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Medium: Crayon
Portrait of a woman by Emile Hornung - Pastel on paper 48x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on watercolor paper
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Carbon Pencil
$352 Sale Price
36% Off
Study of a young girl by Henri Fehr - Drawing 50x70 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
$352 Sale Price
20% Off
Smiling Girl - Drawing by Arnaldo De Lisio - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Smiling Girl is an original modern artwork realized by Arnaldo De Lisio in 1917.
Mixed colored oil pastel o board.
Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
Category
1910s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Native American woman portrait
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Molded frame in gilded wood with glass pane
61 x 51 x 6.5 cm
Category
1910s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Pastel
"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
Category
Early 2000s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Élégante au chien 1925, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
Élégante au chien, an elegant woman with a dog
signed lower right
pastel on paper
32 x 25 cm
Framed 52 x 42 cm
Published under n°602 of the artist's cat...
Category
1920s Art Deco Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$465 Sale Price
20% Off
American Modernist Handsome Male Portrait Framed Pastel Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait pastel drawing. Pastel on paper. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a painted wood molding. Excellent condition, ready ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
19th Century Pastel - Portrait of Lizzie Ornsby
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait depicting Lizzie Ornsby, daughter of Captain Dalgairns. The artist depicts her in the grounds of a grand house. She leans on a stone pillar as she sketches a flow...
Category
19th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Imperial Beauty, British School 20th Century Pastel Portrait
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper on canvas, initialled lower left "ND"
Image size: 13 ¾ x 22 ½ inches (35 x 57 cm)
Gilt frame
This fine Art Nouveau picture executed around 1900, depicts an auburn ha...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
Etude de femme au ruban noir
Signed with atelier stamp (lower left), further inscribed, signed and dated by Emilia Boldini (the artist’s wife) `no 77 le_ atelier Boldini. Emilia Boldini Carbona 1931’ (on the reverse)
Black crayon on paper
11.7/8 x 8.7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm.)
Emilia’s inscription on the reverse from the year of his death.
Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style, exemplified by the confident strokes in this fine example.
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known.
Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist, painting notable members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
'Black Woman Sleeping on Subway', Syracuse, University of Northern Iowa, Urban
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'M. Kestor' for Mary Peterson Kestor (American, 1948-2021) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Iowa, Mary Kestor first studied at the University of Northern Iowa, whe...
Category
1960s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Masonite, Pastel
Nude Sketch - Pastel by Michel Simonidy - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Sketch is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century.
China ink on paper.
Passepartout is included (cm 19 x 26).
Mint conditions. ...
Category
1910s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Study for David and Goliath
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath
c. 1971
Signed, u.r.
Pastel on paper
12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled Poodle by Susumu Kamijo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Rare and huge work by Susumu Kamijo!
Untitled
oil pastel and pastel pencil on paper
72 x 94”
2019
signed
framed
EDUCATION
2000
BFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Oregon
2002
MFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Washington
SOLO SHOWS
2024
When You Come Home, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023
The Motherland, Venus over Manhattan, New York, USA
The Sun Inside, Perrotin, Paris, France
2022
Jack and Venus, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
Jack and Venus, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, USA
Alone with Everybody, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
I will tell you later, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2021
How was your summer? , Harper’s Gallery, East Hampton, USA
Beyond The Hills, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Lick Me Till Dawn, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
Lick Me Till Dawn, Marvin Gardens, New York, USA
2019
I Will Follow You To The Sunset, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Germany
When You Came At Dawn, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Walk With Me To The Sea, Sakurado Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
I Will Walk You Tomorrow, Harpers Books, New York, USA
Poodles, Tortoise, Los Angeles, USA
2017
Poodles, Sotheby’s S2, New York, USA
2016
I Think So, Marvin Gardens, Queens, USA
GROUP SHOWS
2022
Koichi Sato...
Category
2010s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil
Mickey Mantle, Yankees, Original Pastel Drawing by Jack Lane
By Jack Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pastel drawing of Mickey Mantle by Jack Lane from 1986. A classic sports illustration of the legendary Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees at bat. Fr...
Category
1980s American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Centur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pastel and Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born i...
Category
1970s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Framed Early 20th Century Pastel - Portrait of Lady Hadew
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine pastel portrait depicting Lady Hadew. Dated 1905. Presented in a sleek black frame with a crisp white mount. Indistinctly signed. On paper.
Category
20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$317 Sale Price
20% Off
Wolf Kahn, Emily Mason & The Baby II (Grace Borgenicht Gallery) unique signed
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn
Emily & The Baby II (Grace Borgenicht Gallery), 1960
Pastel on Paper.
Hand signed on the front. Grace Borgenicht gallery label on the back
Vintage frame included
Provenance...
Category
1960s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Marjorie Cox (1915-2003) - 1963 Pastel, Sandy
By Marjorie Cox
Located in Corsham, GB
An heartwarming portrait of a golden retriever in pastel, by the well-listed animal portraitist Marjorie Cox (1915-2003). The artist has signed, inscribed and dated at the lower edge...
Category
20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$492 Sale Price
20% Off
Gustave BRISGAND (1867-1944), portrait of a woman wearing a veil
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Brisgand (1867-1944) began his artistic career by focusing on landscapes. However, he later specialized in portraits of notable personalities, women, and female nudes. One of...
Category
1920s Art Deco Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel
Pat MacLaurin - 20th Century Pastel, Lady in a Sunhat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil pastel study of a woman seated on a daybed. She wears light, loose fitting clothing and a large straw hat. The artist captures the women in an a series of expressive m...
Category
20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$433 Sale Price
20% Off
Pensive young girl
By Henri Fehr
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
66 x 53.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Young woman sitting
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Bust-length portrait of a woman, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
Bust-length portrait of a woman
signed lower right
pastel on paper
53 x 43 cm
Framed 74 x 64 cm
This bust portrait of a woman shows us another aspect o...
Category
1920s Art Deco Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Seated Woman (Elizabeth)
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New York; to his estate, 1997 until the present
Originally trained as a figurative painter, Kline was an exceptional ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Ink
La femme aux fleurs (Portrait de Mathilde See)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris.
Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat.
The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import.
Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...
Category
20th Century Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Pastel
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 Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Ink
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
PORTRAIT OF HAROLD STERNER
Located in Portland, ME
Sterner, Albert (American. 1863-1946). PORTRAIT OF HAROLD STERNER. Charcoal and pastel on paper, not dated, but 1912, as the subject is stated to be aged 17. Signed, lower right. 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, framed to 26 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches. In very good condition.
Albert Sterner was born in England, and studied in Paris. He worked as a magazine illustrator, but is best known for his paintings and prints.
Harold Sterner (American, 1895-1976). Architect, painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1895, died 1976...
Category
1910s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Inspired by Bernini’s Sculpture “The Rape of Proserpine”, Original Drawing
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Lieu Commun - Le bras de Persoperine (Title - FR)
This original colored pencil drawing is inspired by Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s iconic Baroque sculpture “The Rape of Proserpi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Continental School 20th Century Pastel - Man in a Fedora
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking head and shoulders portrait study of a man wearing a fedora and red suit. He stares straight at the viewer in an almost confrontational stance, with bright blue eyes looki...
Category
20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$328 Sale Price
20% Off
"Demoiselle" - Framed Early 20th Century Pastel Woman Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
I apologize for the reflections on the glass of this exquisite Gaston Bouy pastel drawing. It's in a very nice frame in great condition, and I did not want...
Category
Early 1900s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,600 Sale Price
46% Off
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 Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Due ritratti figurativi aristocratici pastelli su pergamena primi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Sul cartoncino applicato nella cornice è riportata l'annotazione, a penna e in grafia Kurrent, "Urgroßvater Ludwig Fr(ei)h(e)r(r) von Keller" "Urgroßmutter ...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
Rosalee Sondheimer I
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), who scholars increasingly recognize as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American art, is known for his evocative portraits that capture the spirit and...
Category
20th Century American Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
The Redeemer-Framed, Original Pastel on Paper. Signed by Artist-comes with COA
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Original Pastel on Paper. Measures 18 x 26 inches with Frame and Matting. Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Image is in Excellent/Good Condition. Framing show...
Category
1990s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Rural couple examining a traveling carnival display – French School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch).
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Crayon
Portrait - Original Drawing by Jeanne de Jesse - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Jeanne de Jesse in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
The artwork repres...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Vincente Romero, Thoughtfulness, original pastel
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Vincente Romero
Thoughtfulness
Original pastel on Ingres paper
Hand signed by the artist
Image: 25.6 x 19.7 inches
Framed dimensions: 32 x 26 inches
*T...
Category
2010s Modern Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Donna Sdraiata - Pastel by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Donna Sdraiata is an original drawing realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2009.
The drawing is a unique piece pastel on p...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of Grace - British 1920's art female chalk portrait
By Jacob Kramer
Located in Hagley, England
This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco portrait is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer. Worked in chalk/pastel on paper it is a portrait of 'Grace'. There is strong emphasis on...
Category
1920s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
$4,541 Sale Price
20% Off
Young Girls Reading
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Georges Barat-Levraux (1878–1964)
Young Girls Reading
Pastel on paper, 39 x 31 cm
Provenance: Private collection
In this tender and intimate scene, Georges Barat-Levraux captures a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait Sketch by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Julius Thiengen Bloch
(American, born Germany, 1888–1966)
Portrait
Crayon on paper, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches
FRAMED: 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (approx.)
This sketch comes directly from th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
French Art, Rococo Portrait, Oval, Pastel, Portrait of a Lady, Circle of Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of a Lady, Rococo, 18th Century, Fine drawing in Pastel/ Oil Pastel on Paper in the style of Vivien. The Lady might be a woman from Marie Antoinette's Court. It is part of a Pendant (see the other listing with the portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette...
Category
18th Century Rococo Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
$6,647 Sale Price
72% Off
Portrait Old Master, Joseph Vivien, Mme Silvestre, French Rococo, Pastel
Located in Greven, DE
The portrait shows Mme Silvestre.
Born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers. In 1706 she married the painter Louis de Silvestre, moving with him in 1716 to Dresden. The couple's daughter Marie-Maximilienne became a pastellist. Silvestre died in Dresden, the year before her husband retired and returned to Paris. Her surviving pastels show the influence of Rosalba Carriera...
Category
18th Century Rococo Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Studies of sailors rowing a boat, and a man seated - European School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on grayish brown laid paper, 4 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (107 x 217 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with light toning and a small loss at the lower left corner. There are ad...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Tetouanoui Man
Located in London, GB
Tetouanoui Man
Albert Charles Dequene
Pastel on paper, signed and dated 1933 lower left, titled upper right
Image size: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
Hand made ebonised and gilded ...
Category
20th Century French School Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
English School Early 19th Century Pastel - Lady in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early nineteenth-century pastel study of a lady in a blue dress. Part of a pair of portraits depicting a man and woman in profile, the companion piece is also listed on ou...
Category
Early 19th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Side Profile of Young African American Man with Black Hoodie
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This pastel portrait captures the side profile of a young African American man dressed in a black hoodie. The artist skillfully employs the pastel medium to bring out the rich textur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Louis XIV Period Gentleman, Drawing by Vivian Rydgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vivian Rydgren
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Year: 1948
Medium: Color pencil and pastel on paper, signed and dated l.r.
Paper Size: 23 x 15.5 inches
Framed: 37.5 x 29.5 inches
Category
1940s Romantic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Russell sale, Christie’s, 14 February, 1807: ‘John Russell, Esq., R.A. deceased, crayon painter to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York; and brought from his late Dwelling in Newman Street’, lot 92, ‘St Peter’, bt. Thompson (£1.13s);
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25th September 1980, lot 113;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Literature:
Martin Postle, 'Patriarchs, prophets and paviours: Reynolds's images of old age', The Burlington Magazine, vol. cxxx, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 739-40, fig. 9;
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures, Cambridge, 1995, p.136, repr.;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2928.
Signed and dated: J Russell/ fecit 1772 (lower right)
Framed dimensions: 25 x 31 inches
John Russell was admitted to the Royal Academy in March 1770, at the same time as Daniel Gardner. The nascent Academy Schools were still establishing their teaching structures, but central to the syllabus were the twin components of drawing after the antique and from life models. By 1772 Russell had already been awarded a silver medal and progressed to the life academy, where he produced this remarkable pastel study of George White. White was the most famous model employed by the Royal Academy and prominent artists in the second half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered by Joshua Reynolds, who in turn introduced him to the Academy. Russell’s striking head study demonstrates his abilities as a portraitist and pastellist, at the same time showing his interest in the Academy’s preoccupation with promoting history painting.
George White was one of the most celebrated models in eighteenth-century London. According to the painter Joseph Moser:
'Old George…owed the ease in which he passed his latter days, in a great measure to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who found him exerting himself in the laborious employment of thumping down stones in the street; and observing not only the grand and majestic traits of his countenance, but the dignity of his muscular figure, took him out of a situation to which his strength was by no means equal, clothed, fed, and had him, first as a model in his own painting room, then introduced him as a subject for the students of the Royal Academy.'
As Martin Postle has pointed out, whilst characterful studies of old men posed as biblical figures, prophets or saints by Continental old masters were readily available on the art market – Reynolds himself had copied a head of Joab by Federico Bencovich in the collection of his friend and patron, Lord Palmerston - finding a model in Britain from whom to execute a painting was more difficult.
White therefore offered a rare opportunity for artists to combine portraiture and history painting, by painting a model in the guise of an historical or literary character. In 1771 Reynolds showed at the Royal Academy a picture of White entitled Resignation. It was engraved in 1772 and accompanied by a stanza from Oliver Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal Academy catalogue, Horace Walpole noted: ‘This was an old beggar, who had so fine a head that Sir Joshua chose him for the father in his picture from Dante, and painted him several times, as did others in imitation of Reynolds. There were even cameos and busts of him.’ White sat to, amongst others Johan Zoffany, John Sanders, Nathaniel Hone and the sculptor John Bacon...
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18th Century Old Masters Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of the Artist Ricardo de Silva in Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist Ricardo de Silva in Pastel
Beautifully rendered pastel portrait of a man, like Ricardo de Silva. The mans face is drawn with rich, warm brown tones. His cheek...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Sueño entre flores - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas obra: 59 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 Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Profile Portrait by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Julius Thiengen Bloch
(American, born Germany, 1888–1966)
Profile Portrait
Crayon on paper, 5 x 3 1/4 inches
FRAMED: 13 1/2 x 12 inches (approx.)
This sketch comes directly from th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Vintage art portrait - Paris, belle epoque, two elegant ladies - pastel signed
By Paul Hoeniger
Located in PARIS, FR
Excellent overall Conditions
Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia.
Paul Hoeniger studied at the art academies in Berlin and Munich. He was at the time a famous stud...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Portrait of a Young Officer, Thomas Lawrence, Irish Volunteers
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA
1769-1830
Portrait of a Young Officer
Pastel with touches of black chalk on paper
Signed and inscribed on an old label verso: "Be pleased to keep away / from the Damp & from dust / T Lawrence AE 13. / 1783."
Wash mount and gilt frame
Provenance
W.E. Spooner;
Anonymous sale, Phillips London, 17 April 2000 lot 196
Sothebys, Old Master & Early British Paintings, 14 April 2011 • London Lot 246
Old label verso describes how this was drawn in 1783 at the age of 14!
This is a portrait of an officer from the Irish Volunteers. The Irish Volunteers was a part-time military force raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War.
As a young boy Thomas Lawrence lived with his parents who ran a coaching inn near Bath. Clearly talented from this young age, he drew the passing travellers who stopped at the inn and this soldier may have been one such sitter. Lawrence was only 13 years old when he drew this work. To capitalise upon their son's talents, the family later moved to Bath and sent Lawrence to London in 1787 where he entered the Royal Academy schools at the earliest possible age. Works from such an early period of Lawrence's creativity are rarely to be found today.
This rare early portrait drawn in Bath shows the level of technical skill that Lawrence had reached at 14 years old. His use of colour and tone to depict flesh and all the subtle variations in the texture and pigmentation of his sitter’s face, powdered hair and clothes show how Lawrence conceived pastel as a form of painting and partly explains how he could have made the smooth transition to oil painting so soon afterwards.
When he arrived in Bath from Devizes in 1780, eleven-year-old Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) was promoted as a natural-born genius like his Renaissance predecessor Raphael. The local press announced the arrival of the boy wonder and his ‘Striking Sketches’, inviting the ‘Nobility and Gentry’ to sit for their portraits.
Thomas Lawrence was a prodigious portraitist from the age of just eight, when he began to draw his first portraits in pencil...
Category
1780s Romantic Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
'A Young Lady', Flapper, Roaring 20's, Figural, Portrait of a Woman, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted in the style of Frederick Appleyard. Initialed lower left, 'FR.A' and created circa 1925. Bearing signature, verso.
An elegant and psychologically-penetrating pastel study o...
Category
1920s Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Portrait of a Lady - Late 18th Century European Pastel
Located in London, GB
European School
Late 18th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas
Image size: 28 x 23 inches
Contemporary style frame
Provenance:
Ernst Museum Auction
This pastel portrait of a lady dates from the late eighteenth century. She is pictured in a white muslin dress...
Category
Late 18th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) - Framed Pastel, Portrait of a Friar
Located in Corsham, GB
Eugène Burnand (Swiss 1850-1921), Pastel Portrait of a Friar. Signed. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame. On laid.
Category
Early 20th Century Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In Purple Stripey Top Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original watercolour painting on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches
In good condition, though with mi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Crayon Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
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