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HAPPY TOGETHER
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic, ink on watercolor paper.
Unframed.
Ships securely and well protected from Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Mick and Bianca jagger at Studio 54, Portrait
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lovers - Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Women Nudes - Drawing by G. Riegler. - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Women Nudes is an Artwork realized by the Artist G. Riegler.
Drawing in ink on paper, Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
MERMAID SONGS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Italian School Study for the Head of a Saint. Study of Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of a Monk
Attributed to Enrico Reffo
Charcoal and white chalk on ochre-toned paper
Size: 39 x 32 cm
Italy, late 19th - early 20th century
This drawing belongs to ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Ballerina - Original Drawing by Helène Neveur - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ballerin View is an original drawing in pen realized by Helène Neveur in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
$1,431 Sale Price
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Head 03 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Disegno figurativo accademia di nudo maschile veneto del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, composto da un unico foglio senza filigrana di 52 x 32 cm, proviene dalla collezione degli eredi di Placido Fabris e mostra, su uno sfondo scurito a tempera, una figura v...
Category
1830s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Laid Paper, Carbon Pencil
Woman - Drawing - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a drawing realized in the Late-19th Century.
Red pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
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
Paper, Gouache
Three hunters; two with a spear and dagger... Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 12 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (320 x 217 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sc...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing
by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905)
on off white artists paper, unframed
measurements: sheet 14.75 x 10.5 inches
provenance:...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Fine 19th Century Chinese School Watercolour - Portrait of a Male Courtier
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine Chinese School portrait of a male courtier, beautifully executed in watercolour with further details carefully picked out in gouache. The portrait was acquired as a pair,...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$287 Sale Price
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Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Monogrammed on the lower right
Black China ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foldi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Gentleman with White Cravat
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted watercolour portrait of a 19th century gentleman wearing a tailored black suit with white cravat. Presented in a gilt frame with bead course. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$401 Sale Price
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Italian School, late 16th century - Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, late 16th century
Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Red chalk on laid paper,
21 x 11 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923–1997), English art historian and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Private collection, France
This drawing, attributed to the Italian School of the late 16th century, demonstrates the influence of Michelangelo’s approach to anatomy and expression. The sheet combines two distinct studies: an anatomical rendering of arms in the écorché technique, focusing on the musculature and skeletal details, and a head of a man, drawn with careful attention to light and shadow. The use of red chalk lends the work warmth and immediacy, qualities often associated with Renaissance studies of the human form.
The écorché studies reflect the Renaissance fascination with anatomy as both an artistic and scientific pursuit. The detailed depiction of the musculature suggests the artist’s interest in understanding the mechanics of the body, a practice heavily influenced by Michelangelo’s drawings...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
In The Pink: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another very pretty mixed media from the studio of this well collected British artist.
Image 21" x 15"
mounted
Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
'Young lady' on Paper by Pietro Annigoni Painter of Queen Elisabeth 1970
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant woman portrait in red pastel on paper was drawn by Pietro Annigoni, an Italian artist of the 20th Century called the 'Queen's painter because he realized the Queen Elisabeth...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
MAGIC CAT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Nur Jahan seated with a painted spice jar. Rajasthani School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
"Back At The Stables (I)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy about to lean against a sawhorse.
James Va...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Banana (original drawing on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original colored crayons and pastel drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by David Hockney. Artwork size 16.75 x 14inches. Frame size approx 27 x 24 inches. Provenance: Annely Juda Fine Art; Richard Gray Gallery.
Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Perhaps best known for his serial paintings of swimming pools, portraits of friends, and verdant landscapes, the artist’s oeuvre ranges from collaged photography and opera posters to Cubist-inspired abstractions and plein-air paintings of the English countryside. Often returning to a certain motif again and again, he probes the manifold ways one can see an image or a space. Hockney’s exploration of photography’s effect on painting and everyday life is evinced in his hallmark work A Bigger Splash (1967). “In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can't divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time,” he has explained. Born on July 9, 1937 in Bradford, United Kingdom, Hockney attended the Royal College of Art in London alongside R.B. Kitaj. At school, he studied under both Francis Bacon and Peter Blake, but also credits Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse for influencing his distinctive and varied style. In 1963, the artist traveled to Southern California for the first time and fell in love with the bright sunshine and easygoing lifestyle. Since then, he has alternated living and working between Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and Los Angeles, CA. In November 2018, his 1972 painting...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Study of a Seated Figure from Behind Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Study of a Seated Figure
pencil drawing on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.25 inches
double sided
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$95 Sale Price
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CENTAUR - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - New Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Sea Centaur"
Original art, signed
100x70cm / 30x27in
ink, graphite, tempera on paper
large size, shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio
Antiquity is an endless ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Ink
$480 Sale Price
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Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian young lady.
Attributed to Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a young lady, bust length, turned to the right
watercolour, reverse painte...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
$217 Sale Price
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Camille Hilaire - Nature - Signed Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire - Nature
Signed Original Lithograph
Edition: 38 x 26 cm
Framed
Edition: 17/175
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a young age. At fif...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
" 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 .
with book !! ( around 16 original drawings )
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859).
The little artwork represents two poor men in the street.
Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm).
Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin.
Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady in a night cap
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skillfully painted ink on paper silhouette, unusually with the sitter appearing to be dress in her nightcap. Very Dickensian!
English School, 19th Century
Portrait of a lady ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$193 Sale Price
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Mother and Child II
Located in London, GB
'Mother and Child II', watercolour on fine art paper (1970), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso pain...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
A Muskeeter
Pencil on paper
26.5 x 17 cm
Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right
In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings,
In an old mount (some damages)
(not framed)
Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Seated Woman Holding a Staff
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Taddeo Zuccaro (Urbino 1529 – 1566 Rome) and Workshop (?)
Seated Woman Holding a Staff
Pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, traces of red chalk on laid paper
37 x 27...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
contemporary figurative color oil charcoal pop art interior surreal
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand painted oil and mixed media artwork on canvas by internet sensation mad charcoal
He is represented by Krause Gallery NYC
Ships rolled in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil
La Voix Humaine
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
" Femme de profil au téléphone " .pen , India ink and wash paper . signed Jean and dated .
executed in 1930 . original drawing certified by Madame Annie Guedras .
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian young man.
Circle of Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a young man, bust length, turned to the right, wearing coat and cravat
watercol...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
$193 Sale Price
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Arthur Miles (fl.1851-1880) - Framed 1855 Pastel, Portrait of Georgy Chatfield
Located in Corsham, GB
Arthur Miles (British, act. 1851-1880). Original portrait of Georgy Chatfield. Signed with monogram to the lower left. Dated 1855. With further inscriptions to the upper right. Well ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Study of a Kneeling Figure, from the Circle of Enrico Reffo
Charcoal on lightly toned paper
47 x 32 cm
Late 19th – early 20th century
From the atelier of one of Reffo’s pupils
This ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
'Girl in Red', Guggenheim, LACMA, Rome, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Biennale
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Girl in Red' by Carlo Maria Mariani, 1959.
Guggenheim, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rome, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Biennale
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Signed upper right, 'C. Mariani' for Carlo Maria Mariani (Italian, 1931-2021) and dated 1959.
Framed dimensions: 22.5 x 1.5 x 17.5 inches
A native of Rome, Carlo Mariani first studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts where he was influenced by the prevailing styles of Hyper-Realism and Conceptualism. In 1994, he moved to New York City where he began to paint figural landscapes in a traditional, neo-classical style. The 1990s brought Mariani wide recognition and numerous honors, as he represented Italy three times at the Venice Biennale. Additionally, in 1998, he received the prestigious Antonio Feltrinelli Award for lifetime achievement in painting.
Mariani continues to be best known for his refined and painterly, Renaissance technique. He was a central figure in Rome’s avant-garde in the 1970s and is widely regarded as an influential forerunner of 1980's Postmodernism. He achieved an international reputation, beginning in the early 1980s, for his arcane and, often, controversial paintings...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
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 Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Self-Portrait In Pastels - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Drawing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame.
Ksenya Istomina made...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in blue ink, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (343 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier / - The expressiveness of a simple pose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier, around 1840. Watercolor in pencil, 22 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), signed “Th.[eodor] Hosem...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Lauren in Balenciaga. From the Fashion series
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 Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait Of An Indian Soldier, Signed, Large Pastel
By Willem Delsaux
Located in PARIS, FR
Willem DELSAUX
Ixelles 1862 - 1954 Gimbergen
Profile portrait of « Allah Dita »,Indian soldier of the British Indian colonial army
Pastel on p...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Fernand de Launay (1855-1904) Portrait of a child, 1890, original drawing
By Fernand de Launay
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand de Launay (1838-1904)
Portrait of a child, probably the daughter of the artist
Lead pencil on paper
Signed and dated "4 septembre 1890" on the lower left
27 x 21 cm
In quite ...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Portrait of Elaine Blunt - British 19th century art Pre-Raphaelite chalk drawing
Located in Hagley, England
This captivating Victorian sanguine chalk portrait drawing of a young girl is by Pre-Raphaelite British artist Edward Robert Hughes. Signed and dated 1896, Hughes depicts in great detail her sweet young face and beautiful dress which appears to almost glow with light. A full length portrait and a really lovely drawing epitomising childhood innocence. The portrait depicts Elaine Blunt and has an inscription from Edward Hughes verso.
Signed and dated lower right.
Provenance. Colchester estate.
Sotheby Lot 283 29th June 1976
Chapman Bros
Condition. Sanguine chalk on paper, 28 inches by 20 inches unframed and in good condition.
Housed in a glazed oak frame, 37 inches by 29 inches framed and in 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
Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
"Mademoiselle X" story illustration
for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Three Rajput noblemen on horseback – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink on the recto, as well as the Jaipur City Council blindstamp, 13 5/8...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Portrait of Seated Woman Reading Julia Maud De Forest, Late 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940)
Julia Maud De Forest, 1898
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated upper left
9.25 x 12.75 inches
15 x 18.25 inches, framed
Ora Coltman was born in 18...
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1890s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Academy of seated nude of 19th century Italian school
Located in Florence, IT
Seated male nude that falls fully within the academic "model from life" production of the early 19th century, as also seems confirmed by the "Titus-like" hairdo of the effigy.
The s...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Ivelle" Contemporary Drawing w/Gold & White Gold Leaf by Alessandra Maria
Located in Chicago, IL
Working with a palette of graphite, charcoal, ink, and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th century silhouette of a man
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a male
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor signs of age as to be expected.
some images with flash to show highlights etc.. Apologies f...
Category
19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
An Intimate, 1940s Modern Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
An Intimate, 1940s Modern Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A finely drawn, introspective portrait in pastel and charcoal o...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
William F. Buckley and Pat Buckley at home in NY. From the Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Drawing Portrait Sarah Bernhardt red hair woman French late 19th monogram
Located in PARIS, FR
French school from the end of the 19th century
Drawing
Pencil and pastel
40 x 29 cm (55 x 46 cm with cardboard support)
Collector's stamp or workshop stamp at the bottom right ? “A.D.”
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled- Portrait. Pencil or archival paper drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
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