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Period: Late 19th Century
John Callington Moore (1829-1880) - 19th Century Watercolour, Victorian Child
By John Callington Moore
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine late 19th century watercolour of an angelic looking child. They hold a small sewing scissors in their hand and a scrap of cloth in the othe...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Compassion - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Compassion is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s.
Drawing in Charcoal.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of Gentleman - Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gentleman is a drawing in Pencil, Charcoal, and watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passeprtout.
Hand-signed in pencil
In good ...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
" Studio per ritratto di Philip Bedingfeld" 1870 ca cm. 25 x 36
Located in Torino, IT
Studio a matita e pastelli per lo splendido ritratto di Philip Bedingfeld proprietà del Museo del Norfolk
Frederick Sandys, (Norwich, 1º maggio1829 ...
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Pre-Raphaelite Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite, Paper
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL
(1865-1948)
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick
Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: A S HARTRICK (artist) by F L EMANUEL 1884
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper...
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Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
'Young Lady Seated', Royal Academy London, PAFA, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'C. J. Turrell' for Charles James Turrell (British-American, 1845-1932) and dated 1876.
Framed dimensions: 12 x 1 x 10 inches
Charles James Turrell was one of the most talented miniaturists of his age. Born in London, he studied under a Mr. Sargeant, perhaps Frederick Sargeant who exhibited at the Royal Academy, before visiting the United States in 1867 where he painted miniatures at the studio of photographer Napoleon Sarony. During this time, Turrell had distinguished sitters including members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Morgan families. While in America, Turrell married and would go on to maintain successful careers in both New York and London where, in 1869, he opened a studio on Bond Street.
Turrell exhibited widely and with success including annually at the Royal Academy (1873-1904), the Society of Miniaturists (1873 – 1932), the Brooklyn Art Association (1868), the Pennsylvania Academy of Art (1901) and at the Paris Salons. His sitters included Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra, when she was Princess of Wales (1884). In 1890, he was appointed official miniature painter to Queen Victoria. Turrell's work is held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace as well as in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Mount Vernon Collection in Washington D.C., among others.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, page 863; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3354; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, page 444; The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, J. Johnson and A. Greutzner, 1980 Edition, Antique Collectors’ Club 1976, page 511; Dictionary of British Miniature...
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Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Portrait of Old Giuseppe Garibaldi - Chalk, Charcoal and Oil Pastels - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi is a wonderful colored original drawing (chalk, charcoal and oil pastels) by an anonymous artist in 1880.
A superb drawing representing the Italian hero of the unification...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Arab Soldier - Pen Drawing by R. Legrand - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Arab Soldier is an original pen drawing realized by R. Legrand in 1880.
Good conditions on a yellow thick cardboard.
Hand-signed by the artist with a d...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized in the late-19th century by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt , Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
G A Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for the Exposition Internationale Paris 1900
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938)
A man sitted, Study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the Exposition Internationale, Paris 1900
Pencil and charcoal on thin yellow paper
29.5 x 20 cm
In acceptable condition : Tears and creases as visible on the photographs.
In a modern frame : 46 x 36.5 cm
Annotations on the back of the mount (now under the modern frame) that identifiy this drawing as a preparatory study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the 1900 Paris Exposition Internationale. It's also indicated that Henri Bataille...
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Symbolist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon
Located in PARIS, FR
Delphin Enjolras (1865 - 1945)
Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon From 1910 To 1919
Pastel on paper
Signed and dated top right : D. Enjolras 1899
Framed
Friend of the ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 27x19 cm.
Portrait is an original drawing on paper, realized by an unknown artist signed "T. Crocher" at the bottom right in the second half of 19th Century. The ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pilgrim - Original Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Pilgrim is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in 1880s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Included a white Passepartout: 37 x30 cm
Good conditions and aged.
...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figures - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century.
Applied on a Cardboard, included a blue Passepartout: 41 x 33 cm
Good conditions with a...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Gentleman and the Woman with the Sunshade - by Alfred Grévin-Late 19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Gentleman and the Woman with the Sunshade is an original drawing in pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century.
Monogramme on plate on the lower right margin. All a...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Siiting Man - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Siiting man is a modern artwork realized by Pierre- Georges Jeanniot in the Late 19th Century
Pencil drawing.
Includes frame: 30.5 x 3 x...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Young Boy - Original Drawing in Pen By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen
Sorrowful Lady - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Sorrowful Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s.
Drawing in charcoal.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900).
Good condition included a blue cardboard Passepartout (22x 16 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt, Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of an Old Woman - Original Drawing by E. Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of an Old Woman is an Original Drawing in ink realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century.
Applied on a Cardboard.
Stamped on the lower right.
Good conditions.
Th...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Figure of Woman - Original Drawing by Paul de Longpré - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Woman is an Original Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Paul de Longpré (1855-1911).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a whit...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Vase - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Vase is an original charcoal drawing on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Included a white Passepartout: 37 x30 cm
Good condit...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Young Lady - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young Lady is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century.
Applied on a Cardboard, included a blue Passepartout: 41 x 33 cm
Good conditions.
T...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Widow
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait depicting a widowed woman knitting in mourning wear. Part of a pair of studies by the same hand of what appears to be a mother and child. Presented in...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$353 Sale Price
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Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized in France in the 1880s by a French artist.
Original pencil drawing and white lead on paper. The signature is present on the lower rig...
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Contemporary Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Venus in Furs - Drawing on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Venus in Furs is a modern artwork realized in the second half of the 19th Century in France.
Original pastel and sanguine drawing on watermarked paper....
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Men In The Outdoor - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men In The Outdoor is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century.
Applied on a Passepartout: 50 x 33 cm.
In good conditions.
Alfred Grévin (18...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edith Hume (1843-1906) - 1870 Watercolour, Fisherwoman Collecting Water
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with laurel and berry running pattern. On paper.
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$591 Sale Price
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Portrait of Man - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original pencil drawing attributed to Ernest Rouart and realized in the late 9th Century.
The artwork is in very good conditions and mounted on a white cardboa...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Man with Headdress - Pencil Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Man with Headdress is a modern artwork realized in the 19th Century.
Original drawing in pencil on paper. The signature of the drawer is present on the mantle of the man.
Some fox...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Kiss - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The kiss is an original China ink drawing on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In very good conditions conditions.
Sheet dimension: 3 x 10.3 cm.
This is an original drawing...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Drawing on Paper - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in about 1880 by an Anonymous Artist of the 19th Century.
Sheet dimentrion: 36.5 x 25 cm
The state of preservation is very good e...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1894
Graphite on paper
Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in.
Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in.
Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
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French School Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Resting by the Water
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting a sleeping boy on the verge of a lake. Unsigned. Well presented in an oval frame with a beaded running pattern and acanthus details. On paper.
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$343 Sale Price
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Woman Bust - Pencil on Paper by A. Mérodack-Jeanneau
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Bust is a beautiful pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau in the early 20th century.
Stamp of the artist's atelier on the lower right corner of th...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Circle of Charles Baxter - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Letter
By Charles Baxter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait depicting an elegant young woman in a garden setting. She holds a letter out in the sunlight, looking intently at the words. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt fr...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$343 Sale Price
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Joseph H. Barnes (fl.1867-1887)- Framed Watercolour, A Wayfarer Smoking his Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine late 19th century watercolour. A wayfarer smoking his pipe at camp. Presented in a fine giltwood frame with card mount. Signed lower right. On paper.
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Edouardo Vitali - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Italian Fisherwoman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour portrait depicting an Italian girl holding her fishing net and yarn. The girl is depicted in traditional dress with a colourful coloured apron. Signed to the...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$302 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Watercress Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a young watercress seller holding a wicker basket of cress. These street sellers were common during the 18th and 19th centuries and would sell to workers early...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$268 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Watercolour - Dr Zakiota
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking Victorian portrait in an unusual mix of watercolour and graphite, finished with delicate scraffito work, giving a hazy, almost ghostly appearance to the sitter. The artist...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$313 Sale Price
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Gentleman with Mustache (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
British School Late 19th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine late 19th-century portrait of a young boy, wearing a tartan skirt, black jacket and bowtie, holding a fishing rod. The portrait has been well presented in a glazed gilt frame ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Richard Hollingdale (1850-1899) - Framed Pastel, Victorian Lady with Lace Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oval portrait by the listed British artist Richard Hollingdale (1850-1899). The composition depicts an elderly Victorian lady in a flamboyant lace cap and collar. Hollingdale ...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Attrib. Hector Caffieri (1837-1942) - French Watercolour, Farmer with Staff
By Hector Caffieri
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite late 19th-century French watercolour attributed to the artist Hector Caffieri. The artist has captured a (slightly portly) farmer who carr...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$539 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Watercolour - A Quiet Moment
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly beautiful portrait of an older woman taking a quiet moment to read a book at her bureau. She is clearly a woman of high standing shown in her richly textured clothes: satin ribbons, lace shawl and a velvet bodice and skirts. Her tight ringletted hair was a style popular in the 1880s but as she is an older woman this is probably a style she carried through her life, dating the painting around 1880 instead. This painting captures the serene and intensely personal act of solitary reading with gentle aplomb using a watercolour brush...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$373 Sale Price
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Studies of Women: Cabaret Dancers, Horsewoman, and Female Profiles
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931)
Studies of Women: Cabaret Dancers, Horsewoman, and Female Profiles
Circa 1900
Ink wash and brown wash on paper,
28.5 x 19.5 cm
Unsigned
I...
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Art Nouveau Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Study for a Seated Woman (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this wonderful pen-and-ink are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Dr. Auguste Soins
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of Dr. Auguste Soins
Black chalk on paper, c. 1883
Signed with the artist’s estate stamp, Lugt 1305a lower right (see photo)
Note: This possibly is the preliminary drawing f...
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Post-Impressionist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Auguste Gardanne (1840-1890) Carriages and horses, War of 1870, double sided
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Gardanne (circa 1840- circa 1890)
Carriages and horses during the franco-prussian war of 1870
Pencil and watercolor on paper
On the reverse Studies of horses
Pencil and water...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
W. H. H - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Lady with the Yellow Neck Scarf
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine British watercolour captures a young lady in a blue dress with a yellow scarf and white cap, holding a wicker basket. The soft, impressionistic brushstrokes create a delica...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Riquet (1866-1938)
Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 (Carnations of life)
Signed and dated on the lower right,
The text on the lower left is the following "Cueille dès aujourd'hui les oeillets de la vie" , which can be translated as "Pick today the carnations of life"
watercolor on paper
37.5 x 51.5 cm
In good condition
In a modern frame : 53 x 67 cm
The text clearly gives the meaning of this allegorical portrait...
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Symbolist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$1,173 Sale Price
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Pensive Young Woman
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Maurice Chabas (Nantes 1862 – Versailles 1947)
Pensive Young Woman
Graphite with white-chalk highlights on blue-grey paper
46 × 32 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Bruno Delarue Gallery, É...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Chalk
Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in White Shirt and Striped Hat
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a white shirt and striped hat by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right ...
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Abstract Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'".
Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse.
- In the shadow of betrayal -
About the artwork
This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376).
Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886
The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner.
In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk.
As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting.
About the artist
In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions.
Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904).
From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...
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Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
$1,437 Sale Price
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Man sitting in the studio - Thinking about art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adolph Eduard Otto von Faber du Faur (1828 Ludwigsburg - 1901 Munich). Man sitting in the studio. Watercolour painting, 43 x 27 cm (visible size), 73 x 53 cm (frame), monogrammed at lower right, estate stamp.
Upper right corner neatly repaired, small tear in the wall to the left of the sitter.
- Thinking about art -
About the artwork
The sitter, an elderly man, is seated in a studio on a pedestal reminiscent of an academy hall. The earthy, dark tones give the scene a weighty quality. The lightest tones are found in the incarnate parts of the figure, which do not stand out from the other colours of the picture, but are linked to them. As a result, the sitter's face is both part of and the highlight of the colour references in the picture. The colour of the sitter's skin is reflected in his pink coat, while his white-grey hair matches the colour of the wall next to him. This almost monochrome wall surface, in turn, is connected across the portrait to the framed picture standing on the floor, which seems to have been erased by this correspondence with the empty wall surface. Through the palette, which is positioned directly behind the sitter's head, the reference to painting, which is already given by the studio space, is explicitly linked to the sitter, who thus seems to be contemplating the question of the meaning of art.
This raises the question of whether Faber Du Faur, who had become lonely in his old age, might have painted a self-portrait here in his later years. In addition to the studio setting, the sitter's explicit reference to the palette and the fact that the picture was part of his estate, the only summary elaboration of the body suggests a self-portrait, while the representation of the face is concretised with the wide-open eyes typical of a self-portrait. This concentration on the face gives the impression of the artist's melancholy introspection, captured by the palette and related to the meaning of painting, whose dark character is reinforced by the concealment of the palette hanging on the right of the picture in the light tones so characteristic of Faber Du Faur. In the course of this resignation, Faber du Faur advises his son Hans, who has also become a painter: "Promise me one thing: never move to Munich, they'll kill you here!"
Whoever the sitter may be, the references to painting make the portrait a resigned self-contemplation by Faber Du Faur, focused on art.
About the artist
After leaving school, Otto Faber du Faur entered the service of the Württemberg army, at the same time cultivating his artistic talent. In 1851, on the recommendation of his father Christian Wilhelm, who was himself a battle painter, he spent six months in Munich as an apprentice to Alexander von Kotzebue. In 1852 he was granted a year's leave of absence from military service to study battle painting in the studio of Adolphe Yvon...
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Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$910 Sale Price
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Portrait of Men - Original - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Men is an Artwork realized by the French Artist Gaston Charles Vuillier.
Drawing-ink on paper.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced composition, through precis...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of a Child -Drawing by G.C. Vuillier - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child is an Artwork realized by the French Artist Gaston Charles Vuillier.
Gouache on paper.
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.".
Minor browning.
- Carved in stone -
About the artwork
The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
Category
Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
$431 Sale Price
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Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, were commissioned specifically for ancestor worship and were believed to house the spirits of the deceased. When properly cared for, one's ancestors were believed to be a powerful source of honor, protection, and good luck.
This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the 19th century and beautifully depicts a Qing-dynasty couple. While some ancestral portraits offer a more stylized representation of one's ancestors, this particular pair is painted with incredible realism and life-like expressions. Rather than depict the pair in a regal hall wearing elaborate finery, the couple is shown in a quiet home environment, seated at either end of a square tea table. Their surroundings are minimal, practically undecorated, and they wear simple, matching blue silk robes...
Category
Qing Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pigment, Ink, Paper
Portraits - Drawing by Félix Barrias - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a drawing in China ink on paper realized in the late 19th Century by Félix-Joseph Barrias.
Monogrammed on the lower center.
Included a Passepartout: 33 x 50 cm
Good c...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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