Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Carriage to the Church by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 20x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse's Stride
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse's Stride
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pen on paper
Size: 20 (Height) x 13.75 (Width)
Signed: No
Condition: Good...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Original French Pencil Study of Riders and Horses in Misty Landscape
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Pencil Study of Riders and Horses in Misty Landscape
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 11.75 (Height) x 16.5 (Width)
Sign...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
'Peacock Among Magnolia', Chinese Painting in Period Gilt Frame
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Framed dimensions: 15.5 H x 13 W x 1.75 D inches
An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School gouache scroll painting fragment showing a richly-plumed peacock standing among magnolia and...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Notions Possibilités" Study of Horse Gaits and Motion by Robert Ladou
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Study or a Rearing Horse and Figure
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pen on paper
Size: 6.25 (Height) x 4.5 (Width)
Signed: No
Condit...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying A Staff Circa 1826
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Staff.
Pencil & Charcoal On Paper With Heightening.
Annotation (presumably a dedication) Lower Left.
Paper size 24 inches x 16.5 inches ( 61cm x 42cm ).
Frame size 30.1 inches x 22.2 inches ( 76.5cm x 56.5cm ).
Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the German artist Eduard Braun and dates from around 1826.
The drawing is presented and supplied in an interesting configuration with a modern twist (which is shown in these photographs). The drawing has been float mounted between two sheets of Tru Vue Museum Glass® UV99 so that the wall or setting behind the hanging is visible and therefore provides the surround for the artwork.
This antique drawing is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Eduard Braun. This drawing has a later annotation and presumably a dedication in red ink in the bottom left hand corner. The annotation is the monogram HL within a heart. The configuration of the HL resembles the format used by the French artist Henri Laurens 1885 – 1954 where the downstroke of the L is merged with the second downstroke of the H.
This stunning original pencil and charcoal drawing on paper is by a German artist called Eduard Braun. He was born in 1798 and died in 1876, but little else is known about him apart from the fact that he was active in the Paris art salons and rooms.
This drawing is from a portfolio by this artist on a similar theme and is typical of the type of academic study undertaken by serious art students throughout the nineteenth century. One of the other drawings in this portfolio is annotated as being created in 1826 and there is every reason to think that this drawing is contemporaneous with that.
The drawing is of a very high standard, capturing both strength and sensitivity, showcasing the artist’s ability to reproduce a lifelike image of a nude model.
The subject of this drawing is a young man, possibly in his mid-twenties, with a toned and muscular body. He is standing with his weight on his right leg, which is slightly bent, and holding a wooden staff in his right hand. His left foot is raised slightly with the toes pointed, and his left hand is placed behind his back. Although he is facing fully towards the viewer, his gaze is to his left. He has pleasant, serene expression on his face. The background is bare, save for the shadow cast by the model.
This original antique drawing...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
“Reclining Female Nude”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original conte crayon drawing of a reclining female nude on tinted archival paper by the American artist, Renate Duncan. Signed lower left. Artist full name and address verso. Circa ...
Category
1980s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Archival Paper
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Pre-Second Republic Academic Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Arthur Roberts.
French ( b.1819 - d.1900 ).
Academic Life Study Of A Standing Male Nude.
Pencil & Charcoal On Paper.
Paper size 23.8 inches x 13.6 inches ( 60.5cm x 34.5cm ).
Frame size 28.3 inches x 18.7 inches ( 72cm x 47.5cm ).
Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the French artist Henry Arthur Roberts and dates from the early 1840s.
The drawing is presented and supplied in a modest hand painted glazed wooden frame dating from the mid-20th century (which is shown in these photographs).
This antique drawing is in good condition, commensurate with its age. It is in an untouched condition having never been restored. The paper has handling marks, some light surface dirt, the odd foxing mark and general age toning. The overall patina adds to the aesthetic and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Henry Arthur Roberts.
Henry Arthur Roberts was a recognised French artist, notable for his portraits and paintings of religious subjects. Born in Paris in 1819, he was the son of British watercolour artist James Roberts, himself active in Paris from 1819 -1846. Henry became a student of his father.
Henry Roberts’s talent as a young man was such that he was accepted as a student of Michel Martin Drölling and worked extensively with him. Drölling, the highly acclaimed neoclassic artist (1786-1851) was noted for his theatrical paintings of history and grand portraits. He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his career, as Drölling died when Roberts was 32. Learning with such a master would have had a huge impact on Roberts in terms of his academic skills and his own emerging style.
Roberts exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1839, when he was only 20 years old, right through to 1867. His work in the Universal Exhibition of 1855 won him a Third Class Medal. He became Vice-President of the Association of Artists in Paris and in July 1898 he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour with a foreign title. This was the highest state honour available to him, in recognition of his status as an artist.
Henry Roberts died in 1900, but his legacy lives on, with works in many famous public collections, including the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orsay, and in Boston, USA.
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This exceptional academic nude...
Category
1840s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Domingo Alvarez Gómez (1942) - Desnudo masculino - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas obra: 50 cm. de altura x 32 cm. de ancho
Buen estado de conservación el de la obra
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Category
Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
1900s French Atelier Academic Drawing Portrait of Classical Male Nude Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Horse sketch by Otto Vautier - Drawing on paper 31x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 in Düsseldorf. He was influenced by a family of artists and developed his style ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Color Pencil
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
“View of Bay of Naples”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper of a group of figures on an overlook viewing the Bay of Naples by the Italian artist, Maria Ada Gianni...
Category
1920s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Moulin Rouge Dancer - Pencil drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Moulin Rouge Dancer
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c....
Category
1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
Drölling Student Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Arthur Roberts.
French ( b.1819 - d.1900 ).
Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Staff.
Pencil & Charcoal On Paper.
Paper size 23.4 inches x 13.6 inches ( 59.5cm x 34.5cm ).
Frame size 28.3 inches x 18.7 inches ( 72cm x 47.5cm ).
Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the French artist Henry Arthur Roberts and dates from the early 1840s.
The drawing is presented and supplied in a modest hand painted glazed wooden frame dating from the mid-20th century (which is shown in these photographs).
This antique drawing is in good condition, commensurate with its age. It is in an untouched condition having never been restored. The paper has handling marks, some light surface dirt, the odd foxing mark and general age toning. The overall patina adds to the aesthetic and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Henry Arthur Roberts.
Henry Arthur Roberts was a recognised French artist, notable for his portraits and paintings of religious subjects. Born in Paris in 1819, he was the son of British watercolour artist James Roberts, himself active in Paris from 1819 -1846. Henry became a student of his father.
Henry Roberts’s talent as a young man was such that he was accepted as a student of Michel Martin Drölling and worked extensively with him. Drölling, the highly acclaimed neoclassic artist (1786-1851) was noted for his theatrical paintings of history and grand portraits. He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his career, as Drölling died when Roberts was 32. Learning with such a master would have had a huge impact on Roberts in terms of his academic skills and his own emerging style.
Roberts exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1839, when he was only 20 years old, right through to 1867. His work in the Universal Exhibition of 1855 won him a Third Class Medal. He became Vice-President of the Association of Artists in Paris and in July 1898 he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour with a foreign title. This was the highest state honour available to him, in recognition of his status as an artist.
Henry Roberts died in 1900, but his legacy lives on, with works in many famous public collections, including the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orsay, and in Boston, USA.
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This striking academic nude study...
Category
1840s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Study of a Kneeling Figure, from the Circle of Enrico Reffo
Charcoal on lightly toned paper
47 x 32 cm
Late 19th – early 20th century
From the atelier of one of Reffo’s pupils
This ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
1900s French Atelier Life Drawing Academic Sculpture of Male Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
The Balneator by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
By Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1836-1912 Dutch
The Balneator
Signed and inscribed "L Alma Tadema. op CLXXVI." (lower right)
Pencil and watercolor with scratching out on paper on board
...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Boats at the Dock
By Stephen Seymour Thomas
Located in Dallas, TX
gouache with pen and ink
signed "Seymour Thomas" at lower right
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
“View of Bay of Naples 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper by the Italian artist, Maria Ada Gianni. Signed lower left. Condition is excellent. Circa 192...
Category
1920s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Cavalry Charge 1st Empire - Edouard Detaille - French art
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Very good original Conditions including a beautiful frame. Framed under glass, this rare composition for sale is an exceptionnel piece for Art collectors.
Signed and d...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
“Standing Female Nudes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper of two standing half nude figures. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is very good, no issues. Original wood and gesso antiqued frame. ...
Category
1960s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Henry Moore 1983 charcoal drawing of two heads, signed
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henry Moore O.M. C.H. (British, 1898–1986)
Portrait of Two Heads II, 1983
Charcoal, conté and chalk on Bockingford White wove paper
Signed lower right ‘Moore’
8¼ × 11¾ in. (21 × 29.8...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Libertine Carnaval in Venice - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Libertine Carnaval in Venice
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very ...
Category
1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
"Young woman in evening dress" by Emile Hornung - Drawing 43x57 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch of Pierrot tuning his guitar on the back of the artwork
Category
1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Graphite
Original French Abstract Artwork of a Horse in a Forest Setting
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Artwork of a Horse in a Forest Setting
Artist: Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
Medium: Acrylic on paper
drawing: 11.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: Good
pro...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Royal Mail Steam Packet Thames"
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1880
Unsigned
Thames was commissioned in 1842
Overall size with frame 8 x 11 in.
Category
1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study Exploring Horse's Expressions
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study Exploring Horse's Expressions
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 19.75 (Height) x 13.75 (Width)
Sig...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
“India, 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a busy street scene in India done in 1912 by the American artist, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall matte size is 12 by 16 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
William Henry Drake
Born: 1856 New York
Died: 1926 Los Angeles
Nationality: American
Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York
Known for: Painting, illustration
Awards: National Academy
Biography:
Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.
Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies...
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1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$695 Sale Price
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Academic Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Artist: Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on colored paper
Dimensions: [To be specified]
Date: Late 19th - Early 20...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Dance school by Benjamin II Vautier - Drawing 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
49,5 x 63 x 2 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$240 Sale Price
60% Off
Tree by Otto Vautier - Graphite on paper - 21x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Otto Vautier (1863-1919) was a German artist active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Anatomy Drawing of a Horse - Original French Artwork Equestrian Anatomy Study
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Anatomy of a Horse
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original drawing stuck on card in black folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 12 x 17.75 ...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Duel Between Gentlemen by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 26.5x21 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper
27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame)
Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique”
Dated "1785"
Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
1780s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
$2,393 Sale Price
20% Off
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Nymph with a Centaur' by T.M.
French School, Academic, Framed Greek Mythological Grisaille
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An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur i...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Russell Flint watercolour of skiing near St. Moritz, British, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir William Russell Flint (British, 1880 – 1969)
Winter sports in the Engadine, possibly St. Moritz
watercolour on paper
signed ‘W RUSSELL FLINT’ (lower right)
12.1/2 x 19.3/8 in. (3...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912) Soldiers, a study, ink on wood
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Soldiers, a study
Black ink on a wood panel
12.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 20 x 20.5 cm
On the back of the panel a label inscribed "Dessin à la plume par Detaill...
Category
1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Carpet Seller 19th Century Orientalist Antique Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance
John Welles Hollenback, New York
The Painting is Signed FBartolini Lower Right
Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861 - 1908)
Description:
Federico Bartolini was a renowned ...
Category
19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Bedouin Encampment at Sunset”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful orientalist original gouache by the well known French artist, Paul B. Pascal. Circa 1885. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The scene is of a Bedouin encampment at sunset. Newly professionally matted and framed in antique style frame. Under glass. Overall measurements are 11 by 13 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
Paul B. Pascal (1839–1905) was a French
landscape painter. He did landscape paintings of the Middle East and the Mediterranean coast with gouache. After he emigrated to the United States in 1893, he did paintings of the American wilderness...
Category
1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose Circa 1826
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose.
Pencil & Charcoal On Paper With Heightening.
Paper size 2...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 14.25 (Height) x 19.25 (Width)
Signed: No
...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
“Villagers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings by the well known German artist, Peter Von Halm. Signed in pencil lower right. Condition is good. Several tiny foxing spots with small areas of mild wrinkles on the outer corners. Matted but not framed.
He was the son of an innkeeper and brewer. Initially, he wanted to become an architect and, in pursuit of that goal, attended the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After 1875, he studied copper engraving with Johann Leonhard Raab and general art subjects with Ludwig von Löfftz, at the Munich Academy.
From 1883 to 1885, he lived in Berlin at the invitation of his friend, Karl Stauffer-Bern, where he created graphic versions of the Old Masters for Wilhelm von Bode...
Category
1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Study Of A Woman Holding A Bowl
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Isidore Pils (Paris, 1813 – Douarnenez, 1875)
Study of a Woman Holding a Bowl
Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on buff paper
36.3 × 26.5 cm (14 ¼ × 10 ⅜ in.)
Unsigned
Prove...
Category
1850s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
“Provincetown Harbor”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original watercolor of Provincetown Harbor in first light by the well known artist John Cuthbert Hare. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The watercolor is hou...
Category
1950s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Dynamic Watercolor study of Equine Trainer with a Horse
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Dynamic Watercolor study of Equine Trainer with a Horse
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Size: 7.75 (Height) x 11.25 (Width)
Signed: No
C...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES
Located in Portland, ME
Michallet (attributed). ACADEMIC MALE NUDE FIGURE STUDIES. Four Charcoal drawings, each on heavy wove paper, 19th Century. 24 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Original French Abstract Study of a Horse and Figure in a Stable
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Study of a Horse and Figure in a Stable
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 12 (Height) x 14.75 (Width)
Signed...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Nude Sketch No. 3" early academic figure drawing by Ben Fenske, unframed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An academic drawing of a female nude figure sitting atop a flat surface. He highlights the body with white chalk. She leans on one arm and the other rests behind her torso.
Artist B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Anatomy Drawing of a Horse - Original French Artwork Equestrian Anatomy Study
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Anatomy of a Horse
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original drawing stuck on card in black folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 11.75 x 18 inches
overall size: 19.75 x 13 in...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Original French Study of Children Watching Horses Cross a Bridge
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Study of Children Watching Horses Cross a Bridge
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Ink on card
Size: 6.5 (Height) x 14.75 (Width)
Signed: No
Co...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Original French Textured Equine Study of a Horse
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Textured Equine Study of a Horse
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Acrylic and Textured Paste on Paper
Size: 14 (Height) x 14 (Width)
Signed: No...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ernest Howard Shepard, illustration of Punch magazine, signed, inkpen
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879–1976)
Laying Breaks on a London Street, an Illustration for Punch Magazine
Inkpen and body colour
Signed ‘Ernest H. Shepard’ (lower left)
8 1/8 x...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Original French Abstract Portrait
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Portrait
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size: 11.5 (Height) x 15.25 (Width)
Signed: No
Condition: Good
Descriptio...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Two are signed by the artist to the bottom righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Silk, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
$3,063 Sale Price
36% Off
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925)
Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919)
pen and black ink on paper,
inscribed with thename of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing
15 x 12 cm
In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm
Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London.
He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892.
Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
Category
1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
French Woman with Japanese Inspired Gown - Pencil drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
French woman with Japanese inspired gown
Original pencil drawing
Signed by stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good condition, pap...
Category
1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Early 19th Century English watercolour of woodland near Croxdale Hall
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship.
William Nicholson (1781-1844)
Near Croxdale Hall
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823
Pen, ink and grey wash
11 x 8 inches, image only
17 x 13 inches without frame
The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
“European Village”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper laid down to heavy card stock by the American artist, Edward Loyal Field. The watercolor is of a European scene, perhaps Holland when the artist...
Category
1870s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
A Muskeeter
Pencil on paper
26.5 x 17 cm
Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right
In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings,
In an old mount (some damages)
(not framed)
Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
Category
1890s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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