Pastel Paintings

Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

Caught Up In Sunlight 8.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 3.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "A different take on water, homing in on the light and shadow ...

Barbara Keidel Park XV & XVI - SET Mixed media, pastel on handmade, toned laid paper 1997 Size: 29.5 × 21.25 inches (75 × 54 cm) (each) Signed and dated in pencil (each) Addition...

For the 24 x 18in painting on rag paper Mermaid Serena, 2025 a.muse uses a kaleidoscope of neon colors - greens, pinks, and oranges for her mythical mermaid. The composition is organ...

Pastel, Acrylic on canvas Lika Sarishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1988 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was awarded with a master’s degree at the Tbilisi State Acad...

A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of the famed fishing village (and renowned surfing locale) of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen. Painted in the 1960s, this vivid waterco...

Crystal Latimer employs the method to create depth. Inspired by 16th centenary tapestry, she combines western iconography with the symmetrical design elements of medieval artisans. T...

Octopus, 2025 by a.muse is a 24 x 18in contemporary abstract work on rag paper of an octopus floating through horizontal planes of pink, ochre, and lime green sea. The artist mixes s...

Title: Lourmarin Luberon Provence Landscape Pastel Drawing Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75...

Title: Vaucluse Provence Mountain Landscape Pastel Drawing Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75...

oil on linen on mounted board outsider pastel on archival paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking f...

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

Soulful Sky 16.0 x 12.0 x 1.0, 2.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "My goal with this piece was to begin with a low horizon so that the sk...

September Seas, Original Seascape Painting in Pastel on Board, 2021 Sunlight reflects off of the waves crashing onto the beach. Artist Commentary: I’m mesmerized by waves of all sh...

Bailarina y Pierrot is a beautiful and emotionally charged original painting by renowned Latin American artist Octavio Rojo. Executed in his distinctive figurative expressionist styl...

The Feature Presentation 40.0 x 20.0 x 1.0, 7.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "This painting was so much fun to paint! I had a literal ...

This evocative seascape reflects Rockwell Kent’s mature modernist approach to landscape, characterized by compositional restraint, tonal clarity, and a contemplative treatment of nat...

Untitled is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2008. Mixed media on paper: acrylic, pastels, spray Hand signed by the artist. Author of numerous philosophica...

Artist's Statement "This series of intensely colorful paintings was begun in reaction to the gray oppressive weight of the social and political polarization that has descended like...

Ginger Williams Cook is a painter, published illustrator, and arts educator based in Jackson, MS. Her paintings have been featured in numerous exh...

Title: Brown Chalk Male Nude Figure Study Academic Drawing French School Medium: Brown chalk pastel and pencil on toned paper, unframed Size: 19.25 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Pr...

Taller Than Your Dreams 10.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "'Taller Than Your Dreams' was created with the goal of bri...

Crystal Latimer employs the method to create depth. Inspired by 16th centenary tapestry, she combines western iconography with the symmetrical design elements of medieval artisans. T...

Robert Philipp (1895-1981) Sensitive pastel portrait of a young red headed woman in green coat and wearing a hat. Hand signed lower right. 1964 or 1969 Dimensions: framed 30 X 25.5...

Miles of Lavender 8.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I am obsessed with lavender fields! I love how they smell, the v...

Ginger Williams Cook is a painter, published illustrator, and arts educator based in Jackson, MS. Her paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions, publications, and media. G...

Frank Reaugh (1860-1945) Dallas Artist Image Size: 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 Frame Size: 15 x 18 Medium: Pastel on paperboard Circa 1881 "Residence At Terrell" From the collection of Lucretia Coke. Signed F.R. Lower Left & S7 On Verso 1881 or 2, 2 or 3 miles from next house. Frank Reaugh (1860-1945) Charles Franklin Reaugh. THE FRANK REAUGH GALLERY AT THE PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM by Michael R. Grauer, Curator of Art, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Called the pejorative "Rembrandt of the Longhorn" and "Longhorn Leonardo," and the gentler "Painter to the Longhorns," Charles Franklin "Frank" Reaugh was a master pastellist unparalleled in Texas and the greater Southwest. While he advertised himself as a "landscape and cattle painter" and insisted he was the historian of the Texas longhorn, he has effectively, and unfortunately, pigeonholed his art. More appropriately, Frank Reaugh is often called the "Dean of Texas Painters." His name is synonymous with the "old guard" of Texas art history, along with Robert Onderdonk, Hermann Lungkwitz, William Henry Huddle, Henry McArdle, and others. Reaugh's paintings focused on the landscape of the American West generally, and the American Southwest, specifically. He captured subtleties in a land of high contrast where others only saw the rawness. He painted the overwhelmingly blue sky, the illimitable plains, and the great gashes in the land that are called canyons, arroyos, or breaks in the West. And he painted the Texas longhorn, or Texas cattle, as he referred to them. Usually no more important than the mesquite, yucca, sagebrush, and cholla that also populate his compositions of the Western landscape, the Texas longhorn became his recognized symbol. Today, some commercial galleries even insist that one of his works is more valuable if it has a cow in it! These commercial zealots in their search for a longhorn often overlook the beauty of his landscapes; they cannot see the landscape for the longhorns. Born near Jacksonville, Illinois in 1860, Reaugh first came to Texas in a wagon in 1876 at the age of fifteen. He moved with his parents to a farm near Terrell, Texas, until 1890 when they moved to Dallas and settled in what is now the Oak Cliff area. Reaugh had no formal education but fared well without it for his mother, Clarinda Reaugh, was his teacher in all things. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, his mother instilled in her only child an appreciation of nature, grounded in her own readings in zoology, botany, and natural history. Her teachings were infused with the philosophies of the famed Swiss zoologist Louis Agassiz and John Burroughs, supporter and contemporary of Walt Whitman, who wrote extensively on his symbiotic relationship with nature. Clarinda Reaugh also encouraged her son's interest in drawing through her own interest in the fine arts. Reaugh's father, George Washington Reaugh, was a mechanic, carpenter, cabinetmaker, and farmer, who had participated in the Gold Rush of 1849. It was from his father that Reaugh learned to be extremely adept with his hands, and later made his own picture frames and patented several inventions. George Reaugh's sense of adventure may have spurred his son's annual trips to West Texas and beyond, which began in the early 1880s. Reaugh's first exposure to art came through reproductions in popular magazines such as Harper's, Scribner's, and Century Illustrated. Rosa Bonheur's Horsefair, the Dutch painter Paulus Potter's Young Bull, and the landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church and J. M. W. Turner were favorites of his. (In fact, his late works are often especially reminiscent of Church and Turner.) From these early reproductions in black and white, Reaugh learned well the lessons of value and composition. While he studied and copied magazine reproductions, Reaugh also became interested in bovine anatomy. Using a "two-bit" book on cattle and sheep anatomy as his text, the young artist collected bones near the Reaugh farm and made measurements from family livestock. He supplemented his scientific studies with sketches made from longhorn cattle brought up from South Texas to fatten on grass nearby. In the early 1880s, Reaugh met two cattlemen, Frank and Romeo Houston, who had interests throughout North Texas, and accompanied them on cattle drives and roundups near present-day Wichita Falls and in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). His first documented trip to Western Texas came in 1883; probably near present day Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. Reaugh made numerous sketches during these trips, often from the saddle, and later enlarged and composed them in the studio. His field sketches resulted in his first two pastel masterpieces, Watering the Herd (1889) and The One-O Roundup (1894). and his oil The Approaching Herd (1902). These trips with the Houstons, begun as early as 1883, spurred a wanderlust for West Texas that lured Reaugh until he was nearly eighty. Reaugh took his first formal art training at the Saint Louis Museum and School of Fine Arts during the winter of 1884-85. He spent most of his time there drawing from plaster casts of Greek, Roman, and Italian sculpture and possibly live models. Reaugh also met Halsey C. Ives, director of the school, who lectured on avant-garde art trends in Europe, particularly French Impressionism. Later, Ives was instrumental in the acceptance of Reaugh's work for display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held in Saint Louis in 1904. Following his studies at Saint Louis, Reaugh returned to Terrell and began teaching art to young ladies in the area. He supplemented his art classes with a stint at teaching public school, and by November 1888 had saved enough money for a trip to Europe. Upon arriving at Paris, Reaugh enrolled at the Academie Julian, a school very popular with international students, especially Americans. He drew and painted from the figure while at the Academie under Jules Lefebvre, John-Joseph Benjamin Constant, and Henri-Lucien Douciet, all members of the "juste milieu" in France. Reaugh studied at the Academie for half of each day then supplemented his formal instruction by making copies of or studying paintings in the Louvre and the Luxembourg Palace. Logically he was especially drawn to the pastels in what he later called the 'pastel room' in the Louvre. In his 1927 pamphlet, Pastel, Reaugh wrote of the pastel painters he saw in the gallery: "[John] Russell, of England, and [Maurice-Quentin de] La Tour, [Jean Etienne] Liotard, [Jean Simeon] Chardin, and [Madame Vigee] Le [sic] Brun. These were great painters. . .the work of all of them may be seen in the pastel room of the Louvre, as fresh and bright, apparently, as on the day it was done." In addition to the pastellists he mentioned, Reaugh also saw pastels in the Louvre by Rosalba Carriera, Francois Boucher, and Pierre Paul Prudhon. At the end of March 1889, Reaugh traveled through Belgium and Holland, studying paintings of the Flemish and Dutch schools, and particularly those of The Hague School, of which Anton Mauve was a part. He returned to Paris in time to see the Exposition Universelle, at which paintings by French Impressionists Cezanne, Manet, Monet, and Pissarro were exhibited. This may have been Reaugh's initial exposure to Impressionism. Reaugh returned to Texas at the end of May 1889. Between 1890 and 1915, Frank Reaugh enjoyed his greatest success as an artist. He exhibited works at two world's fairs: the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. He also exhibited at the prestigious National Academy of Design at New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at Philadelphia, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Moreover, Reaugh became a member of the Society of Western Artists and exhibited with that group all over the United States. Finally, Reaugh toured his pastels with much success, especially in the upper Midwest. Simultaneously, Reaugh continued his trips to the West and, beginning in the 1890s, he started using a camera as a sketching tool. He photographed the landscape as well as cattle, and in 1893 photographed in Palo Duro Canyon; perhaps his first trip to the 'Grand Canyon of Texas'. After 1900, Reaugh turned his genius to inventing and patented several devices including a folding lap easel, a water pump, and a cooling mechanism for internal combustion engines, among other things. He also patented Reaugh Pastels, using a formula he developed and shaped into an octagonal-shape stick for easier gripping. Allegedly, either John Singer Sargent or William Merritt Chase used Reaugh Pastels. Reaugh also became more active in Dallas art and civic circles. After first offering private art lessons, he organized the Dallas School of Fine Arts in 1899. He urged Dallas to build the city's first art gallery in 1900, to which he donated a painting, and helped found the Dallas Art Association in 1903. Furthermore, Reaugh arranged the loan of paintings from then-contemporary American artists in the East and Midwest for the State Fair of Texas. An vocational naturalist, Reaugh also organized a popular nature study club in Dallas, members of which were young ladies who grew to be influential Dallas civic leaders. Nevertheless, despite his ground-level work to bring art to Dallas, as the Dallas Art Association grew Reaugh was pushed aside by socialites and his contributions forgotten. Around 1910 and possibly earlier, he began taking students with him on his trips West. Among them were Texas artists Edward G. Eisenlohr, Florence McClung, Lloyd Goff...

A Large, Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The image is watercolor, pastel and c...

This evocative pastel portrait captures the beauty and strength of an African American woman in a moment of quiet vulnerability. The artist masterfully uses soft yet precise strokes ...

Title: French Mid Century Expressionist Sunflowers In Black Vase Pastel Medium: Pastel on paper, unframed Size: 24.25 x 19.75 inches (height x width) Provenance: private collection ...

Title: Seine Valley French Farmhouse Landscape Pastel Drawing Rural France Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on artist paper, unfra...

'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the entire French Riviera, standing out as one of the main harbours for the boats which sail across the Mediterranean Sea. It accommodates both the ships operated by ferry companies and the private yachts of visitors who come to Nice by sea. The artist here depicts a group of crusty sailors watching...

Title: French Mid Century Floral Still Life Chalk Pastel on Paper Medium: Coloured chalk / soft pastel on paper, unframed Size: 14.25 x 15.25 inches (height x width) Provenance: pri...

Ginger Williams Cook is a painter, published illustrator, and arts educator based in Jackson, MS. Her paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions, publications, and media. G...

"Beauty in Blue” Painting 25.5" x 25.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and th...

The Evening Chorus 16.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "This diptych was so much fun to paint! I love how the compleme...

Matthew Marcot is an American, self-taught artist specializing in Abstract and Neo-Expressionism, and primary mediums are semiotics and collage. An unde...

Maud Tausey Fangel - Baby Painter. In profile, we see a charming, young, ruddy-cheeked, blond girl with pig tales in a bright red-orange dress. She is reading Snow White as a sma...

Field of Dreams 10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Continuing to explore homemade, textured boards and really enjoying...

Only A River's (Gonna Make Things Right), Original Impressionist Landscape Painting 9" x 12" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. A combination of an impressionist and expressionist landscape, Dina Gardner's interpretation of the light in this gesturally painted artwork gives an energy and vitality to the work, with the use of rich reds and purples to depict the mountain's rock face. The cool blue waters then re-center the work, grounding the composition and giving it a serene feel that calms the viewer. Images with frames are examples only; this work comes unframed. Artist Commentary: I love music. I have it playing in my house and my studio all day long and I sing all day long. While traveling through the national parks in our RV this year, we were constantly listening to music and my head got stuck on an album from Bob Weir...

Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates before printing and strengthened the colors to give it more newsstand appeal - Signed and inscribed lower left. Housed in an inexpensive period frame undlations to the board From Wiki : as an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrator and during World War I, she traveled across France entertaining military troops with Anita P...

Work is matted but not framed. Painter, Designer, Illustrator born on July 18, 1903 in Warren Arkansas. Studied at the Chicago Art Institute; Northwestern University; Vienne, Austria; with Eliot O’Hara and Hubert Ropp. Member of the following organizations: Dallas Art Association; Texas Fine Arts Association; National Association of Watercolor Artists; and the Texas watercolor Society. Smith exhibited at: American Watercolor Society in 1945, 1948 and 1952; with National Assn. of Watercolor Artists in 1945, 1946, and 1948; Artists Alliance in Dallas in 1943 (awarded prize), in 1944 (awarded prize), in 1945-46 and 1948-1950, 1952-53 with prizes awarded in 1948 and 1953; the Texas General Exhibition from 1943 through 1946, 1948-49; with the Texas Watercolor Society from 1950-52 with prizes won in 1950 and 1951, 1957; with the Southern States Arts League in 1944 and 1945; Texas Fine Arts Association in 1945 and awarded prize and with the Texas Artist Group consecutively from 1945.Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Her one-man shows were in Austin, Texas in 1948; in San Antonio in 1951 and Dallas in 1951. Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Original pastel and gouache on paper by Robin Artine Smith...

Beneath the Sea, 2025 by a.muse is a 24 x 18in original work on paper that combines acrylic, pastel, sand, and diamond dust. For layered bands of saturated color, the artist uses tex...

Landscape mixed media on cotton canvas 100x100 cm 2021 original art the painting is sold stretched on a handmade wooden frame the painting is ...

Nocturnal Melody 24 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian Ink, acrylic, charcoal, pastel and etching on grey cardboard mounted on...

Garden sculpture. 2015. Paper, pastel. 69x92 cm Colorful abstract composition in fauvist style with figures

An original pastel-on-paper drawing by British artist Charlie Mackesy - Mackesy's clever work and style here, provide us with a glimpse into this atmospheric depiction of a Jazz Trio...

'Portrait of a Gentleman in Montmartre Paris', pastel and charcoal on paper, Japanese School (1972). This accomplished portrait depicts an older gentleman seated in Place du Tertre, ...

Artist: Marilina Marchica Title: Geometric Landscape Year: 2024 Medium: Mixed media on canvas Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Condition: Excellent Frame: Not required Ready to hang: Y...

Majestic Reflections 12.0 x 16.0 x 1.0, 2.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I shot the photo reference for this piece by looking into a p...

"The Golden Hour" is a colorful and vibrant fall foliage landscape in a warm autumn color palette by American Impressionist painter Albert Van N...

Pastel on Arches paper

Pastel on arches paper

America Martin "Woman in Yellow with Stripes" Pastel & ink on Japanese Paper 43" x 31" Image 50.25" x 37.75" Overall, Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country...

Fiery Sunset by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist gallery paper, unframed painting: 5.25 x 9 inches provenance: the artists estate, France conditio...

Early 20th Century Tonalist Pastel Landscape Beautiful tonal landscape, c.1915, by pastel artist William Henry Chandler (American, 1854-1928). The viewer looks out over a serene riv...

The central concept of Larios painting series KHLORIS is based on the idea of ​​the garden as a metaphorical space. Larios seeks to find a certain romantic beauty in the details of n...

Entre Nous 10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "'Entre Nous' is the fifth painting in my Wave Series. For this painting ...

Ocean's Jewels 24.0 x 12.0 x 1.0, 15.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "**This painting is professionally framed in a 2" warm silver fram...