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Medium: Graphite
Self Portrait, Graphite Sketch 20th Century British Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 12 1/4 x 8 inches (31 x 20.25 cm)
Hand made contemporary style frame
This is a wonderful self portrait that captures the artist as she stares, unafraid...
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Mid-20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, 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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Jan Stanley Hiller (b.1918) - Mid 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Grand Old Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with initials to the lower right. On wove.
Category
Mid-20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ikiyo-e Figurative Painting, Obvious Love Arawaruru Koi, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
BIJIN-GA SERIES XVIII (Nº 18)
Title: Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi)
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi) (1793-94); 38,8 x 26,2 cm.. Art Institute Chicago, USA.
A sensual woman seems to care little that her kimono is open, exposing a breast. Her hair is in disarray , the hairpin at the front about to fall and she holds one of the hairpins in her left hand. She appears to be looking down outside the frame of the picture, perhaps in mid-conversation. The term “arawaruru” refers to a love so wholehearted that it expresses itself in the lover´s face and mannerisms.
In the 1780's and 90's the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and the designer Kitagawa Utamaro worked together on the production of many woodblock prints, most of them of the bijin-ga type. One of their most popular productions was a set of images that purported to depict psychological classifications of women - 'fickle', 'interesting', etc.. Perhaps in response to this success, they then came up with something similar - a set of prints...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Crayon, Oil Crayon
Peter Collins ARCA - 1986 Graphite Drawing, Sue
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite drawing with charcoal details by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a head study of a female figure. Title, signature and date to the lower right-hand corner. We...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$345 Sale Price
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Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893-1975) - 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A page of soft facial studies in graphite of a young girl. Although just studies, the drawings capture a lot of the child's personality.
The drawing has been presented in a black, g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893-1975) - Graphite Drawing, Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine graphite drawing by the artist Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, depicting a young girl. Even though this work is unsigned, it belongs to a collection by the artist. Well-presented in...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Peter Collins ARCA - Signed and Framed 1975 Graphite Drawing, Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
Peter Collins ARCA - Signed and Framed Original 1975 Graphite Drawing. Presented in a card mount and silver frame. Signed and dated. On wove. In fine condition.Peter Collins A.R.C.A ...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893-1975) - Graphite Drawing, Young Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine graphite drawing by the artist Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, depicting a young boy. Even though this work is unsigned, it belongs to a collection by the artist. Well-presented in ...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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 ...
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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 418.013
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.013 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.013 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+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.016
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.016 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.016 is from Linda Stein's Profiles ser...
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2010s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite, Color Pencil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.019
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.019 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.019 is from Linda Stein's Profiles ser...
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2010s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
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
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 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
Winged character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art drawing outsider art portrait
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...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
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...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Tenedor
Located in New York, NY
Tenedor, 2012
Pencil on paper
11.30h x 9.30w in
Martin Palottini was born in Buenos Aires in 1981. From 1995 to 2001 he attended Manuel Belgrano National School of Fine Arts, wher...
Category
2010s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Polymorphisms IV - Haude Bernabé, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and graphite on paper
Signed, dated and entitled lower left
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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...
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1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
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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
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.086
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.086 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.086 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
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The children of fire Haude Bernabé 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and graphite on paper
Signed, entitled and dated lower left by the artist
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.155
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.155 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.155 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
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Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.014
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.014 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.014 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
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1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
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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...
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1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,800 Sale Price
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Head of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Karl Parsons
English 1884 - 1934
Head of a Young Woman
Graphite on paper
Signed and dated '(19)07' lower left
Image size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (16 x 21.5 cm)
Contemporary Pre-Raphaelite style frame
One of Britain's leading stained glass designers during the early decades of the 20th century, Karl Parsons drew portraits invariably for pleasure rather than commissions, throughout his life, and it is in these that one sees most clearly the influence of some of the artists whom he most admired, notably Botticelli, Rossetti and Burne-Jones.
Though harkening back to these illustrious forebears, both technically and compositionally, this portrait also epitomises the type of portraiture that was fashionable in British high society at the start of the 20th century. Karl Parson's technique here, with delicate shading and strong outlines, is certainly comparable to Gerald Leslie Brockhurst's graphic style. It is clear that Parsons took delight in demonstrating his skill at sculpting human forms through gentle shading.
Karl Parsons was an English stained glass artist associated with the arts and craft movement. Parsons was born in Peckham in Surrey in 1884, the 12th child of Arthur William Parsons...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of a Boy, Pastel Drawing, 20th Century English
Located in London, GB
Pastel and graphite on paper
Image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 21.5 cm)
Mounted
William Dring
Dring was born with the forenames Dennis William, but was known colloquially as John. He was the brother of the artist James Dring. He married the painter Grace Elizabeth Rothwell...
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Mid-20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, 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
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Miss Twisty: Back to the City - Mid-Century Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Miss Twisty is a story of a young girl who leaves the big city to spend time in the country. The book is filled with insight and humor. This work is a deftly rendered black-and-wh...
Category
1940s Academic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Self Portrait, 20th Century English Artist, Graphite Drawing
By Frank Jameson
Located in London, GB
Frank Jameson
1899 - 1968
Self Portrait
Graphite on paper, signed lower right
Image size: 15 x 9 inches
Contemporary frame
Frank Jameson was born in London and later moved to Birmingham where he attended evening classes in drawing and painting at Birmingham Art School. By day he worked as an insurance salesman. During the First World War he became an officer in the Worcester Regiment and was in charge of building bridges and block houses. He returned to the Midlands but then travelled widely by rail, eventually discovering St Ives where he was inspired by the stunning scenery. He stayed and rented the Loft Studio. He also became a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and exhibited frequently with his fellow artists, especially John Park...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Florentine Lady, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Florentine Lady
Graphite on paper, signed and inscriber '1932 Florence'
Image size: 24 x 19 inches
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Lady, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of a Lady
Graphite on paper
Image size: 15 x 12 inches
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of Man with Shovel
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This painting depicts a man standing confidently with a shovel. This is an American School, likely Hudson River School drawing from the 1860s or 1870s. This 19th century unsigned painting...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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
"Contemplation"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
1920s Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906-1985
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Graphite on paper
Image size: 13 x 10 inches
Unframed
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James St...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of Julieta, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of Julieta
Graphite on paper, signed and inscribed '1931'
Image size: 15 x 12 inches
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left
Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm)
This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the start of 1919. The artwork has been created on the reverse of a document from Adlershof, a German Air Park. This exact document is from the 'Airman Replacement Department' and is a request form for replacement parts for aircrafts - it asks the writer to specify the type and number of aircrafts, the type of engine and details of its propellers.
Adlershof is a place with a long and famous history. Germany's first motorised aircraft took off from here at the beginning of the 20th century and the Wright brothers moved their company to the airfield in 1909 shortly after it was opened. In 1912 German Experimental Institute for Aviation was established and made the location it's headquarters. Indeed, pre-war it was often known as 'The cradle of German Aviation'.
During the war the War ministry used the site for extensive military production and it is particularly well known for a series of competitions between various aviation firms' fighter aircraft designs that were held in 1918 and 1919. Even after the War had ended, work continued at Adlershof with the final flight competition being held between February and May 1919 (when this portrait was created). Eventually, the signing of the Versailles Treaty ended all military aircraft work for Germany and led to the dissolution of the Luffstreikrafte in May 1920.
Karl Ludwig Nagel...
Category
Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left
Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm)
This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the start of 1919. The artwork has been created on the reverse of a document from Adlershof, a German Air Park. This exact document is from the 'Airman Replacement Department' and is a request form for replacement parts for aircrafts - it asks the writer to specify the type and number of aircrafts, the type of engine and details of its propellers.
Adlershof is a place with a long and famous history. Germany's first motorised aircraft took off from here at the beginning of the 20th century and the Wright brothers moved their company to the airfield in 1909 shortly after it was opened. In 1912 German Experimental Institute for Aviation was established and made the location it's headquarters. Indeed, pre-war it was often known as 'The cradle of German Aviation'.
During the war the War ministry used the site for extensive military production and it is particularly well known for a series of competitions between various aviation firms' fighter aircraft designs that were held in 1918 and 1919. Even after the War had ended, work continued at Adlershof with the final flight competition being held between February and May 1919 (when this portrait was created). Eventually, the signing of the Versailles Treaty ended all military aircraft work for Germany and led to the dissolution of the Luffstreikrafte in May 1920.
Karl Ludwig Nagel...
Category
Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
African Children Suffer Famine and Despair in Hot Colors - Africa is Bleeding
By Victor Olson
Located in Miami, FL
An intense and powerful study of five undernourished and perhaps starving African children partly superimposed and partly integrated into the silhouette of the African continent...
Category
1970s Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Portrait Study, 20th Century Graphite Artwork, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom left
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 25cm)
Contemporary frame
A characterful portrait of a woman in profile. The artist has captured much of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Large black and white drawing by Yvon Pissarro titled Farmhand in a Cowshed
Located in London, GB
Farmhand in a Cowshed by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Graphite on paper
56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches)
Signed lower left Yvon Vey
Provenance
Studio of the arti...
Category
1980s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Portrait of Alfred Hardiman, Graphite Sketch, Signed and Dated 1925
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated
Image size: 18 x 12 1/2 inches (46 x 32 cm)
Mounted and framed
The sitter for this portrait, Alfred Hardiman, was an English sculptor. Hardiman and Lyon were friends and met when they both attended the British School at Rome in the early 1920s.
Hardiman won a London County Council Scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1912, and three years later joined the Royal Academy School. After a period as an engineer's draughtsman in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Hardiman resumed his studies and in 1920 was awarded the British Prix de Rome scholarship, spending two years at the British School at Rome. There he developed his style, a blend of naturalism and classicism influenced by Roman and Etruscan art and early fifth century Greek sculpture.
Hardiman's best-known (but also most controversial) work is the Earl Haig Memorial on Whitehall in London. More universally admired are the heraldic lions flanking the main entrance to the City Hall, Norwich, a work which fully epitomises his style. He was appointed consultant sculptor to the building, having worked with one of the architects, Stephen Rowland Pierce, on the Haig Memorial. Hardiman also carved three large stone figures for the outside of the council chamber, and worked with other sculptors on the project including James Woodford and Eric Aumonier.
Hardiman was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1936 and a full Academician in 1944. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1938 and the following year received their silver medal for his statue of Haig. In 1946 he won a gold medal for his bronze fountain figure for the New Council House, College Green, Bristol, which however was never erected.
In 1918 he married Violet, daughter of Herbert Clifton White, of London, and had two daughters. He died at Stoke Poges on 17th April 1949.
Robert Lyon...
Category
1920s Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The New Haircut, 20th Century portrait of a Young Girl, drawing
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (30 x 21.5 cm)
Original frame
This superbly-drawn portrait highlights the artist’s undeniable skill as a portrait artist, particularl...
Category
20th Century Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Graphite Study of a Head, Monogrammed Victorian Sketch, Gilt Fame
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, monogrammed lower left
Image size: 6 x 6 1/2 inches (15.25 x 16.5 cm)
Contemporary style handmade gilt frame
Henry Perronet Briggs
Henry Perronet Briggs RA wa...
Category
Early 19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Surprised Woman with Cactus 1920s Female Illustrator
By Susan Flint
Located in Miami, FL
The postman's delivery of a limp cactus creates a big emotional response the female recipient. Most likely an interior illustration for a newsstand magazine. Signed lower right Sus...
Category
1930s American Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Medusa
Located in New York, NY
Medusa, 2014
Graphite on paper
15.75 x 20.1 inches / 40 x 51 cm (framed)
Nikos Kanarelis was born in Athens, Greece in 1975 where he now lives and works. Βetween 1999 and 2004 h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of a Young Man, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of a Young Man
Graphite on paper
Image size: 18 x 16 inches
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Mending, Graphite Portrait, 20th Century Modern British, Signed Artwork
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed lower right
Image size: 17 x 21 inches (43.25 x 53.25 cm)
Contemporary frame
James Stroudley
Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker, paid homage to Stroudley by including his work in the exhibition ‘Pupil & Masters’, held at Westgate House, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Stroudley married three times, and his wives included the fashion artist to the Sun newspaper...
Category
20th Century English School Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.010
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.010 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Ink and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.010 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages ...
Category
2010s Feminist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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
Portrait of Adriane Madami, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of Adriane Madami
Graphite on paper, signed and inscribed '1930, Adriane Madami, Assisi'
Image size: 19 x 16 inches
James Stroudley was born in...
Category
20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"I Should Worry, " Cover for Judge Magazine, Feb. 28, 1914
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache with Graphite on Paper Mounted
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"I Should Worry." Cover illustration for Judge magazine, pu...
Category
1910s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Denver Broncos John Elway NFL Football Illustration; Original Art
By Jack Davis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1990
Medium: Ink and Conte Crayon over Graphite on Board
Dimensions: 10.00" x 12.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
John Elway, from the middle part of his career, when he was throwing to the Three Amigos...
Category
1990s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Board, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.063
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.063 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.063 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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