Arthur Rackham was born on September 19, 1867, in London. Rackham was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading literary figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. Rackham's illustrations were chiefly based on robust pen and India ink drawings. Rackham gradually perfected his own uniquely expressive line from his background in journalistic illustration, paired with subtle use of watercolor, a technique which he was able to exploit due to technological developments in photographic reproduction. Rackham died on September 6, 1939, in Limpsfield.
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right Sotheby's New York Housed in an elegant , hi-end frame with museum glass. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators fr...
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Goblin Market Endpaper Design
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Lower margin contains inked directive initialed by Rackham and numerous pencil indications as well as a rough thumbnail sketch of the end papers. A fascinating look into Rackham's creative process for his book designs. His attention to detail included the placement of the repeating silhouette pattern of the creatures and tree to appear the front and rear endpapers of the 1933 edition of Christina Rossetti's story "Goblin Market...
Ink, Graphite
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right Sotheby's New York - The work has recently been elegantly framed with a high end frame and archivalled matted and looks wonderful in person. Arth...
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Old Man Walking in Nature
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”. The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Muslin, Ink, Graphite
$452
H 14.75 in W 12.25 in D 1 in
Paris Café Scene Watercolour Bar Restaurant Interior Figurative Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris café interior scene, watercolour (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 14.75 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: good vintage condition with vis...
Watercolor
$363
H 12 in W 14.75 in D 1 in
Bar Coupole Haiti 1982 Figures Outside Cafe Watercolour Street Scene Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bar Coupole, Haiti, 1982 – figures outside café, watercolour on paper (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 12 x 14.75 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: goo...
Watercolor, Gouache
Fall Courtship
By Vicente García de Paredes
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1845, 19th century impressionist Vicente García de Paredes studied at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, in Madr...
Watercolor, Gouache
$472
H 11.75 in W 9.75 in D 1 in
French Art Deco Style Female Portrait Studies Gouache and Ink on Green Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Art Deco Style Female Portrait Studies Gouache and Ink on Green Paper Artist: French School (mid 20th century) Medium: Gouache and ink with pencil on coloured artists p...
Ink, Gouache
$452
H 14.75 in W 12.25 in D 1 in
Paris Café Interior Red Banquette Figure Watercolour Bar Scene Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris café interior with seated figure, watercolour (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: 14.75 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: good vintage condi...
Watercolor
"Zoltan" - 1990 Male Nude Study
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Zoltan" - 1990 Male Nude Study Watercolor painting depicting a nude male figure. The brunette male figure is posing, seated on a purple cloth, his left hand gripping a table net to him, while he leans on his right elbow, his face looking straight ahead. The background is made up of hues of green. Signed "AG" lower left. Signed, titled and dated on verso. "Arnold Grossman, 'Zoltan' November 1990" Presented in a white mat. Image with mat: 19"H x 22"W Image: 10.5"H x 14.5"W Sheet: 12"H x 16"W Arnold A...
Paper, Watercolor
$459
H 8.25 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Sunlit French Beach Scene Figures Seaside Umbrella Ink Watercolor Bernard Labbe
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sunlit French Beach Scene Figures Seaside Umbrella Ink Watercolor Bernard Labbe Artist: Bernard Labbe (French, mid 20th century) Medium: Ink and watercolor on artists paper, u...
Ink, Watercolor
$920Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 22 in D 0.03 in
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated nude figure study by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges and is unfinished. No frame. Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Original Female Ink Figurative
By Reiner Keller
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene pen and ink female figurative by artist and architect Reiner Keller (Swiss/American, 1926-2024), dated 2014. The figure is comfortably seated upon a blanket with her arm aroun...
India Ink, Paper
$472Sale Price|50% Off
H 13.51 in W 15.48 in
Mid-20th Century Framed Cherry Blossom Drawing in Pencil and Gouache
Located in London, GB
'Cherry Blossoms in Japan', pencil, ink and gouache on card stock, French School (Mid 20th Century). Cherry blossoms (Sakura) symbolise springtime, a time of renewal and the fleeting...
Pencil, Gouache, Ink
$472Sale Price|50% Off
H 15.75 in W 17.72 in
20th Century Framed International Bar Drawing in Pencil, Ink, Gouache
Located in London, GB
'International Bar, pencil, ink and gouache on card stock by an unnamed artist of the French School (20th Century). This appears to be a fantastical port visit of the artist's imagination. It is very lively in colour and in subject. The artwork was discovered in Paris along with several others of the same character, most likely by the same person. It depicts the entryway of a brightly lit Asian bar...
Pencil, Gouache, Ink
Gentleman Smoking
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Gentleman Smoking Graphite on tinted paper, n.d. Unsigned Image size: 9 x 6 1/2 inches frame size: 17 x 13 inches Exhibited: The British Art of Illustration 1800-1995, No. 505 Chris Beetles Limited, London (see label) Provenance: Estate of Barbara Edwards, the daughter of the artist Chris Beetle Limited (see label) Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, DC (see label) Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognized as one of the leading literary figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 color pieces for the Early American tale became a turning point in the production of books since – through color-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of color artwork. Some of his best-known works include the illustrations for Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Biography Rackham was born at 210 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London as one of 12 children. In 1884, at the age of 17, he was sent on an ocean voyage to Australia to improve his fragile health, accompanied by two aunts. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892, he left his job and started working for the Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes, but his first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda. Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life. By the turn of the century, Rackham had developed a reputation for pen and ink fantasy illustration with richly illustrated gift books such as The Ingoldsby Legends (1898), Gulliver's Travels and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (both 1900). This was developed further through the austere years of the Boer War with regular contributions to children's periodicals such as Little Folks...
Graphite
Guinevere Rescued by La Cote Male Taile
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Published in both Fairy Tales Old and New (1905), and in Haydon's Stories of Kind Arthur (1910). Rackham reworked an almost identical illustration he has created for his 1902 series "Storied of the Table Round," published in the magazine Little Folks...
Board
Queen Victoria as The Lady in the Shoe
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Soquel, CA
India ink pen drawing for the publication Pall Mall Gazette, October 8,1891, on the birth of Queen Victoria's 34th grandchild. Shows the queen wearing the Imperial Crown sitting in...
India Ink, Paper