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Item Ships From: Europe
Clifford Ellis William the Pug pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Category
1950s Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Donkey by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Animal drawing
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Donkey by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Charcoal on paper
19 x 28.2 cm (7 ¹/₂ x 11 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower right, manzana-Pissarro
This work is accompanied...
Category
20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1989
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1989 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original colored ink on canvas.
Total Dimensions: cm...
Category
1980s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Canvas
Donkey with Bells - Original Drawing in pen - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Donkey with bells is an original drawing in pen, realized by an anonymous artist of the Early 20th century.
Monogrammed on the lower. artist name on the rear, illegible.
Good condi...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Birds Composition - "Svenska Faglar" - unique ornithology prints - set of 10
By Magnus von Wright
Located in Winterswijk, NL
*THE ARTWORKS WILL BE SOLD: UNFRAMED, WITH PASSE-PARTOUT*
Beautiful serie of artworks: Swedish Birds by Magnus von Wright
Very detailed ornithological prints.
Topic: Animals
Image ...
Category
19th Century Academic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and his...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Cornish, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin drawing 'White bird', pen and ink on paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
White bird
Pen and ink
Signed with monogram, inscribed and dated `WHITE BIRD SclPT MY 87 SB’ (lower middle)
12.3/4 x 7.3/4 in. (32.3 x 19.7 cm.)
S...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techniqu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nudes - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original drawing realized by Leo Guida in the 1980s.
Drawing in pen and Charcoal.
Good conditions.
Included a Passepartout: 60 x 40 cm
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pen
The Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition with some sign of stick on the lower.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edward Bawden House Proud Mum Cat pen and ink Modern British Art drawing
By Edward Bawden
Located in London, GB
From a series of Bawden Cat illustrations we have listed. To see the others and our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want.
Edward Bawden R.A. (British, 1903 - 1989)
House Proud Mum Cat
Pen and ink
38 x 27 cm
Signed and inscribed lower right.
Bawden developed a love of cats at a young age, copying Louis Wain's cat pictures...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972.
Good condition.
Hand-signed.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Hart Laubs Duck' by British ornithologist Sir Peter Markham Scott
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Peter Markham Scott CH CBE DSC FRS FZS
Hart Laubs Duck
Watercolour on paper
4.3/8 x 6.1/2 in. (11.2 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance: Painted by Scott as a visual record for a bird spotte...
Category
20th Century Academic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1971
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in ink and pastel realized by Leo Guida in 1971.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historica...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Wild Affection, animal art, lion art, original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Graphite artwork entitled 'Wild Affection', showing male lion affectionately licking female lion.
David Truman artist offers original paintings and limited edition prints exclusivel...
Category
2010s Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Ma non era mai andato così in collera
By Pablo Echaurren
Located in Roma, IT
Enamel paint on cardboard.
Signed, titled, and dated on overleaf. Authenticity certificate by Fondazione Pablo Echaurren.
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Enamel
Head of Lion - l Pencil Drawing by Etha Richter - 1930s
By Etha Richter
Located in Roma, IT
Lion is an original pencil drawing by the German artist Etha Richter (Dresda,1883 - Dresda,1977).
Hand-signed in lead on the lower right: Etha Richter - Dresden.
On the paper in w...
Category
1930s Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Lying Down Tiger - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1950s
By Wilhelm Lorenz
Located in Roma, IT
Lying down Tiger is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz, in 1940s.
A tiger is portrayed fr...
Category
1940s Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Dream - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dream is an original Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century.
Good condition on a colored cream paper, with other sketch on rear.
No signature.
Mino Maccari (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Tiger - China Ink on Paper by Maria Ginzburg - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
The Tiger is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Maria Ginzburg in 2018.
Original China ink on paper.
Hand-signed in china ink on the lower right corn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original drawing in pastels and ink realized by Leo Guida in 1970.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Study of a buffalo
By Victor Prouve
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor Prouvé (1858-1943)
Study of a buffalo
Pencil on paper
32,5 x 50 cm
Provenance : Marianne Prouvé-Georges (1905-1994)’s collection, artist’s daughter
Sold without frame
A major...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$285 Sale Price
36% Off
Bird on the Branch - Original Watercolor - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird on the branch is an original colored drawing in watercolor on ivory-colored paper glued on paper, realized by Anonymous Japanese artist.
In very good conditions. Image Dimensio...
Category
19th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Knight and Horse - China Ink By Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Knight and Horse is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist with pencil.
Mino Mac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Lemur - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lemur is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical tech...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Sybil - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Sybil is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in the 1972.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Crow - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Crow is an original drawing in watercolor and ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972.
Good condition.
Hand-signed.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movem...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Marjorie Turner - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Room for Two
Located in Corsham, GB
A humours pastel study of a brown-eyed Basset Hound, looking at home in their owner's yellow Armchair. Presented in a complimenting sage and gilt frame with a matching wash-line moun...
Category
20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$296 Sale Price
20% Off
La Pania - Original Etching and Aquatint by Leo Guida - 1973
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
La Pania is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1973 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Aquatint and Etching with Black China Ink on paper...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Rat - Original Pastel by Leo Guida - 1973
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Rat is an original drawing in pastels on paper realized by Leo Guida in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil and dated on the lower right.
The state of preservation is good except for ...
Category
1970s Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Ponies - Original Mixed Media - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ponies is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s.
Original mixed media: china ink, tempera and silver color on paper.
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera
The Cats - Pen on Paper by Marie Paulette Lagosse - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cats is an original drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996).
Hand-signed on the lower right in pen. with a drawing of other cats on...
Category
1970s Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
The Dog - Watercolor on Paper by R. Cazanove - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dog is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by R. Cazanove.
Hand-signed on the lower left in pen by the artist.
The state of preservation is good, except for so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Composition - Watercolor on Paper by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original painting in watercolor on paper by Leo Guida in 1970.
The state of preservation is good.
On the lower left margin hand-signed and dated.
On the lower ri...
Category
1970s Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"The Heart Of America I" Bison Bull Buffalo Charcoal Drawing, Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Title: The Heart of America I
Date: 2023
Artist: Steffen Bue (Danish, 1948 - )
Medium: Charcoal on handmade paper
Dimensions with frame: 26,5in (W) x 19in (H) / 67,5cm (W) x 48,5cm (...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Vulture - Pencil and Pastel Drawing by Jane Le Soudier - Mid 20th Century
By Jane Le Soudier
Located in Roma, IT
Vulture is an original drawing in pencil and pastel realized Jane Le Soudier (1885-1976). with the monogram of the artist's name on the lower right. The state of preservation of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Circle of Oliver Clare (1853-1927) - Framed Watercolour, The Sparrow's Nest
By Oliver Clare
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted still life in the style of British painter Oliver Clare (1853-1927). Well-presented in a gilt frame with card mount. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Expressionist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Monkeys - Original Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
By Ernest Rouart
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the XX century.
Including a white cardboard passepartout: 49 x 34 cm.
Good conditions, except for a light shading of paper.
This fine modern artwork represents different sketches of monkeys in various poses. On the back of the drawing, the artist drew other monkey sketches.
Ernest Rouart (Paris, 1874 – Paris, 1942) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver, and art collector.
He was the son of Henri Rouart...
Category
1890s Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Eileen Soper - 20th Century British Drawing of Birds at a Nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER
(1905-1990)
The New Home – Birds at the Nest
Pencil
Unframed, in conservation mount only
8.5 by 11 cm., 3 ½ by 4 ¼ in.
(mount size 28 by 29 cm., 11 by 11 ½ in.)
Prov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edith Honor Earl (1901-1996) - Framed 1950 Pastel, Portrait of a Cocker Spaniel
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful pastel portrait of a liver and white cocker spaniel by British artist Edith Honor Earl (1901-1996). Signed and dated to the lower right. Well-presented in a lime-washed f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Allan Carter - Contemporary Watercolour, Watering Kudu
By Allan Carter
Located in Corsham, GB
A detailed depiction of a watering kudu by contemporary artist Allan Carter. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper laid to card.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
20% Off
Sven Berlin, Cornish St. Ives artist, a drawing of a rabbit
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999)
Hare
Pencil on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated `HARE’ (lower left), and ‘SVEN ‘79’ (lower right)
14.7/8 x 22.3/4 in. (37.8 x 57.8 cm.)
Sven Berl...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Eileen Soper - 20th Century British drawing of chicks in the nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER
(1905-1990)
The Coconut Nest Box
Dated l.r.: June 14 1956, bears artist’s studio stamp on the reverse
Pencil
Unframed, in conservation mount only
18 by 15 cm., 7 by 6 in.
(mount size 37 by 33.5 cm., 14 ½ by 13 ¼ in.)
Provenance:
The artist’s estate;
Chris Beetles, London;
Private collection.
Eileen Alice Soper was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1905. In 1908 the family moved to Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside and she was the live in that same house of the rest of her life. She attended Hitchen Girls School and was artistically trained by her father, the noted illustrator and etcher, George Soper...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Early 20th Century Watercolour - Two Fish with Foliage
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine and impressive early 20th Century watercolour depicting two fish underwater, with marine seaweed and foliage. The artist has demonstrated considerable skill and artistic ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$292 Sale Price
20% Off
British mid century watercolour and pen drawing of children at a zoo with monkey
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, 1911 – 1983)
Unfinished monkey business, 1944
Pen and watercolour
11.3/8 x 11.3/8 in. (28.7 x 28.7 cm.)
Category
20th Century Academic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Warwick Higgs (b.1956) - Contemporary Watercolour, Heron in the Water
Located in Corsham, GB
An original watercolour by contemporary artist Warwick Higgs (b.1956). Signed in pencil to the lower left. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
French School 19th Century, Studies of horses, two drawings
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Studies of horses,
two drawings in the same frame
7 x 11 cm (oval) and 7 x 9.8 cm
pencil on paper
Condition : The oval one on the left with foxings (see...
Category
1880s Academic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Attrib. John Murray Thomson (1885-1974) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Horses
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study attributed to the well-listed artist John Murray Thomson RSA RSW (1885-1974). Well presented in a simple wood frame. On watercolour paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Jewel Tree, Rabbit
By Minako Asakura
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
Landscape with cattle in watercolor
Located in DEVENTER, NL
This beautifully excecuted landscape with cattle in watercolor was made by Abraham Hendrik Winter (1800-1861). Winter was born in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 1800 and was a teacher ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Heads Down, Garth Bayley, Equine Painting, Impressionist Horse Racing Art
By Garth Bayley
Located in Deddington, GB
Garth Bayley
Heads Down
Original Equine Painting
Watercolour Paint on paper
Image size: H 25cm x W 32 cm x D 0.1 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Attrib. John A. Atkinson (1775-1833) - Framed Watercolour, Hungry Workhorse
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of aworkhorse resting in a walled paddock. The cacti to the background suggests a Mediterranean environment. Faintly inscribed to the reverse of the wate...
Category
Early 19th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bee from the side. Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bee from the side
Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Uta...
Category
2010s Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Wanted - Original Children Book Illustration Painting For "Frog in Africa"
Located in Salzburg, AT
Original Illustration for published children's book "Frog in Africa" - "Żaba w Afryce" Grazyna Rigall, signet by artist, It is in a plain Ikea frame.
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Robert the rhino - Gabrielle Pool - Whimsical ink drawing on paper - Wood frame
By Gabrielle Pool
Located in Coltishall, GB
Robert the rhino
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper of African animals are simple and charming. Using an unforgiving medium she produces work that is delicately poised between reality ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Crouching Leopard drawing by British 20th Century artist Elsie Marian Henderson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Elsie Marian Henderson (British, 1880-1967)
Crouching Leopard
Charcoal and pastel on paper
8 x 12.1/8 in. (20.3 x 30.8 cm.)
Provenance: The estate of the artist
Sally Hunter Fine Art, London
Elsie Marian Henderson was born in Eastbourne in Sussex and with the encouragement of her mother, a keen amateur painter, she attended the South Kensington Schools before studying at the Slade School of Fine Art between 1903 and 1905. She continued her art education in Paris and in 1916, after returning to London she enrolled at the Chelsea Polytechnic, where she was taught lithography by the artist Francis Ernest Jackson...
Category
20th Century English School Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing
By Gustave Fraipont
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923)
A Peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys,
Ink and heightenings of blue watercolor on paper
23 x 15 cm
Signed on the lower left and titled on lower righ...
Category
1890s Realist Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Lioness Fusain Drawing by Jean Poulain
By Jean Poulain
Located in Pasadena, CA
Jean Poulain 1884-1967
Jean Poulain was born in 1884 in Katanga (former Belgian Congo). Self-taught artist from an early age, he will be in search of all the emotions and beauty of ...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Julius Detmold (British, 1883 – 1957)
Hornbill
Pen and ink on paper
Signed with initials’ ED’ (lower right)
16.3 x 15.8 cm.
Edward Julius Detmold (21 November 1883 Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey - 1 July 1957 Montgomery) and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) were prolific Victorian book illustrators.
Their parents were Edward Detmold and Mary Agnes Luck. Their father, an electrical engineer was chronically ill, and they lived with their uncle and guardian, Dr Edward Barton Shuldham, who saw to their tuition and was a noted collector of porcelain and Japanese woodprints of plants and animals. Dr Shuldham occupied a house in Upper Richmond Road, Putney, where the twins had been born. He ensured their interest in natural history and art, and created a nurturing environment for their precocious talents. They also spent time with another uncle, the painter Henry E. Detmold, who encouraged them in their art. Most of their prodigious energy was expended on depicting animal subjects and their work showed great influence from traditional Japanese art, Albrecht Dürer and later the Art Nouveau movement. They were exhibiting watercolours at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the age of 13. Edward Burne-Jones praised their work and warned against the dangers of uniformity inherent in art schools.
The twins subsequently mastered the techniques of watercolour etching and of colour printing with copper plates, buying a printing press and producing their own proofs at home.
In 1898 they compiled a portfolio of colour etchings of animals and flowering plants done in the Japanese style. These were much sought after and were rapidly sold out. They collaborated on the etchings and illustrations for their first book Pictures From Birdland published in 1899. This book resulted from a number of drawings being shown in the autumn of 1897, to the publisher J. M. Dent, who was so impressed that the two brothers were asked to provide coloured illustrations for a book of his. The first title mooted was Alphabet of Birds, eventually becoming Pictures from Birdland. "Particularly noticeable are the early influences in the paintings, Edward's design for an osprey, with its unusual water effects, testifying to a Japanese contribution. Already apparent is that style in which a searching study of natural forms, especially bird plumage, is subordinated to decorative arrangement" - David Larkin (The Fantastic Creatures of Edward Julius Detmold) This was followed in 1900, by an exhibition at the Fine Art Society's Gallery in London.
Their next joint project was to produce a set of 16 watercolours for Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book published in 1903, by Macmillan. The success of their painting careers seemed assured, but Maurice ended his life by inhaling chloroform in April 1908, shortly before they were due to leave for a holiday in Sussex with Dr Shuldham, who had arranged that Maurice put down the household cats using the anaesthetic. Although stunned by the death of Maurice, Edward threw himself into his work.
The recognition accorded the twins' illustrations of Kipling's classic tale was extraordinary. Consequently, in 1909 Edward illustrated The Fables of Aesop, producing 23 colour plates and a host of pen & ink drawings. This proved so popular that in 2006 The Folio Society of London published a facsimile of the original Hodder & Stoughton edition.
In 1911, Detmold worked on illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck's The Life of the Bee, Camille Lemonnier's Birds and Beasts and Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Beasts. In the following year he worked on Maeterlinck's Hours of Gladness, in 1913, on Florence Dugdale's Book of Baby Birds and in 1919, on W. H. Hudson's Birds in Town and Village In 1919, he also produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and, in 1921, on Our Little Neighbours and Jean-Henri...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Dessin préparatoire
Located in PARIS, FR
Preparatory drawing by Roger Capron in acrylic pencil on craft paper
Roger Capron, a French ceramist, discovered ceramics in 1946 in Vallauris, where he founded the Callis workshop. ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
