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Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

ACADEMIC STYLE

During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture

The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds

Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.

Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.  

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Style: Academic
Carriage to the Church by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 20x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Academic Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint Artist: Enrico Reffo (1831-1917) Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on colored paper Dimensions: [To be specified] Date: Late 19th - Early 20...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912) Soldiers, a study, ink on wood
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) Soldiers, a study Black ink on a wood panel 12.5 x 13 cm Framed : 20 x 20.5 cm On the back of the panel a label inscribed "Dessin à la plume par Detaill...
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1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper 27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame) Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique” Dated "1785" Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
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1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk

Italian School Study for the Head of a Saint. Study of Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of a Monk Attributed to Enrico Reffo Charcoal and white chalk on ochre-toned paper Size: 39 x 32 cm Italy, late 19th - early 20th century This drawing belongs to ...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836 As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
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1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century A Muskeeter Pencil on paper 26.5 x 17 cm Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings, In an old mount (some damages) (not framed) Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
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1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Study of a Kneeling Figure, from the Circle of Enrico Reffo Charcoal on lightly toned paper 47 x 32 cm Late 19th – early 20th century From the atelier of one of Reffo’s pupils This ...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Fernand de Launay (1855-1904) Portrait of a child, 1890, original drawing
By Fernand de Launay
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand de Launay (1838-1904) Portrait of a child, probably the daughter of the artist Lead pencil on paper Signed and dated "4 septembre 1890" on the lower left 27 x 21 cm In quite ...
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1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Duel Between Gentlemen by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 26.5x21 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Sketch woman portrait by Stephanie Guerzoni - Sketch on paper 26x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Sueño entre flores - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas obra: 59 cm. de altura x 50 cm. de ancho Buen estado de conservación el de la obra ::::::::::...
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Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Apelles holding his palette and brushes
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780 – Paris 1867) Apelles holding his palette and brushes Late reinterpretation after The Apotheosis of Homer – c. 1860 Black chalk, stump...
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1860s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper, Pencil

Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo Charcoal on paper with light watercolor wash Size: 45 x 37.5 cm Turin, late 19th – early 20th century Sheet from the Turi...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880 Portrait of a boy holding a book graphite and white gouache on paper 39.5 x 32 cm oval view in good condition, slightly yellowed with age In its original ova...
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1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival character, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) A Carnival character and a Zouave 19.5 x 12.5 cm Pen and ink on paper Signed lower left with the initials (faded) In a modern framing : 35 x 28 cm T...
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1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873) Portrait of a young man, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873) Portrait of a young man signed on the right border Pastel on paper 28.5 x 21 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 48 x 40.5 cm Augu...
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1860s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Young woman sitting
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Young woman sitting
Young woman sitting
$440 Sale Price
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Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919) pen and black ink on paper, inscribed with thename of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing 15 x 12 cm In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London. He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892. Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
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1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
1942 Calendar illustration featuring the First Lady of Haiti (Madame Elie Lescot]) rendered in a precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelve American Women." It was executed during the hight of World War II. Lois Mailou Jones...
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1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Art Lovers and Art Critics Analyzing Obscene Painting. Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Cartoonist Richard Taylor was trained in academic art. He frequently comments on abstract art which was the new and radical thing at the time. "Curtis sees so much more in these thi...
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1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board

Bashi-Bazouk - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas obra: 61 cm. de altura x 50 cm. de ancho Buen estado de conservación el de la obra ::::::::::...
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Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Vogue Magazine Illustration Turn of the Century - Woman Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1910s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Gouache

Studious Girl Reading a Book - Women's Education - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
The work represents a carefully rendered and meticulously observed environmental portrait of a young girl absorbed in study in front of a book case. It celebrates the intelligence of womanhood from a woman's perspective. Initialed in cartouche lower right literature: "The Silver Pencil", Hardy, Harper's Monthly, June 1912, pg. 22 Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine. Education Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 and studied with the painters Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Thomas Eakins, and Robert Vonnoh.[2] She then began study with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute where she met Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith. New Woman As educational opportunities were made more available in the 19th century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art associations. Artwork made by women was considered to be inferior, and to help overcome that stereotype women became “increasingly vocal and confident” in promoting women's work, and thus became part of the emerging image of the educated, modern and freer “New Woman”.[4] Artists "played crucial roles in representing the New Woman...
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1910s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

Maja andaluza - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas obra: 65 cm. de altura x 45 cm. de ancho Buen estado de conservación el de la obra ::::::::::...
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Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Complicidad ecuestre - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas obra: 46 cm. de altura x 54 cm. de ancho Buen estado de conservación el de la obra ::::::::::...
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Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Car in a Village by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on Paper - 26x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a woman by Stefanie Guerzoni - Charcoal on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Woman smoking pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 74x61 cm.
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1950s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
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1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Street Costumes by Ruth Kreps. Signed lower right. Most likely for a book published in the 1930's about turn of the century women's fashion. "Costume Design of the Gay Nineties" T...
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1930s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Board

Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right Work on paper Golden wood frame with glass pane 35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Mrs John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Sketch 35x47 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Total dimension with the passe-partout: 63 x 48 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Lady in Tunic by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on Paper - 21.5x19 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Accademic Study of girl’s head. By Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic studi of girl’s head. Charcoal on colored paper. By Enrico Reffo. This artwork is part of a collection of approximately twenty preparatory drawings, figure studies, and ske...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Parisian Lady Portrait Madame Seguin
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning portrait of a Parisian beauty from the romantic period by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With her intelligent eyes and determined look, doesn't this lady bear great resemblance to Chopin's paramour George Sand? The sitter is Jeanne Marie Vidal, wife of Claude Auguste Seguin, from a prominent family in Avignon, as the family tree attached to the back for the frame indicates. Research in old annals has also revealed that Madame Seguin was a modern and independent lady: she worked in lady's fashion in Paris, and patented wrapping mechanism that protected lady's hats during their transport! As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on the artist, Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
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1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Elegancia en París - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas obra: 55 cm. de altura x 42 cm. de ancho Buen estado de conservación el de la obra ::::::::::...
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Late 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Study for Alyssa II
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman. "The emotional intensity found in Bauman’s figurative work is astounding. A hallmark of Bauman’s character portraits is that, somehow,...
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2010s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Listening N°2 by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 26.5x21 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Study of a young girl by Henri Fehr - Drawing 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait of a lady by Stephanie Guerzoni - Pastel on paper 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with frame (white wooden frame with glass). The total size with frame is 46,5 x 56,5 cm Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pastel

Sketch of woman by Stephanie Guerzoni - Drawing 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with a white wooden frame and glass. The total size with frame is 45,5 x 54,5 cm Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in Vienna (Aust...
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait pour Torca by Alexandre Blanchet - Charcoal on paper 44x58 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Charcoal on paper without frame
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1950s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Half-lying young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right Work on paper Golden wood frame with glass pane 35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Dancer by Henri Fehr - Drawing 50x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Young boy with carafe by Heinrich Rettig - Watercolor on paper 60x76 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame Total size with frame 73x89 cm Heinrich RETTIG is an artist born in Germany in 1859 and died in 1921. His works have been sold at public auction ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Pastel on paper 27x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Engraving

Drawing of Putti with Anchor by Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Drawing of Putti with Anchor Jean-Jacques le Barbier l'Ainé (1738-1826) Black pencil on paper Signed and dated lower left "...1822. 12 years l waiting" Considering that the anchor ...
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1820s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Sketch of man in suit by Otto Vautier - Drawing on paper 12x20 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Stamp of the workshop of O. Vautier Dimension of the passe-partout framing 52.5 x 38 cm Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1...
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Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Landscape by Henri Fehr - Drawing 20x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

"Untitled Portrait" Burton Silverman, 1980 Intimate Watercolor Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Burton Silverman Untitled Portrait, 1980 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 14 x 10 1/2 inches Burton Silverman been painting and exhibiting as a fine artist for over...
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1980s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sir Stanley Spencer 'Portrait of Hilda, Stanley's wife', 1924, drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (British, 1891 – 1959) A Portrait of Hilda, the artist’s wife Pencil on paper Signed and dated ‘Stanley spencer 1924’ (lower right) 8 x 9.3/4 in. (20.3 x ...
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Charcoal Portrait of a Lady Profile - Partner of Violet Oakley - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
Academic study in profile of a high bow sitter on gray paper with white highlights. Signed lower right and dated faintly 1916 Edith Emerson (July 27, 1888 – November 21, 1981) was a...
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1910s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Self Portrait Conte Sketch" rare Ben Fenske work on paper - academic study
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A colorful self-portrait from Ben Fenske, staring at the viewer straight-on. Hues of red dominate. Unframed. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnesota, and has been worki...
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Early 2000s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

20th Century drawing of William Docker Drysdale by Gilbert Spencer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gilbert Spencer RA, RWS, NEAC (British, 1892-1959) Portrait of William Dockar Drysdale pencil Signed and dated `Gilbert Spencer/ 1949’ (lower right) 15...
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Two Dogs Playing Scottish Terrier Woman Illustrator of the Golden Age Animalier
Located in Miami, FL
Animalier and female illustrator of the Golden Age, Gladys Emerson Cook, draws a tension-filled picture of two Scottish Terriers fighting over a stick. With a few lines, the artist ...
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1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

Cowgirl
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Charcoal

Cowgirl
Cowgirl
$288 Sale Price
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"In surprise" by Henri Fehr - Drawing 36x27 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Crayon

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Find a wide variety of authentic Academic portrait drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ben Fenske, Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille, Adele Grasset, and Elizabeth Zanzinger. Frequently made by artists working with Crayon, and Pencil and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.56 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $125 and tops out at $17,000, while the average work sells for $613.

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