Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Horse Drinking at The Water Hole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Cow with Horns Side Profile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Cows At A Watering Hole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Down Hill, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Presence of winter ! A winter road in a country setting with strong sense of depth, presence and and distance highlighted by the feel of looking over the hill. A recent viewer of th...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Cows Resting In the Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Chalk
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Ready Horse Tacked Ready To Mount
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Brenva e Mont Blanc, Watercolor On Paper by Silvia De Bastiani, 2019
Located in Milan, IT
Italian alpine Brenva e Mont Blanc landscape, 2019
Watercolour on paper, stretched on canvas, inch 44.8 x 63
About the artist, Silvia De Bastiani: she best embodies the values of h...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Kimono of White Lace Ribbons with Teal and Orange Accents
Located in Soquel, CA
Kimono of White Lace Ribbons with Teal and Orange Accents
Highly detailed drawing by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948), in her Kimono series. The ribb...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen, Pencil, Color Pencil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled #103
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Signed and dated in pencil, l.r.
Numbered 103 in pencil, u.r., verso
Numbered 1 in pencil, u.l., verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York Cit...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Mountains 1989. Paper, watercolor, 10x14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mountains
1989. Paper, watercolor, 10x14 cm
Landscape with orange mountains.
"Mountains" is a captivating watercolor painting that showcases the artist's skill in capturing the c...
Category
1980s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$170 Sale Price
20% Off
Green & Red Apple Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming watercolor of red and green apples with an interesting composition by P. Dymond (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. Signed upper right corner. Presented in a metal frame. ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$304 Sale Price
30% Off
Mode Drawing : Elegant Short Dresses - Original watercolor & Gouache drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015)
Mode drawing : Elegant Short Dresses
Original gouache and watercolor drawing
Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier" Archives stamp bottom left...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
34th Street Jesus
By Kent Twitchell
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This beautifully executed drawing fits squarely within Twitchell’s broader body of mural-related works. He is celebrated for meticulously crafted preliminary drawings that serve as b...
Category
1990s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$1,500 Sale Price
33% Off
Cherry Blossoms 4, A Gray, Black and White Drawing of Cherry Blossoms on Branch
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly's "Cherry Blossoms 4" (2025) is a 24 x 18-inch graphite pencil drawing that captures the delicate beauty of cherry blossoms. Reilly's meticulous technique involves layeri...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Fenêtre sur lac. Colorful Vintage Interior, Lake, Armchair
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Fenêtre sur lac - Variation VII (Title - FR)
This work features a warm, welcoming interior, with an immaculate white sofa embellished with cushions. A red and white stripe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Vintage french art by Louis Cabat - cottage in Normandy - oil on canvas, signed.
Located in PARIS, FR
A certificate of authenticity from Mr. Michel Rodrigue accompanies the work.
Conditions : Good overall Conditions. Older restauration in the upper part under UV light. Canvas relined...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape 1961, paper/watercolor, 20x23.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape
1961, paper/watercolor, 20x23.5 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military ...
Category
1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Black Welsh Cob Wales Native Heritage Horse Breed Framed Original Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Elin Siân Blake.
Welsh ( b.1981).
Black Welsh Cob.
Charcoal On Paper.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 7.7 inches x 10.4 inches ( 19.5cm x 26.5cm ).
Frame size 16.5 inches x 18.1 inches ( 42cm x 46cm ).
Available for sale; this original charcoal drawing is by the contemporary Welsh artist Elin Sian Blake.
The drawing is presented and supplied in a glazed sympathetic frame (which is shown in these photographs) and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The drawing is signed lower right.
Some damage to the paper is apparent in the top right hand corner where the sheet of paper was torn from the sketchbook.
Elin Siân Blake is a contemporary Brecon-based artist, originally from the South Wales valleys, whose work delves deeply into the rich tapestry of Welsh heritage. Through various mediums, she creates poignant reflections of societal and cultural issues that have shaped the Welsh identity.
Born in 1981, Elin Siân Blake began producing commissioned artwork from an early age, focussing on the traditional Welsh ponies and landscapes of her childhood. She was particularly inspired by the agricultural and equestrian events she attended. As a teenager she spent all her spare money on art supplies. Blake graduated from the University of Glamorgan in 2002 with a degree in graphic design and illustration, but quickly realised that she wanted to create conventional paintings, rather than producing digital images. She then spent several years living on the road in vintage vehicles, painting the scenes and characters she encountered on her travels.
Blake taught herself oil painting using library...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1920's Illustration of a Country Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed figurative illustration of a young woman leaning against a fence. The woman is wearing a plaid dress and bonnet with a black ribbon. Some of the landscape has been il...
Category
1920s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Mode Drawing : Military Inspired Dresses - Original watercolor & Ink drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015)
Mode drawing : Military Inspired Dresses
Original watercolor, ink and lavish drawing
Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Large Seated Male Nude" - Modern Pastel Portrait
By Kittie O'Meallie
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite nude by Kittie O'Meallie, an artist out of the famous Newcomb arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans which beginning in the early 20th century led the Southern "...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Drongo
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite miniature painting by Dina Brodsky captures the striking presence of a Drongo bird, rendered in gouache and watercolor on authentic calf parchment. Known for her metic...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Parchment Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,800
Warbler, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
244
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Warbler
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$96 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled #187
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Dated in pencil, l.r.
Numbered 187 in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman an...
Category
1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Gipsies with Horses in England Landscape Painting by 19th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Gipsies with Horses & Covered Wagons in the Wild Moorland Landscape of England. An Original Watercolour Painting by 19th Century British Artist, James Walter Gozzard...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Paint, Watercolor
Warbler, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
234
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Warbler
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Puissance, Horse Drawing, Charcoal and graphite on Fabriano paper, white frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Puissance is a beautiful and unique charcoal drawing on paper of a dynamic horse. The Fabriano paper is a high quality watercolor grade set in a custom white wood frame, all archival...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Ballet Espagnol, Pilar Lopez
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ballet Espagnol Pilar Lopez" c.1955 referring to the famous Spanish Flamenco dancer, Pilar Lopez, 1912-2008 is a pastel and crayon on paper by noted French artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Crest Mill Rochdale large 1906 architectural drawing for Sir Philip Sidney Stott
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search.
Sir Philip Sidney Stott (1858 - 193...
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Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gouache of St John's College, Cambridge
Located in London, GB
To see our other Oxford and Cambridge pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1950s British Fashion illustration by Eve Sheldon-Williams
Located in London, GB
EVE SHELDON-WILLIAMS
(1916-2001)
Fashion Illustration
White wash on black paper
Framed
30.5 by 15.5 cm., 12 by 6 in.
(frame size 50 by 34.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 13 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The artist’s family.
Eve Sheldon-Williams was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the younger daughter of artist Inglis and Ina Sheldon-Williams. She was governess educated until the age of ten, before settling with her parents on the Italian Riviera from 1926 to 1930. After finished her education in England she studied painting, illustration and design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1937-1941, under William Roberts, John Skeaping, Bernard Meninsky and John Farleigh...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Charcoal Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, Circa 1935
Located in New Orleans, LA
Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill
English I 1874-1965
Charcoal on paper
Signed lower right (indiscernible)
This lifetime charcoal portrait of Winston Churchill, dating to around 19...
Category
20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman and drew from life models throughout his c...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Oxford cityscape #1
By Ken Messer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Oxford Cityscape #1" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 11.25 inches, framed is 26,85 x 17.75 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition.
About the artist.
After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city.
He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life.
When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours.
He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired.
He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
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Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bend in the RIver, Black and White
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nothing short of amazing, this is an exceptional DRAWING by an artist that is appreciated for her skill and abilities and pictorial beauty. Her meticulous style of working with charcoal in this case and ink but often with pencil, has garnered her many collectors of her work. She often works in series and this is from 2014. It is under plexiStriking for anSarah Gillespie...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
David Truman, Out of Darkness, Horse Art, Original Drawing, Equestrian Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Out of Darkness [2019]
Original
Figurative
Graphite on paper
Size: H:38.5 cm x W:49.0 cm x D:0.2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Out Of Darkness is created by using graphite pencils on 300gsm 140lb Bockingford paper. The original photograph that was used as reference was taken by myself, of a horse emerging from the darkness of it's stable.
David Truman...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape
Exquisitely detailed 1888 watercolor of The Nailsmith Houses, a historical building in Rattenberg, A...
Category
1880s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Bee from the top. Paper, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bee from the top
Paper, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utan...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Victorian Landscape Detailed Large Watercolour of Ludlow Castle and Ludlow town
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Landscape a Detailed Watercolour of Ludlow Castle, Dinham and Ludlow town.
Looking towards Dinham and Ludlow Castle, Shropshire - a Landscape view
Watercolour on Paper, m...
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Late 19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. His works ...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
'A Pair of Mandarin Ducks Settled on a Pond'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Framed dimensions: 11 H x 12.5 W x 1.25 D inches
An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School, gouache scroll painting fragment showing a pair of a richly-pl...
Category
19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Goldfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
193
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Goldfinch
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Kingfisher, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
229
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor', Moscow, French Militaria
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900.
Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscription and newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times' review of Hoffbauer's 1949 Legion of Honor Exhibition.
Mat dimensions: 12.75 x 13.5 Inches
An exceptionally fine and detailed, cabinet-sized gouache showing members of the Napoleonic guard relaxing in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor during France's brief occupation of Moscow during the fall of 1812.
Born in Paris in 1875, Charles Hoffbauer studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau and, during his studies, became acquainted with Matisse, Rouault, and Marquet. He was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including an Honorable Mention in the Salon of 1896, and prizes at the Salons of 1898 and 1899. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 and, in the same year, a French government scholarship, the Prix National du Salon, that allowed him to travel and study in Italy, Greece and Egypt. In 1902, he won the Prix Rosa Bonheur. At the Salon of 1904, the French government purchased 'Champs de Bataille' for the Musée du Luxembourg and Hoffbauer was elected a member of the Legion of Honor.
Hoffbauer served in the French Army as an official war artist during the first world war, winning the Croix de Guerre and acting as liaison officer to the American camouflage section. On the recommendation of the mural painter, James Wall Finn, Hoffbauer received the 1935 commission to paint the murals for Battle Abbey, the Confederate memorial in Richmond, Virginia. He revisited America to accept a commission for the mural in the Missouri State Capitol, and was appointed to membership of the jury of the 1937 International Exposition. Two years later, he became an American citizen and settled in Rockport, Massachusetts. Charles Hoffbauer's work may be found in the permanent collections of numerous national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1585; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 17/18, p. 246; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 7, p. 105; Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002, Bob Creps, Dealer’s Choice Books, Inc. 2002, Vol. 1, p. 643; Steen, James T. "The Story of a Painting," Carnegie Magazine 31/32 (February 1957): 57-59; Charles Hoffbauer (1875-1957). Drawings, Temperas & Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Somerville, MA: Gropper Art Gallery, 1977; Glueck, Grace. New York: The Painted City. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books...
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled #257
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Dated in pencil, l.r.
Numbered 257 in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman an...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right, partially visible.
Size with frame 59cm x 49cm
Size without frame 33cm x 24cm
The portrait depicts a young girl with an elegant hairstyle, her hair carefully tied back. Dressed in the fashion of the 1860s, her light lilac dress reflects the synthetic aniline colors, a novelty in fashion at the time.
A black bow at the neck and slightly black straps accentuate her attire.
Represented at mid-length, with a mysterious and melancholic gaze, suggesting a mourning endured over a year ago.
The portrait, executed in pastels, chalks, and charcoals on paper, highlights the mastery and speed of the artist's execution.
Framed in a vintage oval frame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
$319 Sale Price
40% Off
John Dronsfield - Mid 20th Century British Theatre Costume Design watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design
Watercolour and pen and ink
Unframed, in mount only
34 by 24 cm., 13 1/2 by 9 ½ in.
(mount size 47.5 by 37 cm., 18 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.)
J...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
134
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Bullfinch,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Clifford Ellis William Pug Dog II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
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1950s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Untitled (Male Nude with Hands on Waist)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper
Signed and dated, l.l.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
John da Costa - Lillie - A Portrait of the artist's wife
By John da Costa
Located in London, GB
JOHN DA COSTA
(1867-1931)
Lillie, the Artist’s Wife
Signed l.l.
Coloured chalks on tinted paper
Framed
61 by 48.5 cm., 24 by 19 in.
(frame size 80 by 69 cm., 31 ½ by 27 ¼ in.)
Jo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Hill 1969, paper/watercolor, 17.5x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Hill
1969, paper/watercolor, 17.5x25 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School o...
Category
1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Handsome Man (Army GI)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WWII era portrait of a young man by Louis Krupp (1888-1978). Charcoal on paper measures 16.5 x 22.5 inches, 25 X 30 IN MATTING. Signed and dated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$600 Sale Price
25% Off
The Open Window - 19th Century British Children's Book illustration by Sowerby
Located in London, GB
JOHN GEORGE SOWERBY
(1849-1914)
Phoebe - The Open Window
Watercolour heightened with white
Unframed, in mount only
8 by 7 cm., 3 by 2 ¼ in.
(mount size 25.5 by 20 cm., 10 by 8 in.)
Reproduced:
J G Sowerby & Thomas Crane, At Home, Marcus Ward & Co, 1881, p.42.
The current work was reproduced in Sowerby and Crane’s 1881 children’s book, At Home, where is accompanied by the following verse:
All the morning, all the morning,
Sat she till her tasks were done;
While without were birds and blossoms,
And the pleasant sun.
And the leaves in ev’ry rustle,
And the birds in ev’ry song:-
“Phoebe, Phoebe, are you coming?
Phoebe, don’t be long!”
Whispered thro’ the open window
Gentle breezes, passing by:-
“Phoebe, are you coming, Phoebe?
Come before we die!”
Till the clock, with joyful measure,
Struck the hour when work is o’er;
Crying “Ponto’” Phoebe vanished
Through the open door.
Whither sped out nimble Phoebe?
She is in the study now;
Ponto heard her with she called him, -
Answered back “Bow-wow!’
“Ponto, tho’ the birds and garden,
Called me all the morning thro’
I had first to do my lessons –
So I think should you.”
Poor old Ponto! He is longing,
Longing for his game of play,
And the garden – ah: but Phoebe
Has a word to say.
“Beg then – beg, sir – do you hear me?
No, no, Ponto, that is wrong;
Paws up! Steady! Ah, that’s better!
Good dog, come along!”
John George Sowerby was born into a prosperous Gateshead family of glass manufactures and artists. He inherited the family business, the Ellison Glass Works, one of the world’s largest producers of pressed glass, where he introduced designs inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement. Initially he combined his energies at the glass works with his work as an illustrator and painter of landscapes and floral subjects with a Pre-Raphaelite intensity, strong colours and rich detail. He exhibited many of these paintings at the Royal Academy. In the 1880s he collaborated with Newcastle artist, Henry Hetherington Emmerson, on illustrations for the children’s books Afternoon Tea (1880) and The May Blossom (1881). Although were critically very well received but the publications were attacked by Kate Greenaway who considered them too close to her own work. Sowerby then went on to produce highly aesthetic illustrated books At Home (1881) and At Home Again (1883), with decorations by Thomas Crane. Gleeson White, editor of The Studio magazine stated that in Afternoon Tea Sowerby “set a new fashion for ‘aesthetic’ little quartos’ (The Studio, 1897). Roger Dixon in Belfast Publishing (Oxford University Press, 2011, p.79) considered these At Home and At Home Again to be “among the loveliest books ever produced.” Never very wise as a business man, in the early 1880s he left Ellison Glass Works being declared bankrupt in 1884. He returned to the works again as a paid employee.
Sowerby’s daughter, Millicent Sowerby...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Harvester at work in the field" - Ink Drawing on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and detailed drawing of a harvester in the field by an unknown artist. A team of horses is pulling a large harvester, controlled by four people riding on the machine. To the...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
212
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bullfinch
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$96 Sale Price
20% Off
John Dronsfield - 1930s British Theatre Set Design - watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Stage Set Design with Shields
Signed l.r.: Dronsfield
Watercolour and pencil
Unframed, in mount only
38 by 36 cm., 15 by 14 in.
(mount size 51 by 49 cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Edward Duncan - Early 19th Century British watercolour drawing of a French Boat
Located in London, GB
EDWARD DUNCAN, RWS
(1803-1882)
Boulogne Fishing Boat
Signed l.l.: E Duncan; bears title on a label on the reverse
Watercolour and pen and ink
Unframed
24.5 by 30.5 cm.; 9 ¾ by 12 in.
(mount size 31 by 37.5 cm., 12 ¼ by 14 ¾ in.)
Provenance:
Private collection.
Born in London, Duncan was apprenticed to the studio of Robert Havell, principal aquatint engraver of Audubon’s Birds of America...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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