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
“Cape Neddick Light”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of the Cape Neddick Lighthouse in York, Maine. Signed lower right. Circa 1950. Condition is very good. Several tiny spots of foxing. The wa...
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1950s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Domingo Alvarez Gómez (1942) - Joven frente al espejo - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior
Se presenta bien enmarcada la obra (no hay cristal para evitar posibles roturas del cristal en el transporte)
Medidas obra: 65 cm. de al...
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1990s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
Early English watercolour of cottage on lane in Pirbright Constable Contemporary
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive view of a rural lane in Pirbright by this highly collectable artist who was a contemporary and friend of John Constable.
Dr William Crotch (1775-1847)
Mr Pear's House at Pirbright from the Turnpike
Signed with initials on reverse and inscribed as title and additionally " Thunder about/ 1 pm"
watercolour and pencil
4 x 6½ inches without frame
11 x 13 inches with frame
William Crotch (5 July 1775 – 29 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the British musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotch was "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most distinguished English musician in his day.
Crotch was a professional musician, becoming the first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music...
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Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Mrs John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Sketch 35x47 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Total dimension with the passe-partout: 63 x 48 cm
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
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 ...
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Late 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Charcoal on paper with light watercolor wash
Size: 45 x 37.5 cm
Turin, late 19th – early 20th century
Sheet from the Turi...
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Late 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
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...
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Late 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Flowering branch
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
This work illustrates a vibrant branch of flowers, showcasing shades of bright red and soft green. The artist has precisely captured the delicacy of the undulating pet...
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Early 1900s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled: Women in Bath
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Women In Bath", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1967
Colors: Black,...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor
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 blue folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 11.75 x 14.5...
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Color Pencil, Pencil, Watercolor, Crayon
France early 20th century View of the Grosbois castle and head study, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school early 20th century
View of the Grosbois castle and a portrait study.
Black ink, black ink wash and watercolor on paper
Signed lower right (indistinct, see photo)
27 x ...
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1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
"Dressing" by Otto Vautier - Pencil on paper 19x12 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Stamp of the workshop of O. Vautier
Dimension of the "passe partout" frame 52.5 x 38 cm
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1...
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1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Portrait pour Torca by Alexandre Blanchet - Charcoal on paper 44x58 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Charcoal on paper without frame
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1950s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Young woman Drawing on paper 23x32 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Monogram L.T.C.
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Landscape by Paul Mathey - Pencil on paper 30x43 cm
By Paul Mathey
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
"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
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1910s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Graphite
Town Hall Square By Barthélémy Marc Bodmer - Engraving
Located in Geneva, CH
Engraving on paper
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
62 x 50 x 2 cm
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Engraving
Geneva countryside and Lake Bienne, Switzerland by Pierre Desaules drawing 20x29
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
1960s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Sketch of man by Otto Vautier - Pencil on paper 22x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Stamp of the workshop of O. Vautier
Dimension of the passe-partout framing 52.5 x 38 cm
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1...
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Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Isidore Pils (1813-1875) An Orientalist scene, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Isidore Pils (1813-1875)
An Orientalist scene
Signed lower left
Pencil and heightenings of watercolor on paper
15 x 24 cm
paper yellowed by time, stains and a small repaired tear on the upper right edge.
In a modern mount 40.5 x 53 cm
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects.
Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.
In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot.
He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple.
Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.
Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau...
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1870s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
At the market by Jean Ducommun - Drawing 30x42 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Signed
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Untitled: Still Life with Cauliflower, Orange and Pepper
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/ Unknown Artist, "Untitled: Still Life with Cauliflower, Orange and Pepper", Monogrammed Still Life Watercolor on Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th
Century
Colors: Brown, Blue...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
“Hayingen, Germany”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very fine graphite on archival paper drawing of a typical mountain side house in the town of Hayingen, Germany by the prominent artist, Johannes Kleinschmidt. Signed in ink lower le...
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1890s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a woman by Stefanie Guerzoni - Charcoal on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Take off" by Otto Vautier - Pencil on paper 11x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Stamp of the O. Vautier workshop
Dimension of the passe partout frame 52.5 x 38 cm
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 i...
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Early 19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Cowgirl
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal
20th century English pencil sketch study of a young boys head
Located in Woodbury, CT
Ernest Procter
Wonderful classical drawing of a young boys head study
Ernest Procter ARA was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist ...
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1920s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Study of a young girl by Henri Fehr - Drawing 50x70 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Portrait of a lady by Stephanie Guerzoni - Pastel on paper 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with frame (white wooden frame with glass). The total size with frame is 46,5 x 56,5 cm
Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel
Portrait of John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Pastel on paper 27x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Sketch of woman by Stephanie Guerzoni - Drawing 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with a white wooden frame and glass. The total size with frame is 45,5 x 54,5 cm
Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in Vienna (Aust...
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
View of old Lausanne by Ch. François Villermet - Work on paper 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
48 x 64 x 1 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 11.25 x 15.25 work on paper features a lone, seated, female dancer viewed from the back. The figure is twisting toward the viewer as she begins to look over her right shoulder. Her legs are pulled toward her body with the left leg crossed over the right. The isolation of the seated figure within the ground of the page lends a vulnerable quality to the work.
The 16 x 20 dark brown mat has a window size of 11.25 x 15.25.
Bio:
Jim Cobb, until recently was hanging his work on Canyon Rd in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One-man shows have been hosted in Taos, New Mexico, Norman, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Art...
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2010s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Paper
“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...
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1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled: Rearview Of a Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Henry Varnum Poor (American, 1887-1970), "Untitled: Rearview Of A Seated Nude", Figurative Signed Pen and Ink Drawing, 16 x 10.38, Mid 20th Century
Colors: Black and White
Henry V...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, ...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Untitled: Standing Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Standing Nude", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal Drawing on Brown Charcoal Paper, 24 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1968
Colors: White, Blue, Black, Red, Black
"S...
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1960s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/ Unknown Artist," Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor", Figurative Nude Academic Watercolor Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black and White
A 18 x 13...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled: Three Nude Females
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Three Nude Females", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal signed Drawing on Paper, 24 x 18, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black a...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
North African Orientalist Scene, Original Watercolor on Paper by Giulio Rosati
Located in Long Island City, NY
North African Orientalist Scene (Horseman and Nomadic Traders)
Giulio Rosati, Italian (1857–1917)
Date: circa 1880
Watercolor on Paper, signed lower righ...
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1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
“Nassau Harbor, Bahamas”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the American artist, Martin Louis Lindsay. Signed, titled and dated top right. Done in 1944. Condi...
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1940s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Brown...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
English Mansion by the Cemetery - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
English Mansion by the Cemetery - Late 1800s Watercolor on Paper
Dramatic and detailed landscape by Lucy Cooper (British, 1853-1929). A large home is shown on the left, with a red r...
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1890s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled: Left Side Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Left Side Seated Nude", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Stella Maris and Down Patrick Head
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...
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Early 2000s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“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...
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1920s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled: 1930s Drawing Of A Seated Woman
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: 1930s Drawing of a Seated Woman", Signed Figurative Pencil Drawing on Paper, 21 x 13.88, Early 20th Century, 1936
Colors: Black and White
*Unknown Artist signature...
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1930s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Untitled (Ship at Sea)
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist Signature, "Untitled: Ships at Sea", Landscape/Seascape Pencil Drawing on Paper, 4.50 x 8 (10 x 13.50 Framed), Mid to Late 20th...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
“View of Porta San Paolo, Rome”
Located in Southampton, NY
Brown ink and wash drawing with touches of watercolor and gouache by the French artist, Francois-Marius Granet. Signed lower left. Condition: Good. Pr...
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1810s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
Untitled: Solo Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 17 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple
*Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...
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Late 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Summertime
Located in Dallas, TX
“Anne Weary, who grew up as a Texas cowgirl, is at home in the outdoors and knows its ways and its language. There is a sort of very quiet but very powerful mysticism in her work, a ...
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2010s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
“Waves along the Rocky Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful watercolor and gouache painting of waves crashing on the rocks along the shore by the renowned American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed lower left and dated 1908. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in its original art nouveau frame recently restored. Under UV glass. Overall framed measurements are 21.75 by 33.75 inches.
Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910)
Edmund Darch Lewis was born in Philadelphia on October 17, 1835 to a successful, wealthy, well-connected family. He studied with Paul Weber...
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Early 1900s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
“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 ...
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1980s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Archival Paper
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
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