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Art Subject: Portrait
SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology
SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology

SLICED VENUS - original large art by Paula Craioveanu 30x27in Neo Mythology

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

Sliced Venus. Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper. large size, shipped rolled in a large tube. Shipping from Bucharest, Romania by DHLexpress to ...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Pencil, Ink, Archival Paper

1970s Italian Signed Pop Art Painting
1970s Italian Signed Pop Art Painting

1970s Italian Signed Pop Art Painting

By Dante Ricci

Located in Roma, IT

Beautiful 1970s Italian portrait of a young woman in full Pop Art style. Pastel on paper This artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important private collection and is b...

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1970s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

“Portuguese Fisherman”
“Portuguese Fisherman”

“Portuguese Fisherman”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor on archival paper of a Portuguese fisherman with fishing boats in the background. Done in an academic style. Great detail. Signed by the artist and dated 1971 lo...

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1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century

Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century

Located in Middletown, NY

Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in blue ink, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (343 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...

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19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

Portrait of Nils And Stina Tirén Reading Kring Granen och Brasan
Portrait of Nils And Stina Tirén Reading Kring Granen och Brasan

Portrait of Nils And Stina Tirén Reading Kring Granen och Brasan

Located in Stockholm, SE

This intimate watercolour depicts the artist’s children, Nils Tirén and Stina Tirén, they reading the Christmas annual Kring granen och brasan. The image served as the original illus...

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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing
Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Taos (Timeless Ritual) Native American 1939 Indian Portrait Drawing

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Boleslaw Cybis (1895-1957). Taos (Timeless Ritual), Indian Negro Series, 6 of 18. Conte on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Small tear in sheet left margin. Evidence of alteration of image lower left where writing was probably removed before photographs require to create lithograph. The area has oxidized consequently. Signed by the artist some years after its creation in blue ink, lower left, ca. 1950's. the sheet is hinged at top margin, not glued down to backing board. Provenance: Cybis Archive. This original drawing was created in 1939-40 during an extensive visit to the Southwest US. The artist created 18 portraits and titled the series "Indian Negro Serie". Of the 18 images, 9 were selected to be included in a limited edition lithographic series some 30 years after creation. 1000 editions were printed. This is the original drawing upon which one of the images is based, and is thus unique. Of the 18 original drawings, 2 are owned by the polish government, 5 are in our collection and the other 11 are whereabouts unknown. The artist and his wife opened a porcelain factory in the 1950's, Cybis Studios. The only non-porcelain retail offering from the Cybis studio was a 1970s art issue called the Folio One. This was a limited edition reproduction series taken from nine conté drawings of Native Americans made by Boleslaw Cybis in 1939. Conté is the name of a type of crayon made of compressed charcoal or graphite mixed with wax or clay. The artist Georges Seurat was particularly fond of using conté for his drawings. Boleslaw Cybis was fascinated by the Native American (then typically referred to as American Indian) culture and peoples. This may seem odd when you consider that much of his ceramic-based works were distinctly Rococo and/or Old World European in style….a pretty stark contrast, I’d say! But Cybis was nothing if not eclectic in his tastes. The originals were reproduced as color lithographs, in an edition of 1000, in 1970. This meant “1000 of each individual print.” At present its original issue pricing is unknown, but a Spring 1972 dealer price list shows the full set of nine at $500. Individual prints could also be purchased at either $50 (for Comanche, Shoshone, or Apache) or $65 (for any of the other six)… representing a $40 savings when buying the entire folio at once versus singly. The Spring 1981 price list is the final one that shows the Folio One set for sale, still at the same price ($500) as it was a decade earlier. Individual prints are not available on that list. According to the 1979 Cybis catalog text “Each of the 12″ x 20″ prints is hand-numbered on heavy Beckett rag-content paper, with a specially designed validating hallmark in the lower right-hand corner, and carries an accompanying page with a brief tribal history.” The hallmark is blind-embossed, not surface printed. However, the Spring 1972 dealer price list cited above described the prints as being 17″ x 23″ in size. Checking past auction listings for the set, the actual prints are indeed 17″ x 23″, which means that the 12″ x 20″ size probably refers to the image area. The overall size of the set’s burlap-covered box is 18.5″ x 24.5″. These nine portraits represent seven different tribes: the Comanche, Shoshone, Taos, Apache, Hopi, Mohave, and Yuma. A bit of trivia is that only two of those tribes (Apache and Shoshone) were featured within the modern studio’s North American Indians porcelain...

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1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Memento Mori Skull, Antique Swedish Charcoal Drawing
Memento Mori Skull, Antique Swedish Charcoal Drawing

Memento Mori Skull, Antique Swedish Charcoal Drawing

Located in Stockholm, SE

Unknown Artist (Sweden, early 20th century) Memento Mori inscribed in Swedish: “Tänk på att Jag har varit såsom Du, och att Du skall bliva såsom Jag.” pencil, charcoal and white he...

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Early 1900s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Portrait of a Young Man
Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man

By Vito Tomasello

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Vito Tomasello. Portrait of Wayne Herman, 1971. Pasel on paper, 18 x 24 inches. Signed and dated upper left. A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello is best known for his male nude draw...

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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Portrait, Old Lyme CT Woman Artist, American Impressionist Pastel, 1904
Portrait, Old Lyme CT Woman Artist, American Impressionist Pastel, 1904

Portrait, Old Lyme CT Woman Artist, American Impressionist Pastel, 1904

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Katharine Ludington (1869-1953). Portrait of Mrs. Allen Wilson, Villanova PA, 1904. Pastel on cardboard. Panel measuring 11 x 16 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Unframed. ...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Hathor, Finely Detailed Drawing of Egyptian Goddess of Motherhood, Framed
Hathor, Finely Detailed Drawing of Egyptian Goddess of Motherhood, Framed

Hathor, Finely Detailed Drawing of Egyptian Goddess of Motherhood, Framed

By Oliver Hazard

Located in Chicago, IL

Bio: I was born into a family which valued artistic and craftsmanly work, so from a young age I developed an interest in drawing. A strong sense of history and culture was important ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a Young Man
Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man

Located in London, GB

Charcoal and watercolour on paper 67cm × 49cm (72cm × 49cm framed) An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited ...

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1950s Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Red Chalk Study for the Head of a Child, Jean Gigoux Proven
Jean-Baptiste Greuze Red Chalk Study for the Head of a Child, Jean Gigoux Proven

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Red Chalk Study for the Head of a Child, Jean Gigoux Proven

By Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tournus, 1725 - Paris, 1805) Study for the Head of a Child Red chalk on paper, unsigned 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in 43 x 29.7 cm This tender and highly evocative red ...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Anonymous Sailor Painting

Anonymous Sailor Painting

Located in New York, NY

Sailor Painting 2003 Signed and dated, l.r. Watercolor on paper 10.5 x 13.5 inches, matted 19 x 23 inches, framed This work is offered by CLAMP in...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Ottoman Figure Turban Holding Curved Sword
Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Ottoman Figure Turban Holding Curved Sword

Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Ottoman Figure Turban Holding Curved Sword

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

1780's-1800 Fine English School Ink & Watercolor Ottoman Figure in Turban Holding Curved Sword Standing Study Late 18th / Early 19th Century English School circa 1780–1800 ink drawin...

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Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Untitled  6 - Series Final Fantasy, Minutiae Contemporary Figurative Painting
Untitled  6 - Series Final Fantasy, Minutiae Contemporary Figurative Painting

Untitled 6 - Series Final Fantasy, Minutiae Contemporary Figurative Painting

By Magdalena Peszkowska

Located in Hallein, AT

Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in 2004. The cycle of ‘Final Fantasy...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Nick Xylouris

Nick Xylouris

By James Childs

Located in New York, NY

This is a drawing by James Childs (1945-2020) offered by CLAMP in New York City. Nick Xylouris 2004 Signed and titled, recto Graphite and Conté crayon on paper 12 x 8.25 inches

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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Conté, Graphite

Andreas Zisimos

Andreas Zisimos

By James Childs

Located in New York, NY

This is a drawing by James Childs offered by CLAMP in New York City. 2004 Signed and titled, recto Graphite and Conté crayon on paper 12 x 8.25 inches

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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Conté, Graphite

Self-Portrait Drawing
Self-Portrait Drawing

Self-Portrait Drawing

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a work which was part of a book of tonalist drawings by Granville Redmond (1871-1935). This rare charcoal self-portrait drawing is deeply introspective. No mincing words ...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Jade", Figurative, Portrait, Acrylic, Chalk Pastel, Wax Pastel
"Jade", Figurative, Portrait, Acrylic, Chalk Pastel, Wax Pastel

"Jade", Figurative, Portrait, Acrylic, Chalk Pastel, Wax Pastel

By Chambers Austelle

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This figurative portrait drawing titled "Jade" is an original artwork by Chambers Austelle made of acrylic, chalk pastel, wax pastel. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w. Chambers Austelle is a contemporary figurative painter and educator living and working in Charleston, SC. Austelle is best known for her compositions of vivid color and female subjects. The isolated environments challenge the viewer to question the way beauty and women are perceived in our culture. Austelle’s work has been exhibited nationally and exists in many private collections. She was awarded Best in Show at The City Gallery for “Piccolo Spoleto’s 2016 Juried Exhibition”, as well as Charlie Magazine’s “50 Most Progressive”. Most recently, she was the 2018 recipient of St. Thomas’ Artist...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Chalk, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Acrylic

18th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Lady
18th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Lady

18th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Lady

Located in Corsham, GB

A delicate pastel portrait of a lady, elegantly dressed in a pink gown with a rose adorning her hair. She raises her hand to her face in a gesture that conveys grace and refinement. ...

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Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

1930's French Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Listed French painter
1930's French Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Listed French painter

1930's French Portrait Sketch of a Lady, Listed French painter

By Leon Launay

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Portrait of a Lady" by Leon Launay (French 1890-1956) charcoal portrait drawing on paper, unframed stamped verso painting: 18.5 x 12 inches Condition report: The painting is in go...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman

Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman

Located in Corsham, GB

A fine nineteenth century graphite and watercolour portrait study of a gentleman. He is fashionably attired in a black coat and white cravat, and holds a scroll of paper in his lap. ...

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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Fouta Djallon woman with crest headdress

Fouta Djallon woman with crest headdress

Located in London, GB

Albert Charles Dequene Fouta Djallon woman with crest headdress Pastel on paper, signed lower right & dated '32' Image size: 19 3/4 x 18 inches (50 x 46 cm) Hand made ebonised and gi...

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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

French School of the20th Century, Bust of a man viewed from behind, watercolor
French School of the20th Century, Bust of a man viewed from behind, watercolor

French School of the20th Century, Bust of a man viewed from behind, watercolor

Located in Paris, FR

French School of the20th Century Bust of a man viewed from behind, signed on the lower right (unidentified signature, see detail photograph) watercolor on paper 46 x 34 cm In a very...

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1930s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Posdata Contemplación. From the Posdata series
Posdata Contemplación. From the Posdata series

Posdata Contemplación. From the Posdata series

By Iván Castiblanco

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The artist is inspired by the relationships between the past and the present, creating works that function as archaeological finds. His pieces, which include floors and toys, reconst...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Portrait of a Young Woman in Hat, 1905
Portrait of a Young Woman in Hat, 1905

Portrait of a Young Woman in Hat, 1905

Located in Stockholm, SE

This early portrait by Almar Bech showcases the artist’s mastery of charcoal and gouache on paper. The artist uses charcoal to establish strong outlines and soft shading, lending the...

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Early 1900s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Giacomo Cavedone (1577 – 1660) Head of an Old Man, Old Master Drawing

Giacomo Cavedone (1577 – 1660) Head of an Old Man, Old Master Drawing

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

Giacomo Cavedone (Sassuolo 1577 – Bologne 1660) Head of an Old Man, probably Saint Joseph Black chalk with white heightening on brown prepared paper 381 × 273 mm (15 × 10¾ in) Unsi...

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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift

Located in Harkstead, GB

A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...

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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Study for Alyssa II" 2018 - Charcoal drawing, portrait of young woman, framed
"Study for Alyssa II" 2018 - Charcoal drawing, portrait of young woman, framed

"Study for Alyssa II" 2018 - Charcoal drawing, portrait of young woman, framed

By Stephen Bauman

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman, perfectly poised and staring directly at the viewer. Her face is executed with exceptional detail, and is the focal point of the composi...

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2010s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Archival Paper

"Waiting" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing
"Waiting" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing

"Waiting" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing

By Bunyod Suvonov

Located in Denver, CO

"Waiting" (2023) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade drawing made with charcoal and graphite on toned paper. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long flowing hair laying...

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20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)

French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)

Located in London, GB

Charcoal on paper, 60cm x 42cm, (74cm x 60cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academ...

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19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Located in London, GB

Charcoal, chalk and red chalk Initialled (lower left and right) 12cm × 9.5cm (41cm × 37cm framed) A French actor and artist. He is known for acting in several French films in the 1...

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20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat. Pastel and Crayon.
French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat. Pastel and Crayon.

French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat. Pastel and Crayon.

Located in Cotignac, FR

A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame. Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...

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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

'Portrait of a Young Woman', 19th Century Academic Realism
'Portrait of a Young Woman', 19th Century Academic Realism

'Portrait of a Young Woman', 19th Century Academic Realism

By Mary Gunn

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A compelling and period mid-19th century portrait of a young woman with braided hair, wearing a shawl and shown three-quarters on. Signed lower right, "Mary Gunn" (American, 19th cen...

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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Graphite, Paper

Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)

Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Conté crayon on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...

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1970s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Academic Study of a Nun’s Head, Florentine School, Late 18th
Academic Study of a Nun’s Head, Florentine School, Late 18th

Academic Study of a Nun’s Head, Florentine School, Late 18th

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic Study of a Nun’s Head, Florentine School Late 18th – Early 19th Century Pencil on handmade cotton paper. Dimensions: 38.5 × 53.5 cm. Large study depicting the head of a v...

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18th Century and Earlier Italian School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing

Located in Paris, FR

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile signed on the lower right Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper 19.5 x 13 cm Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle. There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives. He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius). A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...

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1860s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David

19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David

By Jacques-Louis David

Located in Cotignac, FR

A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David. ...

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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel

'Portrait of Miss Vera Bodilly' symbolist pastel by Emile Barthelemy Fabry
'Portrait of Miss Vera Bodilly' symbolist pastel by Emile Barthelemy Fabry

'Portrait of Miss Vera Bodilly' symbolist pastel by Emile Barthelemy Fabry

Located in London, GB

Emile Barthelemy Fabry (1865-1966) 'Portrait of Miss Vera Bodilly' Pastel on paper 41 x 31.5 cm, 59.7 x 50.1 cm framed 1917 Signed bottom left This intimate portrayal of fellow ar...

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1910s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Le Compotier II, Signed Charcoal Drawing, Realistic Still Life, 2025, 60x40 cm
Le Compotier II, Signed Charcoal Drawing, Realistic Still Life, 2025, 60x40 cm

Le Compotier II, Signed Charcoal Drawing, Realistic Still Life, 2025, 60x40 cm

Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR

Subject : Le Compotier II (French Title) The Compotier II is a charcoal drawing by Aurélie Sicas, a contemporary artist celebrated for her sensitive approach to realism and light. Th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Profile Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Charcoal on Paper, Signed
Profile Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Charcoal on Paper, Signed

Profile Portrait of a Woman, 19th Century Charcoal on Paper, Signed

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

A graphite profile portrait drawing of a woman on paper by Johannes Collin (1873-1951), signed “Johannes Collin 98” and titled “Zigenerska”. This early and unusual work by Collin presents his interest in refined drawing and capturing character even at a modest scale. It dates from 1898, a formative moment for the artist when he was studying arts and stands out as a somewhat rare example of his graphic or drawing work rather than his better known small bronzes. Johannes Collin was born in 1873 in Skåne, south Sweden. After passing his matriculation at the Cathedral School in Lund in 1892, he studied at university in 1894–96 and then turned to art studies. From 1899 to 1901 he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, and from 1903 to 1905 he studied sculpture in Paris. Collin settled in Lund, Skåne and pursued a career as sculptor and poet. He died in 1951 in Lund. He was the son of a farmer and raised in the Skåne countryside. Early on he developed a sensitivity to form, figure, and expression, combining his sculptural ambitions with literary leanings (he later published a small volume of poetry). Collin appears to have had an individualistic personality: he moved in student and artistic circles in Lund, but also kept a modest, sometimes even eccentric public persona. In the mid-1930s, he increasingly turned to poetry and pared back his three-dimensional work. From his early years, he gradually developed into a sculptor working in bronze and patinated materials. Much of his work consists of small‐scale bronzes with an intensity of expression. One critic (in Kulturens yearbook) wrote of Collin that “the monumental is not in the work’s external dimensions but in the attitude … your small sculptures have an inner monumentality”. Collin exhibited his works in various venues: for example he took part in the Lund Exhibition (“Lundautställningen”) in 1907. Internationally, he showed works in Munich in 1909 and 1913, where his efforts were positively reviewed. A noteworthy retrospective or exhibition was held at the museum Kulturen in Lund, when a donation of Collin’s sculptures...

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1890s Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite