Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): View of Osterfeld with the Luther Church (Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt), 1948, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Pap...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Sewing in Silence, c. 1890, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Date: c. 1890 Keywords: Woman, Portrait, Handicraft, Sew, Lamp,...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Nude study of his wife Vera, 1916, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: monogrammed and dated lower right, with est...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Fluting Faun and Female Nude II, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil and Charcoal on Paper Inscription: below with estate stam...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Bathers in the pond II, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil and Charcoal on Paper Inscription: verso with estate stamp Date: ...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Piazza del Popolo in Todi, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp Date: 20th ...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): St George's Fountain and Town Hall in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 20th century, Charcoal Tec...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Roman woman in traditional costume, 1895, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Paper Inscription: signed and inscribed in the lower centre: "Roma. Sept. 1895. Leo Primavesi". Date: 1895 Keywords: Portrait, costume, Italy, Rome, sandal, headscarf, 19th century...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Landscape with trees by the sea, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp Date:...

This is a painting commemorating the Vietnam War and the American men and women that fought and died in it. I’ve painted a weary American soldier that fought in the battle for Hill...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Study sheet with bathers, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: right with estate stamp Date: 20th centur...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Easel with drapery, 1892, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: Signed and dated lower left: "Leo. 6. Jan. 1892". Da...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Sensual Neapolitan, c. 1896, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: monogrammed: "LP.", numbered at the bottom centre: "16.". Date: c. 1896 Keywords: Young woman, Italian woman, sitting portrait, model study, robe study, headscarf, dress...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Portrait of his wife Vera, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp Date: 2...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Sleeping I, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: below with estate stamp Date: 20th century Provenance:...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Young Neapolitan, c. 1896, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: Signed "Leo Primavesi" lower left, numbered "6." low...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Mountain Landscape with Shepherd and Pasture Fence, 1951, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: dated and monogrammed lo...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Bathers braiding their hair, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: verso with estate stamp Date: 20th cen...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Battlements on a medieval wall, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: monogrammed lower right, with estate stamp on verso Date: 20th century Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Keywords: Germany, city, Middle Ages, wall, Gothic, court, Rothenburg ob der Tauber...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Half-timbered house and old tree, 1912, Pencil Technique: PencilCharcoal on Paper Inscription: Signed and dated lower left: "CW 1...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Bathers in the pond I, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil and Charcoal on Paper Inscription: verso with estate stamp Date: 2...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Landscape near Jenbach in Tyrol with snow-covered peaks, 1930, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Transparent paper Inscription: Monogra...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Schreckenstein Castle near Aussig on the Elbe in the Czech Republic, c. 1950, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Transparent paper S...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Sleeping III, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil and Charcoal on Paper Inscription: below with estate stamp Date: 20th centu...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): House in Osterfeld in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt, 1948, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper Inscripti...

Ex Libris 1982, paper, ink, gouache, 17,5х13 cm Information about artist: Gunārs Vīndedzis (1918 - 1991) - cartoonist, illustrator. Born in a fami...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Portrait of the daughter Eva, 1927, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: dated and monogrammed lower right, with estate...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Landscape near Jenbach in Tyrol, 1930, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Transparent paper Inscription: Insc...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Sleeping IV, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: below with estate stamp Date: 20th century Provenance...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Portrait of an old woman, 20th century, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor over Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: monogrammed "C.W....

Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts mercedes car in realistic style. MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984) Graduated of Academy of Fine Art...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Sleeping II, 20th century, Indian ink Technique: Indian ink over Pencil on Paper Inscription: below with estate stamp Date: 20th...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Aigen im Mühlkreis, 1907, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Inscribed, dated and monogrammed lower right "Aigen, 24....

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): The shore of the Devil's Lake, 1907, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: Inscribed, dated and monogrammed lower le...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Italian city with bridge arch, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper Inscription: lower left with estat...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Wooded landscape, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper Inscription: monogrammed lower right, estate st...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): The Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Paris, 1909, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper, mounted on Cardboard Inscription: Dated, ...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): The mill fire, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Inscription: verso with estate stamp ...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Study on "Mountain of Destiny, 1936, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper Inscription: Inscribed lower left, monogra...

Arthur Kampf (1864 Aachen - 1950 Castorp-Rauxel), Study to an allegory of victory, around 1900. Pencil on paper, 21 cm x 18 cm, signed lower left "A. Kampf". - slightly darkened, otherwise in good condition - A virtuoso victory - About the artwork The vertical-format sketch illustrates a plateau to which a staircase leads up from the right. Arthur Kampf thus takes up a typical baroque disposition for the depiction of allegories. And indeed, a female figure climbs the steps to hand the palm of victory to a figure that is probably also female. Other persons standing on the plateau pay homage to her, whereby the figure on the left edge of the picture may represent a warrior. The scene is framed by an ornamentally decorated arch field, which additionally emphasizes the allegorical-historical content of the depiction. An arch can also be seen under the staircase, suggesting that this may be a design for a supraport. The sheet could have been created in the wake of Arthur Kampf's appointment in 1899 as head of the studio for history painting at the Berlin Art Academy. The drawing style, which only outlines the idea of the picture and yet is determined by concise lines, corresponds to the sketchiness of the Baroque and testifies to Arthur Kampfs intensive study of this heyday of history painting. About the artist Arthur Kampf was the son of the Aachen painter and imperial court photographer August Kampf. His older brother Eugen and his son Herbert were also painters. Arthur Kampf studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art from 1879 under Eduard von Gebhardt and Peter Janssen the Elder, whose master pupil he was from 1883 to 1891. Influenced by the naturalistic paintings of Jules Bastien-Lepage, which Kampf saw on a trip to Paris in 1885, he created the painting "The Last Statement" in 1886, which was based on a personal experience. It shows a man mortally wounded by knife wounds. The oppressive drasticness of the almost life-size depiction caused a sensation and controversial criticism. The first successes were achieved: At the Berlin Jubilee Exhibition of 1886, Kampf received an honorable mention, and at the Munich Annual Exhibition of 1890, he was awarded a gold medal. Between 1886 and 1936, Kampf participated in all the major German exhibitions. In 1887 the artist painted his first fresco, which was the beginning of a series of monumental compositions. With the highly successful painting "The Burial of the Corpse of Kaiser Wilhelm I in the Berlin Cathedral" (1888), Kampf established himself as a painter of contemporary history, following in the footsteps of Adolph von Menzel, whose oeuvre he immediately took up with the painting "Speech by Frederick the Great to His Generals in Koeben" (1893). The pictures of his Liberation War cycle were included in school textbooks and distributed in large editions as postcards. As for his academic career, Kampf became an assistant professor at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art in 1887, and in 1894 he was appointed professor of the class for antiquities and nature, and in 1897 he became head of the painting class. In 1899 Kampf was appointed director of the history painting studio at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1901 he became a full member of the academy and was its president from 1907 to 1912. As Anton von Werner's successor, Kampf directed the Academy of Fine Arts in Charlottenburg from 1915 to 1925. Among his monumental works is the painting of the assembly hall of the Aachen town hall, done between 1898 and 1902. It focuses on the social welfare of the state and the work of the people. Important subsequent commissions include the painting of the reading room of the new Royal Library in Berlin and the new auditorium of the University of Berlin with "Fichte's Speech to the German Nation". During World War I, at the request of General Ewald von Lochow, Kampf traveled to the Western theaters of war, including Warsaw in 1916. In addition to painting, Kampf was also intensively involved in printmaking and, together with his brother Eugen and artist friends such as Alexander Frenz and Olof Jernberg, was considered an innovator of lithography in Düsseldorf. From 1913 on, he worked continuously as an illustrator of historical works and literary classics such as Shakespeare and Goethe. Kampf remained a recognized artist after 1933. On the occasion of the retrospective of his complete works at the "Great German Art Exhibition", he was awarded the "Eagle Shield of the German Reich". During the final phase of World War II, Kampf was placed on Hitler's "Gottbegnadetenliste," which protected him from military service. After World War II, Kampf, whose work was largely destroyed, fell into obscurity. Arthur Kampf belonged to numerous artists' associations. He was a member of the "Rheinisch-Westfälischer Künstlerbund", the "Society of German Watercolorists", the "Association of German Illustrators", the "Malkasten", the "Künstlerclub St. Lucas", the "Düsseldorfer Künstlerbund", the "Freie Vereinigung Düsseldorfer Künstler" and the "Berliner Künstlerbund". Arthur Kampf's sister was married to the painter Alexander Frenz. "Kampf's public recognition in the German Empire later led to his being one-sidedly labeled as a history painter and representative of the Wilhelmine era. This classification does not do justice to the artist's oeuvre as a whole. His early talent did not experience a rapid development later on, but it reached an ever greater mastery in the sense of an impressively relaxed realism and extended thematically beyond history. Kampf was also an excellent draughtsman, etcher and lithographer. Many of his works have been destroyed or lost, and some lead a shadowy existence in museum storerooms." - Otto Zirk "His importance as a Wilhelminian painter and cultural politician has been forgotten in favor of an exaggerated reception of his work during the Third Reich. - Andreas Schroyen Selection of public collections that own works by Arthur Kampf: Altonaer Museum Hamburg, Berlinische Galerie, Burg Frankenberg Aachen, Busch-Reisinger Museum Cambridge/Mass., Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, Government Art Collection London, Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Van der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal. Selected Bibliography Hans W...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Palazzo del Podestà in San Gimignano, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp ...

REX JOHN WHISTLER (British 1905-1944) The Plain Gangster Inscribed with title Pen, brush and ink Framed 20 by 16.5 cm., 8 by 10 ½ in. (frame size 39 b...

Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts Jaguar car in realistic style. MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984) Graduated of Academy of Fine Arts ...

Arthur Claude Strachan (1865 Edinburgh - 1954 Minehead), Evening Cottage Scene. Watercolor on paper, mounted, 28 x 46 cm (visible size), 48 x 65 cm (fra...

Original watercolor on archival paper attributed to the very well known American realist artist Ogden Pleissner. Signed bottom right on unfinished watercolor verso. Unfinished wat...

John B. Aragon's Watercolor Painting on Paper of the exterior of a New Mexico Mission Church measures 10-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches. The matting and framing bring the total dimensions to 17...

Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900. A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observation of character and fine equestrian painting. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is known for his, often humorous, anecdotes of American life in the pre-industrial age. His subjects included polo matches, carriage rides and coaching scenes, and pastoral landscapes. After a professional career in business, Harrington studied art and subsequently became a successful landscape and equestrian painter. He exhibited widely and with success including at the National Academy of Design (1888), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club of which he was a member. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...

OLIVER MESSEL (1904-1978) The Medium – Costume Design for Peter Glenville’s Rashomon, Performed at the Music Box, New York, 1959 Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel and inscribed u.r.: The...

Signed upper left, 'C. J. Turrell' for Charles James Turrell (British-American, 1845-1932) and dated 1876. Framed dimensions: 12 x 1 x 10 inches Charles James Turrell was one of the most talented miniaturists of his age. Born in London, he studied under a Mr. Sargeant, perhaps Frederick Sargeant who exhibited at the Royal Academy, before visiting the United States in 1867 where he painted miniatures at the studio of photographer Napoleon Sarony. During this time, Turrell had distinguished sitters including members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Morgan families. While in America, Turrell married and would go on to maintain successful careers in both New York and London where, in 1869, he opened a studio on Bond Street. Turrell exhibited widely and with success including annually at the Royal Academy (1873-1904), the Society of Miniaturists (1873 – 1932), the Brooklyn Art Association (1868), the Pennsylvania Academy of Art (1901) and at the Paris Salons. His sitters included Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra, when she was Princess of Wales (1884). In 1890, he was appointed official miniature painter to Queen Victoria. Turrell's work is held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace as well as in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Mount Vernon Collection in Washington D.C., among others. Reference: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, page 863; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3354; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, page 444; The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, J. Johnson and A. Greutzner, 1980 Edition, Antique Collectors’ Club 1976, page 511; Dictionary of British Miniature...

In Henk Serfontein's recent series of charcoal drawings, Fragile Flora, he continues his investigation into the fragile, the intimate and the ethereal. In his plant portraits he capt...

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Beach scene with umbrellas :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signatu...

This is a painting of my daughter Andrea and her friend Jesse feeding those sailors of the sky, seagulls. Say what you will about them, yet they are one of the most successful animal...

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 "...

I love to paint portrait from live model and also from picture. I took this man picture from Toronto during his break time, his name is Ben. I was trying to capture his passionate pe...

Alfred Fuchs (1925 Saarbrücken - 2003 Prague), Lying Boy. Charcoal drawing on strong paper, 30 x 41.5 cm, signed A.[lfred] Fuchs and dated [19]96. - smal...