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Medium: Graphite
Peter Collins ARCA - 1981 Graphite Drawing, Smiling Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Here he has captured the sitter's effortless beauty with a small number of expressive pencil marks a...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$348 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Portrait dimensions 15.5" x 19.5".
The frame measures 17.5" x 21.5".
Signed in the lower right corner.
The portrait ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
George Hodgson (1847-1921) - 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Portrait of a man
Located in Corsham, GB
A brooding portrait depicting a moustached man staring into the distance. Well presented in a white mount. Unsigned. On wove.
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Kneeling
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Kneeling
by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905)
on off white artists paper, unframed
measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches
provenance: f...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Shalimar
By Selina McKane
Located in New Orleans, LA
SELINA MCKANE
Shalimar, 2017
powdered graphite and graphite pencil on paper
30h x 28w in
Selina McKane is an American visual artist from Northwest Alabama. She studied and earne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Sanctus Paulus
Located in Mokena, IL
Sanctus Paulus, 2024
Graphite and White Chalk on Toned Paper, 6 x 6.5 inches
A source of firm contemplation, Justas Varpucanskis’s drawing “Sanctus Paulus” is a resolute rendition ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative painting, Reflective Love, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-Ga Series XII (Nº 12)
Title: Reflective Love.
Lovely portrait of a beauty looking over her shoulder.
In Reflective Love (from the Utamaro...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Love & Peace & Sisterhood
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Growing Pains
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists.
The drawing is 23 1/4 X 18 1/4 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Joseph Pennell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated in pencil verso
Titled "Joseph Pennell" recto
Annotated verso:
Adolph a Dehn
Oct. 5 1915
Tonight I saw a duplicate of Whistler -- "Joseph Pennell." Bu...
Category
1910s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"Porcupine Quill Jacket" Abstract Minimalist Portrait of a Man
By Lisa Qualls
Located in Houston, TX
Graphite and watercolor drawing on mylar of a figure dressed in a quill jacket made by the Cameroon grass fields people in Africa by Florida artist Lisa Qualls. Titled “Porcupine Quill Jacket,” the work was created as part of a series titled “Strawmen and Sugarbones” made for the "RAW" exhibition at O'Kane Gallery in 2009.
In her artist statement for this series Qualls states: “I have isolated pieces of costumes and placed them on a person who is naked in order to emphasize the relationship between the object and person, the materials and skin, the symbol and the living being. The garments and ritual objects relate to the body in specific ways and are used to explore gender roles, societal and cultural ideas, aesthetics and spirituality. The voyeuristic element of the audience to the subjects in the drawings further emphasizes the vulnerability of the figures and their introspective and intimate poses. The figures, part soft and vulnerable, part concealed and protected, live in these ambiguous spaces as they would in a vision.”
Dimensions Without Frame: H 36 in. x W 24 in.
Artist Biography: Lisa received her BFA and BA from the University of Texas at Austin. She continued her studies in Fine Art and Design at Parsons and FIT in New York, NY and CISIM in Ravenna, Italy. Her work is currently represented by Ann Connelly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite
Patricia
Located in Maidenhead, GB
R. Lang Thomas (British, 20th century)
Patricia, 1947
Graphite on paper
Signed and dated lower right
34.4 x 26.8 cm.; (within frame) 56 x 47.5 cm.
Provenance:
The Chelsea Art Society;
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Exhibition history:
The Chelsea Art Society, 1947
In attractive side profile, a young lady rests her gaze at a gentle distance, her lips pursed...
Category
1940s Post-War Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Lady, Watercolor and Graphite Painting of a Female in Muted Browns
Located in Chicago, IL
The loose brushstrokes and minimal graphite outline of this unknown female convey a sense of calmness. She is painted in muted browns and matted in a heavy mat measuring 16h x 14w inches. This artwork is unframed. Contact gallery for framing request.
Eduardo Alvarado
Lady
Watercolor and pencil on paper
11.50h x 10.75w in
29.21h x 27.30w cm
EDA009
EDUARDO ALVARADO
b. Spain, 1972
EDUCATION
1990-95 Licenciado en BB AA
La Facultad de BB AA de la UPV, Bilbao
La Facultad de BB AA de San Fernando, Madrid
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Casa del Libro, Logroño
2016 Casa de Cultura. Miranda de Ebro
2015 Casa de Cultura. Miranda de Ebro
Galería Espiral, Noja
2014 Galerie d´Art Anne Broitman. Biarritz, France
2013 Galería de Arte-Centro Cultural (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Novi Sad, Serbia
Centro Cultural La Vidriera, Maliaño
The Gallery of Contemporary Fine Arts (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Nis, Serbia
2012 Gallery Seasons (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Sofia, Bulgaria
Gallery SKC (junto a Vesna Palovic). Belgrado, Serbia
Manos para qué os quiero. Logroño
Galería Espiral. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Santander
Sala Asociación Artistas de Guipuzcoa (junto a Juan Carlos Cardesín), San Sebastian
2011 Galería Espiral, San Miguel de Meruelo
Galería Jovan Popovic (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Opovo, Serbia
Galería Veciti Trkac (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Nis, Serbia
Exit Art Gallery (Fundación Adolfo Dominguez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Bijin Ôkubi, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXIX (Nº 29)
Title: Bijin Ôkubi
Upper torso portrait of a Japanese beauty, depicted with a graceful hand gesture and an ornate headdress. Her soft round features contrast with the colourful sharp angles of the collars of her kimono.
Her elongated oval face, straight nose and red butterfly lips are typical of the prototype of a beautiful woman, Bijin-ga. Her upper torso and face occupying the central section of the picture show a composition type that became known in time as Large-head pictures, or Okubi-e; compositions with which Utamaro became a model for generations of woodblock artists.
This image is part of the Bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Collection of Girl Portrait Studies
Located in Houston, TX
Collection of girl portrait studies that are signed and dated by the artist. The papers are not framed.
The dimensions are of the larger work, the small...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Lady of the Temple, Nude Female Figure, Highly Detailed Pencil Drawing, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The female figure in Oliver Benson's "Lady of the Temple" is drawn in exquisite detail. This fine drawing is floated on a mat board and framed in a silver frame measuring 11h x 8.25...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
Self Portrait with Brushes, 9x11", pencil drawing, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Self Portrait with Brushes by Lu Haskew
Pencil 9x11" image size
15x18.5" framed as pictured, behind glass with archival matte
Graphite drawing of the artist with her tools
Shipping ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Heroin
Located in Wien, 9
Karl Anton Fleck's portraits captivate through reduction to the essential, as well as distortion and the use of details and symbols. The striking stroke creates clear contours and th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.009
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.009 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.009 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Somenosuke of the Matsubaya Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXV (Nº 25)
Title: SOMENOSUKE OF THE MATSUBAYA
Somenosuke of house Matsubaya, known as a youthful courtesan who quickly rose through the ranks of popularity is shown producing a concealed letter, glancing about to confirm she is indeed alone.
The highlights of the drawing are the fine carving of the courtesan´s hair-line and the fine dress; an elegant kimono with vivid colors and intricate dessing.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Graphite on laid paper
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by descent to his Grandson
Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn.
Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana
Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass
Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches
Louis Oscar Griffith
(1875-1956)
Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club.
He made his first trip to Brown County...
Category
1920s Abstract Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Early Portrait of a French Woman
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic portrait of a french woman with a styled hair cut. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection.
Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
"Original Joseph Stella Drawing" - 20th Century Portrait Pencil Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch by famed American Modernist Joseph Stella, who burst on to the American scene at the epochal Armory Show of 1913 and whose work is today in the collections of every m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Bachoo Dinshaw, Countess Woronzow
Located in Miami, FL
Powerful pencil study of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow. Tchelitchew exaggerates the sitter's features with abnormally large eyes for dramatic effect, Bachoo (Countess Bachoobai Woronzow-...
Category
1940s Surrealist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Infanta Dolor - graphite pencil drawing - woman with cactus and succulents
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Dolor' features the face of a young woman with succulents and cactus in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chikako Oka...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.030
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.030 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.030 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
Category
1970s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hairdresser, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series II (nº 02)
Title: “Hairdresser”
The interest in this picture is focused on the hairstyles of both women, a hairdresser leaning forward with a bow of intense black color, arranging his client's especially long hair. The ways of gripping both the hair and the comb, making it slide through the ocher-scented kimono of the customer, decorated with sea stars, stand out. Highlighting with great detail the drawing of loose hair on the obi of white lines on a red background, and the kosode of plum color.
This image is part of the Bijin-ga Series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Hairdresser" (1798-1799), 39,8 x 26,8 cm. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston-USA.
Utamaro drawn a series of twelve prints whose themes were related to the manual works of women, and this "Hairdresser" is one of them.
Mario BGil reproduces the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and writes his own signature, Mario BGil, in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014).
The mesaurements of the drawing are 76 x 56 cm. (29,92 x 22,05 in.), with a painted surface of 67 x 49,5 cm.
With his work on the bijing-ga series, Mario BGil wanted to embellish, give brilliance and volume to the images presented by japanese artist Kitigawa Utamaro in those beautiful engravings, ennobled with the patina of time, which have served as inspiration. The result obtained is almost life-size portraits, endowed with strong chromaticism and valuable contrasts, all enhanced, in turn, with the volume provided by the weight and rigidity of the paper, and its thick texture (Fabriano Artistico “grana grosso”, 640g/m2; the thickness and hardness of the paper makes it necessary to transport it without rolling).
In this way, Mario BGil pays tribute to his admired artist and offers us a new and enriched vision of this popular facet of oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mario BGil is a self-taught artist who for years has combined his creative activity with his work in the business world, away from commercial art galleries. Man of very diverse interests and great artistic sensitivity, studied Art History and in 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant-garde of the late 19th century.
The discovery of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), a key figure in the metropolitan culture of Edo (now Tokyo), and a point of reference in the history of Japanese engraving...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.025
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.025 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.025 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Two Reclining Nudes, Females, Highly Detailed Pencil Drawing on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
The two nude female figures appear to be asleep. The calmness of the piece is accentuated by the fine pencil drawing. The piece is unframed. Contact the gallery for framing option...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Karagoto of the Chojiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga Series I (Nº1)
Title: Karagoto of The Chojiya
Head and bust portrait of the beautiful courtesan Karagoto, of the Chojiya House, who appears looking to her left while drying her right ear with the sleeve of her yukata (a fine summer garment, normally made of cotton that was normally used after bathing). The wide sleeve falls from her ear covering her right breast and leaving the left one uncovered.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Portrait of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
Powerful pencil study of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow. Tchelitchew exaggerates the sitters features with abnormally large eyes for dramatic effect, Bachoo (Countess Bachoobai Woronzow-D...
Category
1940s Surrealist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Seated Man, 1978, Folk Art Watercolor and Graphite by David Schwab
By David Schwab
Located in Long Island City, NY
Seated Man
David Schwab, American (1921–2002)
Date: 1978
Watercolor and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated in pencil
Image Size: 17.5 x 12 inches
Size: 20 x 14.75 in. (50.8 x 37.47 cm)
Category
1970s Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, The fickle type, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-ga Series XXII (Nº 22)
Title: THE FLICKLE TYPE
Upper half of the body of a woman in yukata (summer kymono) with part of her chest bare. Depicted just after a bath, she is turning her head and drying her hands with the towel hang on her shoulder. Her just-washed hair is tied around an ornate hairpin, the hair style called bai-mage (spiral-shell chignon).
The unkempt hair of the nape and the movement of the hands one on the other are clear examples of Utamaro's mastery, who had an exceptionally observant eye for women.
The Fickle ( or Fancy-free) Type is flirting with more than one member of the opposite sex
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Takashimayaoisha, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Beijing-ga Series XXX (nº 30)
Title: “Takashimaohisa”
Ohisa, along with Okita and Tomimoto Toyohina, were the three most famous beauties of the time. The first two were waitresses...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Vogue Magazine Illustration Turn of the Century - Woman Illustrator
By Helen Dryden
Located in Miami, FL
Early in the artist's career most likely for Vogue Magazine. Signed lower left. Helen Dryden (1882–1972) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1...
Category
1910s Academic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Gouache
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, The courtese Hinakoto, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXI (Nº 21)
Title: The courtese Hinakoto of the Hyôgorô House of Edo
The courtesan Hinakoto is depicted by smoking tobacco. She takes the pipe delicately in her left hand and, in her right hand, she seems to be holding a “uchiwa” (rigid hand fan) that comes out from the bottom of the drawing, decorated with written calligraphy. Some strands of hair that fall on her temple and her scant clothing show that the painter has surprised her in a relaxed moment in which she does not lose her elegance and slenderness.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
“Hitomoto of The Daimonjiya in Kyô-Machi Itchôme”
Hitomoto holds a bouquet of flowers looking to her left, with a surprised face, and with her mouth aj...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Portrait of Bearded Man, Impressionist Graphite on Paper by Hal Frater
By Hal Frater
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hal Frater, American (1909 - 2008) - Portrait of Bearded Man, Medium: Graphite on Paper, signed lower right, Size: 11 x 8.5 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm)
Category
20th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of a Man, Abstract Expressionist Graphite on Paper by Bruce Tippett
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bruce Tippett, American (1933 - 2017) - Portrait of a Man, Year: 1977, Medium: Graphite on Paper, signed and dated in pencil, Size: 8.75 x 12 in. (22.23 x 30.48 cm), Description: Si...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Japanese Art Figurative Painting, Love for a street-walker, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
LOVE FOR A STREET-WALKER
Crayon, graphite, pencil on paper.
Measurements: (H) 76 x (W) 56 cm.
Attractive portrait of an Edo prostitute hurrying through the streets. She wears a black kimono over layers of colored kimono, tucking her hand into the "obi" at her waist. A white scarf is draped over her head, the edge caught between her teeth, and loose wisps of hair framed her face. There is an impressive contrast between the black kimono and the yellow-orange of collars, sleeves and "obi", balancing the composition the pastel pink of the scarf that covers her head.
This image is part of the "bijin-ga" series, Pretty Women, drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Love for a street-walker" (1795), 37,2 x 24,6 cm. The British Musem. London, UK.
The artist reproduces the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and from the original publisher ("Tsutaya", climbing leaf)), between the two, the signature of Mario BGil written in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014).
The mesaurements of the drawing are 76 x 56 cm. (29,92 x 22,05 in.), with a painted surface of 67 x 49,5 cm.
With his work on the "bijing-ga" series, Mario BGil wanted to embellish, give brilliance and volume to the images presented by japanese artist Kitigawa Utamaro in those beautiful engravings, ennobled with the patina of time, which have served as inspiration. The result obtained is almost life-size portraits, endowed with strong chromaticism and valuable contrasts, all enhanced, in turn, with the volume provided by the weight and rigidity of the paper, and its thick texture (Fabriano Artistico “grana grosso”, 640g/m2; the thickness and hardness of the paper makes it necessary to transport it without rolling).
In this way, Mario BGil pays tribute to his admired artist and offers us a new and enriched vision of this popular facet of oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mario BGil is a self-taught artist who for years has combined his creative activity with his work in the family business, away from commercial art galleries. In 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him and he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant-garde of the late 19th century.
The discovery of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), a key figure in the metropolitan culture of Edo (now Tokyo), and a point of reference in the history of Japanese engraving...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Untitled portrait with hand on throat
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on museum board
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Graphite
Untitled portrait with hand in mouth
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on museum board
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Miyahito of The Ôgiya, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga Series XXXIV (Nº 34)
Title: Miyahito of the Ôgiya
Three quarter portrait of the elegant courtesan Miyahito of the Ôgiya House. This beautifully dressed japanese woman wears a solid grey outer robe, which contrasts with her soft rose kimono and the colored obi with an intricate geometric pattern. Her hair is arranged high atop her head, adorned with several hairpins. A classic Utamaro beauty print recreated with extraordinary taste and subtlety by Mario BGil in this delicate drawing.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Tatsumi Roko, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXVIII (Nº 28)
Title: Tatsumi Roko
Portrait of Tatsumi Roko, a geisha of the pleasure quarters in the Edo period. The image belongs to the series Renowed Beauties Likened to the Six Inmortal Poets.
The popular top-class geishas of the day , known as “oiran”, were depicted in this type of print. In ukiyo-e woodblock prints, this close-up portrait view of the upper body is known as an okubi-e (bust portrait).
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Untitled #7 (from the series "Album")
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Signed, verso
This drawing is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes framing.
About the artist:
Chris Ironside is a Toronto-based artist wor...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled #21 (from the series "Album")
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Signed, verso
This drawing is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes framing.
About the artist:
Chris Ironside is a Toronto-based artist wor...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Young boy at Loemboeng, 1918
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Young boy at Loemboeng, 1918
Signed with initials and dated, bottom right
Black chalk on paper, 25.7 x 10 cm
Literature:
W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten door Timor en Onderhoori...
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1910s Art Nouveau Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.154
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.154 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.154 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
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Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Tomimoto Toyohina, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-Ga series XXVII (Nº 27)
Title: Tomomoto Toyohina
Tomimoto Toyohina was a much sought-after geisha (entertainer) who performed narrative ballads accompanied by the shamisen. She was one of several non-prostitute beauties, including teahouse waitresses, whom Utamaro depicted repeatedly in the early to mid 1790s. She appears here with a brush in hand, dressed and combed with simple elegance.
This composition is from a six-print series comprising half-length portraits of famous beauties (Famous beauties of Edo).
Utamaro elevated Tomimoto Toyohina to the status of one of the three most renowned beauties of her age (together with Okita and Ohisa). She was from a prominent family of musicians that provided entertainment in the Yoshiwara. Toyohina’s appeal undoubtedly was as much due to her appearance as to her skills in singing, and Utamaro’s celebration of her would have further elevated the status of an already well-known lineage.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Strangers - Haude Bernabé, 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and graphite on paper
Signed, entitled and dated lower right by the artist
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2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Fine 19th Century Coloured Pencil - The Eligible Bachelor
Located in Corsham, GB
Tall, dark and handsome- this fine oval portrait captures the striking features of a young Victorian Bachelor. The artist has used directional hatching and fine line to create plumpn...
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
$268 Sale Price
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Ernest Proctor (1886-1935) - Graphite Drawing, Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating graphite study of a middle aged woman with short cropped hair. The artist depicts the women from lower angle to best captures her strong features and distant gaze. Sign...
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Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Ernest Proctor (1886-1935) - Graphite Drawing, Study of a Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite sketch if a woman with neatly pinned hair. The artist's proprietary sketch can be scene to the right, which the artist has used to create the much finer portrait ...
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Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Portrait of a Young Male, Graphite on paper sketch, 20th Century English Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 (26 x 22 cm)
Mounted
Drawing was at the heart of all of his artistic practice. A friend once recalled an anecdote that out on a walk he ...
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20th Century English School Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.009
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.009 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.009 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...
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2010s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.012
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.012 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.012 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...
Category
2010s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Graphite Drawing, Victorian Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite study in the delicate manner. The woman wears a puffed sleeved and ringlets fall to the side of her face in a typical Victorian fashion. Unsigned. Presented in a ...
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$273 Sale Price
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Portrait of Rebecca Octavia Dorothy Nash, Victorian Graphite Drawings
By Joseph Nash
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, inscribed on original backing
Image size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (16.5 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This is a delightful graphite drawing by the artist Joseph Nash that depict...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Late 19th Century Graphite Drawing - Father And Sons
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine graphite drawing with incredibly delicate watercolour bodywork. The drawing shows a proud father standing between his two seated sons. All Three are handsomely dressed in...
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Late 19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$290 Sale Price
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