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
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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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Alfred Bendiner, (Supper at the Oak Room, Plaza Hotel, NYC)
Located in New York, NY
Bendiner always took drawing materials with him when he traveled. And a beautiful piece of 'found' paper was never wasted. (Once in Greece on a bus trip he had to acquire paper from ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Harlequin - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1904
By Alfredo Edel
Located in Roma, IT
Harlequin is an original watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1904.
Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout ( 69x49 cm).
Hand signed by the artist.
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...
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Early 1900s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
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
The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) by Antonio Gonzalez Collado
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Antonio Gonzalez Collado
The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns)
mixed media on paper
signed
artist studio stamp on the back
dimensions (motif) 15...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Study for a Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Study for a Portrait" is an original drawing in tempera on paper, realized by an Anonymous French Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mother And Child 20TH Century Framed Bold Accomplished Stand Out Modern Artwork
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Unknown School.
Second half of the mid-20th Century.
Charcoal, Oil Paint & Spray Paint On Plywood Panel.
Signed Indistinctly.
Image size 26.8 inches x 21.7 inches ( 68cm x 55cm )....
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Charcoal, Oil, Spray Paint
Nude - Drawing by Carlo Mattioli - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original modern artwork realized by Carlo Mattioli in 1958.
Mixed colored pastel drawing on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower marg...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Profile - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile is an Original Drawing in pencil and carbon on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Good condi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Graveyard by Isaac Charles Goetz - Gouache on paper 39x53 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
slightly damaged on the sides, to be framed
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Tambour du Genie (French Army) - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Tambour 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 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
Writing Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Writing Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s.
Ink on paper.
Hand-signed.
In good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is represented through d...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Figures - Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is a drawing in ink on paper, realized by G. Riegler .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 23.5 x 19.8 cm.
Image Dimensions: 15 x 9.4 cm
The artwork represents beautiful figures in one interior drawn in ink.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?)
Located in New York, NY
Of course it's possible that these baseball players aren't from a Philadelphia team, but I doubt it. There was so much drama and intrigue with both the Philadelphia Phillies...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of Young Boy - Original Drawing by L.E. Adan - early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Young Boy is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Emile Adan (1839-1937) in the early 20th Century.
Good Conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes i...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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
The Girl - Pencil Drawing - Late 19th century.
Located in Roma, IT
The Girl is a drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by an Anonymous artist in the late 19th century.
Pencil Drawing.
In good condition, aged margins.
The artwork is represented...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Drawing after Baccio del Bianco - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by an Italian artist of 17th and early 18th century, after Baccio del Bianco (1604-1656).
Good condition on a yellowed paper included a blue an...
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17th 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
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait, Japanese Face, Pen & Ink Drawing on Paper, Black & White "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size)
Pen and Ink on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men in which the content is a mere excuse for the lines to create a pattern of untrammeled playfulness. Of course the Japanese face...
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2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is a drawing in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th Century.
In very good condition.
The...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Peasant Woman with Geese - Original Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Peasant Woman with Geese is an original drawing in ink and watercolor on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In good conditions.
This is an original drawi...
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Couple - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
Hand-signed in the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (70x51 cm).
No Signature, another pen...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Woman Knitting - Drawing by Michel Anty - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Knitting is a drawing realized in 1948 by Michel Anty.
Pencil on paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
The state of preservation is good with slight foxing.
The artwork is represen...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Dream - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dream is an original Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century.
Good condition on a colored cream paper, with other sketch on rear.
No signature.
Mino Maccari (...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Descent of Mercurius, 1962 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Descent of Mercurius
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
1962
Pastel and Acrylic on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel
Size: 35 x 23.75 in. (88.9 x 60.33 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Original Pencil Drawing Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a unique artwork. This is an original Hyman Bloom drawing of fellow artist and his very good friend Martin Sumers.I believe this was drawn at the “variations of a theme” at S...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Smiling Girl - Drawing by Arnaldo De Lisio - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Smiling Girl is an original modern artwork realized by Arnaldo De Lisio in 1917.
Mixed colored oil pastel o board.
Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Drawing by Alberto Manetti - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Duce Portrait is a modern artwork realized by the artist Alberto Manetti (known also as Brivido).
Pencil and charcoal on paper.
Hand signed on the higher right margin.
Inscription...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
"Before The Show" by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Couple - IV, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Couple - IV, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Wearing traditional cl...
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1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Letter F - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - The Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Letter F is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century
Watercolor drawing on paper.
The state of preservation is good.
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Lady - Drawing in pencil By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in pencil.
Hand-Signed on the lower.
Vey Good conditions.
Pierre-Georges...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Girl - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Girl is an original pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist with pencil.
Mino Maccari (1898-...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Man - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing, pencil, charcoal, watercolor on paper, realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal, Watercolor
The Portrait Of A Man - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait Of A Man is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Good conditio...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Mid Century Self Portrait of the Artist Original Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist by the Artist Original Charcoal Drawing on Paper 1960
Excellent detailed original drawing of the artist by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic dep...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi - Oil paint by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original oil on board realized by the painter Mino Maccari, depicting his friend the painter Giorgio Morandi.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
The Director - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Director is a pen and pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower in pencil.
Included a whie Passepartout.
Good condition on yell...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
Thinking Man - Original Charcoal Drawing by Georges Gôbo - Early 20th Century
By Georges Gobo
Located in Roma, IT
Character holding his head with reflection in mirror is an original black chalk drawing on drawing sheet, torn at the top, realized at the beginning of the 19th Century by the artist...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of Man - Drawing by Antoine Alphonse Monfort - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an Original Drawing, ink pencil and white lead on ivory paper realized by Antoine Alphonse Monfort.
Hand signed on the lower margin. Passpartout cm 36x31
Good co...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Man With Beret And Lying Man - 1940s - Paul-Franz Namur - Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Man With Beret And Lying Man is an original artwork realized by Paul-Franz Namur in the first half of the XX century. Pencil on paper.
Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the low...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Signed Antoniucci Volti Red Chalk Portrait, Double Sided
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled (Double Sided Portrait), 1969
Red chalk on paper
14 3/4 x 11 in.
Each side signed: Volti
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen.
After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989
Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Modern...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Chalk
Portrait of a Woman - Original Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.
Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored cardboard. Includes passpartout (49 x 34 cm...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sketch - Drawing by Jules Marie Auguste Leroux - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a modern artwork realized by the French artist, Jules Marie Auguste Leroux ( Paris 1871-1954) painter and illustrator.
A pencil ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Flore - Drawing by Marcel Dupont - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Flore is a beautiful drawing on paper, realized by the French artist Marcel Dupont (1898-1974).
Hand-signed on back.
The artwork represents a minimalistic, clean design, through p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Study of Study of Figure - Drawing by Victor Chavet - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Figure is a China ink Drawing realized in the mid-19th Century by Victor Chavet (1822-1906).
Hand-signed on the lower.
Glued on a hard Cardboard Passepartout: 28 x 21 cm, original one by the publisher, on the rear Stamped " Adolphe Legoupy, Paris"
Good condition with a repaired central part.
Victor Chavet (1822-1906) was a pupil of Pierre Révoil in Lyon then of Camille Roqueplan...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Model With Bird" Ink On Paper 2010 Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Indian Man from Mexico
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Indian Man from Mexico is a souvenir of Winold Reiss’s 1920 sketching tour of Mexico. As he traveled, Reiss’s style began to reflect the influence of the aesthetics, color palette, a...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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)
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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
The Young Girl - Original Drawing By P. G. Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Young Girl 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 with aged ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of Molière - Drawing by Karl Hanny - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Molière is a drawing realized by Karl Hanny in the Late-19th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throug...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Family Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
Family Portrait is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of 19th century in 1853.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (34x49 cm).
Illegible signature.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Teacher - Original Pencil Drawing by A.C.C. Rodet - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Teacher is an interesting pencil drawing on paper divided into millimeters realized by Anne Charlotte Claudine Rodet.
The drawing, presenting the initials “A.R.” on the ...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Self Portrait with Arms Over Head, vignette on Paul Cadmus on left
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Self Portrait with Arms Over Head, vignette on Paul Cadmus on left
Graphite drawing on thin wove paper, c. 1940's
Unsigned
Provenance: Paull Cadmus
Jon F. Anderson (1937-2018)
Condition:
Sheet size: 15 x 10 1/4 inches
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
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