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Art Subject: Portrait
Portrait of Child - Original Drawing by Marcellin Desboutin - 1901
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Child is an original artwork attributed to Marcellin Desboutin. Original Drawing, monogrammaed in pencil on the lower left margin and dat...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Exquisite 1906 Graphite Drawing - High Realism Portrait of a Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A stunning, highly detailed Edwardian portrait of a gentleman. The handling of the graphite is exquisite and obviously the work of a highly skilled draughtsman. The portrait is dated...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Margaret McClean - 1981 Charcoal Drawing, Portrait Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A sensitive portrait study of a woman. Presented glazed in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-right edge. Gallery label on the...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
African Children Suffer Famine and Despair in Hot Colors - Africa is Bleeding
By Victor Olson
Located in Miami, FL
An intense and powerful study of five undernourished and perhaps starving African children partly superimposed and partly integrated into the silhouette of the African continent...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel portrait of a woman in thought.
Indistinctly signed.
Well presented in a gilded and molded frame with glazing and a white mount-board
On wove.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J 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
Portrait of a Melancholic Woman, a Drawing signed by Léon Bonnat
Located in PARIS, FR
This drawing by Léon Bonnat, the greatest portrait painter of the Third Republic, shows a woman of indeterminate age, caught in a melancholic pose.
1. Léo...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Cardboard
Fedorov Oleg (b.1959) - Signed 1996 Watercolour, Child of the Vologola Province
Located in Corsham, GB
An inscription on the reverse reads 'Peasant boy in costume from Vologola Province, late 19th century.' The artwork is also neatly monogrammed, signed, and dated. Well presented in a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Guido Reni (1575-1642)-Early 20thC Watercolour, Portrait of Beatrice Cenci
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate and finely executed copy of the original portrait by Guido Reni. The artist has rendered the sitter in the style of of the early 19th Century, with cherubic features and a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Romolo Tessari (1868-1947) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Venetian Woman
By Romolo Tessari
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a young Italian woman. Presented glazed in a grained wooden mount and a dark wooden frame. Signed to the lower right corner and inscribed 'Venezia'. On wove.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Pacific Island Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine pastel study of a young boy by the Italian artist Franco Matania . He is captured wearing a sun hat and polka dot handkerchief around his neck. Well presented in a blue c...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
RFB After Frederick McNamara Evans (1859-1929)) - 1894 Watercolour, A Fisherman
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait is of a fisherman sat on a wooden chair smoking his pipe. The fine detail of the painting shows the textures of the man's rain hat and heavy jac...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, The Bell Ringer
Located in Corsham, GB
In this chalk portrait, Matania captures a young bell-ringer to a remarkable level of detail. From the crisp white pleats of the gown to the child's expression of unwavering focus, M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Colin Clough Hilton (1902–1984) -Early 20th Century Watercolour,
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful early 20th Century (c. 1930-40) watercolour of impressive size. The scene shows a beautiful mother with dark hair in a Pre-Raphaelite style dress in pink and green, holdi...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Old Man in Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming chalk drawing by the artist Franco Matania, depicting an old man in a hat. Signed to the lower right-hand corner. Well-presented in a wash li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Jimmy Archer - Baseball Great for the 1908 Chicago Cubs In A Catchers Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Jimmy Archer was an Irish-born catcher in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with four National League teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Rohingya, ' by Chris Brizzard, Charcoal Drawing on Paper, 2020
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 20.25" x 16.25" drawing by artist Chris Brizzard depicts the portrait of a Rohingya man. This grayscale portrait features a male figure with...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Goray Douglas (1920-1976) - 20th Century Pastel, Young Tibetan Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant and cheery portrait of a young girl in traditional Tibetan dress with a big smile and plaited hair. The artist shows a skilled hand with the medium and has captured a huge ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Walter A. Elloitt - Contemporary Pastel, The Warrior
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary pastel portrait showing an eye catching man in military dress. The artist has signed to the lower left corner and the portrait has been presented in a contemp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Samouil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (1903-1983) - 1951 Sanguine, Portrait of Tani
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive sanguine drawing by the artist Samouil Nevelshtein, depicting a short-haired girl. Signed, dated and inscribed in Cyrillic to the lower right-hand corner. There is a la...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Mana Lagerholm (1946-2001) - 20th Century Gouache, Outdoor Living
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting drawing by the Swedish artist Mana Lagerholm, painted using gouache, graphite, coloured pencil and crayon. The drawing depicts an outdoors view with four figures. This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
G. Landgraf - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Scotsman
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a Scottish man wearing a tam o' shanter and leaning on a post as he smokes his pipe. Presented glazed in a gold card mount and an ornate gilt-effec...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Margaret McClean - 1881 Sanguine, Study of a Head
Located in Corsham, GB
A sanguine conte study of a head. Presented in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-left edge. Pastel Society exhibition label o...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
A. Wither - 1887 Charcoal Drawing, Portrait of a Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal portrait of a boy. Presented in an oval blue double mount and an oval distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-right corner. On wove.
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"A Martinique Native in French Guyana, " Black Female Portrait, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
May Mott Smith (1879 - 1952)
A Martinique Native in French Guiana, circa 1925
Watercolor on paper
24 x 20 inches
Signed lower right; titled on the reverse
“Martinique Native” is an ...
Category
1920s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Samouil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (1903-1983) - 1975 Pastel, Pioneer Leader
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive drawing by the Russian artist Samouil Nevelshtein, depicting a portrait of a young pioneer camp leader. The Young Pioneer camps of the Soviet Union were a place where c...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Samouil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (1903-1983) - Mid 20th Century Crayon, Marina
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse. On wove.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Charles Smith - 1894 Watercolour, Jolly Young Boy
By Charles Smith
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful portrait in watercolour of a young boy wearing a blue hat and brown britches.
The artist has signed faintly and dated to the lower left corner. The painting has been ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Victorian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine watercolour study of a Victorian gentleman with a large beard. The artist has meticulously captured every detail of the sitter, with gr...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Country Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oval watercolour with body colour highlights depicting a young woman in a rural landscape. Her face, hands, and feet are particularly finely painted with minute brush strokes....
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A. Dorothy Cohen (1887-1960) - 1957 Watercolour, Gillian Thatcher
Located in Corsham, GB
A lovely watercolour painting with graphite and charcoal by the British artist A. Dorothy Cohen, depicting a portrait of a girl. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner. Arti...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Marika Eversfield (1914-2014) - 20th Century Watercolour, Contemplation
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait in watercolour showing a woman, deep in thought. The artist has used a soft palette to add the the contemplative tone of the portrait. The artist has signed to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
F.H.R. - 1851 Watercolour, Man Smoking a Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a seated man smoking a pipe with a tankard of ale in his other hand. Presented glazed in a wash line mount with gold detailing and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed & Framed 20th Century Pastel, The Barkeep
Located in Corsham, GB
Pastels render a cheery study of a red-nosed barkeep enjoying a drink. The artwork has been completed on a piece of olive green wove, allowing the vibrancy of the chalk colours to tr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Robbie
Located in Corsham, GB
Subtle conte is used in a sculptural manner to render a delicate study of a child. The artwork has been completed on a piece of pale rose wove, which perfectly complements the rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
J. J - Contemporary Pastel, Study Of A Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a wide eyed young girl riding on her father's shoulders, holding a flower. The artist has initialed faintly to the lower left and the drawing has been presente...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
F Winterborne - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Young Girl In Green And Pink
Located in Corsham, GB
A very pretty portrait in a wonderful palette showing a young girl sitting elegantly poised, with her hands in her lamp, on a wooden chair. She is wearing a pink cardigan with green...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Eve Disher (1894-1991) - Mid 19th Century Gouache, Satisfied Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful portrait showing a man, with folded arms, looking satisfied while looking off into the distance. The artist has used a very unusual dry brush technique to give the gou...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1979 Pastel, Portrait of a Woman
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 a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Short-haired Figure Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a short-haired figure. Unsigned. Well-presented in a grey on white double card mount and in a simple contemporary b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Sanguine, Long-haired Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a long-haired figure. Unsigned. Well-presented in a grey on white double card mount and in a simple contemporary bl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Peter Collins ARCA - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Head Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait by the listed British artist Peter Collins. With graphite detail. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Unsigned. On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
M. Moreschi - Signed Contemporary Pastel, Harlequin
Located in Corsham, GB
M. Moreschi - Signed Original Contemporary Pastel. In pastel, charcoal and gold paint. Provenance: The Eagle Gallery, 25 High Street, Epsom, Surrey. In a double mount and gilt frame....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Giorgio Matteo Aicardi (1891-1985) - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Reclining Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished pastel drawing of a woman reclining with an outstretched arm on a stone surface. She wears a red shirt, a blue cape, and a black beret. Mon...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Joyce Moore - Contemporary Gouache, Sunglasses
Located in Corsham, GB
Linear brush strokes are used in a direct, intuitive style to depict a strong portrait of a figure in sunglasses. Unsigned. On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Joyce Moore - Signed Contemporary Pastel, Portrait of a Man in Thought
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant palette is used in a gestural manner to depict a captivating portrait of a man deep in thought. The artwork holds a charismatic charm and is signed in the bottom right-hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Peter Collins ARCA - Contemporary Chalk Drawing, Young Woman In Terracotta
Located in Corsham, GB
A deft portrait in terracotta chalk showing a young woman with a calm and knowing smile.
The drawing is presented in a glazed, black wood frame with a white card mount.
On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Eve Disher (1894-1991)-Framed Mid 20th Century Gouache, Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
Deep crimson forms an alluring background to this captivating portrait of a gentleman, finished with dry, rough brush strokes. The artwork is unsigned, and well presented in a contem...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Colin Luckett - Signed & Framed 2009 Watercolour, Lady in Pink
Located in Corsham, GB
Bright watercolours delicately depict a lady in pink sitting under a willow tree.
The artwork is signed in the bottom right-hand corner, and inscribed an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Eve Disher (1894-1991) - Mid 20th Century Gouache, Portrait In A Red Tie
Located in Corsham, GB
A charmingly characterful portrait of a smart gentleman in a red tie. The artist has used an unusual dry brush technique to give the gouache a textured, scrubbed effect. The lack of ...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1980 Sanguine, Portrait of Jessica
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young girl by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with card mount. Inscribed with the name of the sit...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1979 Pastel, Pretty in Pink
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 a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Pastel, Woman with Blue Eyes
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 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Eve Disher (1894-1991) Early 20th Century Gouache - A Pensive Portrait With Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished portrait in an unusual style of dry brush worked gouache over graphite underdrawing finished with watercolour wash. The painting shows a portrait of a young man smoki...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
UPOFU
Located in Miami, FL
Black and White Hyperrealism Drawing
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Follower of Stephen Denning - 19th Century Graphite, Portrait of a Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate and delightful graphite study of a young child, by a follower of Stephen Poyntz Denning (1795-1864).
This study came from an album that was assembled in the 1940's by a c...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of Matt Latham - Large Scale Portrait, Original Charcoal on Mylar
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Borgman’s work captivates the viewer in several ways. First is their scale. They hang like medieval tapestries, with figures standing as tall as eight feet. There is also their texture – created by using charcoal on Mylar, and the results are richly gestural, with distinct charcoal strokes and eraser marks animating the figure and ground alike. With a flat surface, she creates volume and life. And perhaps the most powerful of all, the viewer is caught be the gazes of the models, who stare forcefully out of the picture. They seem to be examining us every bit as much as we are examining them.
These larger-than-life portraits stem from chance encounters that grow into meaningful connections between the artist and her subject. Most are strangers that she approaches on the street. They capture her attention with expressive eyes that show experience and wisdom, distinctive shapes and a casual body language. “I try to honor the people I am drawing by centering them in the format and shooting from slightly below their eye level. I choose an expression that exudes intelligence, self-awareness and complexity. I try to convey their humanness. I want the viewer to feel this person might be someone interesting to know”, says Borgman of her subjects. The intensity with which she conveys the eyes may stem from her many years of communicating in sign language, which is based on sustained eye contact.
Borgman loves the directness of drawing. It is immediate, there is no lag time. There is no time waiting for the paint to dry. She works solely in charcoal which she can manipulate to achieve varying degrees of darkness and opacity. It is messy and the artist loves that.
Mary Borgman
Portrait of Matt Latham
charcoal on mylar
60h x 40w in
152.40h x 101.60w cm
MBG011
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
62h x 42w x 2.25d in
157.48h x 106.68w x 5.71d cm
[This work is custom framed in shadow box style with non-reflective Tru-Vue Museum Glass]
Mary Borgman
b. October 4, 1959 St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
SOFA Chicago 2012, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Group Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010: Special Installation at SOFA Café, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Charcoal
Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Sir Henry Roddam Calder (1790-1868)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Sir Henry Roddam Calder, 5th Baronet of Muirtown (1790-1868). There are some touches of blue chalk to the subject's eyes. Presented glazed in a...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
