1910s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Figure of a woman is a pencil drawing realized by Jean Bernard on 1910 ca. In good condition, worn paper on the marginal line, and traces of old scotch on the back. Atelier's stamp...

Artist: Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961) Title: "Portrait of a Lady" *Signed by John lower right Circa: 1910 Medium: Original red and black Chalk Drawi...

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman pencil on paper 29.5 x 22.5 cm (view) In good condition, except some traces of stains Framed : 55.5 x 41.5 cm (vintage frame...

Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior Graphite on paper, 1915 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo) Provenance: Neffe-D...

Young Lady in Profile (Dorothy Gibson) Graphite on paper, c. 1915 Signed lower right (see photo). The sitter for this drawing, along with a huge number of Harrison Fisher’s works, i...

Two young Scottish women wear smart business jackets and fashionable tartan skirts. They are depicted as discerning Art Connoisseurs evaluating a small bronze dancer. The Artist Hele...

Graceful watercolor portrait of an elegant auburn haired female in profile, 1912. Signed "Laure" and dated lower right. Over 100 years old. Original vintage one-of-a-kind artwork on...

Early in the artist's career most likely for Vogue Magazine. Signed lower left. Helen Dryden (1882–1972) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1...

This is a fine detailed and superbly executed Edwardian drawing by Estella Canziani which dates to circa 1911. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day it is a very strikin...

Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) L'anse de Launay, a woman at the beach, 1911 signed, dated and titled "Anse de Launay, Loguivy Ploubazlanec, Bretagne,...

Georges Clairin Sarah Bernhardt in Yellow and Blue Original charcoal drawing with tempera Signed bottom right On paper 42 x 26 cm at view (c. 17 x 10 ...

Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight," Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame Morris Weiss collection...

Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Paul Charles Delaroche (1886-1914). Hand-signed and dated on the lower left in pencil. The state of preservation is v...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A zither player carbon pencil on thin paper 8.5 x 3.3 cm In good condition Framed : 35 x 24 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and by Inher...

Sterner, Albert (American. 1863-1946). PORTRAIT OF HAROLD STERNER. Charcoal and pastel on paper, not dated, but 1912, as the subject is stated to be aged 17. Signed, lower right. 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, framed to 26 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches. In very good condition. Albert Sterner was born in England, and studied in Paris. He worked as a magazine illustrator, but is best known for his paintings and prints. Harold Sterner (American, 1895-1976). Architect, painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1895, died 1976...

The present work exhibits a storytelling and illustration art style created before the mass communications age. It was rendered in a flat linear style by the highly talented Maginel ...

This Illustration Boudoir style Illustration by Female Illustrator Suzanne Meunier was done on an assignment for a French Postcard. It's a very early ...

Eva Tanguqy-A Strange Request, New York Evening World newspaper and Puck magazine interior (two works), 1910s India ink and blue pencil on heavyweight paper 16-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (4...

Rousselet, French School early 20th century Portrait of an officier, 1915 Wax crayon on paper signed "E Rousselet" and dated 1915 lower right 51.5 x 31.5 cm In quite good condition, ...

Marius de Zayas was born in Veracruz, Mexico and emigrated to New York with his family in 1907. He joined the art staff of the New York Evening World newspaper and quickly became kno...

Giolitti is a Modern Artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (Montelupone, 1865 - Rome, 1937) in 1905 ca. Original pen drawing on paper. Mint conditions. Giolitti is a very inte...

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...

Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 38cm x 29cm (65cm x 55cm framed). This penetrating and wonderfully executed self-portrait, is all the mor...

SOLD UNFRAMED The Diggers in Ashford by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Ink on paper 22.6 x 17.3 cm (8 ⅞ x 6 ¾ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left Inscribed and dated 191...

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...

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache with Graphite on Paper Mounted Signature: Signed Lower Right "I Should Worry." Cover illustration for Judge magazine, pu...

Medium: Pastel on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sunday Magazine The Sun Cover, October 4, 1914.

A pair of original red conte crayon drawings in their original frames featuring two young women in period clothing.

'Mon Colonel', pencil and crayon on paper, by noted French artist, Auguste Chabaud (circa 1914-1918). A delightfully simple drawing of a French Army colonel in profile along with clo...

This is a fine detailed and superbly executed Edwardian drawing by Estella Canziani which dated to circa 1911. Drawn by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking a...

Untitled (Woman by the Windows) Unsigned. Pastel on board, c. 1915 Created while the artist was in Giverny, France Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr by Desc...

Warm and pleasing watercolor portrait painting of a charming young lady with a small crown on leaves accenting her hair, 1912. Signed Laure and dated lower right. Original one-of-a-...

Work on paper Stamp of the workshop of O. Vautier Dimension of the "passe partout" frame 52.5 x 38 cm Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1...

Work on paper Molded frame in gilded wood with glass pane 61 x 51 x 6.5 cm

Smiling Girl is an original modern artwork realized by Arnaldo De Lisio in 1917. Mixed colored oil pastel o board. Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...

Peasant Woman with Geese is an original drawing in ink and watercolor on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This is an original drawi...

Nude Sketch is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. China ink on paper. Passepartout is included (cm 19 x 26). Mint conditions. ...

Delovincourt: biography Delovincourt, is a poster artist. Delovincourt was an art nouveau artist. He was mainly active during the modern period. Delovincourt: his main works Delovinc...

Henri Edmond Cross Woman sitting, ca. 1910 Pencil on paper 5 1/10 × 3 9/10 in l 13 × 10 cm Frame included - 9 x 7 in l 23 x 18 cm Stamped 'HEC' lower right Condition: Excellent cond...

The Old Man is an original drawing in pencil realized in 1913 by Bernard Bécan (1890-1943), applied on a White Passepartout. Hand-Signed and dated on th...

Bather Sketch is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. China ink on cardboard. The mark of the artist appears both on the back and o...

Signed and dated in pencil verso Titled "Joseph Pennell" recto Annotated verso: Adolph a Dehn Oct. 5 1915 Tonight I saw a duplicate of Whistler -- "Joseph Pennell." Bu...

Their Heroism is an original drawing in China ink realized in 1916 by Adolfo Brayas Bruno. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. With description on the lower and right margin ...

The Official is a very beautifull tempera and watercolor drawing by Gabriele Galantara (1910). The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed cardboard. Some notes on the b...

Lucky to Be Dead is a very beautiful ink, tempera and watercolor drawing by Gabriele Galantara (1910). The little artwork is on a yellowed cardboard, in good conditions. Gabriele ...

The flying postman is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents on ...

The Fortune Teller is an original drawing in china ink drawing on creamy paper realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937), in 1910s. In good conditions. This is an original drawi...

Deux Baigneuses is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. Pencil on paper. Passepartout included (cm 26.5 x 19). Mint conditions. V...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Three studies of women charcoal on paper signed on the bottom left 39 x 24.5 cm This drawing of studies was part of the artist's workshop as so it bears the...

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...

Delovincourt: biography Delovincourt, is a poster artist. Delovincourt was an art nouveau artist. He was mainly active during the modern period. Delovincourt: his main works Delovinc...

Delovincourt: biography Delovincourt, is a poster artist. Delovincourt was an art nouveau artist. He was mainly active during the modern period. Delovincourt: his main works Delovinc...

Alphonse Legros 1837-1911, was a French painter and sculptor, who lived in London from 1863 until his death in 1911. He was a teacher of etching and drawing and became Slade Professo...

Delovincourt: biography Delovincourt, is a poster artist. Delovincourt was an art nouveau artist. He was mainly active during the modern period. Delovincourt: his main works Delovinc...

Collection of girl portrait studies that are signed and dated by the artist. The papers are not framed. The dimensions are of the larger work, the small...

Portrait of a man at Flanders in 1918 by Eduard Dollerschell (German b. 1887 d. 1946.) Beautiful and delicately rendered portrait of a man done in gouache, pencil, and conte crayon....

France, early 20th century Head of a faun bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right Pencil on paper 24.5 x 13 cm In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...