Antique Sketch

[13] See William Wordsworth Lake of Como in The Prelude, Book 6 (657-73); and Descriptive Sketches Taken During A Pedestrian Tour Among The Alps, 1791-2.

Biography : Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des P...

Under the reign of Charles X, his title of “Inspector-Draughtsman, Draughtsman of Court Festivals and Performances” made him the most likely candidate for our sketch, a truly unique ...

Hope's impact on style was cemented by his publication of 'Household Furniture and Interior Decoration' in 1807, a work containing detailed sketches of his own decorative schemes and...

It seems likely, therefore, that the present painting was a preparatory sketch for a larger portrait, executed by an accomplished British artist who was working in the circle of Etty...

As a child, Edgar spent much of his time sketching from farm life, and was considerably influenced by his brother, Walter Hunt, a skilful animal painter in his own right.

Oval Allegorical Composition, Circle of Jean Portaels, Belgian School, mid-19th C, Oil sketch. This work is a preparatory oil sketch, likely executed in connection with a larger all...

In 1890, inspired by the example of Turner and Moran, he made a sketching trip to Venice. Powell also visited Rome, Paris, and Switzerland.

Bloos" appears on early 20th-century German postcards and landscape sketches, this artist is generally considered a minor or regional commercial illustrator from the German school ac...

He was a close friend of Charles Schreyvogel and convinced him to attend classes Schwabe was teaching at the Newark Art League. The two frequently sketched together in the New Jersey...

As a child, Edgar spent much of his time sketching from farm life, and was considerably influenced by his brother, Walter Hunt, a skilful animal painter in his own right.

Of these wall paintings, which were lost during the fire that destroyed the flats in 1837, several studio versions are preserved, many of them oval in format, such as the four canvas...

Jean-Baptiste LE PRINCE (Attributed to) Metz, 1734 - Saint-denis-du-Port (Seine-et-Marne), 1781 The mandolin player Oil on canvas 29 x 37 cm Good condition The mandolin player is ...

Leonard Knyff traveled throughout the English countryside sketching estates from elevated, idealized perspectives, while Johannes Kip translated those drawings into intricately engra...

This colorful and lively portrait, probably a preliminary sketch, was a favored subject for the artist. Eugene de Blaas or Eugene von Blass was famous for his Academic Classicism and...

The first version reversed the original drawing, while Prayer Meeting, Second Stone returned to the orientation of the original sketch but substantially reworked the atmosphere and e...

.: G P BOYCE 66; inscribed on the reverse: Near Ru-Arisaig – Autumn Sketch 1866, signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label on the backboard Watercolour Fra...

In contact with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was her great friend as well as lover, and who represented her in some of his masterpieces ("La Buveuse," 1889, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec)...

The figure is at once monumental and fleeting: monumental in conception, yet captured with the speed and freedom of a sketch. A few strokes summon helmet, face, garment, arm and weap...

Behind him, Chéret subtly sketches an audience and theatrical setting, directing the viewer’s attention toward the spectacle itself.

These sketches often possess a gestural energy and emotional intensity that rival his finished "six-footers."

A number of his papers including sketches, correspondence and photographs of him can be found at the RA.

Biography : Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des P...

Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 29"x34" Unframed: 21"x26" Provenance: Salon des Independants - 1922 exhibition Galleries Maurice Sternberg - Chicago (labels verso...

Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 16.5"x20" Unframed: 10.5"x20" Provenance: Private French collection Edouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, w...

Her calm, direct gaze and softly illuminated face form the focal point of the composition, while the broad, sketch-like treatment of her clothing and the surrounding space lends the ...

She then attended the Regent Street Polytechnic where she was greatly encouraged by Sir George Clausen and Sir David Murray, visiting critics to the Polytechnic Sketch Club. It was ...

When he returned to work, as an industrial designer in a linoleum factory, Birch continued to sketch in his spare time and built up a local reputation for his paintings.

David Copperfield 6. Sketches by Bob 7. Barnaby Rudge 8. Christmas Books Hard Times 9.

The clock’s base is intricately decorated with relief scenes, depicting fauns, as well as putti sketching and carving classical sculptures. Strings of flowers hang between them.

Kyōsai was born into a samurai family and demonstrated an intense obsession with sketching from early childhood—once famously drawing a severed human head he pulled from a river.

The femme fatale character of Salammbô inspired many Symbolist artists. A plaster sketch of this sculpture model is preserved in the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.

For decades, Brabazon’s thousands of sketches remained hidden from the public eye, viewed only by close friends who visited his studio.

Biography : Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des P...

A characterful graphite and watercolour sketch by Hungarian-born artist Imre Goth (1893-1982).

Next, he would rapidly sketch out the scene to be painted with pen and ink without the small details of his subject.

The inclusion of The After Glow in Record Book B, page 174, establishes the present drawing as more than an isolated sketch; it becomes a documented stage in the conception of one of...

He was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Society of Independent Artists, and the Yellow Springs Artists Association in Chester County.

He had assembled from 1930 innumerable sketches of Conservatory musicians, sketched from above during rehearsals when Dufy would typically sit behind the percussion section.

Rather than an unrelated sketch, it depicts a freshman student who serves as a deliberate foil to the accomplished football hero on the recto.

He began traveling the U.S. extensively and made his first trip to the West in 1873. On this trip he sketched in Yosemite. During the ensuing 32 years, several trips were made to the...

Literature: Daryl Bennett, 'Liberty Furniture 1875-1915'.4 Art Furniture, Page 131, plate 4.91. Sketch illustration of George Walton design. Please see photographs.

We can compare our canvas with a sketch drawn for a canvas, in a private collection (see fig. 1), made by de Wit's workshop, which resembles our painting in many details: we can see ...

He had assembled from 1930 innumerable sketches of Conservatory musicians, sketched from above during rehearsals when Dufy would typically sit behind the percussion section.

Around 1818, Prout began to create sketches and watercolours from the continent, finding his niche skilfully capturing naturally lit architecture and quaint side streets.

Italian painter (17th–18th century) - Seated Franciscan friar writing (preparatory sketch). 14 x 16.5 cm (without frame) - 19 x 21.5 cm (with frame).

During this visit he produced numerous oil paintings, sketches, and lithographs inspired by the island, including Ox Team, Wharf at Matatinicus, The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, The T...

Yellowstone Moran" by his companions on the Territorial Surveys, was only 34 years old when he sketched the Yellowstone region. Shortly thereafter he went on to sketch the Yosemite V...

The composition arranges the three subjects in a horizontal line, each gazing outward with gentle expressions, creating an intimate glimpse of Victorian-era childhood captured in thi...

During these years, Lever spent his free time painting and sketching in the local countryside, exhibiting his work at the Adelaide Easel Club and at other local venues.

The committee for the statue of Jacques Callot, created in 1867, organized a major national competition with a view to erecting a statue (the project was old) to the famous Lorraine ...

After Brewster's death in 1952, her husband compiled four volumes of her sketches. Her paintings can be found in numerous American museums and private collections.

This would have been one of the last military uniform sketches Ogden created before publishing the book in 1908. 

Speech is an original and unique drawing in ink on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen, with sketches on the rear. The State of preservation is very good with the traces of time.

In 1881, Adams made a three-month camping trip through the Rockies, producing numerous sketches and paintings that helped establish his lifelong connection to the region.

Original vintage advertising poster for The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing featuring a great illustration by Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880-1964) of a sunny day outside the ...

The same occurs with the central female figure of Spectators at a Bullfight, from 1903. In a portrait sketch of the actress Berthe Brésina, from the same year, we find a sharp face w...

“Le beau, c'est l'utile" (Beauty is useful) is a philosophy that is found in the other sketches including Etudes de bar and Etudes de fauteuil (Sketches for a bar and Sketches for an...

The western portion derived from the surveys of George Vancouver, the central section from Parker’s own observations and notes during his journey, the northern areas from sketches by...

Lithographs (about 2000 altogether), watercolours, sepia drawings, numerous oil sketches, and a few etchings followed one another rapidly.