Charles Richards was born in 1906 in Rome, Mississippi. He started his career at the age of 15 as a copy boy for the Memphis Press. In 1927, he arrived in New Orleans and took a reporting job on the New Orleans Item. Over the following decades, he reported for newspapers throughout the South and East in cities such as New Orleans, Houston, Memphis and New York. As was common practice during the first half of the 20th century, Richards illustrated his own newspaper stories with imaginative drawings and portraits. Richards turned to fine art full-time in 1945, producing diverse works of landscapes, figures, portraiture and sculpture. New Orleans became his home base, although he continued to travel widely. His works are found in various traditional media including oil, pastel and Conte. Numerous collections hold works by Richards including the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Ogden Collection. Richards died in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1992. He was an iconic artist whose talent is lesser-known only because not as many of his paintings come up for sale as do those of more prolific painters such as George Dureau, Robert Gordy and Ida Kohlmeyer.
Charles Richards (New Orleans) "Crouching Woman"
By Charles Richards
Located in New Orleans, LA
A truly lovely nude by noted 20th-century New Orleans artist and extraordinary draftsman Charles Richards, whose work does not come up for sale often enough here in New Orleans. Sorr...
Graphite, Pastel
LARGE OIL PAINTING 19th CENTURY Catch Gold Gilt Frame
By Charles Richards
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The Catch GGF Description OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING 19th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY Good cond...
Oil
$1,600
H 30 in W 20 in
MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper 30 x 20 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
Crayon, Graphite, Charcoal
$326Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.09 in W 5.12 in
A girl II - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
By Andrzej Szypluk
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist. The Gallery o...
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
$3,755
H 32 in W 44 in D 3 in
Swedish Hamlet in a Snowy Winter Landscape with Birch Trees by Danish Artist
By Jens Christian Bennedsen
Located in Preston, GB
Swedish Hamlet in a Snowy Winter Landscape with Birch Trees by Danish Artist, Jens Christian Bennedsen (1893-1967). Art measures 38 x 26 inches Frame measures 44 x 32 inches An oi...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,345
H 13.4 in W 19.5 in D 0.5 in
After Eugene Verboeckhoven Antique Belgian Pastoral Oil Painting Passing Brook
By Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exceptional mid-19th century pastoral oil painting, after Eugene Verboeckhoven's celebrated composition "Passing the Brook," depicts a serene rural scene where cows and sheep cr...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Beach
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Beijing. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Paintin...
Canvas, Oil
$7,000
H 36 in W 48 in
Chico Basin, San Luis Valley, Colorado, Original Oil Painting
By David Shingler
Located in Denver, CO
"Chico Basin, San Luis Valley, Colorado" by David Shingler (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is unframed, but ready to hang. David S...
Oil
$326Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.09 in W 5.12 in
Nude - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
By Andrzej Szypluk
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist. The Gallery o...
Cardboard, Chalk, Pencil, Pastel
$746Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.84 in W 17.72 in
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
By Andrzej Szypluk
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude. PROVE...
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
$10,242
H 16.5 in W 20 in
Bateaux sur la mer - Ciel nuageux - Realist Seascape Oil by Alfred Stevens
By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel seascape circa 1890 by Belgian realist painter Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens. The work depicts sail boats at sea under a cloudy sky. Signature: Signed lower left ...
Oil, Panel
$4,700
H 15.36 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Marti Alsina oil canvas signed Original Painting
By Ramon Marti Alsina
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Marti Alsina oil canvas signed Original Painting Ramón Martí Alsina, also Ramon Martí i Alsina (Barcelona, August 10, 1826 - December 21, 1894), was a Spanish realism painter. S...
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Reclined Cat - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz Reclined Cat 2021 Pastels on tinted paper 18h x 24w in 45.72h x 60.96w cm CG0075 -ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves repr...
Paper, Pastel
$4,500
H 36 in W 36 in
"Kenosha Skies" - Western Landscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting on Linen
By Michael Magrin
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement: This painting captures the luminous midday atmosphere above Colorados Kenosha Pass, where expansive skies stretch endlessly above the Continental Divide. Using a co...
Linen, Oil