Henri Lehmann Art

Sketch Portrait by Max Papart, French (1911–1994) Date: circa 1960 Pastels and Marker on paper, signed 'A bientot, amities, Max' Size: 8 x 11 in. (20.32 x 27.94 cm)

A Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Reclining Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, intimate figurati...

A Fine 1930's, Depiction of a Boxing Match by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin. This dynamic drawing captures overlapping human forms rendered in expressive, gestural li...

Perfect for your hockey enthusiast! A colorful, dynamic 1950s pastel on paper drawing of a hockey game by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 9 x 12 inches. Matted size: 14 x 18. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

A Finely Drawn 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking pastel drawing by Haydon sho...

Jean Hélion Study for Luxembourg, 1965 Signed and dated lower left. inscribed "For Diana" Colored pencil and pen on paper 8 x 10 1/2 inches Jean Hélion was a French artist known fo...

Antique costume sketch by noted silent film director Edward Sloman. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 14 inches overall and 10 by 8 inches image alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and ...

A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s cha...

A Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Seated Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early pastel drawing by Haydon demonstrating hi...

A lively, 1950s American Modern sporting themed drawing of a Notre Dame football game by famed Chicago artist Francis Chapin. Pastel and charcoal ...

Suzanne LALIQUE Musketeer Costume Original Carbon Pencil And Gouache Drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back On vellum 31.5 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 9.4 in) Excellent condit...

Vintage American drawing by noted cartoonist and illustrator Michael Berry (1907-2000). Framed. Measuring: 17 by 13 inches overall and 11 by 9 inches image alone. Excellent condition...