Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Secret visit
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Secret Visit" from the "Garden of Delights" series is an enchanting painting that portrays a girl surrounded by peacocks in a mysterious garden. This artwork symbolizes the beauty ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nude Woman with Bed Sheet, Modern Pastel on Laid paper by Arnold Hoffmann, Sr.
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arnold Hoffmann, Sr., Russian (1886 - 1966) - Nude Woman with Bed Sheet, Year: 1950, Medium: Pastel on Laid paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Image Size: 15.5 x 11 inch...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Woman - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in carbon Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions except for being...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of Dante - Drawing By Albert Decaris - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Albert Decaris in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Costume - Drawing By Arnold Sheffer - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an artwork realized in the Mid-19th Century by Arnold Sheffer (1809-1873).
Ink and watercolor.
Dedicated and hand signed.
Good conditions.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Official - Original Tempera and Watercolor Drawing by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
The Official is a very beautifull tempera and watercolor drawing by Gabriele Galantara (1910).
The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed cardboard.
Some notes on the b...
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Sleeping Woman - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Woman is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pen drawing on paper.
Hand-...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tissue Paper, Pen
Male Portrait Sketched - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Male portrait Sketched is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black Permanent Marke...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Portrait of Man with Glasses - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man with Glasses is an original drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
A fountain...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Le 3e Régiment d'Infanterie Légère - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le 3e régiment d'infanterie légère is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait - Original Drawing in China ink by Georges Gobo - 1903
By Georges Gobo
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original drawing in China Ink realized by Georges Gobo in 1903.
Good conditions with some foxings.
The delicate and dynamic strokes created in a harmonious manner.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Study for a Costume - Watercolor by Eugène Lacoste - 1869
By Eugène Lacoste
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor drawing realized by Eugène Lacoste in 1869.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
1860s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Blue Woman, 1958 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Blue Woman
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
1958
Pastel on rice paper, signed and dated in pastel
Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist.
Pencil on paper.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork is represented thr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Pastel on paper 37x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$440 Sale Price
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Portrait - Drawing by Jacqueline Barbet - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by the french Artist Jacqueline Barbet (1902-1975), in 1938.
Pencil, pastel and charcoal rawing on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil in Roman nu...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel, Charcoal
Sacra Famiglia - Etching - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Late 18th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Anna - Original Watercolor by Madeleine Sellier - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna is an original artwork realized by Madeleine Sellier.
In good conditions. Watercolour technique. Glued on a paper 33x25 cm. Hand Signed on the lower side of the art...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Le Croates en Allemagne - Grenadier 1813 - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through s...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth.
Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat.
Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W
John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo).
Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Boy - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Boy is a Colored Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No signature....
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Welcome - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Welcome is an original charcoal drawing and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1945.
The beautiful artwork is in good conditions on a brown paper, mounted on a black cardboard p...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Country villa
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$480 Sale Price
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Les Regiments Croates en Illyrie - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Les Regiments Croates en Illyrie is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depict...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of Pierre-Jean de Béranger - Original Drawing - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Pierre-Jean de Béranger is an original drawing in Pencil realized in the Early 19th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-bal...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Crusades - Drawing by Alfred de Richem - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Crusades is a drawing realized by Alfred de Richemont (1857-1911) in the late 19th Century.
Pencil, Ink, and Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good conditions.
Including a...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink
The Abundance - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing realized by minio Maccari in the 1950s.
Another charcoal drawing is present on the verso.
Hand signed in pencil.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman - Original Drawing by Unknown - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized by an unknown French Artist in the mid-20th Century.
The artwork is in good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Kurhessisches Corps - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Kurhessisches Corps is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
Hand-si...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Kiss - Original Pencil Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Kiss is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century.
Applied on a Passeprtout: 50 x 32 cm.
In good conditions.
Alfred Grévin (1827- 1892),w...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Waiting Room - Drawing att. Fausto Pirandello - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Waiting room is a modern artwork attributed to Fausto Pirandello.
Pencil drawing on paper
Hand signed and titled on the lower margin.
Includes frame
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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.
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$205 Sale Price
24% Off
Il Tirreno - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Il Tirreno is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970's.
Colored mixed media drawing on cardboard.
Hand-written notes by the artist on the lower margin.
The artw...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Rose by Jose Parera - Oil pastel on paper 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$264 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century.
Good condition except for a missing corner of the yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist wi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Isadora Duncan (Blue), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Isadora Duncan (Blue)" is an original mixed media drawing created by Abraham Walkowitz. It is made with pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper. The artist signed t...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing in pencil by Carl Bertold - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of woman is an original drawing in pencil realized by Carl Bertold in 1929.
Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
Good conditions on aged p...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Vue de la Seine by Aurèle Barraud - Gouache on paper 52x71 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 68x86 cm
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$872 Sale Price
47% Off
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Sketch for a Portrait - Original Ink Drawgin by Alexandre Dumont - Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
A Portrait is an original drawing realized during the XIX century by Alexandre Dumont.
The artwork represents a beautiful study of an ancient classical woman.
Good conditions except for the yellowing of the paper on the margin and some foxings and some
traces of moisture.
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont also known as Auguste or Augustin Dumont, (Paris, 1801 - 1884) was a French sculptor. He was the son of the sculptor Jacques-Edme Dumont.
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Advertising - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Advertising is a watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Good conditions and mounted on a cream colored cardboard passpartout (62.5x45).
Image Dimensions: 34x24 cm.
Hand-si...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolour Breton School Mid 20th Century Fishing Fleet
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fishing Fleet
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right and dated
watercolour painting, with gouache and some graphite on artist's paper, unframed
measurement of framea...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Girl Posing - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Subject Posing" is an original drawing in tempera on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimens...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pont de Paris by Aurèle Barraud - Gouache on paper 36x52 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 52 x 68.2 cm
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$872 Sale Price
33% Off
Farming Girl - Etching - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Farming Girl is a print artwork on paper in the early 20th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of a Nude Woman - Early 1900 - René François Xavier Prinet - Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork in pencil realized by the French artist and illustrator René François Xavier Prinet, between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX centuries....
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Early 1900s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Reading the Newspaper - Ink and Watercolor Deawing by M. Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Reading the Newspaper (Original title: Leggendo il giornale) is an original drawing, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist an...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Woman - Pencil Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Hand-Signed and some notes by the artist on the lower left corner.
Good condition.
Pierre-Geo...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
'Oleta's Hat', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, California Woman Artist, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Conroy' for Virginia Conroy (American, 1922-2006) and dated 1985.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (on original backing...
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1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
In full swing n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 37x25 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$168 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions except for aged ma...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the late 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed.
Image Dimensions:...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Profile of M.me du Vivien - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of M.me du Vivien is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized in the early 20th century by a French Anonymous artist.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork repres...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Costume di Carafa - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Carafa" with a caption "Provincia di Calabria nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. H...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Self Portrait sketching with Vignette in Profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Self Portrait sketching with Vignette in Profile
Graphite on thin wove paper, c. 1940's
Unsigned
Condition: Small nicks in the right margin, not affecting the image
Sheet size: 14 1/2 x 10 inches
Provenance: Paul Cadmus
Jon F. Anderson (1937-2018)
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Margaret Hoening (1906–1998) was a painter and an etcher perhaps best known for her
photographs as part of the PaJaMa photography collective. After attending Smith College, she settled in New York, where
she pursued formal artistic training at the Art Students League. There, she met the artist couple Paul Cadmus and Jared
French. In 1937, she married French, fifteen years her junior, who had spent the previous decade with Cadmus. The trio
formed a tight bond, with Cadmus and French continuing their relationship.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Margaret Hoening (1906–1998) was a painter and an etcher perhaps best known for her
photographs as part of the PaJaMa photography collective. After attending Smith College, she settled in New York, where
she pursued formal artistic training at the Art Students League. There, she met the artist couple Paul Cadmus and Jared
French. In 1937, she married French, fifteen years her junior, who had spent the previous decade with Cadmus. The trio
formed a tight bond, with Cadmus and French continuing their relationship. Together, the three formed PaJaMa (a mashup of their first names, Paul, Jared, and Margaret). Using Hoening’s Leica, they captured themselves, their artist friends,
and members of the gay community posing in artful tableaux on the beaches of Fire Island, Provincetown, and Nantucket
over the following eight years. Those captured by their camera include the photographer George Platt Lynes; Cadmus’s
sister and artist Fidelma; artist Bernard Perlin; and Monroe Wheeler, director of exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art,
among others. Though she produced few canvases, Hoening’s paintings demonstrate the influences of French and Cadmus,
particularly with her adoption of the time-intensive, traditional medium of egg tempera that they championed.
In the 1940s, the Frenches’ social circle continued to expand. They befriended the British author E.M. Forster, who stayed
with them on his first trip to New York in 1947, spending a few days with them in Provincetown, and visiting them again
in 1949. When Cadmus began a relationship with the young artist George Tooker in 1944, the trio became a foursome,
with Tooker regularly vacationing with the group and appearing in PaJaMa’s photographs...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled: Portrait of A Boy
Located in New York, NY
Frank Campanella (American, 1922-2016), "Untitled: Girl in Green", Figurative Portrait done in Charcoal on Brown Charcoal Paper Unsigned, 20 x 14, Late 20th Century, 1980
Colors: White, Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Violet, Purple
"Untitled: Portrait Of A Boy" is a Modern Figurative Portrait capturing a three quarter side profile of a young male subject. He's dressed in a purple/ violet sleeveless tank top with black trim. His hair is a dark brown with lighter beige highlight with light blue (turquoise) gazing eyes. Small nose and mouth depicted with a haze of Pink and White as figure separation backdrop.
Frank Campanella is a listed artist known for New Jersey landscapes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Facial Expressions Seen at the Cinema - Drawing - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Facial Expressions Seen at the Cinema is an original China Ink Drawing realized by an artist in 1940s.
Signature unreadable.
Good condition on a white little paper.
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled: Portrait of A Blond Male
Located in New York, NY
Frank Campanella (American, 1922-2016), "Untitled: Portrait of A Blond Male", Figurative Portrait done in Charcoal on Brown Charcoal Paper Unsigned, 20 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Red, White, Gray, Blue, Brown, Yellow
"Untitled: Portrait Of A Blonde Male" is a Modern Figurative Portrait capturing a side profile of a young but mature male subject with a distinctive mustache. He's dressed in a red shirt with white pinstripe on the shoulder. His hair is a light dirty blond with lighter beige highlight with light bluish-grayish eyes, pointed nose with fuller lips.
Frank Campanella is a listed artist known for New Jersey landscapes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Pastel
Modern portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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