Italo Orsi Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

"Three Riders, Two Trees" is an original tempera painting by an unknown Persian artist. it features three royal figures on three horses riding through ...

"Three Men with Horse & Building" is an original tempera painting by an unknown Persian artist from the late 19th century. It features a number of figu...

"Blues" Female Nude, part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on colored paper. Size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . See the other nudes from the sam...

Flying High - original unique female nude drawing. Part of my Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio. Shipping anywhere in the world, flat rate. Registered airmail. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...

"Enigma", original ink and pencil on sepia paper. Part of Neo Mythology series. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful ...

A rare Ink on Paper nude figure drawing by Milton Hebald, beautifully executed on a lovely blue Italian rag paper. Given the stylization, it is likely a study for one of his sculptures. Hebald is regarded as one of the most important American figurative sculptors...

This set of four antique 19th century Italian mixed media painting on paper hand made with gouache, tempera and watercolor, features several characters silhouettes acting in a theater play. These fine artworks are very unusual, they probably were sketches for theatrical costumes and sets. A rare example of Venetian 19th century theatrical figures in the scenery of Italian opera or characters of the Italian Commedia dell'arte. These four paintings featuring costume design figurines, with the characters acting in a theatrical set, are rendered through the decoupage technique mixing watercolor painting or gouache with tempera on paper. Each tiny figurine is made of paper hand-colored in watercolor, then cut and applied to an antique sheet...

The babies of Israel by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Tempera on paper 8.7 x 6 cm (3 ³/₈ x 2 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro Executed in 2023 This work is accompanied by a...

Meidum: Tempera and Gouache on Paper Signature: Unsigned Story Illustration for "Invitation to Murder" by Leslie Ford, published in The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1954, page 19

Elmer Simms Campbell was a brilliant illustrator and cartoon artist and was also the first African American cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in major newsstand magazines such a...

"Nude in Blue" Part of my Nude in Interior series. Female nude, ultramarine blue tempera on blue gray paper, inspired by Matisse. 70x50cm / 27.5x19.5in Shipped rolled in a tube from...

A drawing by Andy Warhol. "Woman in a Pink Hat" is a figural drawing, ink and tempera on paper in a soft palette of pink and white by Post-War American artist...