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.
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
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...
Pastel, Graphite
$335Sale 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
$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...
Charcoal, Crayon, Graphite
$5,500
H 19 in W 25 in
Children Playing on a Boat, likely New York/Brooklyn/Flatbush Area, c. 1895
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charles Lewis Fussell (American, 1840–1909) Children Playing on a Boat Oil on canvas, 11 x 16 3/4 inches Framed: 19 x 25 inches (approx.) Signed at lower left: “C.L. Fussell” Charle...
Canvas, Oil
Aftermath of a Tyne River Storm
By Robert Salmon
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Painted with unsurpassed detail, Robert Salmon's works are desirable to collectors the world over, due to the impressive amount of historic subject matter presented through artistic compositions of the highest order. As an artist Salmon was one of the most important to come out of England and immigrate to America in this period, influencing the art of Fitz Henry Lane...
Oil, Panel
A farmstead on Long Island
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923) Farmstead, Long Island Oil on canvas, 13 x 21 inches FRAMED: 18 x 26 inches (approx.) Note: while this work is unsigned, it relates to a number o...
Canvas, Oil
$767Sale 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
$767Sale 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
$1,800
H 40 in W 32 in D 0.1 in
Adonis, pastel drawing on oversize black paper, muscular male nude
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1983-84 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing obs...
Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$335Sale 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...
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
Nineteenth Century Landscape of a River Bank by an Unknown Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown (American, nineteenth century) River Bank Oil on canvas, 9 x 13 1/2 inches Unsigned Framed: 13 1/2 x 18 inches (approx.)
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 11 in W 16 in
Sandstone Cliffs at the Mohonk Mountain House in the Catskills near New Paltz NY
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923) Sandstone Cliffs, Lake Mohonk Oil on canvas board, 11 x 16 inches FRAMED: 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (approx.) This work depicts a gazebo on the shor...
Oil, Board
$2,500
H 12.25 in W 10.5 in
A small oil painting of Deer in a Forest, late 19th century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Alice G. Gropper (late nineteenth century) Deer in the Forest Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches FRAMED: 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (approx.) Inscribed on stretcher: (in ink) "Alice ...
Canvas, Oil