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Art Subject: Face
Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929.
Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne.
Edition of 2...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"Self Portrait In NY, 20th St., " Gouache, Ink & Pastel signed by Dan Muller
By Dan Muller
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait in N.Y., 20th St." is an original gouache, ink, and pastel drawing by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features a seated, abstracted f...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Gouache
The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pencil, chalk and crayon drawing of the Virgin and Child with St Anne inspired by the 'cartoon' of Leonard da Vinci currently held in the National Gallery London.
An elegant and c...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Paper
Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist : Raphael Soyer
Title : Woman
Year: 1979
Drawing in Pencil Signed in pencil
Drawing Size 11½" x 16 Inches
Matted Size : inches 16" x 20" inches
Born in 1899, Raphael So...
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1970s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of Laurence Wedgwood (Pottery Company Director) as a Child.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of Laurence Wedgwood by unknown artist.
Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8 x 10 inches; 11 x 13 inches in ca. 1910 frame.
Foxing to sheet, no staining or loss. No conserva...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
1900s Life Drawing Of A Sculpture Depicting a Nude Male Stood In Contraposto
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
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
“French ladies”
Located in Warren, NJ
Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003)- Original Watercolor "French Ladies", Shopping
Frame is 43 x 35 gold metallic frame
Pink matting The painting pops with lively colors .
Painting is...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Feelin Good Ink On Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Feelin Good, Ink on archival paper.
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exacting mediums of watercolor and ink. He has honed his s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Untitled, Figurative, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Untitled
Watercolour on Paper
30 x 20 inches
Born : 1935 Kolkata
Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Madonna 1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madonna
1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
"Madonna" is a symbolic and emotionally charged artwork, celebrating the iconic religious figure of the Virgin Mary and the spiritual sig...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$171 Sale Price
20% Off
Female Nude, Chalk Drawing
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Female nude.
Chalk drawing, framed and under glass.
Good condition.
Drawing (visible): 41 x 24.5 cm
Frame: 57.5 x 41 cm
Category
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Gin Giving Doris a Haircut
Located in Middletown, NY
A life drawing by a well known book illustrator and long-term resident of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1930s.
Caswell, Edward
Gin giving Doris a hair cut
Black crayon on lightweight, br...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Nude Playboy Cartoon, First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbell was the first and top black commercial artist in the USA for decades.
In "Grandma," we see a deeply conceptual work, with the blank canvas as the main point of the...
Category
1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Swimmer - Drawing By Isidore Pils - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Swimmer is an artwork realized by Isidore Pils in the Mid 20th Century.
China ink drawing.
In good conditions.
Hand-Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Consultations - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed.
Matted, mat dimensions cm. 40x50.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figurative Pencil Drawing - Male Portrait Studies
Located in Houston, TX
A fascinating 19th Century pencil drawing of varying male portraits, mostly in profile view, with differing facial expressions and facial ...
Category
1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Costume di Chieuti Albanesi - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Costume di Chieuti-Albanesi, 1820 c.a.
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand-titled "Costume di Chieuti-Albanesi", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Basili...
Category
1820s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Tender Bare Heart - Dreamlike Whimsical Figurative Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Maternity: Pastel on paper. The Farewell By Ulysse Butin (1838-1883)
Located in Gent, VOV
"The Farewell By Ulysse Butin (1838-1883)"
Ulysse Butin, born in Saint-Quentin, into a poor family, had to earn his living early. An apprentice designer in a muslin factory, he took ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$2,961 Sale Price
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Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809)
‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Both titled lower centre, the drawing of the ambassador inscribed with colours intended for the prints, e...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Different But Not Less
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon
Hypnotic Nature - Fantasy Feminine Botanical Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Nude Figures on the Beach
Located in Astoria, NY
Josef Foshko (Russian, 1891-1971), Nude Figures on the Beach, Watercolor on Paper, signed lower left, giltwood frame. 15" H x 20.25" W; frame: 25.25" H x 31.5" W. Provenance: From a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Lady - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Double sided
10.5x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
“A Page of Love”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a wonderful original watercolor and gouache depicting a scene from Emile Zola book “A Page of Love” by the American artist, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris....
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$975 Sale Price
47% Off
Aunque usted no lo crea. Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aunque usted no lo crea, 2010, by Alvaro Barrios
Watercolor on paper
Image size: 33 H cm. x 20 W cm.
Frame size: 38 H x 50 W x 5 D. cm.
Unique
Discover the captivating universe of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Saudi Arabia King Faisal Time Magazine Cover - Man of The Year Study
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Master portrait artist and illustration legend Bob Peak captures the likeness, dignity and essence of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal for Time Magazine Cover ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Woman in the Hammam - Original Pastel Drawing, Signed #REFERENCED
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921-)
Woman in the Hammam
Original Pastel Drawing
Signed bottom right
On paper 74 x 55 cm at view (c. 30 x 22 in)
Presented in golden wood frame 96 x 77 cm (c. 38...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Twilight Stroll. Tender watercolor on paper, lavender, landscape, medium size
Located in Oslo, NO
This watercolor painting captures the ethereal beauty of a nude woman walking gracefully along the shore, her gaze turned back towards the vast sea and the sunset. The soft, flowing ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'The Young Flute Player', Music, Woodwind Instrument
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Julio Castillo" and painted circa 1960.
A substantial, mid-century figural watercolor showing a boy playing the flute and a girl watching...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Sketch of Three Figures
Located in London, GB
Benjamin Robert Haydon
1786 - 1846
Sketch of Three Figures
Pen and ink on paper,
Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (25 x 20 cm)
Acid Free mount, original frame
Provenance
Private Col...
Category
18th Century English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"Untitled 7, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 7" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a feminine face with a blue background.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
25% Off
The Companion - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Woman in Blue Turtleneck, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of Woman in Blue Turtleneck (P2.61), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Image Size: 14.5 x 10 inches, Size: 15 x ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Denholm Armour - Late 19th Century British Watercolour Illustration
Located in London, GB
GEORGE DENHOLM ARMOUR, RSA, OBE
(1864-1949)
“Keep your ‘ead in”
Signed, inscribed:
Cabman: “Now then bunny, you keep your ‘ead in the rabbit-‘utch, there ‘aint no lettuces for you...
Category
1890s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - Nude woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
watercolour on artist paper
painting: 20 x 12.75 inches
condition: sound condition
provenance: private collection, South of France
Sup...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"He bent down and kissed her" Magazine WWII Era Story illustration for the Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Magazine story illustration for “Hero Come Home” by Ruth Burr Sanborn for The Saturday Evening Post, published September 12, 1942, page 24.
This sentimental illustration, accompany...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Kanak Drawing, Brown Ink, New Caledonia
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Kanak drawing in brown ink.
Trace of signature or annotations at the bottom right.
A slight water stain at the bottom right. Ink a little faded.
Drawing framed, under glass.
...
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari churns butter for ghee.
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on ...
Category
19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Woman in Fantasy Costume (pair)
Located in New York, NY
The pair consists of the present work and an engraving after it by the hand of Giles DeMarteau (Liège 1722 – 1776 Paris) titled Woman in Fantasy Costume, after Jean Baptiste Le Prince, and measuring, 10 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ inches (26.5 x 22 cm).
DeMarteau's engraving is inscribed at the bottom:
Le Prince inv. del. / Demarteau sc. / A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur du Roi, rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Engraving
Statue of Liberty kissing a duck in a movie theater, purple lighting
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
British expressive, mid century gouache 'Covering sorrow' by Basil Town
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norman Basil Town (British, 1915 – 1987)
Covering sorrow
Ink on paper
7 x 11.3/4 in. (17.8 x 29.5 cm.)
Norman Basil Town (1905–1984) was a British artist known for his evocative rel...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Pencil Drawing of an Angel by Eugenie O'Kin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Eugénie O'Kin is one of those personalities whose talent and the rare quality of her works are still too obscure. Today known under the various names of Eugénie Jubin, Eugénie O'Kin...
Category
Early 1900s Minimalist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
J.B. Dolitro? Bedtime Story. Male French WWII Soldiers w. Kepis, Drinks, Cigars
Located in New York, NY
Clearly an ironic title, 'Bedtime Story,' conjures up homey childhood experiences -- not over-sized, cigar-smoking, and alcohol-abusing, French soldiers.
The artist who made Bedti...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figure in White. Seated while suited male Figure on couch black and white tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel on archival black toned paper signed and dated by the artist on the bottom right corner. This work requires framing under glass for long term preservation.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a shirtless man in sun...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Les ruban verts, 1897
Located in BLARICUM, NL
THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE
Gent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, Var
LES RUBANS VERTS
Portrait of Marquerite Mommen-Ithiers
1897
Pastel on paper
90 x 65 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right with mo...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Donkey and Figures - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Donkey and figures is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in early 20th century.
Pencil and china ink on paper
Good condition with foxing and stain on margins.
The t...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...
Category
1950s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang
Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25
Dimension: 29 x 36 cm
Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper
Date: 2013
Artist B...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
By the Bodhi Tree
Located in Zofingen, AG
“BY THE BODHI TREE.”
WATERCOLOR, PAPER, 40×50 CM.
SERIES "MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVINE."
In the city of Kalutara, near the majestic Bodhi tree on the island of Sri Lanka, stands the sac...
Category
2010s Aesthetic Movement Interior Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Untitled" (2023) By Quang Ho, Original Charcoal Illustration
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Untitled" (2023) is an original handmade charcoal drawing done on paper. This piece depicts an abstracted portrait of nude women.
Artist's Statement
"Realism and abstrac...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Charcoal on paper, 50 x 72 cm
Signed lower right: Silombria '96
This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic portrait of a young woman after Sir Peter Lely's drawing, currently shown in the B...
Category
Mid-17th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Children Amongst Foxgloves - Pink Flowers, Female Illustrator of The Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Children Amongst Foxgloves - Female Illustrator of The Golden Age by a female illustrator of The Golden Age Watercolor on paper, signed 'A. Bowerley' lower left.
11 x 20 in. (sight)...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Bernard, Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School
Bernard, Self Portrait
1950s
Pencil and sepia chalk on paper
Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (24 x 34.3 cm)
Handmade contemporary frame
This imaginative self-portra...
Category
1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Russell sale, Christie’s, 14 February, 1807: ‘John Russell, Esq., R.A. deceased, crayon painter to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York; and brought from his late Dwelling in Newman Street’, lot 92, ‘St Peter’, bt. Thompson (£1.13s);
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25th September 1980, lot 113;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Literature:
Martin Postle, 'Patriarchs, prophets and paviours: Reynolds's images of old age', The Burlington Magazine, vol. cxxx, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 739-40, fig. 9;
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures, Cambridge, 1995, p.136, repr.;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2928.
Signed and dated: J Russell/ fecit 1772 (lower right)
Framed dimensions: 25 x 31 inches
John Russell was admitted to the Royal Academy in March 1770, at the same time as Daniel Gardner. The nascent Academy Schools were still establishing their teaching structures, but central to the syllabus were the twin components of drawing after the antique and from life models. By 1772 Russell had already been awarded a silver medal and progressed to the life academy, where he produced this remarkable pastel study of George White. White was the most famous model employed by the Royal Academy and prominent artists in the second half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered by Joshua Reynolds, who in turn introduced him to the Academy. Russell’s striking head study demonstrates his abilities as a portraitist and pastellist, at the same time showing his interest in the Academy’s preoccupation with promoting history painting.
George White was one of the most celebrated models in eighteenth-century London. According to the painter Joseph Moser:
'Old George…owed the ease in which he passed his latter days, in a great measure to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who found him exerting himself in the laborious employment of thumping down stones in the street; and observing not only the grand and majestic traits of his countenance, but the dignity of his muscular figure, took him out of a situation to which his strength was by no means equal, clothed, fed, and had him, first as a model in his own painting room, then introduced him as a subject for the students of the Royal Academy.'
As Martin Postle has pointed out, whilst characterful studies of old men posed as biblical figures, prophets or saints by Continental old masters were readily available on the art market – Reynolds himself had copied a head of Joab by Federico Bencovich in the collection of his friend and patron, Lord Palmerston - finding a model in Britain from whom to execute a painting was more difficult.
White therefore offered a rare opportunity for artists to combine portraiture and history painting, by painting a model in the guise of an historical or literary character. In 1771 Reynolds showed at the Royal Academy a picture of White entitled Resignation. It was engraved in 1772 and accompanied by a stanza from Oliver Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal Academy catalogue, Horace Walpole noted: ‘This was an old beggar, who had so fine a head that Sir Joshua chose him for the father in his picture from Dante, and painted him several times, as did others in imitation of Reynolds. There were even cameos and busts of him.’ White sat to, amongst others Johan Zoffany, John Sanders, Nathaniel Hone and the sculptor John Bacon...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a Man at Flanders 1918
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a man at Flanders in 1918 by Eduard Dollerschell (German b. 1887 d. 1946.)
Beautiful and delicately rendered portrait of a man done in gouache, pencil, and conte crayon....
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Gouache, Pencil
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed and stamped
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 11 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
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