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Art Subject: Portrait
Male Portrait - Pencil and Charcoal Drawing on Paper by Paul Garin - 1950s
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Male Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963) in the 1960s.
Black-ink stamp on the lower right corne...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
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
BBK Black and White Naturalistic Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Untitled naturalistic portrait of BBK. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and the work is not currently framed.
Artist Biography:
Eyes are a recurring motif in the work of American artist Stanley Clark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled Naturalistic Portrait of a Musician
Located in Houston, TX
Untitled naturalist portrait of a musician with a guitar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and the work is not currently framed.
Art...
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Late 20th Century Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Pre-Code Cover Portrait of Verna Hillie
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 20.00" x 28.50;" Framed 32.50" x 41.25"
Cover Art for Unidentified Title
Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait, which was the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy publication that merged the world of pin-up and burlesque with the envelope pushing film culture emerging from Hollywood before enforcement of the notorious Hays code put an end to overt expressions of sexuality or immorality on screen. Pastel is dated and signed on the back and the sitter is identified in the artist's hand as seen. Beautifully framed and matted behind glass in a handsome gallery frame and ready to hang.
Verna Hillie was a Monograph Pictures star who appeared in The Marx brothers comedy "Duck Soup...
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Woman with Dog, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Thomas Webb 1
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel and Watercolor
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 13th, 1937.
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
Fragmented
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Fagmented', A sublime d drawing. 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 with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Charcoal, Conté, Archival Paper, Pigment
French School, Portrait of an officer, 1915, wax crayon on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School beginning of the 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
Portrait Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A portrait of a male head, in profile by BenFenske. The artist uses a variety of colors to convey a naturalist impression.
Artist Bio
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Conté
Dreaming Eyes
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Calendar Illustration
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Oil
'Miss Personality' Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
"Miss Personality", American Art Works original art for a calendar.
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Pastel
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on 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, Gouache
"Encounter in the Garden" Contemporary Drawing with Gold-Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
Working with a palette of graphite and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alchemist, summoning ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Chalk, Paper
Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a young Mexican girl by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. This piece is on hea...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Man - Original Pencil Drawing by G.J. Sortais - 1886
By Georges Julien Sortais
Located in Roma, IT
Man Portrait is a beautiful portrait drawn with a sanguine pencil by the French artist Georges Julien Sortais. The state of preservation is very good, except for some stains of funga...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jimmy "The Schnoz" Durante, Circa 1939
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Charcoal on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Jimmy `The Schnoz` Durante, circa 1939....
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal, Board
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
George Jessel, circa 1945
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Graphite on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Right
On illustration board, matted. The piece measures to 18.00" x 14.00" overall with an 8.00" x 6.00" image.
Caricature by George...
Category
1940s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Illustration Board
Heidi McFall (American, 20th century) "Tony #1" Original Pastel Portrait c.2000
By Heidi McFall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Heidi McFall (American, 20th century) "Tony #1" original pastel portrait, circa 2000
Outstanding pastel portrait by Texas / Idaho artist Heidi McFall.
Titled "Tony #1"
Dimensions ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Girl In Garden With Flowers Original Watercolor English 19th Century
Located in FR
Girl in Garden 19th Century English Watercolor
Unframed on card
Charming
Overall good condition with some very minor foxing
Free shipping to UK and EU
H...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a peasant woman.
Located in Paris, FR
Study of an peasant woman. Red pastel. Signed.
This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation.
...
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, watercolor and gouache
By Louis Gallait
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Gallait (1810-1887)
Portrait of a Gentleman,
Watercolor and gouache on paper, square white lines,
24 x 16 cm
Stamp of the Louis Gallait Estate on the mount on the lower righ...
Category
1850s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Mexican girl in church by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study for Alyssa II
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman.
"The emotional intensity found in Bauman’s figurative work is astounding. A hallmark of Bauman’s character portraits is that, somehow,...
Category
2010s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Peggy Hoyt in Art Nouveau Hat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, Griselle, and Pencil
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 14" x 17" Framed 30" x 36
Gravure Full Page in Woman's Home Companion Magazine.
A wonderful and very ...
Category
1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Mid-Century Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Skillful and beautifully rendered pastel portrait of a handsome man, smartly dressed by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Textured...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Dapper Huntsman" c1894 Watercolour by Reginald
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 1/4"H x 6"W
Frame Sz: 14"H x 10 1/2"W
Category
1890s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Self Portrait, " Charcoal Drawing on Paper by Carol Sternkopf
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait" is a charcoal drawing on paper by Carol Sternkopf. This black and white sketch is an honest portrait, the artist is calling the viewer to look her in the eye. She is dressed like a normal day, a turtleneck and slightly messy hair.
Frame: 16 x 13.5 in
BFA in Drawing from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Now lives in Bend, Oregon
Areas of Specialization: Children's potraits, editorial photography...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Early Portrait of a French Woman
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic portrait of a french woman with a styled hair cut. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection.
Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Collection of Girl Portrait Studies
Located in Houston, TX
Collection of girl portrait studies that are signed and dated by the artist. The papers are not framed.
The dimensions are of the larger work, the small...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of an Old Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an old man done in charcoal by California artist Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten 82" lower right. Pre...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Infanta Soledad- graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Soledad,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chikako ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Graphite
'Vancouver Girl', Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920.
George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board
Stolen Moments #3
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
From the Series: Stolen Moments
Signed with the artist's "Yummy" blindstamp lower right
Note:
Darius Steward is establishing himself...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early Portrait Study of a Young Girl
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a young girl with a styled hair cut. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire col...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Openings (Catherine) / figurative work, contemporary woman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Openings (Catherine)' 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 drawin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Charcoal, Conté, Archival Paper, Pigment
Naturalistic Portrait of a French Woman
Located in Houston, TX
An excellent portrait of french women looking straight out at the viewer. The work is signed by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many oth...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Schoolchild - Original Pencil Drawing by French Artist Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Schoolchild is an original artwork realized in the XX Century by a French artist.
Original drawing realized with different kind of pencil on water-marked paper.
Mint conditions. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Face and Body / figurative work, woman in a museum
Located in Burlingame, CA
Face and Body is a stunningly gorgeous original work of art from Kenyan born American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings created ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Charcoal, Conté, Archival Paper, Pigment
Costume di Capracolla - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Capracolla, realized by the Italian artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled "Costume di Capracolla" with a hand-...
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Going Places #2 (Baggage Claim)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Watercolor on Yupo
Signed by the artist DRS #1, lower right.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Charcoal, Paper
Memorial to Mr. Morris / woman's head study - drawing painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Memorial to Mr. Morris' is created with stabilo pencil, ink, gouache, walnut ink and charcoal on paper. Comes in an archival crystal clear storage sleeve. The young woman's head wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
Infanta Suculentas, - graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Suculentas,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chika...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes, Drawing by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999)
Title: Portrait of a Woman - Lourdes
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed
Size: 24 in. x 19.75 in. (60.96 cm x 50.17 cm)
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait Of Man - Original Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Man is a charcoal drawing on brown paper, hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Good conditions except for some folds and rips along the margins.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
The Argument
Located in New York, NY
Signed and inscribed on a label on the verso:
No. 1/ The Argument/ W. Cave Thomas/ 203 Camden Rd/ NW
Provenance:
Christie’s, London, 6 November 1995, lot 88.
Private Collection, London.
This powerful watercolor is a mature work by the little-known Victorian painter William Cave Thomas...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Old Giuseppe Garibaldi - Chalk, Charcoal and Oil Pastels - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi is a wonderful colored original drawing (chalk, charcoal and oil pastels) by an anonymous artist in 1880.
A superb drawing representing the Italian hero of the unification...
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1880s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Eleanor, Watercolor on Archival Paper by Emmet Edwards
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Emmet Edwards
Title: Eleanor
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed, dated, and titled in pencil
Image Size: 21 x 14 inches
Frame Size: 28.5 x 21.5 inches
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Medusa Augury (Round Portrait Drawing in Blue Pastel by Kahn & Selesnick)
Located in Hudson, NY
Circular portrait drawing in pastel and conte crayon of a beautiful Medusa
Portrait is made on handmade Indian cotton paper
22 inch diameter
Signed, verso
About the work:
In the face of a turbulent political and environmental crisis, the artists make their own appeal to change the future with a series of circular drawings on handmade paper in pastel and conte crayon. Panogolin Bonaparte and Medusa are among the drawings that illustrate the transformation of humans into animals, a fantasy of mankind’s integration with nature. These are presented as votive offerings to the Gods as a last attempt to bargain for a more hopeful future.
About the artists:
Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Conté, Oil Pastel
Untitled: Portrait of A Boy
Located in New York, NY
Frank Campanella (American, 1922-2016), "Untitled: Girl in Green", Figurative Portrait done in Charcoal on Brown Charcoal Paper Unsigned, 20 x 14, Late 20th Century, 1980
Colors: White, Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Violet, Purple
"Untitled: Portrait Of A Boy" is a Modern Figurative Portrait capturing a three quarter side profile of a young male subject. He's dressed in a purple/ violet sleeveless tank top with black trim. His hair is a dark brown with lighter beige highlight with light blue (turquoise) gazing eyes. Small nose and mouth depicted with a haze of Pink and White as figure separation backdrop.
Frank Campanella is a listed artist known for New Jersey landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Charcoal
Contemplating Portrait in Yellow
By Beatriz Balen Susin
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a figure resting its head on its hand in a thinking position. Portrait is done on black paper using yellow chalk and acrylic paint. Artist signed the image in the bottom ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic
Woman in a Bonnet - Early 20th Century British Theatrical Portrait
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(20th Century)
Woman in a Bonnet
Pastel, unframed, in conservation mount
5 ½ by 3 ¼ in., 14 by 8 cm.
This drawing is one of a group of similar theatrical portrai...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Costume di San Giovanni - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed and hand-titled "Costume di S.Giovanni", with autograph caption black ink "Vicino Napoli" ...
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Costume di Massagrogna - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Massagrogna", with autograph caption black ink ...
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Anne Faure, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1946, Pastel
By Anne Faure
Located in Paris, FR
Anne Faure (born in 1878)
Portraits of a Gentlaman, 1946
Signed and dated lower right
Pastel on paper
40 x 31 cm,
Original frame with glass 60 x 51 cm
Anne Faure was born Anne F...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection, " O. G. Rejlander
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection" by Oscar Gustave Rejlander is done in ink wash on paper. It is framed and matted. The portrait is a bust of Baron Mayer de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking dynasty, who lived 1813-1874.
Art size: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4"
Frame size: 20" x 17"
"Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (1813-75), Swedish-born photographer, active in England and often known as ‘the father of art photography’, having pioneered practices such as combination printing and promoted photography's capacity to tackle subjects conventionally associated with painting. After studying lithography and painting in Rome, Rejlander arrived in England in the early 1840s and settled in Wolverhampton. A day's instruction with Nicolaas Henneman was apparently his only training before he turned to photography in 1853. Throughout his professional career, Rejlander combined studio portrait work and other commissions with particular artistic projects, importing ideas and inspiration from such sources as Flemish and late Renaissance art, 18th-century English narrative works, or contemporary cartoons from papers like Punch. His famous moral allegory The Two Ways of Life (1857) combines sophisticated combination printing with elaborately staged photographs. Although widely condemned as indecent—in Scotland only the ‘virtuous’ side of the picture could be shown—it was bought by Queen Victoria for Prince Albert. Rejlander vigorously defended photography's narrative capability, emphasizing artifice as a way to truth and creative expression, and works like Hard Times and The Dream (both 1860) convey unconscious states hauntingly and in a precociously modern way. In 1862 he left Wolverhampton for a London studio, where judiciously placed windows enabled him to create subtle lighting effects for portraiture. Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alfred...
Category
1870s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
