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Period: Late 19th Century
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...
Category
Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Materials
Ink
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 ...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Wounded Cavalier
Located in Corsham, GB
Watercolor portrait. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Soldiers - Drawing By Jules Joseph de Montjoye - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original modern artwork realized by Jules Joseph de Montjoye (1816-1871).
Pencil and pen drawing.
Includes frame: 19 x 25 cm
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Man - Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Edouard-Jacques Dufeu.
Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Edouard-Jacques Dufeu ...
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Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figures - Original Drawing by Fredric Henri Schopin- Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures an original drawing in pencil realized by Fredric Henri Schopin(1804-1880) in the 19th Century.
Stamped on the lower right.
Good Conditions.
T...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing and Watercolour realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900).
Good condition included a green and cream colored cardbo...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Profile - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile is an Original Charcoal and Watercolor Drawing realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900).
Good condition.
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen
Elegant Lady - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s.
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
P...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Sorcerer - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Sorcerer is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s.
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
P...
Category
Modern 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.
...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Bishop - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Bishop is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the 1880s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Included a white Passepartout: 37 x...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Men of Church - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1886
Located in Roma, IT
Men of Church is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in 1886.
Hand-signed on the lower. Dated.
Included a white Passeparto...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mauvaise Blague! - Original Drawing - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Mauvaise Blague! is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by an unknown artist in 1899.
Good condition on a grey paper.
Monogrammed on plate.
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Little Women - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Little Women is an Original Pencil drawing realized by Alfred Grévin in the late 19th Century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a brown cardb...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gentleman - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentleman 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.
Stamped on the lowe...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gentleman - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentleman 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. Sta...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Maidservant - Original Drawing in Pencil by E. Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Maidservant 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 condition...
Category
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gentlemen - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentlemen is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century.
Applied on a Cardboard, included a blue Passepartout: 33 x 41 cm.
Good conditions.
T...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
You Girl - Original Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late 19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
You Girl is an original drawing in Mixed media realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century
In good conditions.
Alfred Grévin (1827- 1892),
was a 19th-century caricaturist, be...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Anatomical Studies - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomical studies is an original artwork realized by Luigi Galli in the late 19th Century.
The artwork is composed by a set of pencil drawings...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Man - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Portrait is an original artwork realized in the late 19th Century by a french artist.
Original Pencil Drawing on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower left corner in pencil by the a...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Baby - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Baby is an original drawing in pencil, realized by Luigi Galli in the late 19th Century.
The status of preservation Good.
The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident a...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Sketch - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sketch is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli in the Late 19th Century
stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Fair conditions.
The artwork is depicted thro...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Theatrical Costume - Pencil by Alfredo Edel - 1895
By Alfredo Edel
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil drawing realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895.
Good condition, the artwork is with watercolor and biacca.
Hand signed with pencil by the artis.
Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
Modern Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Woman and the Skull - China Ink on Paper by G. Galantara - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman and the Skull is an original China ink drawing on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In good conditions and aged.
Sheet dimension: 18 x 15 cm.
This is an original drawi...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Edouardo Vitali - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Old Man with a Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th century ink portrait drawing male subject realism black and white
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection" by Oscar Gustave Rejlander is done in ink wash on paper. It is framed and matted. The portrait is a bust of Baron Mayer de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking dynasty, who lived 1813-1874.
Art size: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4"
Frame size: 20" x 17"
"Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (1813-75), Swedish-born photographer, active in England and often known as ‘the father of art photography’, having pioneered practices such as combination printing and promoted photography's capacity to tackle subjects conventionally associated with painting. After studying lithography and painting in Rome, Rejlander arrived in England in the early 1840s and settled in Wolverhampton. A day's instruction with Nicolaas Henneman was apparently his only training before he turned to photography in 1853. Throughout his professional career, Rejlander combined studio portrait work and other commissions with particular artistic projects, importing ideas and inspiration from such sources as Flemish and late Renaissance art, 18th-century English narrative works, or contemporary cartoons from papers like Punch. His famous moral allegory The Two Ways of Life (1857) combines sophisticated combination printing with elaborately staged photographs. Although widely condemned as indecent—in Scotland only the ‘virtuous’ side of the picture could be shown—it was bought by Queen Victoria for Prince Albert. Rejlander vigorously defended photography's narrative capability, emphasizing artifice as a way to truth and creative expression, and works like Hard Times and The Dream (both 1860) convey unconscious states hauntingly and in a precociously modern way. In 1862 he left Wolverhampton for a London studio, where judiciously placed windows enabled him to create subtle lighting effects for portraiture. Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alfred...
Category
Academic Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H.J. Snell - English School 1878 Watercolour, Farmer with a Scythe
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young farmer or labourer standing with a scythe. He wears a colourful red waistcoat with blue socks and yellow scarf. Well presented in a gilt effect frame....
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
H.J Snell - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Ready with the Axe
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful watercolour portrait of an elderly man in work clothes, posed with a splitting maul in hand. The watercolour has been signed and dated to the lower right. Well present...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Autoportrait
Located in PARIS, FR
Emile WAUTERS
Bruxelles 1846 - Paris 1933
Autoportrait
Vers 1880-1890
Fusain sur papier fort
Signé en bas à droite
24 x 17 cm feuille
39 x 33 cm cadre
Petites tâches peu visibles, B...
Category
French School Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa - Realist portrait
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 20 cm (10 ⅜ x 7 ⅞ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, F. Tepa 1873
Artist ...
Category
Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa - Realist
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26 x 20.5 cm (10 ¼ x 8 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Franciszek Tepa ...
Category
Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 30 cm (10 ⅜ x 11 ¾ inches)
Initialed and dated lower left, ...
Category
Realist Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Man, 19th Century English, Charcoal, Signed and Dated '1888'
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '1888' bottom right
Image size: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.75 x 19 cm)
Period frame
The half-length portrait depicts the subject sat, wearing a white s...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Charles Emmanuel Serret 'FR 1824-1900' Two Drawings of Children Playing
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair (Two) of pencil drawings of children playing outside by Charles Serret, 19th century, circa 1870. Both are signed “C. Serret” Each comprising of three or four young different ag...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Ritratto a tempera di nobile sullo sfondo di Firenze del XIX secolo, firmato
Located in Florence, IT
Il piccolo ma dettagliato dipinto a tempera acquerellata su carta, di forma ovale, è firmato in basso a sinistra E. Niccheri, ovvero Egisto Niccheri, un pittore toscano attivo soprat...
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Other Art Style Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
"Dapper Huntsman" c1894 Watercolour by Reginald
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 1/4"H x 6"W
Frame Sz: 14"H x 10 1/2"W
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ellen, A Greek Model - PreRaphaelite chalk portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
FREDERIC JAMES SHIELDS, ARWS
(1833-1911)
Ellen, A Greek Model
Signed and indistinctly inscribed with the name of the sitter on the reverse
Chalks
37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by 11 ¼ in.
(frame size 63.5 by 54.5 cm., 25 by 21 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The Artist’s estate;
Private collection.
Shields was born in Hartlepool and brought up in extreme poverty with most of his family succumbing to TB. Employed by a commercial engraver he studied at evening classes in London and then in Manchester, where he settled in 1848. He was greatly impressed by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which he saw at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The quality of his illustrations for Defoe’s History of the Plague (1862) and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress...
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Pre-Raphaelite Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
