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
$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
$3,430
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
$18,000
H 28.5 in W 36.5 in
"Susannah and the Elders" Ben Shahn, Social Realist, Biblical Scene, Mid-Century
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Ben Shahn Susannah and the Elders, 1947 Signed lower right Watercolor and ink on paper 22 x 29 3/4 inches Provenance The artist The Downtown Gallery, New York Felix Landau Gallery, ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$1,372
H 26 in W 18.5 in
Edmund Dulac - The Sleeping Princess - Ballet Costume Design
By Edmund Dulac
Located in London, GB
EDMUND DULAC (1882-1953) The Sleeping Princess – A Costume Design for the Ballet “The Sleeping Princess” Watercolour over traces of pencil Framed 26 by 18.5 cm., 10 ¼ by 7 ¼ in. (...
Watercolor, Paper
Watercolor drawing of a Reclining Female Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
ADOLPHE BORIE (American, 1877-1934) Reclining Female Nude Watercolor & graphite on buff wove paper, 9 x 12 inches FRAMED: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches Signed at lower right: "Adolphe...
Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
$1,118
H 17.13 in W 11.23 in D 0.02 in
"The Small Collar", Trees Inhabited by Human, Paper Drawing with Pigment Colors
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with ink and pigments Colors, on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the masterful French artist Frank Girard is...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
$2,250
H 15 in W 13 in D 1 in
"The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with Piano
By Charles Edmund Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...
Paper, Watercolor
$5,489
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
$2,000
H 15 in W 13 in
French Fashion: Two Ladies, a drawing by Horace Vernet, 1814
By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) Two Ladies Standing, 1814 Watercolor on paper, 8 x 6 1/4 inches Framed: 15 x 13 inches (approx.) Signed and dated at lower right: "H.Vernet--1814."...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$950
H 10 in W 11.25 in
Reading Before Bed, Original Illustration, Mother, Daughter, Cat, Book Worm
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Robert Konersman (American, 1889 - 1975) Signed: Konersman (Lower, Left) " Reading Before Bed " c. 1900-1920 Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Laid on Illustration Board Image Size...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Sold|$4,250
H 16 in W 20 in
Watercolor of Girl in a Rose Garden by George Lambdin, 1879
By George Cochran Lambdin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896) Among the Roses, 1879 Watercolor on paper 16 x 20 inches FRAMED: 26 x 30 inches (approx) Signed and dated at lower right: “Geo. C. Lambd...
Paper, Watercolor
$2,522
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.02 in
"Great Pine", Tree Inhabited by Human in Nature, Drawing and Pigments 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