Son of Clelia Bompiani and Ercole Battaglia, Allesandro Battaglia was trained by his grandfather Roberto Bompiani, who studied drawing and completed his artistic training with the advice of his mother Clelia and uncle Augusto. Later, although linked to the school of Cesare Maccari and Ludovico Seitz, he followed with interest mainly the realism and the dramatic style of Domenico Morelli, who fascinated him with his skillful and intense colorism. At only thirteen, Battaglia took part in the exhibition of the Roman Society of Cultori and Amateurs of 1883, with a conventional Portrait of the Sister, taking part in almost all the Italian and foreign exhibitions, including that of Berlin in 1896 where his watercolor, Livia, was purchased from the Magdeburg museum, while the great painting Final Exams, of a pathetic sentimentality to Toma, was exhibited and sold in Munich. In 1904, Battaglia was among the founders, together with Enrico Coleman and Onorato Carlandi, of the Group of XXV of the Roman Countryside who intended to return to landscape painting, not in an academic sense, but as a recovery from the real landscape. He entered the group with the nickname of Marine Calf, for his somatic traits, devoting himself to animated scenes of the Roman Agro that he loved deeply and which he portrayed with sentiment and vigor coming out of the studio to gather the inspirations in the shadow of the ruins of the Roman aqueducts and to translate the vibrations it received from the open-air. He was an Academician of San Luca and a councilor of the Association of Roman Watercolorists and he won prizes in numerous exhibitions.
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The Flirtation
By Allesandro Battaglia
Located in Missouri, MO
Allesandro Battaglia (1870-1940, Italian) "The Flirtation" 1906 Watercolor on Paper Signed "A. Battaglia, Roma 1906" Site Size: 30 x 20 inches Framed Size: approx 41 x 33 inches Son of Clelia Bompiani and Ercole Battaglia, he was trained by his grandfather Roberto Bompiani...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Gun from Clue
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media drawing by American artist A.J. Fries.
Gouache, Graphite, Paper
$5,522
H 19.3 in W 15.36 in
Cecil Beaton - Watercolour Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE (1904-1980) Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936 Signed and bears wardrobe mark l.r.: Beaton Watercolour and ink on paper 49 by 39 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 ½ ...
Watercolor, Paper
$5,522
H 14.77 in W 12.21 in
Maxwell Armfield - 20th Century British Theatrical watercolour
By Maxwell Armfield, RWS
Located in London, GB
MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...
Watercolor, Paper
$3,500
H 23.75 in W 19.5 in
"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait
By Paul Meltsner
Located in New York, NY
Paul Meltsner Factory Boy with Locomotive, circa 1935 Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches Paul Meltsner sold his first painting when he was eight years old...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,451
H 30.5 in W 45.5 in
Claude Shepperson - Petrushka - Watercolour scene from the Ballets Russes
By Claude Allin Shepperson
Located in London, GB
CLAUDE ALLIN SHEPPERSON, ARA, ARWS (1867-1921) Petrushka – Scene from the Ballets Russes Signed l.l.: Shepperson Watercolour over traces of pencil on paper Framed 30.5 by 45.5 cm., 12 by 18 in. (frame size 52.5 by 66 cm., 20 ¾ by 26 in.) Provenance: Richard C Davis...
Watercolor, Paper
$6,212
H 12.6 in W 9.26 in
Charles de Sousy Ricketts, RA - Costume Design for a Dancer
Located in London, GB
CHARLES DE SOUSY RICKETTS, RA (1866-1931) Costume Design for a Dancer Unsigned Watercolour over traces of pencil Framed 32 by 23.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 ¼ in. (frame size 53 by 44 cm., 2...
Paper, Watercolor
$2,416
H 35 in W 23.5 in
Oliver Messel - Costume Design for a Reveller for the opera Samson
By Oliver Messel
Located in London, GB
OLIVER MESSEL (1904-1978) Costume Design for a Reveller - Samson - 1958 Signed l.r., and inscribed with title and extensive costume design notes u.r. Watercolour heightened with go...
Paper, Watercolor
Rheims Cathedral
By Henri Schäfer
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in watercolor in the lower right image area. Small circular pea-sized damp stain in the top center image area (visible in the are of the sky), and some additional small spots of unobtrusive foxing in the upper left sheet area. Otherwise in very good condition with fresh colors and intricate brushwork. Henri Schäfer...
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s
By Axel Hilleström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Watercolor on paper signed Axel Hilleström unframed 39.5 x 72 cm (15.6 x 28.3 in) framed 50 x 83 cm (19.7 x 32.7 in) This expansive watercolor depicts a sandy shoreline along the Sw...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,721
H 20.48 in W 39.38 in D 0.02 in
"We Two", Trees Inhabited by Human in Nature, Drawing with Pigments on Paper
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments and ink, on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the masterful French a...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
"Ukrainian Cossacks"
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Mikhail Chemiakin (b. 1943) “Ukrainian Cossacks”, 1981 Watercolor, ink on paper 29.5 × 29.5 cm Signed lower right A vivid and theatrical work by the internationally acclaimed Russia...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$1,181
H 17.05 in W 11.42 in D 0.02 in
"Elie", Trees Inhabited by Human in Nature, Pigments Ink Drawing on Paper
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylic, and colored pencils on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment