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Item Ships From: Europe
Ben Woollcombe - Framed 1999 Watercolour, Self Portrait of Netting a Brown
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated in graphite to the lower right. Well-presented in a fine white mount and plain wood frame. With the title and artist's name verso. On watercolour paper.
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Country Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oval watercolour with body colour highlights depicting a young woman in a rural landscape. Her face, hands, and feet are particularly finely painted with minute brush strokes....
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

C.L.A - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Girl in a Lace Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait of a young woman with blonde hair. She is depicted wearing a delicate lace cap that is tied in a pretty bow. The artist has used touches of body colour to emphasize t...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

W. J. Hill - 19th Century Watercolour, A Strong Hand
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th Century watercolour depicting a Fisherman's wife wrapped in a tartan shawl holding a hand of cards. The artist captures the woman in profile, sporting a dotted head s...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Elizabeth Heia-Stocke (1904-1956) - Mid 20th Century Gouache, Figure in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a distress effect wood frame with hand-painted motif. Signed. On board.
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Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mrs. Bozena Anna Kowalczyk for confirming the attribution of this drawing to Giuseppe Nogari in a study (available in Italian) from which we have taken our ins...
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1760s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Chalk

Portrait of a woman, 1929, red chalk on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Erich HERMES (1881-1971) Portrait of a Woman, 1929 Sanguine on paper Signed "E. Hermès" and dated "29" lower left 29.5 x 22.5 cm original frame Erich Hermès, a Geneva artist of German origin, was born in Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein in 1881 of Huguenot parents. He trained as a painter-decorator before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. Awarded a Swiss Confederation scholarship, he spent his first year in Paris in 1909, before continuing his training in Munich, Italy and Spain. Erich Hermès was an important figure in Geneva figurative painting in the first half of the 20th century. He produced numerous monumental works integrated into architecture. They adorned official and sacred public buildings such as the Protestant temple in Carouge (ill.1), as well as private edifices. The easel painting of his early years was strongly influenced by the work of Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), whom he met around 1903. Like Hodler, he painted Switzerland and its heroic figures and battles, while maintaining a strong empathy for the common people. He later moved towards New Objectivity, developing a more personal style. The artist is also renowned in the world of graphic arts, particularly for his work as a poster artist in the 1930s and 1940s. He used his art to promote the Alps and winter sports (ill.2), as well as products such as wine and cigars. The red chalk portrait of a woman is dated 1929. We seem to find the model's physiognomy in some of the artist's paintings (ill.3) depicting intimate subjects. Our figure, who wears a Huguenot cross...
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1920s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Joseph W. Topham Vinall (1873-1953) ARCA, FRSA - Watercolour, After The Catch
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour depicting two fishermen relaxing in a seaside cabin after a day at sea. The elder of the two lights his pipe and the younger man looks on. Well presented in ...
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Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

20th Century Oil - Farm At Provarma
Located in Corsham, GB
This captivating watercolour portrait depicts a young man with a haunting stare. The artist captures the man with exceptional attention to detail around the face, leaving the edges o...
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Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

Study of a man with a hat
By Henri Fehr
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 82 x 61.4 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Ellie Lishman - 1992 Charcoal Drawing, Portrait of Dylan Thomas
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing depicting the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The artist captures his signature wild hair and thoughtful look through this expressive po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century India Ink, The Artist's Self Portrait
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming self portrait in bold ink line work. The simplicity of form resembles the sketches of Matisse. The artist has inscribed with a dedication to his wife at the lower edge, re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Italian Weavers Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th Century watercolours showing an Italian family. The boy sits on he ground at his parents feet. All three are finely dressed in traditional, regional garb with unusua...
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Mid-19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Isabelle Mulvany - 2022 Gouache, Beware A Woman's Blade
By Isabelle Mulvany
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary gouache portrait, showing a beautiful woman, holding a golden dagger over her eye. The phases of the moon arc over her head with two mischievous demons in the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) - Signed Watercolour, Una Signorina de Venezio
Located in Corsham, GB
Walter Jenks Morgan (1847-1924) - Original Early 20th Century Watercolour. A beautiful watercolour by listed artist Walter J. Morgan depicting a Venetian woman...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

A portrait of John Ruskin by British artist B. C. Leeming, 1901
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
B. C. Leeming (British, circa 1901) A Portrait of John Ruskin Ink Signed and dated ' B C Leeming 01’ (lower left) 13 x 10.1/4 in. (33 x 26 cm.). Provenance: Collection of James S D...
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20th Century English School Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait Of Mrs Powell
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautifully executed, Regency era portrait of an older woman in a lace mob cap. She is sporting the tight curls around her face, typical of this...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Colin Clough Hilton (1902–1984) -Early 20th Century Watercolour,
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful early 20th Century (c. 1930-40) watercolour of impressive size. The scene shows a beautiful mother with dark hair in a Pre-Raphaelite style dress in pink and green, holdi...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Young Girl Head Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait of a young girl with big eyes and cherubic lips. The painting is presented in an incredibly pretty oval frame with a pale pink mount. The frame has or...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, The Art Students
Located in Corsham, GB
In this study, Matania has used terracotta-coloured chalk to depict two figures caught deep in the act of drawing. The artwork is signed in the lower left and is well presented in a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893-1975) - Graphite Drawing, Figure Study
By Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine graphite study by the British artist Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, depicting a study of three figures. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black double card mount and in a simp...
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Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Samouil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (1903-1983) - 1975 Pastel, Pioneer Leader
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive drawing by the Russian artist Samouil Nevelshtein, depicting a portrait of a young pioneer camp leader. The Young Pioneer camps of the Soviet Union were a place where c...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Brian Midlane - 20th Century India Ink, Seated Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
With watercolour wash. Well presented in a contemporary black frame and white card mount. Unsigned. On tissue paper.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Short-haired Figure Study
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a short-haired figure. Unsigned. Well-presented in a grey on white double card mount and in a simple contemporary b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

George Charles Francis (1860-1940) -Late 19th Century Watercolour, Mantes Market
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully impressionist view of French market in Mantes-la-Jolie, France. Women gather at stalls under canopies, one woman walks towards the viewer in the foreground, a basket ov...
Category

Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
By Alfred Dehodencq
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982) Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867 Pencil on paper Dimensions of work: 15.5 x 17.5 cm Frame size : 30 x 30 cm A...
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1860s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

British 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin, Self Portrait, pen and ink
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Self-portrait Pen and ink 14.1/2 x 14.1/2 in. (36.7 x 36.7 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th September 1911, was an English paint...
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20th Century Romantic Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Swordsman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine and detailed portrait of a young man standing alone in a wooded landscape. He is dressed in a red jacket and holds a large sword, his hat and other items of clothing lay beside him on the ground. The artist has wonderfully captured this interesting gentleman, with his handsome face gazing intently at the viewer. Well presented in a white card mount and gilt effect frame with ornate corner...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

2, rue Taitbout, Paris, by Grégoire Mathias — Expressive Interior Scene
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
2, rue Taitbout, Paris Ink and pencil on board 25.5 × 38 cm Signed lower right This original work by Greg Mathias captures the layered intensity of an interior space in Paris. The a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Cardboard, Pencil

Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1979 Pastel, Pretty in Pink
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Here he has captured the sitter's effortless beauty with a small number of expressive pencil marks a...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Still Life with Crab
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Still Life with Crab” combines elements of piquancy and intrigue. The central place is occupied by a vase of flowers, depicted in the fo...
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2010s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Coffee Espresso #5
By Eliza Southwood
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Espresso #5 [2022] original Coffee on paper Image size: H:42 cm x W:59 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59 cm x D:0.2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu im...
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2010s Minimalist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Coffee

James Chalmers Park (1858-1938) - 1923 Watercolour, Regency Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A full-length portrait of a Regency woman, copied from an earlier drawing. Inscribed with this information and signed and dated on the reverse of the watercolour. Presented in a whit...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

A. Dorothy Cohen (1887-1960) - 1957 Watercolour, Gillian Thatcher
Located in Corsham, GB
A lovely watercolour painting with graphite and charcoal by the British artist A. Dorothy Cohen, depicting a portrait of a girl. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner. Arti...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Peter Collins ARCA - 1981 Charcoal Drawing, Smiling Woman
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait by the listed British artist Peter Collins. With pastel detail. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Signed and dated. On wove.
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Pen and Ink Drawing, Seated Figure
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
An engaging pen and ink study with charcoal by the artist Peter Collins. The scene depicts a seated female figure gazing directly at the viewer. Unsi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

Attrib. Claire Ritson (1906-2005) - 20th Century Gouache, The Art Room
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright and bold study of artists at work. Completed in the typical bold style of Ritson, this fine composition is full of colour and effortless simplicity. Well presented in a doub...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Joseph Kirkpatrick(1872-1936) Watercolour, The Firewood Gatherer
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful study of a woman collecting firewood in a pastoral setting with blossom trees and a thatched cottage. The scene is painted in fine detail, particularly demonstrated in t...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Yellow Blouse (drawing paper vintage girl back portrait hair yellow article)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, dream, tones, portrait, tonalist, nostalgia, early 20th century, naturalist, illustration, grey art, young woman, hair, hair bun...
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2010s Jugendstil Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Jules Nogues (b.1809) - Signed & Framed 1839 Pastel, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine pastel study of a mother and her child, finished with delicate graphite detail. Well presented in a glazed wood frame with a gilded inner window and a washline mount.Signed a...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Brian Midlane - Mid 20th Century India Ink, Man In Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking male portrait in black India ink. The painting has been presented in a contemporary black frame with a white card mount. On thin chin colle.
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

H. E. Hance - 20th Century Pastel, Lady In A White Coat
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine modernist pastel portrait showing a stylish woman in a white coat and red shirt. The artist has signed to the lower right corner. There is a se...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Flemish School Early 19th Century Watercolour - A Humble Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine early 19th Century Flemish School watercolour, showing a bearded man in a ragged tunic, with tangled hair. He gazes at the viewer with a patient eye as he holds his hat b...
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Early 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Manrique - 1998 Pastel, Man Wearing a Kufi
Located in Corsham, GB
This colourful portrait depicts the profile of a man wearing a blue tunic and a kufi. The artist captures the man in fine pastel detail, highlighting the h...
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1990s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Mid 20th Century Watercolour - Sisters
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful mid 19th Century double portrait of two sisters, one leaning her head on her older sister's shoulder, the other leaning into her younger sibling with a supportive arm. The delicacy of the brushwork in the faces of the two girls is typical for water colorists of this period. The painting is unsigned and handsomely presented in a fine Louis XIV gilt frame...
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Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Isabelle Mulvany - 2018 Gouache, I Give Up
By Isabelle Mulvany
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful and humorous gouache painting, showing a tired young woman lying on her carpet, in her Monday pants, with a cleverly altered Pot Noodle, waving a white flag. The artist h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Eve Disher (1894-1991) - Mid 19th Century Gouache, Satisfied Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful portrait showing a man, with folded arms, looking satisfied while looking off into the distance. The artist has used a very unusual dry brush technique to give the gou...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Peter Collins ARCA - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Head Study
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait by the listed British artist Peter Collins. With graphite detail. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Unsigned. On wove.
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Late 19th Century Watercolour - A Quiet Moment
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly beautiful portrait of an older woman taking a quiet moment to read a book at her bureau. She is clearly a woman of high standing shown in her richly textured clothes: satin ribbons, lace shawl and a velvet bodice and skirts. Her tight ringletted hair was a style popular in the 1880s but as she is an older woman this is probably a style she carried through her life, dating the painting around 1880 instead. This painting captures the serene and intensely personal act of solitary reading with gentle aplomb using a watercolour brush...
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Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Eve Disher (1894-1991) Early 20th Century Gouache - A Pensive Portrait With Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished portrait in an unusual style of dry brush worked gouache over graphite underdrawing finished with watercolour wash. The painting shows a portrait of a young man smoki...
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA (1893-1975) - Graphite Drawing, Young Girl
By Alfred Kingsley Lawrence RA
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine study of a young girl completed carefully in graphite. The artwork is well presented in a molded black frame with glazing and a double card mount. On wove.
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Peter Collins ARCA - Framed 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Sitting Woman
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Unsigned. On wove.
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

1859 Pastel - Joyful Siblings
Located in Corsham, GB
A remarkably vibrant mid 19th Century portrait of three young children, seated on the grass under a bright blue sky. The two older children sit behind the younger who wears a white d...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Peter Collins ARCA - Signed 1981 Charcoal Drawing, In Thought
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait by the listed British artist Peter Collins. With pastel detail. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Signed and dated. On wove.
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20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Sir Henry Roddam Calder (1790-1868)
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Sir Henry Roddam Calder, 5th Baronet of Muirtown (1790-1868). There are some touches of blue chalk to the subject's eyes. Presented glazed in a...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Study of a Woman II
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a study of a short-haired woman. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black double card mount and in a simple con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Victorian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine watercolour study of a Victorian gentleman with a large beard. The artist has meticulously captured every detail of the sitter, with gr...
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19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Long-haired Figure Study
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a long-haired figure. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black double card mount and in a simple contemporary b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Portrait, woman's head, 1959, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc DAUTRY (1930-2008) Woman’s head, 1959 ? Pencil on paper Signed and dated "1959" ? lower left 14 x 10.5 cm Frame (antique glass) : 36 x 30 cm Born in Nime (south of France), Mar...
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1950s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Persian School Contemporary Gouache - Deity Surrounded By Animals
Located in Corsham, GB
A crisp and symbolic Persian School scene in gouache on cotton linen. The scene shows a religious figure, seated in a mountainous landscape, surrounded by animals and trees. The comp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

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