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Art Subject: Head
Original Contemporary Female Nude Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Captivating pen and ink female figurative by artist and architect Reiner Keller (Swiss/American, 1926-2024), dated 2012 This nude figure drawing is calm yet expressive at the same ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Londres (Smoking in the Tub) is an original, rare and important realized by the great Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau in 1920.
Realized for the book "Dessins" and published in the s...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Bring it on. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled By Günther Förg
By Günther Förg
Located in London, GB
Untitled
By Günther Förg
Günther Förg was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer renowned for his exploration of modernist aesthetics, blending architecture, abstraction, an...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Seated Woman Reading Julia Maud De Forest, Late 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940)
Julia Maud De Forest, 1898
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated upper left
9.25 x 12.75 inches
15 x 18.25 inches, framed
Ora Coltman was born in 18...
Category
1890s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Seated Torso - Drawing by Kiyoo Fujiwara - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Torso is a drawing realized by Kiyoo Fujiwara,in 1964 with graphite on paper.
It is signed "K. Fujiwara" in the lower left corner and includes a red seal.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
The Offer - Drawing by Roberto Cuccaro - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
The Offer is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 21st Century by Roberto Cuccaro.
Original Gouache on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower left corner: Cuccaro.
Total dim...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Neo Deco – 08-03-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Interesting Synthesis This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 08-03-24’ is another homage to the realm of art deco. To be precise, I dedicate this one to photographer Walte...
Category
2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
“Woman”
By André Gisson
Located in Warren, NJ
Andre Gisson original drawing pencil lady In good condition. Measures 18x16.
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is maybe the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. While he is renowned for his iconic Pop art portraits, Caviar20 has been exploring and offering his inimitable works on paper from the 1950's. We believe this is an important, and for the time being, accessible and under-appreciated part of his legacy.
During the 1950's Warhol established his reputation in New York City as an illustrator for numerous fashion publications and businesses. His succinct line drawings were modern and gentle, realized with a brave yet delicate gay sensibility.
The images he created "off the clock" from his fashion commissions were romantic sketches, day-dreams of crushes, hunks and friends. His 1956 exhibition, Studies for a Boy Book...
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1950s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
1950's Modernist/Cubist Painting Nude Female Portrait With Blue Shadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Nude
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper
size: 14 x 10.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
La Guerra 15/18 - Drawing by Brunet - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Guerra 15/18 is anartwork realized by Brunet.
China ink drawing and watercolor.
Good conditions. Including a cardboard passepartout: cm 50 x 34,5.
It represents a satirical sc...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Study for the Spring (preparatory to the Four Seasons) by René-Marie Castaing
Located in PARIS, FR
René-Paris Castaing, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1924, left a large body of work, both sacred and secular. Many churches in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in South-West France still bear witness to the diversity of his talent. In 1942, he began a major decoration project for the Château de Diusse, in the north-east of the county, including an allegory of the four seasons. The vigorous pastel we are presenting here is a study for Spring, depicted as Flore undressing. This commission was a veritable swan song for the artist, who died a year later at the age of 47.
1. René-Marie Castaing, the great inter-war painter in Pau
René-Marie Castaing was born in Pau on December 16th 1896. His father, Joseph Castaing, was also a painter: he was the official portraitist of Pau's high society, which was particularly cosmopolitan at the end of the century, when many rich foreigners spent the winter in Pau, taking advantage of the mild weather to enjoy an outdoor lifestyle punctuated by hunting, horse ridings and golf.
René-Marie Castaing was admitted to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in April 1920 and entered the studio of Paul-Albert Laurens (1870-1934). In 1924, he was awarded the First Grand Prix de Rome for Painting, which earned him a stay at the Villa Médicis for more than three years. He then returned to Pau in 1928, where he lived until his death.
Castaing's work is marked by the academic tradition, in which drawing plays as important a role as painting. Although his drawings are often sketches that help to set up large painted compositions, they stand as independent artworks in which the artist fully expresses the vivacity of his talent.
Castaing was a fervent Christian and religious painting played an essential part in his work, as shown by the decorations he created for the churches of Bizanos, Borce, Bidache and Salies-de-Béarn. The painter also created several secular decorations, such as that for the dining room of the Villa Saint-Basil's in Pau in 1935, and the Hunting at the Albret’s time commissioned in 1940 by the Prefecture of Pau. The décor created in 1942-1943 for the Château de Diusse, a mansion located north-east of Pau, was his last large-scale décor, as the painter died shortly after its completion on December 8th 1943.
2. Description of the drawing
Our pastel depicts an eminently secular theme: Spring is embodied by Flore, crouching on the ground with one knee touching the ground. She reveals her ample bosom by removing her shirt, her arms raised above her shoulders to undress.
Given Castaing's classical training at the Beaux-Arts and the influence of ancient statuary...
Category
1940s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Nina Ricci 'Capucine' 68
Located in Bristol, CT
Original Nina Ricci watercolor c1960s illustration w/ fabric swatch attached
Provenance: a Beverly Hills, CA estate
Art Sz: 12"H x 8 1/4"W
Frame Sz:16"H x 12"W
Category
1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Music Hall Pathos, Cubist Mixed Media Painting by Benjamin Benno 1938
Located in Long Island City, NY
Music Hall Pathos by Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980)
Date: 1938
Gouache and Colored ink on paper, signed and dated lower left
Size: 14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 23....
Category
1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Largo
Located in New York, NY
Maurice Denis' extravagant charcoal drawing of a romantic draped figure with outstretched arms is a rare work from the post impressionist period.
Signed with monogram (lower left) a...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman in a Blue Hat & Pink dress, antique frame
By Freeman Willis Simmons
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This watercolor painting with ink accents depicting a young fashionable woman with a confident direct glance is in excellent condition -- no stains, tears, etc to the painting; antiq...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Pan" Original Watercolor & Ink Storyboard by Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
1940s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Little Girl Feeding the Bunnies, Probable Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Dimensions: 19.50" x 15.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Barbara Hutton, watercolor and gouache on paper Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Self Portrait, Charcoal on Paper, 20th Century British Drawing
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper
Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (11.5 x 10.75 cm)
Mounted with a contemporary style frame
This is a somewhat haunting self-portrait by William Dring, crafted in charcoal. Here, Dring presents himself through dark shadow and bright highlights, looking out directly at the viewer with a serious gaze.
Although the Dring has been economical in the use of his marks we are still given plenty of information and can identify the energy in which the strokes of charcoal must have been placed onto the surface.
William Dring
Dring was born with the forenames Dennis William, but was known colloquially as John. He was the brother of the artist James Dring. He married the painter Grace Elizabeth...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Engraving
Sharjah, dancers from Bali. Watercolor on paper, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary watercolor painting on paper by Polish artist Wlodzimierz Karczmarzyk. Artwork depicts dancers from Bali. Artwork's style is sketch-like but realistic at the same time.
...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Oedipus And The Sphinx
Located in Miami, FL
Initialed in cartouche bottom center
Provenance: Robert L. B. Tobin Foundation
Matted but Unframed
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, India Ink
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Juventus -Alessandro del Piero. UEFA Champions League 1996, 101 x 72 cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player, UEFA Champions League 1996 – 101 x 72 cm
Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated ’96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 - Albissola, 2017)
Dimen...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) - 1867 Watercolour, Mother and Baby
Located in Corsham, GB
A touching scene depicting a mother sitting with her baby outside a cottage. Signed and dated in the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame with a beaded running pattern. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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
Portrait of Reposing Nude
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Reposing Nude', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger ...
Category
1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Renaissance Male and Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male and Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate o...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Seated Nude, Modern Charcoal on Paper by Sidney Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sidney Simon, American (1917 - 1997) - Seated Nude, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Charcoal on Paper, signed lower right, Size: 18.75 x 23.75 in. (47.63 x 60.33 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Watercolour on Handmade Paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches of an African Sculpture.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on handmade paper possibly of a 'Fang' figure applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte.
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a Fang figure in muted brown on high quality hand-made paper. An extremely chic and elegant watercolour.
This contemporary artist, born in 1943, specialises in watercolour studies on hand-made paper. With his highly detailed and precisely painted studies he invites us into the magical world of cultural objects, flora and fauna. The treasures of nature along with tribal regalia is his main inspiration. All of his work is beautifully observed and executed down to the smallest detail.
The Fang are a major ethnic group of Central and West Africa and form part of the population of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
They produce monumental anthropomorphic wooden statues, used for ritual purposes, with an aesthetic that was admired from the late nineteenth century onwards by such famous modern artists as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and André Derain.
Fang sculptures...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Jane Forth & Jed and Jay Johnson in NY in 1970
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
'Standing Nude', Whitney Museum of Art, Bohemian Club, Oakland Museum, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Willard Cox' (American, 1902-1974) and painted circa 1935.
Board dimensions: 18.75 x 12.5 inches.
An elegant, Art Deco period figural watercolor showing a young woman with bobbed hair standing with her hand resting on the back of a bent-wood chair.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Willard Cox moved to San Francisco where he shared a studio with Maurice Logan...
Category
1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Michigan State Spartans Football Illustration
By Jack Davis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Dimensions: 9.00" x 8.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
They just made the Final Four in basketball and barely missed the playoff in football too -- State is hot right now. Here'...
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
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
MB 089A (Contemporary Graphite Drawing of Seated Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches, 37.5 x 26 inches framed
Custom frame with Natural wood molding, white 8ply mat, AR non glare glass
Signed BEARD 20...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper, Graphite
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed
paper size: 25 x 19 inches
Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Charcoal
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS). Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS), 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Frame size: 43 cm H x 34 cm W x 3 cm D
Image size: 30 cm H x 21 cm W ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Preciosa I
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Preciosa series explores the intimacy of the female body through a subtle and deeply respectful gaze.
Using pencil on paper, Natalia Mancilla captures the softness of the skin, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Preciosa II
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Preciosa series explores the intimacy of the female body through a subtle and deeply respectful gaze.
Using pencil on paper, Natalia Mancilla captures the softness of the skin, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Alessandro Del Piero - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96
Located in Firenze, IT
Alessandro Del Piero - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96.
Alessandro Del Piero - Juventus Legend
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated ’96
Author: M...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
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Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor d...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Spa Hair" Minimalist Illustrative Portrait in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
"Spa Hair" Minimalist Illustrative Portrait in Ink on Paper
In this illustrative portrait by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), a person is depicted in a continuous line contour style. The fine line detail of the hair gives texture and movement to the piece, with half-closed eyelids, giving the sense of calm and relaxation.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 36"H x 30"W
Paper size: 28.5"H x 22.63"W
Image size: 25.5"H x 20"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
“Pinup girl”
Located in Warren, NJ
Joseph De Martini (American, b. 1927) Miss America, 1976 Watercolor and airbrush on board Unframed. In good shape measures 30x20
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Matt Latham - Large Scale Portrait, Original Charcoal on Mylar
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Borgman’s work captivates the viewer in several ways. First is their scale. They hang like medieval tapestries, with figures standing as tall as eight feet. There is also their texture – created by using charcoal on Mylar, and the results are richly gestural, with distinct charcoal strokes and eraser marks animating the figure and ground alike. With a flat surface, she creates volume and life. And perhaps the most powerful of all, the viewer is caught be the gazes of the models, who stare forcefully out of the picture. They seem to be examining us every bit as much as we are examining them.
These larger-than-life portraits stem from chance encounters that grow into meaningful connections between the artist and her subject. Most are strangers that she approaches on the street. They capture her attention with expressive eyes that show experience and wisdom, distinctive shapes and a casual body language. “I try to honor the people I am drawing by centering them in the format and shooting from slightly below their eye level. I choose an expression that exudes intelligence, self-awareness and complexity. I try to convey their humanness. I want the viewer to feel this person might be someone interesting to know”, says Borgman of her subjects. The intensity with which she conveys the eyes may stem from her many years of communicating in sign language, which is based on sustained eye contact.
Borgman loves the directness of drawing. It is immediate, there is no lag time. There is no time waiting for the paint to dry. She works solely in charcoal which she can manipulate to achieve varying degrees of darkness and opacity. It is messy and the artist loves that.
Mary Borgman
Portrait of Matt Latham
charcoal on mylar
60h x 40w in
152.40h x 101.60w cm
MBG011
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
62h x 42w x 2.25d in
157.48h x 106.68w x 5.71d cm
[This work is custom framed in shadow box style with non-reflective Tru-Vue Museum Glass]
Mary Borgman
b. October 4, 1959 St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
SOFA Chicago 2012, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Group Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010: Special Installation at SOFA Café, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Charcoal
Standing Nude, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Standing Nude (P1.18), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22.5 x 15 in. (57.15 x 38.1 cm), Description: Cast agains...
Category
1960s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
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
Police and Guys - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1947
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Police and Guys is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1947 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Fatherly Love.Graphic drawing on paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
I named the portrait of a man tenderly holding a baby in his arms "Fatherly Love". The father with great tenderness gently presses his tiny son to his chest. His attentive gaze is a...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Woman Sleeping, Modern Pencil Drawing by Seymour Leichman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Seymour Leichman, American (1933 - 2016) - Woman Sleeping, Year: circa 1969, Medium: Pencil Drawing, signed in pencil, Image Size: 8 x 19 inches, Size: 19 x 25.5 in. (48.26 x 64....
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Jimmy "The Schnoz" Durante, Circa 1939
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Charcoal on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Jimmy `The Schnoz` Durante, circa 1939....
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Board
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