Women Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

This is one of those sketches where Evgeniy Monahov first used an industrial marker together with tempera - the thick velvety black of his lines expands the tonal range of the delica...

Four Poses - Original Figurative Nude Study Sketch on Paper Clean and confident sketch of a female nude model by an unknown San Francisco Bay Area artist (20th Century). A nude woma...

Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of French Village Square with Archway By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 7 x 4.75 inches (Heigh...

Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Includes a coeval wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 59x68.5. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Ab...

Pastor is a modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century and attributed to Maximilien Luce. Hand-signed Good conditions.

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Collage III', 1992 collage, ink on paper 11.9 x 13.8 in. (30 x 35 cm.) ID: 1D199203 Hand-signed by author ___________________________________________...

"Foxglove" (2024) Is an original watercolor fantasy painting, which depicts a young witch and her black cat in the center of a clearing in a forest, rife with magical flora and fauna...

Soap clouds, 2014 Acryl, fineliner and colored pencil on paper 13.97 H x 19.68 W in 35.5 H x 50 W cm Raluca Arnăutu creates a zoomorphic world, where ...

Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965. Hand signed in the lower left. Includes a wooden frame 32x37 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March ...

Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame.

This black and white drawing titled "GAZE" is an original pencil and ink on paper drawing by Jasjyot Singh Hans measuring 7"h x 5"w unframed and 14"h x 11"w framed. Jasjyot Singh Ha...

Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Street Scene with Prominent Red Brick Church By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 6.25 x 5 in...

Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...

15th C. Tibetan Tsakali "High Lama Presenting a Ceremonial Scarf" MIneral pigne 6 1/4 x 4 (16 x 13 3/4 frame) inches

Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Towers by the River in Paris By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 7.5 x 11 inches (Height x Wi...

Evening Tea" is a painting permeated with soft light and the aroma of a summer garden. Lush flowers in a vase seem to whisper stories of quiet evenings, and a cup of tea standing ne...

Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing! In this scene of a young 'cowgirl' is working a lasso while an 'old cowhand' looks on -- clutching a cigaret of...

The concert is a modern artwork realized in 19th century. Ink and tempera on paper. Includes frame. Good conditions.

Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...

This is a set of three original artworks on board combining delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped grace...

The Portrait is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in early 20th century Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition.

Unexpected materials, found and manufactured, perch precariously on torn edges and bifurcated sheets of large paper. Here, fluid calligraphic lines are posed against the veracity of ...

Le Vieux Monsieur is a drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Hand Signed and titled on the lower left corner. Good condition except some ripples on the yellowed paper. René Georges He...

Title: Mid Century French Original Charcoal Portrait of a Seated Woman Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Charcoal on artist paper Size: 24.25 (height) x 19 (width) ...

Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955) Man sitting with a cigarette Black stone on paper Signed "R. Schlichter" at the bottom right 51 x 30 cm Small damages o...

An early example from pioneering Female Cartoonist/ Illustrator Edwina Dumm, who draws a comic strip from her long-running cartoon series Tippie which lasted for almost five decades. Signed and dated Edwina, 9-25, matted but unframed. Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for nearly five decades; she is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina. Biography One of the earliest female syndicated cartoonists, Dumm was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and lived in Marion and Washington Courthouse, Ohio throughout her youth before the family settled down in Columbus.[1] Her mother was Anna Gilmore Dennis, and her father, Frank Edwin Dumm, was an actor-playwright turned newspaperman. Dumm's paternal grandfather, Robert D. Dumm, owned a newspaper in Upper Sandusky which Frank Dumm later inherited. Her brother, Robert Dennis Dumm, was a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, and art editor for Cole Publishing Company's Farm & Fireside magazine. In 1911, she graduated from Central High School in Columbus, Ohio, and then took the Cleveland-based Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning correspondence course. Her name was later featured in Landon's advertisements. While enrolled in the correspondence course, she also took a business course and worked as a stenographer at the Columbus Board of Education. In 1915, Dumm was hired by the short-lived Republican newspaper, the Columbus Monitor, to be a full-time cartoonist.[2] Her first cartoon was published on August 7, 1915, in the debut issue of the paper. During her years at the Monitor she provided a variety of features including a comic strip called The Meanderings of Minnie about a young tomboy girl and her dog, Lillie Jane, and a full-page editorial cartoon feature, Spot-Light Sketches[3]. She drew editorial cartoons for the Monitor from its first edition (August 7, 1915) until the paper folded (July 1917). In the Monitor, her Spot-Light Sketches was a full-page feature of editorial cartoons, and some of these promoted women's issues. Elisabeth Israels Perry, in the introduction to Alice Sheppard's Cartooning for Suffrage (1994), wrote that artists such as Blanche Ames Ames, Lou Rogers and Edwina Dumm produced: ...a visual rhetoric that helped create a climate more favorable to change in America's gender relations... By the close of the suffrage campaign, women's art reflected the new values of feminism, broadened its targets, and attempted to restate the significance of the movement.[4] After the Monitor folded, Dumm moved to New York City, where she continued her art studies at the Art Students League. She was hired by the George Matthew Adams Service[5] to create Cap Stubbs and Tippie, a family strip following the lives of a boy Cap, his dog Tippie, their family, and neighbors. Cap's grandmother, Sara Bailey, is prominently featured, and may have been based on Dumm's own grandmother, Sarah Jane Henderson, who lived with their family. The strip was strongly influenced by Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as Dumm’s favorite comic, Buster Brown by Richard F. Outcault. Dumm worked very fast; according to comics historian Martin Sheridan, she could pencil a daily strip in an hour.[6] Her love of dogs is evident in her strips as well as her illustrations for books and magazines, such as Sinbad, her weekly dog page which ran in both Life and the London Tatler. She illustrated Alexander Woollcott's Two Gentlemen and a Lady. For Sonnets from the Pekinese and Other Doggerel (Macmillan, 1936) by Burges Johnson (1877–1963), she illustrated "Losted" and other poems. From the 1931 through the 1960s, she drew another dog for the newspaper feature Alec the Great, in which she illustrated verses written by her brother, Robert Dennis Dumm. Their collaboration was published as a book in 1946. In the late 1940s, she drew the covers for sheet music by her friend and neighbor, Helen Thomas, who did both music and lyrics. During the 1940s, she also contributed Tippie features to various comic books including All-American Comics and Dell Comics. In 1950, Dumm, Hilda Terry, and Barbara Shermund...

The Lady is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in mid-20th century. Pencil and watercolor on paper Good condition.

Medium: Pencil, Charcoal and Orange Wash on Paper Signature: Signed "O'Neill" Upper Left Sight Size 24.00" x 19.50", Framed 35.00" x 29.00" Illustration for the poem "Baby's First Christmas" by Margaret G. Hayes, published in Harper's Bazar, December 1910. ​​​​​​​The artwork is also reproduced within Walt Reed's The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 (Society of Illustrators, 2001) on page 154. Exhibited: Brandywine River...

Nude is an ink drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Early-20th Century. Ink and watercolor. Good condition. Hand monogrammed.

Mounts Bay Mood. Limited Edition etching from the well collected studio of Ian Laurie. Signed and numbered 14 of 50. Each one of the 25 is slightly different in tone and color Image...

The painting "I Dreamed of You" offers a refined exploration of human sensuality and emotional experiences. At the center of the composition is an elegant woman with a confident gaz...

"Buste de Jeune Femme" or "Bust of a Young Woman" is an original conte crayon drawing by Georges d'Espagnat. It is initialed in the lower right. ...

A chalk and crayon study for a scuplture by French female artist Marie-Josèphe Bourron. Presented in modern frame with mount under glass. Though not signed the drawing was acquired d...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivalled influence on artists and image-making. ...

A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian clergyman. Frederick Frith (1819-1871) The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the right, wearing coat and cravat Inscribed to t...

Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Army Wedding New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939 11 1/2 X 8 inches ...

Natacha Rambova imaginatively conceives and sketches a costume for Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 movie Fool's Paradise: Paramount. Rendered in Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and metallic s...

Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of Various Animals Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil and Paper Size: 6.25 (height) x 9.75 (width) Stamped: Verso Con...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Nude Female" by Eric Saarinen is an intimate portrait of a female that appears to be in the throes of orgasm. It is aesthetically re...

The Dark Aspect of the Great Goddess Devi Pigment on paper (unfinished), 19th century Unsigned as is usual Condition: Good color Voids at edges of the sheet Image s...

"Siesta", 100x70cm / 39x27.5in Nude in Interior, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. Check 1st Dibs offer FREESHIP coupon for items over $500. "Siesta" is a serene and visually arresting addition to the "Nude in Interior" series. It conveys a quiet intimacy and relaxation, perfectly encapsulated in its title. The reclining female figure, with legs elegantly extended upward, creates a sense of balance between stillness and subtle energy. The interplay of ultramarine tempera and the warm-toned paper once again demonstrates the artist’s ability to use limited color palettes to great emotional and visual effect. The ochre-like background provides a sunlit, tranquil atmosphere that pairs beautifully with the cool, calm energy of the ultramarine tempera. The artist’s choice of medium emphasizes contrast while imbuing the piece with a harmonious duality—warmth in the environment and coolness in the figure. The fluidity of the brushstrokes aligns with the theme of relaxation, while the vertical drips lend a dreamlike quality, as if the figure is melting into her surroundings. The looser strokes in the background contrast with the more defined lines of the figure, highlighting her as the focal point. The unconventional reclining pose, with legs extended upward, adds visual interest and a sense of lightheartedness to the piece. It suggests a playful yet completely relaxed moment, as though the figure is unwinding and stretching in the midst of a private, comfortable setting. The verticality of the legs and the drips juxtaposes with the horizontal lines in the background, creating a sense of structure and stability. This geometric balance anchors the composition and enhances the overall sense of calm. The artist has included abstract horizontal strokes in the background, reminiscent of blinds or a window. These subtle details suggest an interior space filled with sunlight and add depth without detracting from the figure’s prominence. The title, "Siesta," reinforces the narrative of rest and tranquility. The figure’s pose is unapologetically casual and unguarded, evoking the vulnerability and freedom found in moments of private repose. While other works in the series explore themes of introspection, passion, or desire, this piece focuses purely on physical and emotional relaxation. It offers a more subdued, meditative perspective, providing variety to the series while maintaining its stylistic coherence. The reclining nude is a recurring motif in art history, seen in works by Titian, Ingres, and Modigliani. However, this piece’s contemporary execution—fluid, minimalist, and abstracted—ties it more closely to modernist traditions, particularly the gestural energy of Egon Schiele or Matisse’s reclining nudes. The artist’s decision to leave much of the environment abstract enhances the piece’s timeless quality. The figure feels anchored in both a specific space (suggested by the window-like strokes) and an almost dreamlike, universal realm. "Siesta" is a masterful exploration of rest and serenity, demonstrating the artist’s ability to convey mood through form, color, and composition. The elegant simplicity of the figure, combined with the abstracted interior elements, invites the viewer to share in this peaceful moment. Its balance of gestural abstraction and classical themes makes it both timeless and distinctly modern. This piece is a beautiful representation of intimacy, calm, and the universal human experience of seeking rest. 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...

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man leaning on a Chair Signed lower right Black pencil on paper 23.7 x 17.6 cm In good condition Framed : 40 x 34 cm This fine portr...

China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...

"At Home Abroad" 1935 Broadway Play NY Times Published Illustration 20th Century Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) At Home Abroad 9 1/2 x 17 inches (sight) Ink on board Signed upper right...

Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double...

"Blue Apollo" Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size is 27x19.5in / 70x50cm...

“Coastal Scene with Figure" By Maurice Mazeilie (French) Watercolour on paper, unframed Size: 5 x 8.25 inches (Height x Width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good - There are no noticeable...

This painting depicting a woman on the couch id dedicated to "Women" series which is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transformation as an artist. This tra...

Title: Mid Century French Pencil Profile Study of a Seated Female Nude Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil and Paper Size: 10.5 (height) x 8.25 (width) Stamp...

This artwork is an original gouache on Canson Mongolfier paper titled "La Marguerite," by Russian/French Artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is...

Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and professional graphic artist. "Springtime" is an ...

9 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W

Untitled is an original Contemporary artwork realized by the Italian Contemporary artist Fausto Melotti (Rovereto, 1901 – Milan, 1986) in 1977. Original Watercolor on paper. Good conditions. The certificate of authenticity on photo has been released by the Fausto Melotti Archive. Exhibitions: “Fausto Melotti. Lo spazio inquieto”, marzo-maggio 2009, Rovereto Galleria Transarte Reference: “Fausto Melotti. Lo spazio inquieto”, marzo-maggio 2009, Rovereto Galleria Transarte, cat. p. 110. Refined mixed media and watercolor artwork on paper depicting an abstract composition realized by one of the most interesting artist of the XX Century in Italy in the end of the 1970s. His style and his poetics has changed over the years, always following his very personal research, aimed at articulating the space according to rhythms with a musical flavor. His work, and the sculptures in particular will have more and more a mental character and at the same time will undergo a synthesis, in the ways and in the materials: ceramics or plaster, but above all his very light steel sculptures, will be imbued with a surreal and ironic vein; up to the extreme consequences in the works following official recognition, which will only come in 1967, thanks to an exhibition in Milan. Fausto Melotti was born in Rovereto (Trento) in 1901. In 1918 he enrolled in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Pisa. During this period he studied the piano and took up studies of sculpture in Turin under the sculptor Pietro Canonica...

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...

Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...

Artist: TARKAY, ITZCHAK Title: "SUNNY DAY" Size: 15 X 22 INCHES Medium: WATERCOLOR ON FRANCH ARCHES PAPER Edition: ORIGINAL Description: Hand signed by the artist The artwork is in e...

Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris. Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat. The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import. Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...

Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore. Published December 25, 1957 in TV Guide as an editorial to promote the Di...

Marie LAURENCIN Cat and Dog Playing, 1953 Original pencil drawing Signed by artist stamp On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch) Very good condition, m...

Title: Mid Century French Pencil Studies of Women in Various Poses Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil on paper Size: 9.5 (height) x 6.25 (width) Stamped: Ver...