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Medium: Paper
'Women With Hat' Original Portrait Drawing Ink & Acrylic On Paper By Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Tuscan Florentine Female Nude Portrait Drawing 20th century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
Pencil on paper 24 x 33 cm, composed by a single sheet sketched on both faces.
On one side there is a nude woman sitted, turing her head.
On the other side two presumably nude figure...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Well Dressed Woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Mark at the bottom of the image is a pen line trial stroke
Category
20th Century Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
José Vivenes
Untitled, 2006
Oil pastel on paper
20 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (52.1 x 39.4 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
European Artist - Indonesian Portraits of Mas Marco Kartodikromo, 1890-1932
Located in Amsterdam, NL
European artist (early 20th century)
Two study portraits of Mas MarCo Kartodikromo (1890-1932)
One inscribed Kartodikromo lower right
Framed in ebonized frame with white mount.
Pe...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Scarecrow with Nesting Birds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Aiwa' and dated 1996.
A substantial, pen and ink and watercolor figural study of a scarecrow dressed in cap, ragged jacket and vest with a pair of birds perche...
Category
1990s Surrealist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
She She
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Liza Minnelli
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on HMP Paper.
Provenance: The Estate of The Artists; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Thaddeus Ropac; Private Collection NYC.
Image rights: The purchaser is a...
Category
1970s Pop Art Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Two Men
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
Signed in pencil, l.l.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
Madame Petitjean Assise, 19 mai 1901 by Hippolyte Petitjean
By Hippolyte Petitjean
Located in London, GB
Madame Petitjean Assise, 19 mai 1901 by Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929)
Sanguine on paper
52.8 x 38.6 cm (20 ³/₄ x 15 ¹/₄ inches)
Studio stamp and dated lower left, 19 mai 1901
Executed in 1901
Provenance
JPL Fine Arts, London
Exhibition
Monte Carlo, Artis Monte-Carlo, Maitres modernes et contemporaines, 31 July - 15 September, 1989
Artist biography
Born at Mâcon in France, artist Hippolyte Petitjean studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the tutelage of academic artists Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.
In 1884 Petitjean met and become close friends with the older Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat – whose influence changed the course of Petitjean’s artistic career. Joining with the Neo-Impressionists, Petitjean was influenced by the Symbolists and employed Seurat’s Pointillist technique. He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris and at Le Brac de Bouteville. Alongside his work as an art teacher, Petitjean also exhibited to wide critical acclaim in Brussels (1893,1898), Berlin (1898), Weimar (1903) and Wiesbaden (1921). Never prolific or indeed financially stable, Petitjean’s oeuvre of around three hundred and fifty painting...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an elegant woman by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The Lucky Bag
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Mounted to Canvas
Signature: Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" and Dated Lower Left
Published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, "The Lucky Bag...
Category
1910s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Saturday Night with Artists Karen Kilimnik and Elizabeth Peyton painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Saturday Night with Karen Kilimnik and Elizabeth Peyton"
Watercolor, ink, gouache on archival paper
16.25" x 16" (Piece)
21" x 21" x 2" (Framed)
2017
The worlds of fashion, societ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper
Rats & Star Band Member
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper.
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
Category
1980s Pop Art Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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 Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Man in Nature - Original Drawing by Ferdinand Lemud - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man in nature is an original drawing in black point on paper, realized by Ferdinand Lemud.
Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear. Image Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 cm
This artwo...
Category
19th Century Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
José Vivenes
Untitled, 2006
Oil pastel on paper
20 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (52.1 x 39.4 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Reposing Nude and Tree
Located in London, GB
'Reposing Nude and Tree', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pain...
Category
1920s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of a Boy, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of a Boy
Graphite on paper
Image size: 18 x 14 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 Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Wes Gordon (Hands - Putty - Red), Mixed media on Pergamenata parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Womenswear. There, he tutored many contemporary greats, including John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, Wes Gordon...
Category
Early 2000s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Wax Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acryl...
Companions
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 10 x 13.75 inches
Framed size: 18.75 x 21.5 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Star Trek Stars
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, White Pastel on Canson MiTientes Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Dimensions: 25.00" x 19.00" Unframed
Category
20th Century Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Watercolor & ink Portrait - The Gardner
Located in Houston, TX
Cheerful watercolor and ink painting of a person tending to their garden chores, 1990s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sl...
Category
1980s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Naturalistic Portrait Drawing of a Horse
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic portrait of a horse in colored pencil on paper. The drawing is framed in a wooden frame with a cream trim. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 13.5 in. x W 10.5 in.
Artist Biography: William Robert Stevenson was born in 20 May 1925 in Eugene, Oregon. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army at age 17 years old in early 1942. Being a strong swimmer, and having worked at stables as a child, he initially served in the last US Cavalry Corps, and also as a Swimming Instructor for the United States Army. Upon the abolition of the Cavalry Corps, he was trained as a Gunnar and Tank Commander for the M-4 Sherman Tank under General Patton...
Category
1940s Naturalistic Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
Sleeping Woman - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Woman is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pen drawing on paper.
Hand-...
Category
1950s Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tissue Paper, Pen
'Woman & Sunglasses ' Portrait Original Drawing Ink & Acrylic On Paper By Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Standing Officers II" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 10" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Standing Officers II" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 10" in by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the ex...
Category
20th Century Post-War Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Continuum pregnancy collage female figure, ochre earth tones time clocks, hands
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Whether the subject matter is figuration or nature, Audrey Anastasi approaches all her subjects directly and unabashedly. In this work on paper, she co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Rats & Star Band Member
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper.
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
Category
1980s Pop Art Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Origami Seller - Contemporary Art, Collage, Orange, Funny, 21st Century
Located in Berlin, DE
The Origami Seller, 2019
collage on paper
15 3/4 H x 11 13/16 W in.
40 H x 30 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, tex...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Island for Umberto 10 - 21st Century, Drawing, Sun, Sea, Yellow, Orange, Blue
Located in Berlin, DE
Island for Umberto 10, 2014
Colored pencil on paper ( Signed and dated front right corner, framed)
11.6 H x 16.5 W in.
29.5 H x 42 W cm
"Island for Umberto" has the literary source ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Max Beerbohm, 19th Century British caricature of Mr Harry Nichols
By Max Beerbohm
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Max Beerbohm (British, 1872 – 1956)
Mr Harry Nicholls (In a life of pleasure), 1893
Signed ‘MAX’ (lower right), inscribed with title in ink
Pencil on paper with evidence of some wate...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Artist Tracey Emin Working. Watercorlor on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Tracey Emin Working"
Watercolor, ink, gouache on archival paper
15" x 16" (Piece)
21" x 21" x 2" (Framed)
2017
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Category
2010s Pop Art Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper
Italian Landscape Portrait Watercolors after 1899
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing represents the grand opening of the monument dedicated to Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy, that happened in Turin on September 9, 1899, twenty years after his death.
It was wanted by his son, King Umberto I and made by the architect Pietro Costa...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American Portrait Maiden Original Gold Frame Pastel Painting Marlatt
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original pastel painting oof a young maiden by listed American artist Hamilton Irving Marlatt. This beautiful painting comes housed in its original...
Category
1890s Realist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
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 Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite
Sailors in Marseille
Located in London, GB
'Sailors in Marseille', gouache on art paper, French School (circa 1960s). Ever since the 6th century, there have been fishermen selling their catch in the Old Port of Marseille while sailors from visiting vessels have always enjoyed a night on the town. Today the Old Port is the city’s beating heart, a vital part of Marseille. In this work, the artist depicts a solo French sailor crossing paths with his American counterpart. The Frenchman sports his cap with iconic pom pom rouge while the American sailor is dressed in his white 'Cracker Jack...
Category
1960s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled Nude. Pencil and gold paint nude figurative drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled
39 x 26 1/2 inches
This piece is a one of a kind pencil and gold paint drawing on paper.
2015
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Juan C. Estrada combines realism and surrealism in his work. Born i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
The Amateur - Contemporary, Collage, Figurative, Funny Character, Brown, Pink
Located in Berlin, DE
The Amateur, 2019
collage on paper
15 3/4 H x 11 13/16 W in
40 H x 30 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, textiles, f...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Love My Bird Original Drawing Woman Portrait Ink & Acrylic On Paper By Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Untitled" Original Drawing Woman Portrait Ink on paper by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Untitled (Man in Repose Leaning Against Post)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
Category
1970s Realist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Paper
Mother - Pen, Ink, Black White Contemporary Surrealistic Drawing of Female Form
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Mother," is a contemporary pen and ink drawing by Katherine Filice. This piece is one of her newest works featuring a surrealistic figure. This piece is one of the few of hers that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
"Portrait in Black & Red" Ink & Acrylic on paper framed by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Puppy Love" by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
Original piece, one of a kind.
Devie - ‘Puppy Love...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Associated Sunday Magazine Cover
By Neysa McMein
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sunday Magazine The Sun Cover, October 4, 1914.
Category
1910s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Registrar - Contemporary Art, Collage on Paper, Funny, Green
Located in Berlin, DE
The Registrar, 2019
collage on paper
15 3/4 H x 11 13/16 W in.
40 H x 30 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, textiles...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Some Other Time (#1979)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
India ink and watercolor on paper
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Looks away" by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
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 Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Portrait of the top-class courtesan Hanamurasaki elegantly combed, and dressed in a simple formal kimono and obi, adorned with symbols of her okiya. She is sitting on her knees in a graceful pose, stretching her arms forward and crossing her fingers with a delicate movement of the wrists.
This image is part of the “bijin-ga series” (Pretty women) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Hanamurasaky of the Tamaya”, (from the series: “Array of supreme beauties of the Present Day”, 1794), 36,2 x 25 cm. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, USA.
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 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 Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
PEC No.75. 1975, paper, ink, 31x23, 4 cm
Located in Riga, LV
PEC No.75. 1975, paper, ink, 31x23,4 cm
Lev Kropivnitsky / Лев Евгеньевич Кропивницкий (1922-1994)
Russian nonconformist artists, poet, art critic. Since the end of 1950s, he wor...
Category
1970s Conceptual Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Lips - Ink & Acrylic Drawing Portrait Women On Paper By Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
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...
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20th Century Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Pink Flamingo Venus
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pink Flamingo Venus, 2020, watercolor, ink, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, pink, black, and white.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"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...
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1910s Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Ocellated Crake, realist gouache on paper miniature bird portrait, 2020
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina introduces a sense of movement to her gouache Bird by Bird series with her miniature portrait, Ocellated Crake. Wings spread, beaks open wide, and legs hover in the air. This dy...
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2010s Realist Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Woman reading a letter, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
WOMAN READING A LETTER
Three-quarter portrait of an Edo period Japanese courtesan caught reading a letter. Her clothing is simple: an inner pink kimono peeks out from the collar and short sleeves of the outer gray kimono with black trim. The note of color is provided by the obi tied at the waist at the front, the ribbon around the bow and the light turquoise background.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Woman reding a letter” (1792-17993).
The artist reproduces also the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and the original publisher's seal (Tsutaya, climbing leaf), as it appears in the woodblock print used as a model; between the two, the signature of Mario BGil written in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014).
The measurements of the woodblock print are 37,2 x 24,5 cm., the drawing made by Mario BGil is 76 x 56 cm. / 29,92 x 22.05 in.
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 s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Edo Paper Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
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