Pen Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

A comical sketch of a Jolly Innkeeper captured alongside other characters. Attributed to political cartoonist and caricaturist William 'Bill' Papa...

This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead Queen 3 [20th Century Russian Duchess]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper. This piece measures 21.2...

This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 22 [1st Century Roman Emperor]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper. Th...

This figurative drawing titled "Polished" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil pastel and ballpoint pen on Arches paper. This piece measures 18"h x 11"w framed. The p...

Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a pink and orange striped dress by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently displ...

A fine pen and ink study with charcoal by the artist Peter Collins. The scene depicts a female figure reclined on a sofa. Unsigned. Artist's name is ...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches & 9.25 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper, 2012 & 2010 (Set of 2) Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men in which the content is a mere excuse for the lines to create a pattern of untrammeled playfulness. Of course the Japanese face...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 6 x 7 inches & 7 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper, 2012 (Set of 2) Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. for auction : Please Note: The reserve price set is for one work only The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men in which the content is a mere excuse for the lines to create a pattern of untrammeled playfulness. Of course the Japanese face...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men...

115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats. They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work. Today, they have a dual meaning. These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations. Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail. Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition. Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity. The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin. As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. . Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed. Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910. Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts. Early life Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed] The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8] Career Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11] In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia. Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940) Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915) The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926) The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917) On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938) Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...

A fine pen and ink drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting two studies of the same figure seated on an armchair. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black card mount and in...

Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in blue and pink floral dress by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently displayed ...

Pen and watercolour sketch of the artist's mother. Signed in the lower left and dated 1950. Well presented in a slim wooden frame. On paper.

Off white – Daler Rowney best quality cartridge paper. Supplied with mount. Size: H:50 cm x W:40 cm David Jones, artist draws Matisse style life drawings. David Jones framed and un...

Untitled (Man at Desk) Pen and ink on paper, 2012 Signed lower right Series: Portraits of Community: Hidden in Plain Sight, 2012 References And Exhibitions: Illustrated: Swarthmore College video for their exhibition "Hidden in Plain Sight," Jan 24- Feb 24, 2013. Born in Fort Worth in 1975, Huckaby has been creating some form of art since his childhood. In 1995, he began his formal art studies at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. After a brief stay he transferred to Boston University, where he received a BFA degree. He then earned a MFA degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Huckaby is known for his powerful use of color and his exploration of cultural roles and the heritage of the African American family. His work has evolved from portraiture to objects and interiors that venerate his personal family legacy rooted in Fort Worth, Texas. Portraying these familiar subjects on a large scale and pushing his use of materials, Huckaby defines the significance of family and tradition while touching on the subject of ethnographic stereotypes in our culture. For the past few years he has concentrated his efforts on a series of quilt paintings. One of the series he created is a tribute to both of his Grandmothers and a celebration of the African American quilting tradition. He used the actual quilts sewn by family members as models for his paintings. These quilts document significant events in his family history. According to Huckaby, the paintings represent an artistic family legacy. The colorful, rhythmic abstracted patterns come together like the musical notes in African American musician John Coltrane's famous jazz composition, A Love Supreme, from which the painting series acquired its name. He has earned national acclaim for his work over the past several years. Huckaby has received the 2001 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and the 2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award. More recently, he was the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Award, which allowed him to travel the country and paint African-American quilts from private and public collections. Past Guggenheim Fellowship Award winners include Ansel Adams, Langston Hughes, Henry Kissinger, and Isamu Noguchi. He has exhibited at the Resource Center of African American Art in Atlanta, the Danforth Museum in Framingham, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. His work, including a painting titled Study for Little D and the Dollar, in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, can be found in important collections throughout the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Minneapolis Museum of Art. Currently, Huckaby’s 18-by-14-foot oil painting Hidden in Plain Site (2011) is on view in the Amon Carter Museum’s atrium through October. Public Collections: Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, American Dad African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Grandmother’s Quilt The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The 99% - Highland Hills The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "Girl World" Study for Sustenance Installation Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana, "The Truth about Hip Hop" Study for Sustenance Installation Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The 99% - Highland Hills City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, The Welcome Space Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Corporate Aviation, Texas, A Place Between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Texas, William Madison (Gooseneck Bill) McDonald Fort Worth Central Library, Fort Worth, Texas, Hazel Harvey Peace Portrait Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, Cobby Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, Selection from The 99% Holdworth Center, Austin, TX, Selection from The 99% Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas, “Gone But Not Forgotten: Sha” Kansas African American Museum, Wichita, Kansas, Self Portrait (2) McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, Untitled (Anthony) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Untitled) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Enocio Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Big Momma...

Peasant is an original Drawing on paper in 1958 realized by Roger Clamagirand. Hand-signed and stamped on the lower and dated. Black Marker Pen on paper. Good conditions. The art...

Stage Actors is an original pen and pencil drawing realized in the early 20th century and attributed to Augusto Monari. Good condition, no signature. Little drawing on a yellowed p...

Portrait is an original drawing in pen realized in the Early 20th Century and attributed to Augusto Monari. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with stron...

Snobby is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...

The Rage is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was a...

Sketch is a Pen and Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, ...

Figure of Woman is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1935s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1...

The Man in Bed is a black marker drawing on paper realized by an unknown artist in the mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower, illegible. Good conditi...

Profile of Woman is a Charcoal drawing on paper realized by an unkown artist in the early 20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower, illegible. Good conditions with some foxing.

Cyclop is an artwork realized by Ferdinando Codognotto in 2023. Black marker on paper. Handsigned and dated in the lower right part. 33x24 cm, no frame. Excellent conditions.

The capitalist is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s. Pen drawing with artist's monogram below. 9x11 cm; 11 x 15 cm with perspex frame. Good condtions. Mino Maccar...

Portrait is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white paper. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre,...

Portrait of Woman is a Blue Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980). Good condition on a yellowed little sheet. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was...

Child is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white paper. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fr...

Story of a Boy is a modern artwork realized in 1910 by the Italian artist Filiberto Scarpelli (Naples, 1870 - Rome, 1933). Two Original drawings realized in China ink on paper. ...

Gallant and Ladies is an original pen drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Good condition on yellowed paper with an aged left margin. The artwork is represente...

Portrait of Sleeping Man is an Original Drawing in pencil carbon on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. ...

Portrait is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Ma...

Portrait of Young Boy is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the 1880s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions and aged. The artwork is represente...

Famed female illustrator and satirical caricaturist depicts a scene of three figures in a landscape, seen searching in the tall grass. It appeared on page 96 of Number 5, Hackberry ...

The Sketches and Portraits is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil and pen. Good conditions. The artwork ...

Nude is an original Pen drawing on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in The 1970s. Good conditions. Hand-Signed. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, ...

The Profile is an Original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. With another drawing o...

Sketch is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Ugo La Pietra in mid-20th Century. Good Conditions. The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced comp...

Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th Century. Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper,...

Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century. Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, ...

Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century. Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper...

Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini is an original pen and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in 1959. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin. In very good conditions. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...

This contemporary, minimalist, and naïve portrait invites us to reconnect with our inner child—an aspect of ourselves that delights in joy, wonder, and surprise, free from the constr...

Portrait is an original drawing in pen on paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of the XX century. In very good condition, except for folding. The artwork represents the portr...

Portraits of Giorgio Morandi is an original modern artwork realized in 1955 ca by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original pen drawing on tissue paper. Hand-signed in pen by the artist on the lower right: Maccari. Excellent conditions. Trio of portraits depicting the greatest Italian engraver of the Twentieth Century, Giorgio Morandi. The three figures are in different positions: two of them are in profile and one is looking to the right side. The stroke is very quick and fresh and the pen used...

Merchant is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by the French artist Jean Albert Grand-Carteret (1903-1982) Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Image Dimensions: 14 ...

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1960s Black and white pen and pencil drawing. Hand-signed by the ar...

Figures is a drawing in pen on ivory paper realized in 1950s by Anonymous Artist of the 20th Century. In good condition, except for a small stain on the right and the yellowish part of the paper along the margins due to the time which does not affect the image. The artwork represents figures of men and women...

Portrait is an original drawing in pen on ivory paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of the XX century. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. In very good condition, exce...

Figure is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by Alfredo Mezio in 1930. Hand-signed on the lower right. The status of preservation good and aged except for some rips and ...

Portrait is a beautiful artwork realized by an artist of the 20th century. Pen drawing. In excellent condition. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Mounted on a cardboard 31.5 x ...

Portrait is an original drawing in mixed media (pen and pencil) on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Hand-signed on the lower left. The state of preservation is very goo...

Woman is an original drawing in pencil and pen on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Hand-signed on the lower right. The state of preservation is very good. Sheet dimens...

Stunning use of cross-hatching. Close up this is an abstract drawing. Ink on Strathmore Bristol Board - Perfect Condition and looks better in person. Elegantly matted but not frame...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper, 2010 & 2012 (Set of 2) Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. The exceptions are the faces such as th...

A ethereal and dark pen and ink drawing with ink wash, showing a beautiful young woman, harnessing the power of the moon in rage. Her back is covered in protective sigils as she glar...

A striking male portrait in black India ink. The painting has been presented in a contemporary black frame with a white card mount. On thin chin colle.