Count Mario Grixoni was born in a noble family in Genoa, Italy. Grixoni said that he did not remember ever wanting to be anything other than a painter. As a child, his drawings attracted the attention of Grosso and other renowned artists and from then his fate was sealed. The happy success that had smiled at his work was not, however, achieved without severe struggles. Grixoni arrived in London at the age of 23 with three children to support and little money in his pocket. He was in London for more than a quarter of a century and always worked and studied tirelessly with John Singer Sargent and Sir William Orpen, the two great English portraitists, who were his close friends. His portraits, of the pure Italian school and full of grace and life, recall the style, especially of Orpen who too, although Irish, greatly devoted himself to the study and the love of the Italian grandmasters of the brush. In later years, Grixoni also painted 25 portraits in Scotland and 20 in London plus other great portraits, commissioned by the municipality of Dundee and which deserved major expressions of praise and gratitude both from the authorities of that city and the Scottish Press. The son and nephew of senior officers of the Army and Navy, (his father was General of the Italian Army and his brother, Francesco, rose to the rank of Admiral), Grixoni started a Naval career, which he soon left to devote to art. Various of his ancestors were also famous painters in the past centuries; from the 14th century Grixoni, of whose fame the British Museum holds documents, to Giuseppe Grixoni, the disciple of Tomaso Redi, who in the 1700s was a talented painter of portraits and left an enduring record of his work in a remarkable self-portrait in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Two beautiful paintings by Mario Grixoni adorned the Exhibition at the Fascia in 1935. His works have been exhibited in many galleries across Europe and beyond, including the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Salon in Paris. He was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club, the St. Johns Wood Arts Club, also part of the Council of the Pastel Society and the Council of the Arts Club in London.
$2,681
Portrait of a Lady - Roaring twenties art female portrait chalk drawing
By Count Mario Grixoni
Located in Hagley, England
This is a beautiful sanguine chalk drawing portrait of a young woman, by Count Mario Grixoni, dated 1922. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking and...
Chalk
$782
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century Portrait of a young man Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper Oval vi...
Chalk, Pencil
$1,102
H 17.72 in W 12.41 in
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, signed lower right Charcoal, red and white chalks on paper 45 x 31.5 cm Framed : 52 x 39 cm This particularly evocati...
Chalk, Charcoal
$5,334
H 10.2 in W 7.25 in
Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch, Red and Black Chalk, 17th Century
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jacob JORDAENS (Antwerp 1593–1678) Study of Feet and a Figure Sketch Red and black chalk on laid paper 25.9 × 18.4 cm (10¼ × 7¼ in.) Unsigned Minor losses, folds, an...
Chalk
$2,715
H 16.54 in Dm 16.54 in
Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
By Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER (1846-1929) Spring Inscribed with title beneath the mount Chalk on paper, circular Framed Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in. (frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.) Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum. In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
Chalk, Pencil, Paper
$770
H 19.3 in W 15.36 in
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked woman seated, drawing
By Octave Guillonnet
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked young woman seated Charcoal and red chalk on thin paper transfered on cardboard 49 x 39 cm Framed : 55.5 x 45.5 cm Octave Denis...
Chalk, Charcoal
$47,417
H 8.27 in W 4.34 in
Italian School, late 16th century - Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, late 16th century Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms Red chalk on laid paper, 21 x 11 cm Provenance: Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923–1997), English art historian and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Private collection, France This drawing, attributed to the Italian School of the late 16th century, demonstrates the influence of Michelangelo’s approach to anatomy and expression. The sheet combines two distinct studies: an anatomical rendering of arms in the écorché technique, focusing on the musculature and skeletal details, and a head of a man, drawn with careful attention to light and shadow. The use of red chalk lends the work warmth and immediacy, qualities often associated with Renaissance studies of the human form. The écorché studies reflect the Renaissance fascination with anatomy as both an artistic and scientific pursuit. The detailed depiction of the musculature suggests the artist’s interest in understanding the mechanics of the body, a practice heavily influenced by Michelangelo’s drawings...
Chalk
$35,562
H 10.01 in W 6.89 in
Portrait Study of a Standing Man, Chalk on Laid Paper, 17th Century
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Anthonius VAN DYCK (1599–1641) A portrait study of a standing man Black and white chalk on bluish green paper, 25.4 × 17.5 cm Unsigned Provenance Collection Julius Samuel Held (1...
Laid Paper, Chalk
$13,579
H 14.57 in W 11.23 in
Ellen, A Greek Model - PreRaphaelite chalk portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
FREDERIC JAMES SHIELDS, ARWS (1833-1911) Ellen, A Greek Model Signed and indistinctly inscribed with the name of the sitter on the reverse Chalks on blue/green tinted paper 37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by 11 ¼ in. (frame size 63.5 by 54.5 cm., 25 by 21 ½ in.) Provenance: The Artist’s estate; Private collection. Shields was born in Hartlepool and brought up in extreme poverty with most of his family succumbing to TB. Employed by a commercial engraver he studied at evening classes in London and then in Manchester, where he settled in 1848. He was greatly impressed by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which he saw at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The quality of his illustrations for Defoe’s History of the Plague (1862) and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress...
Chalk, Paper
$770
H 19.3 in W 15.36 in
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A woman seated, drawing signed
By Octave Guillonnet
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A young woman seated signed lower leftt Charcoal, red and white chalks on thin paper transfered on cardboard 49 x 39 cm Framed : 55.5 x ...
Charcoal, Chalk
$3,802
H 11.62 in W 8.67 in
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY (British 1883-1956) Reverie Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09 Red chalks on paper Framed 29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾...
Chalk, Paper
$2,715
H 16.54 in Dm 16.54 in
Summer - Chalk Drawing Design for Minton charger by Herbert Wilson Foster
By Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER (1846-1929) Summer Inscribed with title beneath the mount Chalk on paper, circular Framed Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in. (frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.) Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum. In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
Chalk, Pencil, Paper
$7,112
H 23.23 in W 35.44 in
Gustave BRISGAND (1867-1944), portrait of a woman wearing a veil
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Brisgand (1867-1944) began his artistic career by focusing on landscapes. However, he later specialized in portraits of notable personalities, women, and female nudes. One of...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel