Pensive Female Charcoal on Paper Portrait Manner of Kollwitz

A fine pastel on paper of a female nude reclining with a book on a Victorian sofa by Albert Handell (1937-). Signed and dated in red lower right, Handell, 71. A very cozy theme with a raking artist's angled perspective. The work on paper has not been viewed out of the frame. Good overall condition with no visible rips, tears or foxing. The framing treatment consists of a simple dark wood molding, fillet with the work on paper under glass. The approximate overall dimensions with the frame are 33.75" wide x 1.5" deep x 25.75" high. The approximate sight dimensions are 27.5" wide x 19.75 high. AskArt bio: Coming to Santa Fe from Brooklyn in 1985, he was taken with the light and the colors of the Southwest landscape. He loves to paint sky, adobe structures, and trees. He also travels throughout the country giving workshops. His heritage is Russian Jewish and Polish. In 1916, his father emigrated from the Ukraine to New York where he met his Polish wife. Trained in New York City and Paris, Albert attended the Art Students League for three and a half years, and his most influential teacher was Frank Mason. He discovered his great love was painting outdoors, especially old woods and streams in the Catskill Mountains. A 1980 trip to Santa Fe was life-changing, and he moved there in the mid-80s, trading the subject matter of dark woods for brilliant colored landscape. In style, he followed in the footsteps of artists he most admired--Edouard Vuillard and Joaquin Sorolla. His studio is a renovated two-car garage...

Josef Presser (1907-1967) pastel and charcoal Portrait of a Woman on paper. Circa 1950. Presser uses an expressive hand and renders a 3/4 a striking 3/4 close up portrait. The approximate site dimensions are 9.5" wide x 13" high. Signed lower right. The framing treatment consists of a silver leaf wood molding, matted and the piece is under glass. Good overall condition. The piece has not been viewed out of the frame. The work is in good condition with no visible rips, tears or restorations. There is some light staining and foxing on the matte and doesn't look to affect the work on paper. The frame has some light wear to the silver leaf. Re-framing is suggested. The backing and matte are not acid free or archival. Overall approximate dimensions with the frame are 21.25" wide x 25.25" high. AskArt Bio: Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker...

Signed lower left, C Catlin. Oil crayon (pastel) on paper, circa 1930. The artist has depicted a working class crowd in pronounced profile. Framing treatment consists of simple gi...

Peter or Petru Vintila's (1922-2002) Surrealist Homage to M.C. Escher entitled "What A Wonderful World". The medium is pen and ink on paper. At first glimpse I thought it was graphit...

Signed Geraldine Valentini and dated 1979. Pen and ink Post-Modern drawing on paper. Modernist rendition of two sprawling limb trees. Labor intensive and intricately hand drawn work ...

A wonderful little surrealistic abstraction pen and ink drawing signed and dated, A.E. Smith, 3.7.1940. Inscribed on the reverse., Pen + Ink, Artist from Jhonston (sic), RI. Ink on p...

This is a vintage midcentury vintage charcoal on paper female impressionist, nude study. This female nude study is presented in a burnish gold fra...

This is a Vintage Mid century charcoal on paper female nude study. This nude study is presented in a mid century hand carved gold frame with a cream colored linen Mat board. The fema...

Drawing made in pencil on paper measuring 15 x 19 cm by artist Alberto Pasini (Busseto 1826 - Cavoretto 1899) depicting a female face datable to around 1870. The work has the sign...

ROMANIE - "Kent at 22 Years" - Fine quality charcoal portrait drawing with white facial highlights on buff paper - signed in pencil and dated lower right - unframed - Canada (?) - ci...

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees. This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time. Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...

Charcoal abstract of geometric forms on paper (1959 signed: MICHAEL LOEW).      Though the painter Michael Loew is today best known for his colorful and gestural Abstract Expression...