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Art Subject: Men
MB 804 A&B (Double Sided Figurative Drawing, Two Male Nudes and Safari Hunter)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing with graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches, unframed
One piece of 30 x 19 inch Arches paper. Two drawings on opposite sides.
These u...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite, Watercolor
Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ', color pastel, c. 1957. Unsigned. A fine, atmospheric rendering, on warm gray charcoal paper; a reinforced crease (1/2 inch) across the bottom left sheet corner; otherwise in very good condition. Image and sheet size 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Little witches 1
Located in Genève, GE
Erotic scene
Wooden frame with glass pane
49.5 x 41.5 x 1.3 cm
Category
1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Urbanovicz - 20th Century Pastel, Male Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastel drawing showcases a nude male figure in a style reminiscent of Modigliani. The elongated forms and muted colour palette create a sense of elegant melancholy. Part of a pa...
Category
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$334 Sale Price
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Study for "Lucifer"
Located in New York, NY
This work on paper by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century.
China ink on paper
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Thinker
Located in Miami, FL
A large charcoal-on-paper rendering by arguably one of America's most influential artists. It comes from the pioneering Allan Stone Galleries, who ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$68,000 Sale Price
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The Three Graces Fantasy Fashion Illustration - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
For your consideration, we have a pen and ink drawing of an interpretation of The Three Graces, who strike a pose for a 1930s fashion ad. In Greek mythology, they were goddesses w...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Board
Moonlit Musings by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Judith Williams’ Moonlit Musings evokes a dreamlike moment of introspection. This charcoal drawing features soft shadows and flowing lines that suggest movement, memory, and quiet th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Nude under the Tree - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel and watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 157.5x113.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in R...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Oil Pastel
Original French Abstract Study of a Horse and Figure in a Stable
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Study of a Horse and Figure in a Stable
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 12 (Height) x 14.75 (Width)
Signed...
Category
20th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed).
Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
Category
1880s Victorian Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Vintage Mid Century French Sketch of a Elegant Lady in a Luxurious Fur Stole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 12 (height) x 9.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Male Wacky Artist Portrait Swirly Moustache French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist Portrait
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19.5 x 15.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$964 Sale Price
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John Lear Male Nude American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Gay Male Nude
Located in New York, NY
John Brock Lear, Jr., an American Modernist artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, the D...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
French Impressionist Watercolor of Street Scene and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Street Scene and Figures
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 6.25 x 4.75 inches (Height x Wid...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
An Afternoon Cafe Scene of Figures Engaged in Conversations French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Landscape
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper
Size: 7 height) x 9 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenance: All the pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Roman Bath
Located in London, GB
'The Roman Bath', pencil on art paper (circa 1960s), School of Rome. Three broad-shouldered men make their way through the sultry corridors of the Hammam in...
Category
1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"The Secret"
Located in Warren, NJ
Frame:
23.5 x 20.5
Picture: 12.5 x 10
Picture is good
Frame has some wear
International buyers must cover all shipping expenses
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Mercurio / Mercury
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely, early drawing of the Roman god Mercury.
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with a partial crown and shield watermark, 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (184x 123 mm) (matrix). In go...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Descent
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2".
Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Self Portrait 02 - Modern Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Correct" - Figurative drawing on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Art Class on the Beach, Vintage Bay Area Coast Figural Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A charming and colorful vintage coastal figurative landscape watercolor by Bay Area artist Sewall Smith (American, 1904-1988), c.1960s-1970s. This coastal scene depicts a plein air art class on the beach, with a group of figures busy working at their easels.
Signed "Sewall Smith" lower right.
Displayed in a new mat and vintage wood frame.
Image size: 10.5"H x 13.25"W
Edmund Sewall Smith, known as Sewall Smith or E. Sewall Smith, was a Berkeley, California based architect and artist known for watercolor paintings with nautical themes. A well known architect, Smith moved from Niagara Falls, New York to California in 1944. He flourished as an artist in the Bay Area in the 1970’s, exhibiting extensively in the East Bay throughout this time. Exhibitions included venues such as UC Berkeley, El Cerrito...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Middle Eastern Man with Turban and Blue Cloak in Profile against Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait in primary blues and yellow of perhaps a Persian man. He is in profile set against a decorative yellow background with floral elements. The work...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Miniature Portrait of a Victorian Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 19th Century miniature portrait of a kindly looking gentleman in a smart black jacket and wing collar shirt. The portrait is unsigned and presented in a traditional ...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Holy Trinity Kingswood and Regent and High Streets Kingswood Watercolor Set
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Holy Trinity Kingswood and Regent and High Streets Kingswood Watercolor Set
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measuremen...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$125 Sale Price
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Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pair of Paintings Notre Dame Paris River Seine
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Two Views of Notre Dame Cathedral
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
both signed lower right
two watercolour and gouache paintings on artist's paper, unframed
Sheet: each measure 9....
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
At the Black Cat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink Over Graphite on Board
Signature: Signed "C. D. Gibson" in lower left
"At the Black Cat." Illustration for About Paris by Richard Harding Davis (New Yorker: Harp...
Category
1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
Ferrari Berlinetta 563, circa 1964, Gouache Illustration by Jack Leynnwood
By Jack Leynnwood
Located in Long Island City, NY
This gouache painting on illustration board was created by American artist Jack Leynnwood. Fascinated by aviation from a young age, Leynnwood did kit illustrations of everything from military aircraft to rigged ships, Rat Finks, Flash Gordon, space ships and Ed “Big Daddy...
Category
1960s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Cholly (Portrait of Man in Mixed Media and Collage with Floral Theme by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Cholly" — small portrait of man in mixed media and collage with floral theme in pink, yellow and green
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh with Bandaged Ear and Pipe.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Gouache and watercolour on corrugated cardboard after the famous self portrait by Vincent van Gogh with his fur hat, bandaged ear and pipe. This painting is by Jean Ducel who has pla...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
A Polo Match, Framed Watercolor by John W. Dunn- 1932
Located in Pasadena, CA
This framed watercolor is signed lower right by the American artist J.W. Dunn.
It depicts a thrilling equestrian polo match from the 1930s, featuring four riders in traditional pol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$634 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of Multiple Fashionable Female Faces
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ink drawing on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Ink
$159 Sale Price
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Hercules after Carracci VI - 21st Century, Figurative Drawing, Yellow, Blue
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Hercules after Carracci VI , 2014
Tempera on paper (Framed, Signed on front)
27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in
70 H × 100 W cm
On the subject of his new works the artist stated:
“There is not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Jairo- Portrait. Watercolor and ink on archival paper drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Ink
1930s French Watercolour of an Early Art Deco Odeon Cinema and a Park
Located in Cotignac, FR
French watercolour on paper view of a park in front of an Odeon cinema by Henri Clamen. Though not signed the painting was acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed w...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Family Dinner Time 1932 American Classic Interior Design
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic Interior design and Family Dinner by Architectural Digest illustrator David Mode Payne (American, 1907-1985). The scene depicted is an interio...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,397 Sale Price
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Pensive Nude - Watercolor by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed lower left, it included a pink wooden frame realized by the artist.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fawn
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fawn" is an original ink, colored pencil, and gouache on paper artwork by Henry Hablak measuring 30"h x 22"w.
Henry Hablak is a tattoo artist and illustrator based out of Philadel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
$1,000
Study for "Lucifer"
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Ragazzo for Boys, Boys, Pride, Triptych. Watercolor figurative
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Paper, Ink
The Carpet Seller 19th Century Orientalist Antique Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance
John Welles Hollenback, New York
The Painting is Signed FBartolini Lower Right
Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861 - 1908)
Description:
Federico Bartolini was a renowned ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Portrait of a Posed Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 (height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$130 Sale Price
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Original French Anatomical Frontal View Study of a Horse's Head
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Frontal View Study of a Horse's Head
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Oil pastel on paper
Size: 11.75 (Height) x 8.25 (Width)
Sign...
Category
20th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pencil
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1932
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1932.
Not signed..
Published on "Il Selvaggio", n.12, p.83, 1932.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
The Entertainment, 20th century American family scene watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Entertainment, c. 1955
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
20 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1955 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art
"The first district schools were log houses...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Differences - Original Abstract Figurative Yellow Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Marseille Watercolor of Calanques with Fishermen & Limestone Cliffs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Marseille Watercolor of Calanques with Fishermen & Limestone Cliffs
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 15.25...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Antique Chinese Watercolor Emperor Qin Shi Huang Qin Dynasty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous antique Chinese watercolor The colors are incredible. I was told by a Chinese Art Dealer that this is from or after Emperor Qin Shi Huang Qin dynasty. The scene is people pl...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene Ponte de le Bande
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper, unframed
Size: 6.5 x 8...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Crete Fishing Boats Dock Scene with Harbour and Village Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Crete Fishing Boats Dock Scene with Harbour and Village Watercolour Painting
by John Steane (b.1931)
Size: 16.5 inches (height) x 23.25 inches (width)
Inscribed verso: “Crete ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"The Small Collar", Trees Inhabited by Human, Paper Drawing with Pigment Colors
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with ink and pigments Colors, on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed.
Through drawings, the masterful French artist Frank Girard is...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
Un Rassemblement - Figurative Drawing
By Milo Quam
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully provocative sketch drawing of a gathering of men and women in pencil by outsider artist Mylo Quam (American, 1941-1996). Signed lower right. Presented in giltwood frame with black mat under glass. Image size: 8.25"H x 10.50"W.
A long-time Woodstock area resident, Mylo Quam was a self-taught painter and draughtsman whose provocative figural work has been compared to Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as to twentieth-century artists Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Quam was an avid reader who derived inspiration from such varied arenas as Shakespeare, the occult, the Bible, Eastern and Western mythology, politics, and popular culture. "I look at everything," the artist was quoted as saying in 1990. "I read the comic pages. Anything visual. There's very little I don't think is a subject for art."
Born in North Dakota, Quam studied Greek language and other classical subjects at Brandeis, Boston, and New York Universities, and worked as a translator of Greek plays while just 17 years old. After a successful career as an actor that included numerous Off-Broadway performances and a leading role in the 1968 Broadway production of Royal Hunt of the Sun, Quam turned his focus to painting.
His first one-man exhibition was at the Boatman Gallery, NYC in 1969 and was followed by twenty solo shows over the course of his career at venues including Gallery A, Flynn Gallery, CFM Gallery, Brewster Gallery, Imperial Gallery, Runyon Winchell Gallery and the Gallery of Erotic Art, all in New York City.
Quam's work was also exhibited at the John Pense Gallery in San Francisco, the Clark-Whitney Gallery in Massachusetts, the Barrett House and Desmond Weiss Galleries in Poughkeepsie, and for many years at the Ann Leonard Gallery in Woodstock.
Quam's paintings were exhibited internationally, as well, notably in a solo exhibition in Haiti-- the first by an American artist in that country. In addition, he was one of four artists to represent the United States in La Bienalle di Venezia, Italia of 1986. As a young man, Quam designed sets and/or costumes for the Actor's Playhouse in New York City, the Lucas Hovig Ballet Company, and the Opera Municipal de Marseilles, France. He also created illustrations for The Story of O...
Category
1970s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$680 Sale Price
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Christ on the cross - Drawin- Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ on the cross is a modern artwork realized in the style of George Rouault in mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored watercolor and tempera.
Includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Woman Carrying a Jug and Bags
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Woman Carrying a Jug and Bags
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper
Size: 7.5 (height) x 5.25 (width)
Sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
S. Thérèse - Original Tempera by Paul Bony - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
S. Thérèse is a small and meaningful artwork realized by Paul Bony, a famous French artist active especially in the middle of the last century. The artwork is painted on branded pape...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
"Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy leaning against a sawhorse in a moment of re...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile.
Dal 19 ° secolo
Disegno su carta leggermente colorata.
In buone condizioni.
Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno.
In una posa...
Category
19th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
$242 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.