Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Portrait is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in early 20th century. Black and white pencil drawing. The artwork depict...

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...

The Young Student is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted throu...

The Conversation is an original drawing in Ink and Watercolor in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and harmonious ...

The Devoted Lady in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink and Watercolor in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes a...

Portrait is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.

Portraits is an original drawing in pen realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century Good conditions. The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.

Portrait is a drawing in colored pastel on greyish paper realized by M.Gérard. Hand-signed on the lower left in pen. Titled on the lower in pen. With a drawing of nude female figu...

Study of a young man with his golf clubs by listed artist Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, 1867-1944). Image, 14"H x 20"W. Displayed in vintage mat. S...

Soldier is an original drawing in pencil artwork applied on paper realized by Jacques Hirtz Artist's stamp on the lower right. Sheet dimension: 41.5 x 28.5 The state of preservat...

Madonna is an original drawing on paper in pen and pencil mounted on greenish cardboard Passepartout: 21 x 16 cm, realized by an anonymous Italian arti...

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 ...

Interior of a Room is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. This ...

Le Nouveau Napoleon is an original pen drawing realized by Emile Rouff in 1929. The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed paper. Some pencil...

Self-portrait of Mino Maccari is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original drawing in pencil on paper. Hand-signed...

House Outside is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the Early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. This artwo...

Couple is an original drawing in China ink on ivory paper, realized by Chas Laborde (1886-1941). Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear. Unsigned. Chas Laborde, born in 1886, of Béarnese origin, he was at the same time a reporter, painter, engraver, humorous draftsman, book illustrator and poet. He was one of the great artists of the early 20th century. He was open to the world and to life. Colette says of him, after having illustrated "Claudine", "He made twenty of these villages bloom, with their colors of a fresh green, of a tulle rose. One has its bell tower, the others who a train, some a row of pioffi, some a house, some a group of girls...

Saint Holding Crown of Thorns is an original artwork realized by Jean Marie Melchior Doze (1827 - 1913). Original blood drawing on paper. The state of preservation is good. Unsigned. Jean Marie Melchior Doze (1827 - 1913), was a French painter of miral compositions, religious compositions, nudes, portraits, designer. He specialized in decorative painting of churches...

Big Canvas Apron is an original drawing in China ink with gray tip on ivory paper, realized by Chas Laborde (1886-1941). Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear. Unsigned. Noted "tablier grosse toile". Chas Laborde, born in 1886, of Béarnese origin, he was at the same time a reporter, painter, engraver, humorous draftsman, book illustrator and poet. He was one of the great artists of the early 20th century. He was open to the world and to life. Colette says of him, after having illustrated "Claudine", "He made twenty of these villages bloom, with their colors of a fresh green, of a tulle rose. One has its bell tower, the others who a train, some a row of pioffi, some a house, some a group of girls...

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 ...

Woman Silhouette is an original modern artwork realized in the 20th Century. Original drawing in pencil on paper. Excellent conditions. Woman Sil...

"Devotion" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century In very good conditions. Sheet dimension: 21.5 x 28 cm. Illegible Hand-si...

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...

Portrait is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by a French artist, Jacques Hirtz (1905-1988). Signed in pencil on the lower right margin. In good ...

Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with an acanthus running course and washline mount. On paper.

Original China Ink drawing realized by Dunoyer de Segonzac as a sketch for the illustrations of the book "Bubu de Montparnasse" by Charles-Louis Philippe published in 1929 by Societé...

A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British artist Edward Bainbridge Copnall. This is just a stunning artwork which dates to circa 1940. Signed Bainbridge Copnall. Provenance. Midlands collection. Condition. Coloured chalks on paper, 16 inches by 13 inches and in good colour and condition. Some staining to edges. Housed in its original gallery frame 21 by 18 inches. In excellent condition. Edward Bainbridge Copnall MBE ( 1903-1973) was a British sculptor and painter. He was best known for his architectural and decorative sculptures featuring allegorical and religious subjects. He was the President of the Royal Society of Sculptors from 1961 - 1966. Edward Bainbridge Copnall was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1903 and moved to Horsham, West Sussex in England as a young child after the death of his mother. His father, photographer Edward White Copnall (born 1878, Isle of Wight), lived and worked in Horsham from 1915-1962. His uncle was Liverpool-based portrait painter Frank Thomas Copnall...

Pencil on cream laid paper, 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (140 x 118 mm). In fair condition with a dog-eared left-top corner, age tone, and some staining in purple ink on the verso (does not...

A wonderful portrait of an elderly women sat comfortable in a wooden armchair. The figure holds a look of contemplation, quietly working out how to tackle the broken garment placed i...

A very fine early 20th Century portrait in delicate pastel, showing a refined older woman in elegant black dress with a white lace cap. She holds her knitting in her lap as she gazes...

Francis Thomas Dean Carrington 1843-1918 was a British born illustrator who was active in Australia from the 1860's to his death in 1918. Tom Carrington, TC as he was known was a pro...

A fine early 20th century watercolour portrait of a young girl wearing a delicate yellow dress and red beaded necklaces. The girl has been captured ...

A charming study of Thomas Gainsborough's three-quarter length portrait of Welsh actress Sarah Siddons. Sarah Simmons was born a family of theatre professionals in Brecon, Wale. Afte...

A charismatic watercolour portrait of an actress in costume. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame with the artist name inscribed to the reverse. On paper.

Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Piérat in Les Marionnettes, 1910 Pencil on paper, signed, dated and annotated lower ...

Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity. “I am 58, and in five Years my c...

Man in Mirror is a drawing artwork realized by Alfredo Furiga in the mid-20th century. Pastel and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed by the artist. Good conditions.

Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 36 x 37.5 x 2 cm

Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...

This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco portrait is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer. Worked in chalk/pastel on paper it is a portrait of 'Grace'. There is strong emphasis on...

A charming graphite sketch if a woman with neatly pinned hair. The artist's proprietary sketch can be scene to the right, which the artist has used to create the much finer portrait ...

A piercing study of a woman with an intense stare. The artist captures the woman from lower angle with her gaze staring down at the viewer giving her a strong, defiant aura. Signed t...

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed upper left charcoal on paper 26.5 x 33,8 cm Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...

A charming portrait of a young girl with short cropped hair seated in a red chair. The artist captures her features and ruffled dress in expressive pastel markings, bringing vibrancy...

A charming graphite study depicting a woman with short cropped hair in a 1920's fashion wearing a beaded necklace. There are to sketched to the right side of the page practising the ...

A delightful study of a woman looking into the distance. There is a small sketch to the upper left where the artist has [practised the woman's eyes before doing a finer sketch to the...

A delightful sketch of a man in military uniform. The artist practises the details of the man's mouth and jawline to the upper left of the paper before completing the larger sketch o...

Set of x9 figures original watercolour painting on artist paper signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches In good condition provenance:...

A finely detailed and expertly executed sanguine portrait of a characterful woman in a high-necked, Edwardian dress. The artist has captured the intensity of the sitter's personality...

A delightful watercolour depicting two fishermen relaxing in a seaside cabin after a day at sea. The elder of the two lights his pipe and the younger man looks on. Well presented in ...

Captured in charcoal and chalk, this striking portrait depicts a woman seated in a chair wearing a black dress. The artist shows shadows drawing acro...

A particularly fine watercolor portrait of an elderly matron dressed in black, with a white lace cap and glimpse of a white blouse. The sitter looks half awake in her pose, gazing wi...

A charming Edwardian portrait of a smiling woman with a black hat and a bunch of daisies. The painting is unsigned, with an inscription at the reverse of the paper. One inscription is in the artist's hand reading...

Bernard Meninsky 1891-1950, was a British painter, draughtsman and teacher. He painted figures, landscapes in oil and watercolour, he attended the Royal College of Art and the Acade...

A lady at her dressing table Signed and indistinctly dated 190*, watercolour, Miss K* B* Curtis (ex.1917 -1919) framed and glazed(modern frame) ready to hang in very good condition size overall 30 x 24 inches approx. size of painting 20 x 14 inches approx. Miss K* B* Curtis exhibited 1917-1919 portrait...

A charming full length watercolour portrait of a young boy, scruffily dressed with crumpled trousers and unlaced shoes. the carries a satchel over his shoulder and scratches his head...

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a young woman Pastel on paper 38 x 28 cm (oval) Framed under glass in a vintage framing : 45 x 35 cm A label on the back "1928 Portrait de femme Etude au pastel de Guirand de Scévola" (see photographs please) This pastel study is of course not signed, as the label on the back of the frame gives its attribution to Guirand de Scévola and, equally interestingly, the date 1928, but in fact the artist's style and execution are immediately recognisable without the need for a signature. This type of woman with a bun is typical of the models the artist loved. Her mysterious air recalls his Symbolist period, and pastel is hisr preferred medium because it lends itself to all the characteristics typical of his art. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...

Etude pour la Pologne is a modern artwork realized by Alfred Plauzeau in the Early-20th Century. Pencil Drawing. Good conditions.

A very delicate watercolour portrait of a woman wearing a black lace shawl. Her hair and appearance are typical of an Edwardian lady. Well presented i...

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal on grey paper signed and dated 24 10 (19)21 on the bottom right 39.5 x 24 cm A varnish stain in the lower middle of t...