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Art Subject: Photography
French Art, Rococo Portrait, Oval, Pastel, Portrait of a Lady, Circle of Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of a Lady, Rococo, 18th Century, Fine drawing in Pastel/ Oil Pastel on Paper in the style of Vivien. The Lady might be a woman from Marie Antoinette's Court. It is part of a Pendant (see the other listing with the portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Eduard Vitali - 19th Century Watercolour, The Oil Lamp
By Eduard Vitali
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of an Italian woman replacing the oil lamp outside of her home. She wears traditional, brightly coloured clothing with a red headpiece. Signed with initials and insc...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La femme aux fleurs (Portrait de Mathilde See)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris.
Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat.
The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import.
Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Pastel
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...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Study for a standing man
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Sir Anthony van Dyck
(Antwerp 1599 - 1641 London)
STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF A STANDING MAN
Black and white chalk on blue-green paper
25,4 by 13,5 cm
Provenance
Prof. Julius S. Held (...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Miniature Late 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Woman in Black
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of a Victorian woman dressed in a black ruffled dress and a hat. Presented in an oval brass frame. On a white bone-like substrate.
Category
Late 19th 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
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll
Graphite on paper
Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high
The vintage ...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Captain's Lady. style of Andrew Wyeth
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection.
Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady"
Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th century English portrait of a red haired young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States.
The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
Category
1920s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) Family Portrait, 1826 Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
A Family Portrait, 1826
pencil on paper
Signed lower right and dated 1826
19.5 x 27 cm
in a beautiful carved oak frame: 4...
Category
1820s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Attrib. William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) Watercolour, The Little Fortune Teller
By William Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young woman wearing a dress and smock. She points to her left hands showing her palm to the viewer. The artist captures her with a delicate...
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A zither player, small signed drawingdrawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938)
A zither player
carbon pencil on thin paper
8.5 x 3.3 cm
In good condition
Framed : 35 x 24 cm
Provenance: Estate of the artist and by Inher...
Category
1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
John da Costa - Lillie - A Portrait of the artist's wife
By John da Costa
Located in London, GB
JOHN DA COSTA
(1867-1931)
Lillie, the Artist’s Wife
Signed l.l.
Coloured chalks on tinted paper
Framed
61 by 48.5 cm., 24 by 19 in.
(frame size 80 by 69 cm., 31 ½ by 27 ¼ in.)
Jo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Pritzlaff - 1903, Male Wielding an Ax, Wearing an Aviator Hat, Charcoal Drawing
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
While charcoal is naturally a loose drawing medium, David Becker uses it with precision. With a rich range of value and strong darks, Becker captures the fine details with exacting clarity. In his drawing "Pritzlaff - 1903", the subject, a male with a glazed look, is wielding an ax and pointing a finger at the viewer. This drawing is framed in a simple black frame. The artist has signed with his initials and year on the front and signed his full name on the back of the piece.
David Becker
Pritzlaff - 1903
vine charcoal on paper
32h x 24w in
81.28h x 60.96w cm
DB0027
David Becker
Exhibitions
2017 Figure8, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Cicago, IL
2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC
Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC
Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY
2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY
Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan
Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
"FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia.
David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February.
2000 Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000.
1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY
1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY
1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI
GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY
1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC
Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI
National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY
David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY
1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY
Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY
1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY
Publications/Reviews
2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino.
2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions."
Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition.
2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith.
2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch.
1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance.
1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America.
1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
March 14 The New York Times, review.
March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review.
1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review.
April 28 The Washingtion Post, review.
March 25 The New York Times, review.
Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
Selected Collections
- additional collections available on requestArkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconson-Madison
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia
National Academy, NY, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech.
Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada
Albion College, Albion, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI
Art Center, South Bend, IN
AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Georgia State University – Atlanta
Hope College, Holland, MI
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Minot Art Association, Minot, ND
North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC
North Texas State University – Denton
Ohio University – Athens
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State University, OK
Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI
Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
State University of New York – Fredonia
State University of New York – Potsdam
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Dallas, TX
University of Louisville, Louisville, KN
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
University of North Dakota – Grand Forks
University of South Dakota – Vermillion
University of Tennesse – Knoxville
West Chester State College, West Chester, PA
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green
Private Collections
Carla Leighton, New York, NY
Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL
Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL
Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL
Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY
Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL
Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA
Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ
Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL
Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN
Candice Groot, Evanston, IL
Shomaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL
Braden Berkey and Robert Bartlett, Chicago, IL
Bill and Karyn Silverstein, Highland Park, IL
Steve Weitz, Lovettsville, VA
Mary Allice Wimmer, Madison, WI
Ann & Robert Avery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Vincente Romero, Thoughtfulness, original pastel
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Vincente Romero
Thoughtfulness
Original pastel on Ingres paper
Hand signed by the artist
Image: 25.6 x 19.7 inches
Framed dimensions: 32 x 26 inches
*T...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Circle of George Chinnery - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait depicting a mother and her infant child seated in armchair. The composition takes inspiration from the delicate portraiture work of early 19th century art...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Young Lady with a King Charles Spaniel', French School, Rococo Revival Pastel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, late 19th century, French School portrait of an elegantly dressed young woman of the court, shown holding her English spaniel in her arms and gazing towards the viewer...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
By Ray Swanson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ray Swanson (1937-2004) "Native American" Original Pen & Ink c.1960s
Fine portrait of a Native American Indian by listed Western artist Ray Swanson.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Isabelle Mulvany - 2020 Gouache, Corona Girls
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary illustration, showing a group of glamorous girls out for drinks. The painting is full of interesting commentary on Covid, from the year 2020, at the start of the outbreak. One woman, shows off her hand, dripping with hand sanitiser, to her friends, with her stash of flu pills and hand sanitiser bottles at her side. Another holds a bottle of Corona beer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
20th Century Charcoal Drawing - Pensive Female Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
An intense charcoal portrait of a striking young woman in a headscarf.
The drawing is unsigned and presented in a glazed, black frame with a white mount.
On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of a Woman, Framed Pastel Drawing by Peter Driben
By Peter Driben
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Driben, best known as an American pin-up artist, was perhaps one of the most productive pin-up artists of the 1940s and 1950s. Driben's pinups delighted the American public from the beginning of World War II until the great baby boom of the 1950s. This portrait of a woman...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.".
Minor browning.
- Carved in stone -
About the artwork
The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Portrait dimensions 15.5" x 19.5".
The frame measures 17.5" x 21.5".
Signed in the lower right corner.
The portrait ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Rousselet, Portrait of an officer, 1915, wax crayon on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Rousselet, French School early 20th century
Portrait of an officier, 1915
Wax crayon on paper
signed "E Rousselet" and dated 1915 lower right
51.5 x 31.5 cm
In quite good condition, ...
Category
1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon
Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in Blue Dress and Black + Red Hat
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a blue dress and black + red hat by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently disp...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Spring
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Self Portrait at 72" - Imagined Future, Original Painting by David Kassan
By David Kassan
Located in Denver, CO
David Kassan’s "Self Portrait at 72" (2021) is an introspective exploration into the future, where the artist imagines himself as an elder. Painted in oil on acrylic mirror and measu...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mirror, Oil
19th century silhouette of a male field 2 strand
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a male , description to reverse gives name and date, copied from back of silhouette see photo
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor sig...
Category
19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY
(British 1883-1956)
Reverie
Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09
Red chalks
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Charcoal Nude of African American Woman with Head Scarf
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This captivating charcoal drawing depicts the upper half of a nude African American woman adorned with a wrapped headscarf. The contrast between the delicate curves of her bare shoul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo Orientalist Watercolour Portrait
By Carl Haag
Located in London, GB
Carl Haag
1820 - 1915
One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo
Watercolour on paper, signed lower right & dated 1880
Image Size: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (27 x 19.5 cm)
Original Frame
'One...
Category
1880s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Lord David Cecil
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Albert Daniel Rutherston 1881-1953, was an English artist who painted, portraits, landscapes, illustrated books and designed stage sets. Two of his brothers were Sir William Rothenst...
Category
1940s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of John Seymour Lucas
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Alphonse Legros 1837-1911, was a French painter and sculptor, who lived in London from 1863 until his death in 1911. He was a teacher of etching and drawing and became Slade Professo...
Category
1910s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a Young Man Original Charcoal and Pastel French 18th Century
Located in London, GB
French School
18th Century
Portrait of a Young Man
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Image size: 11 x 7 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
German School Early 19th Century Pastel - Portrait of Joachim Simon
Located in Corsham, GB
A handsome early 19th-century pastel portrait of Joachim Simon, wearing a flamboyant floral waistcoat, double-buttoned overcoat and a black silk cravat. Well presented in a distresse...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
By Henry Somm
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM
Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907
Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal
Watercolor
Signed lower right
32 x 21 cm
50 x 40 cm framed
Very good cond...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Girl with Braids
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, Pastel, and Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 18.75" x 15.25;" Framed 27.50" x 15.25"
circa 1920
Girl with Braids...
Category
1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Board
Side Profile of Young African American Man with Black Hoodie
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This pastel portrait captures the side profile of a young African American man dressed in a black hoodie. The artist skillfully employs the pastel medium to bring out the rich textur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Bride - Scottish Female Glasgow School Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Miami, FL
Scottish female illustrator Annie French renders a charming cropped portrait of a bride in an Art Nouveau / Aubrey Beardsley style with curved theme borde...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Russell sale, Christie’s, 14 February, 1807: ‘John Russell, Esq., R.A. deceased, crayon painter to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York; and brought from his late Dwelling in Newman Street’, lot 92, ‘St Peter’, bt. Thompson (£1.13s);
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25th September 1980, lot 113;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Literature:
Martin Postle, 'Patriarchs, prophets and paviours: Reynolds's images of old age', The Burlington Magazine, vol. cxxx, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 739-40, fig. 9;
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures, Cambridge, 1995, p.136, repr.;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2928.
Signed and dated: J Russell/ fecit 1772 (lower right)
Framed dimensions: 25 x 31 inches
John Russell was admitted to the Royal Academy in March 1770, at the same time as Daniel Gardner. The nascent Academy Schools were still establishing their teaching structures, but central to the syllabus were the twin components of drawing after the antique and from life models. By 1772 Russell had already been awarded a silver medal and progressed to the life academy, where he produced this remarkable pastel study of George White. White was the most famous model employed by the Royal Academy and prominent artists in the second half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered by Joshua Reynolds, who in turn introduced him to the Academy. Russell’s striking head study demonstrates his abilities as a portraitist and pastellist, at the same time showing his interest in the Academy’s preoccupation with promoting history painting.
George White was one of the most celebrated models in eighteenth-century London. According to the painter Joseph Moser:
'Old George…owed the ease in which he passed his latter days, in a great measure to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who found him exerting himself in the laborious employment of thumping down stones in the street; and observing not only the grand and majestic traits of his countenance, but the dignity of his muscular figure, took him out of a situation to which his strength was by no means equal, clothed, fed, and had him, first as a model in his own painting room, then introduced him as a subject for the students of the Royal Academy.'
As Martin Postle has pointed out, whilst characterful studies of old men posed as biblical figures, prophets or saints by Continental old masters were readily available on the art market – Reynolds himself had copied a head of Joab by Federico Bencovich in the collection of his friend and patron, Lord Palmerston - finding a model in Britain from whom to execute a painting was more difficult.
White therefore offered a rare opportunity for artists to combine portraiture and history painting, by painting a model in the guise of an historical or literary character. In 1771 Reynolds showed at the Royal Academy a picture of White entitled Resignation. It was engraved in 1772 and accompanied by a stanza from Oliver Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal Academy catalogue, Horace Walpole noted: ‘This was an old beggar, who had so fine a head that Sir Joshua chose him for the father in his picture from Dante, and painted him several times, as did others in imitation of Reynolds. There were even cameos and busts of him.’ White sat to, amongst others Johan Zoffany, John Sanders, Nathaniel Hone and the sculptor John Bacon...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman in a Blue Hat & Pink dress, antique frame
By Freeman Willis Simmons
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This watercolor painting with ink accents depicting a young fashionable woman with a confident direct glance is in excellent condition -- no stains, tears, etc to the painting; antiq...
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This striking charcoal portrait captures the essence of an African American woman with a unique black and white afro. The monochromatic medium emphasize...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Young African American Man in Yellow Rain Jacket
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This vivid pastel portrait features a young African American man wearing a bright yellow rain jacket. The artist’s use of pastel captures the jacket's luminous color with striking in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Man (Tony)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Art Deco Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco "Mademoiselle X" story illustration
for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," accompanied by corresponding issue of Vogue magazine...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School Late 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
English School, late 19th-century portrait of a young woman. Signed 'V.M.A' lower right. Well presented in a beautiful oval gilded frame with elaborate running patterns. On paper.
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Side Profile of Asian Man with Ponytail
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This side profile portrait features an Asian man with a neatly tied ponytail, capturing a moment of quiet contemplation. The artist skillfully emphasizes the graceful lines of his pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
John Ridge, A Cherokee Indian & Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
1838 John Ridge A Cherokee Indian and Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor
The lithograph depicts John Ridge, a Cherokee interpreter, by Charles Bird King (American, 1785 - 1862), published 1838. Compared to other indian portraits in tribal regalia, King's rendering of John Ridge appears to be different. King portrayed John Ridge in Anglo-American clothing, sitting at a desk with a document and pen in hand—hinting at Ridge’s education and career as tribal leader and politician. King was known for his realistic and sensitive renderings of his sitters, and his ability to capture their physical features and attire with dignity and attention to detail.
Condition: Good; tonal aging due to age; previous mat tonal aging marks
Presented in new conservation mat
Paper size: 19.75"H X 14"W
Image size: 15"H x 10"W
Mat size:24"H x 16"W
John Ridge received his education at Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, Connecticut and served as clerk of the Cherokee National Council. When King painted...
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1840s Hudson River School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph
Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, An Ottowa Chief Hand-Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
KA-NA-PI-MA, AN OTTAWA CHIEF., from History of the Indian the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1842, hand-colored lithograph
The lithograph by Charles Bird King depicts Ka-na-pi...
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1840s Hudson River School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph
Disegno ritratto maschile accademico figurativo nudo seduto del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, carboncino su carta, è firmato e datato in basso a destra "Colacicchi Firenze 1924".
è un tipico esempio di nudo maschile accademico, come si può notare dalla posizione e...
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1920s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Man in Tie
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Drawing
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Contact for dimensions.
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a boy, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of a boy
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
28 x 23 cm
Framed : 63 x58 cm
Guirand de Scévola is particularly renowned for his...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Attrib. Johann Tischbein (1751-1829)- 18th Century Pastel, Maria Luisa of Parma
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th-century pastel portrait, attributed to the German portraitist Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829). Exquisitely presented in its original giltwood frame...
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Rudolf Schlichter, Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920, black ink on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf SCHLICHTER (1890-1955)
Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920
India black ink on paper
43,2 x 28,4 cm
provenance : artist's family
Rudolf Schlichter was born in Calw in 1890. He...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Driver's License Self Portrait - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
Driver's License Self Portrait
2005
lithograph
13.50h x 10w in
34.29h x 25.40w cm
CG0041
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multipli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Lithograph