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Art Subject: Face
ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided
The sketch is original, v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Turbaned man seated, smoking a hookah – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, and the Jaipur State Council Stamp dated June 5 18...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
$2,388 Sale Price
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Profile Portrait of Sitting Woman by Window - Charcoal and Opaque White 1910´s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A finely tuned oval drawing by the Finnish artist Ester Helenius depicting a young woman in profile seated on a chair. The room is suggested only by a diffuse background. Signed and ...
Category
1910s Jugendstil Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Old Rabbi Holding a Cane
By David Gilboa
Located in Surfside, FL
David Gilboa (1910-1976). David Gilboa was born in Romania in 1910. He studied at Academy of Fine Art, Bucharest, Romania, during the years of 1927-29. He immigrated to Israel in 193...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century French Military Portrait, The Brave Soldier
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French pastel portrait of a military officer by Marie Laforge. The painting is signed dated and dedicated bottom right. The subject's name is written but as yet un...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
POETRY OF LOVE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Women Nudes - Drawing by G. Riegler. - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Women Nudes is an Artwork realized by the Artist G. Riegler.
Drawing in ink on paper, Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Original Pen Drawing by Georges Vernotte - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pen drawing realized by Georges Vernotte.
Good condition on yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Pair of Miniature Mid 19th Century Watercolours - Brother and Sister
Located in Corsham, GB
Two exquisite mid 19th Century miniature portraits in watercolour. The children are in their finest clothes to have their portraits painted. The little boy wears a high ruffled collar and black jacket, holding a blue book in his hands. The little girl wears a fine light blue dress...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$364 Sale Price
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Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1981 Graphite Drawing, Woman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Here he has captured the sitter's effortless beauty with a small number of expressive pencil marks. ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted full length portrait of a 19th century gentleman, seated in a high back armchair with a slightly perplexed expression. The artist has enhanced the portrait with deli...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$376 Sale Price
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A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully executed and introspective charcoal portrait drawing o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
STUDIO OF RAFFAELLO SANZIO, called RAPHAEL
(Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Title The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Medium Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black ch...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Milton Avery Drawing
By Milton Avery
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965)
Marking(s); notes: signed
Materials: graphite on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 12.25"h, 10"w; 18"h, 15.5"w frame
Addit...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
A ca 1937 Watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design Artist Eugene Dana
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1937 watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Image size:
19 3/4" x 12 1/2". Matted to 24 1/4" x 18 1/4". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vanity Fair Illustration High Brow Types with Relationship Issues
Located in Miami, FL
Hight brow couple having relationship issues rendered in a black and white stylized Art Deco fashion.
In pencil the caption reads "Are you willing to divorce your wife the minute sh...
Category
1820s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - French Fishwife
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a French fishwife in a pink dress. Presented glazed in a cream mount and a reeded gilt frame. Unsigned. There is a label on the verso inscribed with the title and furth...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$278 Sale Price
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Italian School, late 16th century - Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, late 16th century
Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Red chalk on laid paper,
21 x 11 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923–1997), English art historian and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Private collection, France
This drawing, attributed to the Italian School of the late 16th century, demonstrates the influence of Michelangelo’s approach to anatomy and expression. The sheet combines two distinct studies: an anatomical rendering of arms in the écorché technique, focusing on the musculature and skeletal details, and a head of a man, drawn with careful attention to light and shadow. The use of red chalk lends the work warmth and immediacy, qualities often associated with Renaissance studies of the human form.
The écorché studies reflect the Renaissance fascination with anatomy as both an artistic and scientific pursuit. The detailed depiction of the musculature suggests the artist’s interest in understanding the mechanics of the body, a practice heavily influenced by Michelangelo’s drawings...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Neoclassical composition of a sculptor kneeling before his statue of the Madonna
Located in Middletown, NY
An allegory of loyalty, with the subject's dog pictured seated, holding his master's chisel in his mouth; fidelity personified.
Italian School, 18th century
Ink wash in gray and bl...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Ink, Watercolor
MERMAID SONGS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Head 03 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
HAPPY TOGETHER
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic, ink on watercolor paper.
Unframed.
Ships securely and well protected from Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
A Rajput prince with a sword, dagger, lotus – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, 12 1/2 x 9 inches (318 x 230 mm). Toning, handling c...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
MAGIC CAT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Self-Portrait In Pastels - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Drawing
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame.
Ksenya Istomina made...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
A ca. 1920s Caricature of Irish Politician Padraic Colum by Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of Irish politician Padraic Colum by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Padraic Colum". Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archivally matted to 12...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Cabaret Dancer
Located in London, GB
'The Cabaret Dancer', crayon on art paper, by Kolomon Moore (circa 1930s). The Crazy Years (les Années Folles) of Paris in the 1920s hit an abrupt end in...
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Academy of seated nude of 19th century Italian school
Located in Florence, IT
Seated male nude that falls fully within the academic "model from life" production of the early 19th century, as also seems confirmed by the "Titus-like" hairdo of the effigy.
The s...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1933
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1933.
Hand signe "Mino" and daed 23/7/33..
Very good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'".
Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse.
- In the shadow of betrayal -
About the artwork
This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376).
Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886
The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner.
In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk.
As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting.
About the artist
In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions.
Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904).
From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
$1,433 Sale Price
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Lauren in Balenciaga. From the Fashion series
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
19th century silhouette of a lady
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a female ,
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor signs of age as to be expected.
2nd image with flash to show highlights etc.. Apologie...
Category
19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
An Intimate, 1940s Modern Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
An Intimate, 1940s Modern Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A finely drawn, introspective portrait in pastel and charcoal o...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Portrait Of An Indian Soldier, Signed, Large Pastel
By Willem Delsaux
Located in PARIS, FR
Willem DELSAUX
Ixelles 1862 - 1954 Gimbergen
Profile portrait of « Allah Dita »,Indian soldier of the British Indian colonial army
Pastel on p...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Family
Located in London, GB
'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Accordion Player - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Accordion Player is a drawing artwork realized by a French Artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil on paper
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
19th Century Pastel - Young Nobleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study of a 17th Century noble child seated on a red chair next we an earn. He looks down at a hat on the floor and wears a royal blue uniform. Signed faintly with i...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$284 Sale Price
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Portrait of Seated Woman Reading Julia Maud De Forest, Late 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940)
Julia Maud De Forest, 1898
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated upper left
9.25 x 12.75 inches
15 x 18.25 inches, framed
Ora Coltman was born in 18...
Category
1890s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Torero
Located in Miami, FL
Fernando Botero
Torero, 1989
Colored markers on paper
12 x 8 1/2 in
Provenance:
Allegrini Piero, Brescia.
Galleria Panantu Casa de'Aste. Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
August 5 - Sep...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
$35,000
The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier / - The expressiveness of a simple pose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier, around 1840. Watercolor in pencil, 22 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), signed “Th.[eodor] Hosem...
Category
1840s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
" double face " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau , certified and signed .
exceptionnel "Oedipe " drawing 27,7 x 22, 6 cm .
with book !! ( around 16 original drawings )
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing
by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905)
on off white artists paper, unframed
measurements: sheet 14.75 x 10.5 inches
provenance:...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Portrait Of A Woman
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait of a Woman
Pencil signed and dated Feb 20. 20 unframed 14x11
George Kenneth Hartwell painter and illustrator was born in Fitchburg 1891-1949, Massachus...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Arthur Miles (fl.1851-1880) - Framed 1855 Pastel, Portrait of Georgy Chatfield
Located in Corsham, GB
Arthur Miles (British, act. 1851-1880). Original portrait of Georgy Chatfield. Signed with monogram to the lower left. Dated 1855. With further inscriptions to the upper right. Well ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady in a night cap
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skillfully painted ink on paper silhouette, unusually with the sitter appearing to be dress in her nightcap. Very Dickensian!
English School, 19th Century
Portrait of a lady ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$193 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1930s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled- Portrait. Pencil or archival paper drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Jean Michel Basquiat Portrait. From the Series Maestros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the Series Maestro Jean Michel Basquiat, 2017
Watercolor, pencil on paper
Size: 50 H x 45 W cm
framed size 70 H x 62 W x 4 D cm
Unique
Wood frame
______
Emerson Cáceres, artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a French Gentleman By Portrait Miniature Artist Daniel Saint
By Daniel Saint
Located in Stockholm, SE
Daniel Saint was a prominent French miniaturist who lived between 1778 and 1847. Born in Paris, Saint was the son of a jeweler and initially began his career as an apprentice in his father's workshop. However, he soon discovered his passion for painting and turned his attention to miniatures, which were highly popular in 18th and 19th-century Europe.
Saint was a highly skilled artist and quickly gained a reputation for his miniature portraits, which were characterized by their delicate detail and fine brushwork. His works often featured prominent figures from French society, including members of the royal family and high-ranking officials. He also painted portraits of wealthy patrons, many of whom commissioned him to create highly personalized works.
Saint's style was highly influenced by the neoclassical movement, which emphasized clarity, simplicity, and rationality. He often used a limited color palette, focusing on soft pastels and muted tones, which helped to accentuate the delicate features of his subjects. His compositions were typically centered around the face, with little background or context to distract from the subject.
Despite his success as a miniaturist, Saint was not immune to the changing tastes of the art world. In the mid-19th century, photography began to gain popularity, and many artists who specialized in portraiture found themselves struggling to compete with the speed and accuracy of this new medium. However, Saint continued to work and develop his craft, adapting his style to the changing tastes of his clients and experimenting with new techniques and materials.
In addition to his work as a miniaturist, Saint was also a skilled draftsman and created a number of highly detailed and intricate drawings and sketches. He was also known for his use of unconventional materials, such as hair, which he would incorporate into his miniature portraits to add texture and depth.
Today, Saint's works are highly prized by collectors and are held in museums and private collections around the world. His legacy as a master of miniature portraiture lives on, and his influence can still be seen in the work of contemporary artists who specialize in this unique and challenging medium.
More information:
Artist: Daniel Saint (1778-1847) France
Title: Portrait of a French Gentleman...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859).
The little artwork represents two poor men in the street.
Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm).
Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin.
Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
"Vampire" (2024) By Katie Mansfield, Original Embellished Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Vampire" (2024) by Katie Mansfield is an original handmade print, embellished with metallic acrylic on paper. This piece depicts a woman who is shopping at a supermarket for vampire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
In Ralph Lauren in the Hamptons.
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Self Portrait 02 - Modern Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
