrait, tonalist, nostalgia, early 20th century, naturalist, illustration, grey art, young woman, hair, hair bun...
Category
2010s Jugendstil Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Kate #7 #2
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
The series continues
Water Based Ink + cotton thread sewn on cotton on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton, Ink, Paper, Thread
Ludvig Kumlien (1880-1958)- Framed Watercolour, Portrait of a Woman with Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Ludvig Kumlien (1880-1958). Original watercolour. Portrait of a woman in a winter landscape. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a charming walnut veneer frame with a crisp white...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Erté, "Phi-Phi, les Modeles de Phidias, " unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique gouache on paper by Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. This piece was created in 1940 as a costume design for a cabaret show entitled Phi-Phi. It is from t...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Brigitte #1 #4
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
Brigitte Bardot portrayed using water based ink plus cotton thread sewn on cotton on paper.
Intricate piece as the artist explores the image of 1960's screen star Brigitte Bardot
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton, Ink, Paper, Thread
Figure - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895).
Good conditions.
No signature.
F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a Frenc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figures of Women -Original Pencil Drawing by Frédric Theodore Lix - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Women is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Frédric Theodore Lix ( 1830-1897).
Good condition included a green and white cardboard passpartout (50x65 cm).
Stamp Sign...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Woman at Rest - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman at Rest is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Pierre-George...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sheperd - Drawing by Claudio Cintoli - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Sheperd is an original modern artowrk realized in 1958 by Claudio Cintoli.
China ink drawing.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Reclined Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in pencil on paper.
Good conditions but...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait is wearing horn-rimmed glasses, and...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Mars, 1966 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mars
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
Creation Date: 1966
Acrylic and pastel on rice paper, signed, dated, and titled in pastel
Size: 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
9e bis Hussards - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
9e bis Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted thr...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Girl - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Girl 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.
The...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait - Drawing on Paper by Sebastiano Carta - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original mixed media drawing on paper realized by Sebastiano Carta.
In good conditions except for some diffused foldings.
Hand-signed on the lower left margin in pen...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
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...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
