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Item Ships From: Europe
Peter Skeolan mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette a Victorian gentleman
Peter Skeolan (1815-1871)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat
Watercolour with gold highlighting on paper/card
Stencilled with artist's details to the reverse
3¼ x 2¾ inches, oval, without the frame
5½ x 4¾ inches with the frame
Peter Skoelan the son of Stephen Skoelan was born in Ireland in 1815. During his early career he worked as an itinerant miniature portrait painter and profilist, possibly as early as the 1830s. The 1841 census shows us that he was working in Leeds, his stated occupation was painter, aged 25. He was lodging with Thomas Lacy, a Tailor. By this time he had married and had a son and daughter...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
By Gabriele Galantara
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century.
China ink on paper
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth Rock Pen & Ink Sketch Figures & Animals Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pilgrim Fathers Landing at Plymouth Rock
Anglo/ America School, early 20th century
ink/ watercolor on paper stuck on board, framed - glass covered
framed: 12 x 14 inches
board : 6.5 x 8 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England
Condition: very good condition
The scene possibly depicts the Pilgrim Fathers landing in the 'New World', particularly at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The visual elements support this interpretation:
The central figure in dark clothing and a wide-brimmed hat: This could represent a leader like William Bradford or John Carver...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Vibrant Watercolor Landscape of a Sunlit Forest and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Watercolor Landscape
original watercolour painting on artist paper
signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 9.5 x 12.5 inches
In good conditi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reading on Armchair 2 original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Reading on Armchair 2" nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series. Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm on heavy watercolor paper, with ultrama...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Redcliffe Bristol Historic Maritime Watercolor Sailing Ships River Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Redcliffe Bristol Historic Maritime Watercolor Sailing Ships River Scene
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements:...
Category
20th Century English School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped: No
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Fauvist Colour Field Landscape, Les Baux de Provence
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Fauvist Colour Field gouache on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and titled to the back of the paper, Les Baux de Provence.
A charming and ch...
Category
Late 20th Century Color-Field Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Summer Evening in Montreux, Lake Geneva, 1902
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite watercolor by the Swedish artist Olle Hjortzberg (1872–1959) captures a serene view of Montreux, Switzerland, in July 1902. Known for his masterful use of color and li...
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Canal Barge Bridge & Walkers on Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Canal Path
Medium:
gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed
card: 9.75 x 12.75 in...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Set of Four Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Theatre Royal and St John’s Gate
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Set of Four Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Theatre Royal and St John’s Gate
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measureme...
Category
20th Century English School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Burst of Creativity" (contemporary impressionist floral painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this floral artwork I experience the world of nature through the bright colors of a summer period.
While painting, I sought to capture the beauty of summer flowers which are full...
Category
2010s Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) View of Toledo, 1896, watercolor signed
By Siebe Johannes Ten Cate
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908)
A View of Toledo
Signed, located and dated lower left
Watercolor on paper
35.5 x 55 cm irregularly shaped
in good condition, some foxings in the ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Drawing with Flowers, signed and dedicated to Max Brun
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall's Drawing with Flowers (1969), signed and dedicated to Max Brun, is an intimate testament to their close friendship. This unique pen drawing, measuring 32 x 24 cm, holds...
Category
1960s Symbolist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Gel Pen
Henry John Kinnaird (1861-1929) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Rural Hamlet
By Henry John Kinnaird
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful watercolour depiction of 19th Century rural life. The scene shows a mother and daughter returning to their hamlet down a dirt path, a small pond with geese to the left an...
Category
19th Century Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9.75 (height) x 6.75 (width)
Stamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
French Watercolor of Monaco’s Old Town and Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Monaco’s Old Town and Harbor
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, mounted on card
Size: 11.75 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
James Joshua Guthrie - The Sower, Early 20th Century British Watercolour
Located in London, GB
JAMES JOSHUA GUTHRIE
(1874-1952)
The Sower
Signed with monogram l.r., inscribed with title l.c.
Watercolour, bodycolour and pen and ink
21 by 15.5 cm., 8 ¼ by 6 in.
(frame size 39.5 by 33 cm., 15 ½ by 13 in.
Provenanace:
Pickford Waller...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
J. Eden - Fine 19th Century Watercolour, Evening Primrose
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful study depicts an intricate botanical study of evening primroses in pink and red. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with beaded and lambs tongu...
Category
19th Century Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Surrealist wardrobe of suits for buildings, Vriesendorp, original oil on board
Located in Carballo, ES
Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Grey Pansie Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
CLAES-THOBOIS ALBERT. Still life. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929.
By Albert Claes-Thobois
Located in Paris, FR
Born in Ixelles in 1883, Claes-Thobois studied at the Academy of Brussels under Constant Montald and Herman Richir. His career spanned an age of g...
Category
1920s Cubist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Paris Hotel de Ville , Watercolor signed Signed E. Galien Laloue, circa 1920
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in Paris, FR
View of Paris: The Hotel de Ville banks and the statue of Etienne Marcel under Snow
Watercolor
Signed E. Galien Laloue, circa 1910-1920
Appraisal by Mr Noé Willer.
(Will figurate in...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: Place du Tertre and Sacre Coeur, the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right
watercolour and gouache painting on ar...
Category
1940s Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky blue nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high a...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Landscape BW" Original Drawing , Abstract Landscape made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Charcoal on papers ( Canson Paper 300gr)
Origial drawing ,one of a kind
65x50 cm
2024
The drawing is shipped flat inside a cardboard clip, it is possible to buy the dr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Roses in flower" (contemporary floral expressive acrylic painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This art piece features a bouquet of red roses in a bleu vase. This piece belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
signed bottom right
watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 4.5 x 6.25 inches
Delightful early 20th century ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
Category
1880s Romantic Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
MAGIC CAT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Study of a Seated Satyr, Seen from Behind
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Domenico Maria Canuti (1625–1684)
Study of a Seated Satyr, Seen from Behind
Red chalk on laid paper with watermark
39 × 26 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, France
Note:
A large ...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Lion pencil drawing, Italian painter - 21st Century Black and White Animal
By Giorgia Oldano
Located in Milan, IT
Giorgia Oldano is a young italian artist specialized in drawing and wildlife. After photographing her subjects she uses the pictures as first inspiration to construct her own drawing...
Category
2010s Realist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mountain Landscape Painting, fjord, seascape, nordic, nature, blue, brown
Located in Oslo, NO
This serene watercolor painting captures the breathtaking beauty of a fjord landscape. Snow-capped mountains rise majestically from calm, glass-like waters, their rugged surfaces a m...
Category
2010s Realist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Entanglement XIII by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, woman, body
By Joachim van der Vlugt
Located in Paris, FR
Entanglement XIII is a unique oil on paper painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 57 × 42 cm (22.4 × 16.5 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
By Paul Gavarni (Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier)
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Lewins Mead in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Lewins Mead in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unf...
Category
20th Century English School Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
'Le Chemin Privé b'. Contemporary Fauvist Pastel Landscape.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary abstract expressionist pastel of a Provençal landscape ' Chemin Privé b.' by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
1940's Provence France Painting Green Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed and dated 47'
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Yellow Landscape, Original Drawing pigment on Paper , One of a kind Large size
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Mineral Oxide on Paper
Fabriano Paper
70x50cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Painting at the A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pigment
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
NIGHT BLUES - Female Nude original unique art by Paula Craioveanu
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night Blues" Female Nude, seen from the back, and a second view in the mirror. from another perspective. Part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Carbon Pencil, Rag Paper
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Study
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Woman with Cross Necklace
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 11.5 (height) x 8 (w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
ENIGMA original art ink on colored paper Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Enigma", original ink and pencil on sepia paper. Part of Neo Mythology series. Shipped rolled in a tube.. Free shipping with 1stDibs code for items over $500.
Like the immortal myth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Paper
L.N. Staniland - Signed and Dated 1930 Gouache, Windmill on the River
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming gouache depiction of a windmill on the river on a delightfully bright day. we can see the artist has used impressionistic strokes to create the reflection of the windmill ...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Dance - Drawing - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is a pencil drawing realized in 1920 and attributed to Augusto Monari.
Good condition, no signature.
Mounted on a grey cardboard passpartout ( 23.5x18.5).
Category
1920s Modern Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Sunlit Bench Overlooking the Azure Mediterranean French Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bench Overlooking the Azure Mediterranean
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 17 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman, portrait drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940)
A Pensive young woman
pencil on paper
29.5 x 22.5 cm (view)
In good condition, except some traces of stains
Framed : 55.5 x 41.5 cm (vintage frame...
Category
1910s Symbolist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Kenneth Kernick - Framed Contemporary Watercolour, Dinard Street Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful French street scene by the Welsh artist Kenneth Kernick. With gouache detail. Label to the reverse gives the location and title of the painting. Well presented in a doubl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Two are signed by the artist to the bottom righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Silk, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Pastor - Drawing attr. Maximilien Luce - Early 20th Century
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Roma, IT
Pastor is a modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century and attributed to Maximilien Luce.
Hand-signed
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
MODERN NUDE original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Modern Nude". Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera, inspired by Matisse. Size 2is 7.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Shipped rolled ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Botanical Cyanotype, Blue Flower Bouquet, Large Wild Roses Cyanotype, Watercolor
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a gorgeous blue bouquet.
Details:
+ Title: Blue Flower Bouquet
+ Year: 2024
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Medium: Acrylic Pain...
Category
2010s Baroque Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Flemish Old Master, Study of Donkey Carriage, 17th Century, Sanguine Drawing
Located in Greven, DE
This drawing shows several studies of a donkey with a carriage. Its style is close to Flemish 17th century artists. On the passepartout one reads "Mathias Scheyer/ Jacob Weyer", both...
Category
17th Century Baroque Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Handmade Paper
Elui with World Record Cow Elephant Tusk, 47 lbs., Marsabit Forest, Kenya – Art
By Peter Beard
Located in Zurich, CH
PETER BEARD (1938–2020, USA)
Elui with World Record Cow Elephant Tusk, 47 lbs., Marsabit Forest, Kenya, 1962/2006
Color print with gelatin silver print collage, watercolor, tempera paint, ink
Sheet 141 x 108,6 cm (55 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.)
Unique
Signed recto and verso in ink
Peter Beard (1938–2020) was an American artist who lived and worked in New York and Kenya. In Africa Peter Beard found the central theme of his life, the destruction of the natural animal world by man and civilization. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Inspired by earlier trips to Africa in both 1955 and 1960, Beard traveled to Kenya upon graduation. Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the demise of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, later to become the subject of his iconic book, “The End of the Game...
Category
1960s Contemporary Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Color, Silver Gelatin
19th century pastel of a river scene, The Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of the Chapel Bridge and river Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. The work...
Category
1860s Europe - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
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