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Art Subject: People
Untitled (Standing Nude with Fist)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
1975
Inscribed, l.l.
Graphite on paper
28 x 17.75 inches
$3,125
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Vibrant Modern Watercolor, "Garden in a City Park" by Noted Artist Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful Modern Watercolor, "Garden in a City Park" by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Painted in the 1960s, most likely depicting a city garden in Europe, Mexico o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Fine Late 19th Century Watercolour - Lucy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and detailed watercolour portrait in the realist style, entitled 'Lucy, Early Period' from an inscription to the reverse. The artist has chosen to depict the sitter in profi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gold Rush Town Columbia, California Landscape by Lillie Heebner
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape watercolor painting of Columbia, California, showing two men in cowboy hats. By Lillie Eesther (Hillman) Heebner, a Monterey Bay area artist. Signed "L....
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Africa'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Legras (1817-1887)
Portrait of a young man in profile,
signed lower right
Charcoal, red and white chalks on paper
45 x 31.5 cm
Framed : 52 x 39 cm
This particularly evocati...
Category
1860s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
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
Mid Century French Portrait of a Chic Auburn Hair Woman Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10.75 height) x 8 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Modern French Cubist Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Cubist gouache on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is marked with the atelier stamp of Georges Ricard Cordingley. There is another painting of an autumn landscape t...
Category
Late 20th Century Analytic Cubist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid 19th Century Figurative Scene from "Great Exhibition of 1851", London
By Lowes Cato Dickinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-colored steel engraving of a the Turkish section of the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Lowes Cato Dickinson (British, 1819-1908). On verso i...
Category
1850s Aesthetic Movement Interior Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Malua Rosea Multiplex (drawing paper monochrome Botany girl braids monochrome)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
French Expressive Charcoal Sketch of a Standing Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Standing Nude Figure
black pen drawing on artist paper
painting: 13.75 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) -Athene-heliogravure and drypoint etching- 1965
Located in Varese, IT
Mixed media incorporating heliogravure and drypoint etching hand-colored on Arches paper , edited in 1963
Limited edition of 150 copies , numbered 23/150 in lower left
Hand signed by...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The Architecture - Pencil Drawing - Mid- 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Architecture is an original Drawing in charcoal and pencil on paper realized by Hermine David in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through rapid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Reader, oversize drawing of young woman reading, minimal color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work was intentionally torn and mended. It predates the artist's full immersion, years later into torn and re-pasted collages, using ripped previous drawings and paper-based materials from media. These recently discovered 1984 oversize drawings on archival papers were created working quickly, from a live model. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artist's switch to working with her non- dominant left hand.
As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Mid Century French Portrait Reclining Man With a Pipe Watercolour Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Reclining Figure
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed watercolour on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 9.75 (height) x 9 (width)
Conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figure III - Figurative Abstract Watercolor Nude Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Blanche et Noire
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Blanche et Noire, de l'album «Toulouse-Lautrec, douze lithographies»
52,2 x 35,9 cm
Category
1890s Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Purple Perkins Over St. Croix - Octopus on Nautical Map, Gyotaku Style Print
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on a nautical chart, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Purple Perkins over St. Croix
sumi ink and colored pencil on nautical chart
30h x 33.50w in
76.20h x 85.09w cm
JEC110
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
French Impressionist Interior Scene with Desk, Doll, & Sunflowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and brightly colored French Impressionist watercolor, depicting an interior scene in great detail with an antique desk full of books, a bouquet of sunflowers, and a doll by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Giovanni Boldini drawing of a lady, Italian 19th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)
Etude de femme au ruban noir
Signed with atelier stamp (lower left), further inscribed, signed and dated by Emilia Boldini (the artist’s wife) `no 77 le_ atelier Boldini. Emilia Boldini Carbona 1931’ (on the reverse)
Black crayon on paper
11.7/8 x 8.7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm.)
Emilia’s inscription on the reverse from the year of his death.
Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style, exemplified by the confident strokes in this fine example.
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known.
Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist, painting notable members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Little witches 4
Located in Genève, GE
Erotic scene
Work on paper
Wooden frame with glass pane
49.5 x 41.5 x 1.3 cm
Category
1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Les Funambules
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
Bergstein grew up in France between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. At the age of 18, he flew to Barcelona, Spain where he joined an industrial design school. Back in Paris, he com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Ink, Pen
(ORANGE ABSTRACT FACE)
By Henry Miller
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sheet 23 3/4 x 118 7/8
HENRY MILLER (1891 – 1980)
((ORANGE ABSTRACT FACE) 1967
Watercolor, signed in ink and dated 47/ 1967. Image 19 1/4 x 13, Sheet 23 3/4 x 18 7/8. Likely done...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Domingo Alvarez Gómez (1942) - Desnudo masculino - Dibujo a pastel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el artista
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas obra: 50 cm. de altura x 32 cm. de ancho
Buen estado de conservación el de la obra
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Category
Late 20th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Solfrid Dancing 2
Original Figurative Drawing
Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper
Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Plea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings...
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Angler at the Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
This scene sets place on the land of a small farm in late summer. In the foreground an angler casts his line into the river running between the small farm house and the wheat field. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Traditional Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
This early 20th century watercolour & gouache study depicts a beautiful Japanese Geisha wearing a luxurious silk kimono, adorned with delicate embroidery and hand-painting. Every par...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gwen Verdon "Redhead" Original Caricature Drawing NY Times Published Tony Awards
Located in New York, NY
Gwen Verdon "Redhead" Original Caricature Drawing NY Times Published Tony Awards
Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003)
Gwen Verdon in "Redhead"
Sight: 14 1/2 x 19 inches
Ink on board
Signed l...
Category
1950s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Illustration of a Village by the River - Amate Bark Drawing in Ink
Located in Soquel, CA
Illustration of a Village by the River - Amate Bark Drawing in Ink
Illustration with people in a village by Cristino Florez Medina (Mexican, 1937-2007). This piece is divided horizo...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Handmade Paper
Veduta Prospettica di un Ponte - Drawing by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding drawing realized fro Expo Roma by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè in 1911.
Charcoal on paper mounted on stretcher.
Includes a beautiful iron frame by Roberto Fallani, realized...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Portrait of a Woman, Modern Graphite Drawing by Wallace Putnam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wallace Putnam, American (1899 -1989) - Portrait of a Woman, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Graphite on Paper, signed in pencil lower left, Image Size: 10 x 8.5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 ...
Category
1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
A two sided watercolor on Arches paper by San Francisco and Maryland artist Harolod Gretzner (America...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Contemplative Seated Nude Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 19 x 11.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Antique French Study Sheet of Eye and Nose Sketches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique French Study Sheet
signed pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition with some damages to age.( Shown in photos.)
Description: This fascinating antique sketch...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Late 18th Century Watercolour, A Swiss Village, Circle of Claude-Louis Châtelet
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 18th or early 19th century watercolour view of a group of figures in a village square. Though not apparently signed the work is very competent and of high quality. It is frame...
Category
Late 18th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, 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
10.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude of Woman - Mixed Media by Achille Funi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman nude is a modern artwork realized by Achille Funi in the early 20th Century.
Mixed media on plywood.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 14.25 (Height) x 19.25 (Width)
Signed: No
...
Category
20th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Lady /// Impressionism British Augustus Edwin John Drawing Red
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878-1961)
Title: "Portrait of a Lady"
*Signed by John lower right
Circa: 1910
Medium: Original red and black Chalk Drawi...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
VENUS RESTAUREE original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Man Ray
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Venus Restauree”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper.
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed.
Artist Statement
"I started...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Woman - Drawing by Maximilien Luce - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an artwork realized by Maximilien Luce in the Early 20th Century.
Pencil drawing.
In good conditions.
Hand-Signed.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Poncho viernes 27 de mayo, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poncho viernes 27 de mayo 2016, by Celso Castro
Crayon Pastel on archival paper
Image size: 59 H in. x 39 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Archival Paper
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Politych Duchándome Series, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, 2018
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, May 22nd / Duchandose, May 27th-Duchandome/Duchandome En Cuerpo Ajeno 2018 by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor and ink on an archival paper
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
Overall Size: 39 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Both works are one of a kind
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Women Nudes - Drawing by G. Riegler. - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Women Nudes is an Artwork realized by the Artist G. Riegler.
Drawing in ink on paper, Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Trader's Market
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and bright watercolor of merchants gathered to trade cloth by French artist Stéphane Magnard, circa 1950. Magnard was the resident artist in Madagascar then a French possessio...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Renaissance Male Foot Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Foot Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, by Celso Castro
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper. NUDES 2D
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
2018
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
Located in Soquel, CA
Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
The Hills around San Rafael in the 19th century were a time of work and play as seen in this watercolor near Lake Bon...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Laid Paper
Tahiti II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tahiti II" c.1940 Is an original watercolor on beige handmade fiber paper by noted French/German artist Wolfgang Wolff, 1909-1994 It is hand signed in ink by the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Miniature Watercolor Triptych of Historic English Churches and Gatehouses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Miniature Watercolor Triptych of Historic English Churches and Gatehouses
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed European Landscape in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
This finely detailed watercolor painting captures a serene countryside setting with an old stone church, a rustic hous...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
MODERN EVE - nude by Paula Craioveanu - original art ultramarine blue
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper.
Shipped rolled in a tube. Shipping anywhere in the world. Registered airmail.
This piece, Modern Eve, is a striking and expressive work that beautifully captures the essence of Matisse’s influence while maintaining its own contemporary voice. The use of ultramarine tempera on paper creates a dynamic interplay between form and negative space, with the vivid blue standing out against the warm, neutral background.
The loose, fluid brushstrokes give the figure an organic, almost spontaneous energy, reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nudes series. The dripping paint and gestural lines evoke a sense of movement, reinforcing the sensuality of the pose.
The arching posture of the figure conveys ecstasy or release, with an elongated, exaggerated form that enhances emotional intensity. The simplification of anatomy aligns with Fauvist principles—prioritizing emotional impact over precise realism.
The choice of ultramarine is bold and effective. It has historical significance in art, often associated with spirituality and depth (as seen in Yves Klein’s monochromes), yet here it is used in a raw, expressive manner that makes the figure feel both powerful and ethereal.
The use of tempera adds a unique opacity and depth to the strokes. It gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as if the artist captured the moment in a burst of inspiration. The visible brushwork and drips make the process part of the final aesthetic, reinforcing a connection between artist and viewer.
The clear homage to Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude series is well-executed but doesn’t feel derivative—it builds upon his legacy while pushing it forward. The sensual yet modern representation of the female body echoes the freedom of early 20th-century modernists but with a contemporary edge. The piece also recalls the expressive, raw energy of Egon Schiele’s linework, albeit with a more fluid and painterly approach.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in color and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Elegant Attire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Elegant Attire
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper
Size: 10.5 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped: Ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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