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Art Subject: Photography
Portrait of a Young Officer, Thomas Lawrence, Irish Volunteers
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA
1769-1830
Portrait of a Young Officer
Pastel with touches of black chalk on paper
Signed and inscribed on an old label verso: "Be pleased to keep away / from the Damp & from dust / T Lawrence AE 13. / 1783."
Wash mount and gilt frame
Provenance
W.E. Spooner;
Anonymous sale, Phillips London, 17 April 2000 lot 196
Sothebys, Old Master & Early British Paintings, 14 April 2011 • London Lot 246
Old label verso describes how this was drawn in 1783 at the age of 14!
This is a portrait of an officer from the Irish Volunteers. The Irish Volunteers was a part-time military force raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War.
As a young boy Thomas Lawrence lived with his parents who ran a coaching inn near Bath. Clearly talented from this young age, he drew the passing travellers who stopped at the inn and this soldier may have been one such sitter. Lawrence was only 13 years old when he drew this work. To capitalise upon their son's talents, the family later moved to Bath and sent Lawrence to London in 1787 where he entered the Royal Academy schools at the earliest possible age. Works from such an early period of Lawrence's creativity are rarely to be found today.
This rare early portrait drawn in Bath shows the level of technical skill that Lawrence had reached at 14 years old. His use of colour and tone to depict flesh and all the subtle variations in the texture and pigmentation of his sitter’s face, powdered hair and clothes show how Lawrence conceived pastel as a form of painting and partly explains how he could have made the smooth transition to oil painting so soon afterwards.
When he arrived in Bath from Devizes in 1780, eleven-year-old Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) was promoted as a natural-born genius like his Renaissance predecessor Raphael. The local press announced the arrival of the boy wonder and his ‘Striking Sketches’, inviting the ‘Nobility and Gentry’ to sit for their portraits.
Thomas Lawrence was a prodigious portraitist from the age of just eight, when he began to draw his first portraits in pencil...
Category
1780s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Circle of Myles Birket Foster, Portrait of a red haired girl
Located in Harkstead, GB
This exceptional quality watercolour depicts a snapshot of innocence and childhood with this delightful portrait of a red-haired young girl. Presented in a fine quality, hand carved and pierced, period frame with inlaid detail.
Circle of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)
Portrait of a red-haired young girl
Watercolour with touches of white
4 inches diamter (image only)
11 x 11 inches with frame
This beautiful image is of exceptional quality, as apparent in the delicate detailing to her eyelashes and the sunlit highlights of her hair. This is the work of an artist at the very peak of their powers and the intimacy of the work suggests a connection between artist and sitter such as daughter and parent. The level of draughtsmanship brings to mind artists from this period such as Myles Birket Foster, Fred Morgan and Helen...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Clown Portrait #11
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown on heavy paper by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed.
Marjorie ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm)
Mounted and framed
This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year.
Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style.
The Artist
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest works are a pair of pastel portraits of boys...
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1750s English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Victorian School head study of a golden haired boy
By George Elgar Hicks
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautifully painted study of a cherubic young boy, his golden haired head turned to the sun, his eyes closed as he feels its warmth.
Pre-Raphaelite School, late 19th century
Head...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Elegant Couple, Good Housekeeping Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Dimensions: 34.00" x 25.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Story illustration: Elegant couple considers floor plan drawn in the sand.
“Benda finished explaining the house plan she had drawn in the sand. ‘But, Benda,’ Don said, examining it, ‘the place is not complete. Haven't you forgotten something?’ ‘That's all... I'm sure... Don,’ she answered softly.” Story illustration: “Between the Owl's Nest and a Rift in the Clouds”, author: Clara Hood Rugel, Good Housekeeping...
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Ron Basca - Mickey Mantle the legend Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This captivating etching with aquatint by artist Ron Basca beautifully captures the legendary Mickey Mantle. Hand-signed in pencil by Basca, this print showcases exceptional detail a...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Etching
Sketch from Life, 19th Century English Watercolour, Girl in Profile
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated '1870' lower left
Image size: 5 x 6 1/2 inches (13 x 16.5 cm)
Category
1870s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Minaret (The Mastery of the Cathedral Termite)
By Jeremy Hush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Minaret (The Mastery of the Cathedral Termite)" is an original 14in x 10in biro and watercolor painting by Jeremy Hush in a 27in x 22in antique gilded frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Pen, Watercolor
Face - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
9 x 11 cm 3 1/2 x 4 1/3 in.
28 x 30 cm 11 x 11 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April 7 -...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of Woman in Maine, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of Woman in Maine (P2.55), Year: 1958, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Description: Starin...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady, Charcoal Drawing, 20th Century Russian
Located in London, GB
Charcoal , signed lower right and dated 'Paris 1935'
Image size: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48 cm)
Original oak frame
An accomplished example of Russian art from the mid 20th century.
...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
A Self Portrait
Located in Storrs, CT
A Self Portrait. c. 1932. Ink drawing on wove paper. 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 (sheet 10 x 7). Provenance: the artist's daughter. Unsigned. A unique silhouette housed in an archival French doubl...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Head of a Cheerful Man Wearing a Cap
Located in New York, NY
Watermark: the arms of Amsterdam
Provenance:
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 1 December 1986, lot 46; where acquired by:
Private Collection, New York
Literature:
Roger Adolf d’Hulst, “Jordaens Drawings: Supplement II,” Master Drawings, vol. 28, no. 2 (1990), pp. 153-156, no. A237a, fig. 17.
Matías Díaz Padrón, Jacob Jordaens...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Untitled: Portrait of A Blond Male
Located in New York, NY
Frank Campanella (American, 1922-2016), "Untitled: Portrait of A Blond Male", Figurative Portrait done in Charcoal on Brown Charcoal Paper Unsigned, 20 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Red, White, Gray, Blue, Brown, Yellow
"Untitled: Portrait Of A Blonde Male" is a Modern Figurative Portrait capturing a side profile of a young but mature male subject with a distinctive mustache. He's dressed in a red shirt with white pinstripe on the shoulder. His hair is a light dirty blond with lighter beige highlight with light bluish-grayish eyes, pointed nose with fuller lips.
Frank Campanella is a listed artist known for New Jersey landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Accademic Study of girl’s head. By Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic studi of girl’s head.
Charcoal on colored paper.
By Enrico Reffo.
This artwork is part of a collection of approximately twenty preparatory drawings, figure studies, and ske...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Edward Ridley (1883-1946) - 1918 Watercolour, Woman with Brooch and Shawl
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished portrait depicts an elderly woman painted in delicate watercolour detail. Her hair is scraped back, and she wears a light patterned shawl and a collar clasped toget...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abu Bakar Ibrahim (1925-1977) - Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Portrait of a Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a man wearing a white smock and patterned turban. The sitter looks straight at the viewer with a serious but expressive stare. Signed to the lower left. Presen...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Peggy Hoyt in Art Nouveau Hat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Gravure Full Page in Woman's Home Companion Magazine
A wonderful and very detailed full page art supplement for the September 1922 issue of the Woman's Home Companion.
Charles Sheldon's exquisitely detailed portrait of fashion designer Peggy Hoyt...
Category
1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
"Interesting Story" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Interesting Story" (2023) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade oil painting done on canvas. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long brown hair sitting in a chair and re...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840
Portrait of a young man,
charcoal on paper
22.5 x 17 cm
In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled (Rabbi Scholar)
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Rosenthal (American 1921-2007) "Untitled: Rabbi Scholar", Figurative Pen/Watercolor on Paper signed in bottom right hand corner, 10.50 x 8 (24 x 20.50 In Frame), Late 20th Ce...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) - Watercolour, Cavalier Seated by Steps
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a Cavalier seating on street side steps with his head resting in his hand. The artist captures the young man in fine detail, paying attention to the soft, natural...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"portrait d'homme aux longs cils " by Jean Cocteau .certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau
original , certified by Madame Annie Guedras .
drawing size : 23.5 x 17.7 cm
Category
1940s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922)
Portrait of a man,
signed upper left
charcoal on paper
26.5 x 33,8 cm
Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm
Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...
Category
Early 1900s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Reminiscence" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Lady in White" (2024) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade oil painting done on canvas. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long brown hair wearing a white dress laying ...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Watercolour - Oyster Catcher
Located in Corsham, GB
This painting depicts a man in traditional rural attire carrying a large woven oyster basket back from the sea front. The artist captures the charming details of the man's work gear,...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
H. Harding - Miniature 1821 Watercolour, The Sly Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful early 19th-century miniature watercolour depicting a cheeky young girl. The artist renders the figure in impressive detail and uses soft tones to evoke warmth. Signed, t...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Moretto - Italian 19th Century Watercolour, Portrait of a Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour copy of Italian Renaissance painter, Moretto's, Portrait of a Man. Dated in Roman numerals to the lower right (1562). Presented in an ornate gilt effe...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 1867 Pastel - Portrait of a Young Girl in White
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate 19th-century oval pastel study of a young girl dressed in white. The girl holds a striking gaze whilst elegantly drawing the viewer's attention to her fine jewellery. Pres...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Ugo Catani (1861-1943) - Miniature Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Performer
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful late 19th century miniature watercolour depicting a performer in costume. The artist renders the figure in impressive detail. Signed to the lower right edge, partially b...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Charcoal Portrait of a Young Girl" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"I Saw You in My Dreams" (2023) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade drawing made with charcoal and graphite on toned paper. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long blac...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
"Portrait of Long Haired Girl" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Portrait of Long Haired Girl" (2023) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade drawing made with charcoal and graphite on toned paper. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with lon...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Vintage French Watercolor Painting
By Laure
Located in Houston, TX
Warm and pleasing watercolor portrait painting of a charming young lady with a small crown on leaves accenting her hair, 1912. Signed Laure and dated lower right.
Original one-of-a-...
Category
1910s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately mid century portrait of a man, done in charcoal in 1956, by William Clothier Watts (American, 1867-1961). Signed and dated "Willi...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Parisian Lady Portrait Madame Seguin
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning portrait of a Parisian beauty from the romantic period by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With her intelligent eyes and determined look, doesn't this lady bear great resemblance to Chopin's paramour George Sand?
The sitter is Jeanne Marie Vidal, wife of Claude Auguste Seguin, from a prominent family in Avignon, as the family tree attached to the back for the frame indicates. Research in old annals has also revealed that Madame Seguin was a modern and independent lady: she worked in lady's fashion in Paris, and patented wrapping mechanism that protected lady's hats during their transport!
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on the artist, Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
Category
1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
French School 19th Century Watercolour - Sweet Dreams
Located in Corsham, GB
This delicate artwork captures the tender moment of a sleeping child, rendered in soft, muted tones that evoke a dreamlike quality. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Hilaire-Philippe Richan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Gilded wooden frame with glass window
62.5 x 48.8 x 3.6 cm
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paste
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century
Portrait of a young man
Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right
Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper
Oval vi...
Category
1880s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic Polymer, Pencil
Autoportrait, circa 1940, Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry MIRANDE (1877-1955)
Self-portrait, circa 1940
Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Anotated "L'Indien du haut Orénoque qui me réclame 4 femmes blanches pour lui seul" upper ri...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Georgian c.1826 Graphite Drawing - Portrait of a Young Girl with Dog
Located in Corsham, GB
Acquired as a pair, this fine graphite drawing depicts a young Georgian girl petting a dog. Highlighted in watercolour on watermarked 'watman paper,1826'. The drawing has been well p...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"I" for Incomplete
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Patience" - Original Oil of Thoughtful Woman by James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan’s “Patience” (2024) is a striking oil on linen portrait, measuring 19 x 14 inches. This unframed artwork, which is ready to hang, captures the serene, contemplative ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Oil
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of John Cornwall
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine full-length portrait of John Cornwall of the Scarborough rifle corps, dressed in full uniform with musket. Presented in an oval gilt metal frame w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Morris - 1866 Charcoal Drawing, Girl in a Shawl
By George Morrison
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal study of a young girl wrapped in a shawl. The artist uses white chalk to heighten the delicate folds in the girl's clothing. Signed and dated to the lower right. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in White Shirt and Striped Hat
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a white shirt and striped hat by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right ...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait miniature of a Victorian girl wearing a puffed blouse and beaded red necklace. The girl stands with her back to the viewer, peering ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Children Sleeping)
By Amalia Polleri
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Amalia Polleri, 'Untitled (Sleeping Children)', Conté crayon on cream wove drawing paper, signed and dated '43 in ink beneath the image, lower right; with 1/4 margins all around. Arc...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Costume di Craco - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Craco" with a caption "Provincia di Basilicata nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. ...
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Original Pastel and Charcoal by Fernand Renault - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a beautiful drawing in pastel and charcoal on paper realized by Fernand Renault (1865-1909)
In good condition.
Stamped on the lower right.
The artwork represents the p...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Never Enough
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Never Enough' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment, Ink, Mixed Media, Tea
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled (Sideview of a Gentleman)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Sideview of a Gentleman", Charcoal/Pencil on Paper signed and matted to original card stock, 20.75 x 12.75 (22 x 14), Early 20th Century, 1920
Colors: White, Black
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.[1]
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.[2] He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers.[3] He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
Category
1920s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
R. Falk - American School 19th Century Charcoal Drawing, Orlando Montague
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming portrait depicts a man in fine clothing drawn in charcoal and chalk. Label verso titles the painting 'Orlando Montague of Bridgton, Maine' Signed under the mount. Prese...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Fine 19th Century Coloured Pencil - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oval portrait of a well groomed Victorian gentleman with handsome features and piercing blue eyes. The artist has used directional hatching and fine line to create plumpness i...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
