Estherly Allen Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Richly painted work on archival paper - abstracted nudes

Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed). Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, known as GUERCINO (1591-1666) Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso) Black chalk heightened with white on light blu...

Charcoal on paper, 56cm x 38cm, (79cm x 60cm framed). Provenance: The Artist’s sister. From the mid-1940s to the early 1950s Colquhoun was considered one of the leading artists of his generation. Along with that of Robert MacBryde, another artist and Colquhoun’s partner, his work was regularly shown at the Lefevre Gallery in London. This early work is likely to be a drawing from when Colquhoun was at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. Known as the ‘Two Roberts’, Colquhoun and MacBryde met at the Glasgow School of Art in 1932 and lived together until Colquhoun’s death in 1962. The pair also exhibited in several group shows at the Lefevre Gallery, including one in February 1946, alongside Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Bacon and Freud. Works were bought by the Arts Council, the British Council, the Contemporary Art Society and the Imperial War Museum. Major art patrons added their work to their collections, including Sir Kenneth Clark...

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper, 19cm x 15cm, (32cm x 27cm framed). First exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1904, Philpot was elected as an Academician in 1923. Like many artists of his generation, he enjoyed a comfortable income from portraiture, which enabled him to paint less commercially successful and perhaps more personal subjects. His interest in the male nude and portraits of...

Charcoal and gouache on paper, titled ‘Phil Richards’ and dated ‘Friday Dec 8 72’ (lower left), 64cm x 48cm (72cm x 56cm framed).(Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso)). the picture is framed behind UV glass Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elizabeth Arden. He was also an accomplished portraitist. His work is celebrated in Brian Stonehouse...

Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...

Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...

Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...

Subject: Figures Medium: Other, Charcoal Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 27 1/4" x 20 1/4" without frame 15.25" X22.75" EDUCATION New York Studio School of Painting , Drawing & Sculpture 1973 Empire State College, B.A., Painting and Curatorial Studies 1999 ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS Mirrors, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, N.Y. 1999 Figures, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, N.Y. 1997 Sexual Monochromes, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, N.Y. 1992 "Paintings", 17th Street Gallery, New York, N.Y. 1976 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Family Line- drawings and paintings by Anne Harvey, Jason Harvey and Steven Harvey, New York Studio School, New York, NY 2002 Steven Harvey- Paintings and Bruce Gagnier - Sculpture, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY 2000 Woman, Gallery Schlesinger, New York, N.Y. 1999 Water and Light, Mary Gearhart Gallery, New York, N.Y. 1997 Contemporary Figures, M B Modern Gallery 1997 On Air, St. Peterís Church, N.Y. 1997 People , Places and Things: An Exploration of the Portrait, 1996-97 New York Studio School Cafe El Maroc, Jamaica Arts Center 1994 Paintings, Schlesinger Gallery 1993 WFMU Benefit Auction, Germans Van Eck Gallery 1992 Night, Trenkmann Gallery 1991 ACT UP Benefit Auction, Paula Cooper Gallery 1990 Figuring Eros, Director's Annual, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N.Y. 1990 Erotic America, Galerie Antoine Candeau, Paris, France 1989 Of Another Nature, Loughelton Gallery, N.Y.C. 1988 New Territories in Art: Europe/America, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Francavilla Al Mare, Italy 1987 Spatial FX, Annina Nosei Gallery 1987 Paint/Film, Bess Cutler Gallery 1987 Melancholy, Anne Plumb Gallery 1987 Group Invitational, Schlesinger Gallery 1986 Thought Objects, Cash/Newhouse Gallery 1985 Saloon/Salon, Bill Rice Gallery 1985 Steven Harvey has worked as an art advisor, art dealer, curator, and writer for over 25 years. He is the director of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects in NYC, a gallery focused on contemporary painting, which he founded in 2007. SHFAP moved to the lower east side in 2011. It exhibits contemporary artists including Susanna Coffey, Kurt Knobelsdorf, Sangram Majumdar, Stuart Shils, Gideon Bok, Eleanor Ray...

Charcoal and pastel on toned paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical wor...

Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...