Art by Medium: Crayon

Untitled #543 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed This striking contemporary artwork by Murray Duncan showcases the artist’s signature blend of e...

Layers of paint build up this neutral palette where emphasis is placed on minimal composition. From a distance, the painting explores colour fields and geometric abstraction. Closer up, it's about subtle textures, intuitive mark-making, playful scribbles and remnants of colour. The blending of these two elements invites the viewer to experience a calm while stimulating, visual response. // Andrea Stajan-Ferkul is a Canadian artist whose work conveys a sense of experimentation through the use of paint, fabric collage and abstract mark-making. While not exclusive to fashion, dresses have been a compositional focus throughout her oeuvre. With an emphasis on timelessness, her series of dress paintings shift between realistic representation and interpretive impressions. In contrast, her series of abstract works embrace minimalism, considerate to a restrained palette and composition. Stajan-Ferkul began her career in fashion advertising before shifting her focus to fine art in 2000. Her work has been exhibited widely through galleries and art fairs, and hangs in private and public collections across Canada, US, Europe and Asia. keywords: abstract, minimal art...

In "Tipping point", Pierre Morquin invites us on a journey into the world of abstract expressionism. The canvas is dominated by vivid colors and dynamic shapes that intersect and ove...

Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...

Spring Blossom By Natalie Bird [2023] Pastel on thick Pastelmat paper. Fixed and mounted in an antique white acid free mountboard and sealed in protective cellophane envelope. Addi...

Richard Serra's 'Cape Breton Horizontal Reversal No. 16' (2014) exemplifies the radical approach to works on paper that has run in parallel with his celebrated sculptural practice th...

Oil, acrylic, pastel, and mesh. Unframed and un-stretched canvas.

A striking still life composition by German artist Johann Winter (1898-1964), featuring a bottle, pot, and apples rendered in a playful modernist style. Monogrammed to the lower left...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933–1993) Title: Stargazer Lily '86 Year: 1986 Medium: Pastel on handmade paper Size: 24 x 23 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated by the a...

Woman on a Patio Pastel on paper, c. 1915 Unsigned Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will Hess David Saltzman Robert Henry Adams Fine Art Thomas French Fine Art Ronald C. Sloter, Columbus, Ohio Columbus College of Art and Design (de-accessed) Exhibited at Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, 1994, the first exhibition at the North Franklin Street Gallery. One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the "Chicago Times Herald" described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . . . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68) Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who immigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869. He was first exposed to his signature style of Impressionism in 1888 when he enrolled in night classes at the Art Institute while working in the shipping department of a lithographic firm near the Institute. He remained a student there until 1897 and was recognized in a "Chicago Times Herald" editorial of June 13, 1897 as one of the Institute's most outstanding pupils. The next year, his art career was temporarily put on hold when he briefly enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Spanish American War. In 1899, he resumed his art studies, this time with Frank Duveneck. He exhibited a painting at the Paris Salon of 1900. In 1905, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, Buehr and his family moved to France. They spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, and spent time in Venice as well. In Paris, Buehr studied at the Academy Julian with Raphael Collin for two years. Then he went to England, enrolling in the London Art School but had returned to Paris by 1908. During this time, he began painting at Giverny, the home of Impressionist leader Claude Monet (1840-1926, and by 1912, Buehr was listing that village as his home address. One of his good friends and associates at Giverny was Frederick Frieseke. One of Buehr's paintings from that time, "News from Home", was exhibited in 1913 at the French Salon in Paris and at the annual exhibit of the Chicago Art Institute. It shows a woman in floral dress sitting on a porch with a background with potted flowers and lush greenery background. Of his painting done at Giverny, Buehr wrote in 1912 to William Macbeth of Macbeth Galleries in New York: "My figures painted in and around Giverny are costumed and in appropriate out door settings." (Gerdts 68) In 1914, he returned to the United States and took a teaching position in Chicago at the Art Institute, which he held for the remainder of his life. He was married to Mary Hess, a painter of miniatures and decorative works. In 1928-29, he was a guest artist at Stanford University. Courtesy, AskArt “Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) was a painter born in Germany. Buehr was born in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh (Dohna?). He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s. In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a lithograph company near the Art Institute of Chicago. Introduced to art at work, Karl paid regular visits to the Art Institute, where he found part-time employment, enabling him to enroll in night classes. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually posted sketchings that blended in favorably with student's work. Having studied under John H. Vanderpoel, Buehr graduated with honors, while his work aroused such admiration that he was offered a teaching post there, which he maintained for many years thereafter. He graduated from the Art Inst. of Chicago and served in the IL Cav in the Spanish–American War. Mary Hess became Karl's wife—she was a student of his and an accomplished artist in her own right. In 1922, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. Art Studies in Europe In 1904, Buehr received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, then, in 1905, Buehr and his family moved to France, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, and they spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, where the artist painted local subjects, executing both genre subjects and landscapes as well as time in Venice. Buehr spent at least some time in Paris, where he worked with Raphaël Collin at the Académie Julian. Giverny and American Impressionism Prior to this time, Buehr had developed a quasi-impressionistic style, but after 1909, when he began spending summers near Monet in Giverny, his work became decidedly characteristic of that plein-air style but he began focusing on female subjects posed out-of-doors. He remained for some time in Giverny, and here he became well-acquainted with other well known expatriate America impressionists such as Richard Miller, Theodore Earl Butler, Frederick Frieseke, and Lawton Parker. It seems likely that Buehr met Monet, since his own daughter Kathleen and Monet’s granddaughter, Lili Butler, were playmates, according to George Buehr, the painter’s son. His other daughter Lydia died before adulthood due to diabetes. He returned to Chicago at the onset of World War I and taught at The Art Inst for many years. One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley...

French Landscape signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...

Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013) Projections on a figure VI Black crayon and watercolour Signed and dated ‘EJ 92’ (lower left) and futher signed, titled and dated (on the reverse) ...

"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Untitled" 17 x 8 inches Pastel on paper, c. 1960s Initialed lower right ...

Modern pastel drawing of a pair of sumo wrestlers in the middle of a match wearing green and blue mawashi set against an orange floor. Signed by the artist in the front lower right c...

Pastel on paper Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore Col...

Study for David and Goliath c. 1971 Signed, u.r. Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is framed and floate...

A Striking 1940s Art Deco-Era, Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A wonderfully executed figure st...

Playful Garden I (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on raw linen This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especiall...

Work on cardboard

Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Costa Rican / Mexican (1912 - 1998) Title: Seated Pair Year: 1964 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 15.5 x 25 inches Frame: 24 x 33 inche...

Untitled #545 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

Untitled #501 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Untitled #502 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Untitled #SP-#209 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray ...

Untitled #SP-206 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray D...

Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...

This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco portrait is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer. Worked in chalk/pastel on paper it is a portrait of 'Grace'. There is strong emphasis on...

Oil pastel on canvas, Paul Sergounine is a contemporary artist currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Working primarily with oil stick and oil pastel on acrylic ground on canvas, Serg...

This is the original drawing for the cover of the Chicago World's Fair Guide Book by A. Raymond Katz (1895 - 1974). This design was used in variation on the guide book, posters and ...

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 50cm x 74cm (70cm x 92cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist. Painter, draughtsman and teacher...

Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting. virtual frame MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romanti...

Night, purple, blue, black landscape painting, unique work on canvas

acrylic on canvas blue white yellow red orange can hang vertically or horizontally Thomas starts with several layers of acrylic, using processes of contrasting colors and surface te...

Drawn from life, Craddock considers her diptychs to be literal depictions of her fruit and vegetable subjects: skin on the left side, and flesh on the right. When seen from a distanc...

Maria Teresa Viecco, Colombian (1953) Date: 1994 Mixed Media on Paper, signed and dated Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm) Born in Bogota, Colombia, graduate in architecture of the...

"The Humming of Cicadas at Chenequa" is an original pastel drawing on Canson paper by Peggy Leonard. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece depicts a view into dense vegetation, likely the edge of a forest, in green, orange, yellow, and blue. 19 1/2" x 25 1/2" art 26" x 32" frame Peggy Leonard received her BFA in painting and drawing and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is both a registered nurse, and accomplished artist, residing in Milwaukee, WI. From the artist: “These paintings are my prayers,” muses Leonard, reflecting on her driving need to express herself through her art. “We are made of the stuff that requires us to respond with our hearts and hands. Often, it requires terrible sacrifice and suffering, something not everyone can understand. But it is done with reverence of life, not irreverence.” Leonard’s pastels and oil paintings capture her reverence of life and reflect her own life’s journey, including earlier forays into the wilderness. Her venture into art began in early childhood, as childless neighbors nurtured her natural ability to draw; concurrently, Leonard’s parents instilled a respect for academic excellence and the higher order of nurturing others. As a young nurse, Leonard “heard and saw poignant messages to travel while one was young and free…while one had one’s health.” Consequently, she took to the open road and public lands, camping across America for months at a time. During these years, her “celebration of the natural splendor of this country” helped shape her sense of artistic expression. She was moved by such sights as the sunset on St. Mary’s Lake...

Sea. Paper, pastel 21x29.5 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monumen...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

Christopher Ganz View of Florence with the Duomo 2016 colored pencil, pens, chalk, crayon 12h x 19w in 30.48h x 48.26w cm Frame: 18.25h x 24.25w in CG0060 -ARTIST STATEMENT- I dep...

Antique American impressionist ashcan school pastel painting. Pastel and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed.

Bijin-ga series XXVIII (Nº 28) Title: Tatsumi Roko Portrait of Tatsumi Roko, a geisha of the pleasure quarters in the Edo period. The image belongs to the series Renowed Beauties Likened to the Six Inmortal Poets. The popular top-class geishas of the day , known as “oiran”, were depicted in this type of print. In ukiyo-e woodblock prints, this close-up portrait view of the upper body is known as an okubi-e (bust portrait). This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...

Work on paper

Sandy Litchfield’s "Lake Ling" reflects her signature approach of transforming landscapes into lyrical, abstracted visions. Drawing from memory, walking, and direct observation, Litc...

Ben Hamburger says of his work… I use painting to explore my environment, experiences, and inner worlds. Grounded in observational painting, my work spans a range of subject matter ...

Untitled II by Roy Wilce Oil Pastel Monoprint on Archival Paper, signed lower right image 6x9", paper size is 12"x15", unframed, ships flat Minimal contemporary landscape in cool t...

"Breton Harbour" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed and dated 48' crayon drawing on paper paper : 5 x 7.5 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by the well ...

Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...

This colourfield, awash with peony pink, suspends a grey wave that appears as though it is passing through. Working with a new medium and a new palette, Teichert is communicating wit...

Christopher Ganz Bascilica of San Marco 2017 Colored pens & conte crayon 9.75h x 13.50w in 24.765h x 34.29w cm CG0055 -ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity wit...

acrylic, sumi ink on canvas, framed in maple Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textured su...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

this is a soft pastel on red toned heavyweight archival paper , framing under glass recommended for display. full figured women like Botero theme: circus, food, cake, relationships,...

Storm on the horizon

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.25 x 20 Frame Size: 17 x 28 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "The First Time on Telephone" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk...

Almazan Realistic Still Life watercolor Painting. . frame MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Gymnastics and Weightlifting. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 10.5 x 25.5 in. (...

Fethiye 40x30 cm

Albert Besnard entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1866, studying with Alexandre Cabanel before making his debut at the Salon in 1868. Six years later he won the Prix de Rome with a ...