Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
to
620
1,387
424
279
74
18
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
65
481
1,354
282
21
37
58
51
54
96
87
124
58
38
50
627
284
68
56
42
30
24
17
16
12
4
3
1
1,744
405
27
1,925
1,110
1,099
915
672
410
401
331
268
256
209
89
49
42
40
35
28
26
25
24
789
715
647
634
359
179
72
42
29
19
783
771
2,182
1,440
Item Ships From: Europe
Venditori e Mangiatori di Maccheroni - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
By Michela De Vito
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper stuck on grey cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Wonderful watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours representing a typical Italian scene of ordina...
Category
1820s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Zampognari che fanno la Novena di Natale - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
By Michela De Vito
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Zampognari che fanno la Novena di Natale" (Bagpipers Playing During Christmas Time), hand-signed on lower-right margin. Very good condi...
Category
1820s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Costume di Fraine - ìWatercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
By Michela De Vito
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Fraine" with a caption "Provincia d'Abruzzo nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. Han...
Category
1820s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a girl sitting and reading a book
By William Hoare
Located in Bath, Somerset
A study in red chalk of a girl sitting and reading a book. Red chalk on paper under glass in a giltwood and gesso frame. This small drawing has a sense of intimacy in the capturing of a moment where the sitter is seemingly unaware of being observed, unlike the feeling of formailty and self-awareness in a staged portrait sitting
Provenance:
Private collection, Somerset
With J. Davey & Sons Ltd, Liverpool
William Hoare...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Glass
Study for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters
By Bernard Fleetwood Walker
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Bernard Fleetwood-Walker RA RWS (1893-1965)
Study for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters, c. 1932
Graphite on paper, mounted to card
55.5 x 77.7 cm.; (within frame) 80.1 x 99.8 cm.
Provenance:
The artist’s studio, 1965 (no. 524);
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Dated to c. 1932, the present drawing belongs to a series of five known preparatory studies for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters (1932), a large family composition...
Category
1930s Post-War Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady - Late 18th Century European Pastel
Located in London, GB
European School
Late 18th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas
Image size: 28 x 23 inches
Contemporary style frame
Provenance:
Ernst Museum Auction
This pastel portrait of a lady dates from the late eighteenth century. She is pictured in a white muslin dress...
Category
Late 18th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Philosopher - Original China Ink drawing by E. Berman - 1940 ca.
By Eugene Berman
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed with the artist's monogram. Ink and watercolour on cardboard. Passepartout included.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy...
Category
1940s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled - Drawing, Young artist, Minimalistic, Black & white, single line
By Karol Drzewiecki
Located in Warsaw, PL
Karol Drzewiecki (born in 1987) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (University of Arts) in Poznań (2006-2011) at the department of Graphics and Visual Communication. In 2011 grad...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Japanese Art Figurative Painting, Love for a street-walker, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
LOVE FOR A STREET-WALKER
Crayon, graphite, pencil on paper.
Measurements: (H) 76 x (W) 56 cm.
Attractive portrait of an Edo prostitute hurrying through the streets. She wears a black kimono over layers of colored kimono, tucking her hand into the "obi" at her waist. A white scarf is draped over her head, the edge caught between her teeth, and loose wisps of hair framed her face. There is an impressive contrast between the black kimono and the yellow-orange of collars, sleeves and "obi", balancing the composition the pastel pink of the scarf that covers her head.
This image is part of the "bijin-ga" series, Pretty Women, drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Love for a street-walker" (1795), 37,2 x 24,6 cm. The British Musem. London, UK.
The artist reproduces the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and from the original publisher ("Tsutaya", climbing leaf)), between the two, the signature of Mario BGil written in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014).
The mesaurements of the drawing are 76 x 56 cm. (29,92 x 22,05 in.), with a painted surface of 67 x 49,5 cm.
With his work on the "bijing-ga" series, Mario BGil wanted to embellish, give brilliance and volume to the images presented by japanese artist Kitigawa Utamaro in those beautiful engravings, ennobled with the patina of time, which have served as inspiration. The result obtained is almost life-size portraits, endowed with strong chromaticism and valuable contrasts, all enhanced, in turn, with the volume provided by the weight and rigidity of the paper, and its thick texture (Fabriano Artistico “grana grosso”, 640g/m2; the thickness and hardness of the paper makes it necessary to transport it without rolling).
In this way, Mario BGil pays tribute to his admired artist and offers us a new and enriched vision of this popular facet of oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mario BGil is a self-taught artist who for years has combined his creative activity with his work in the family business, away from commercial art galleries. In 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him and he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant-garde of the late 19th century.
The discovery of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), a key figure in the metropolitan culture of Edo (now Tokyo), and a point of reference in the history of Japanese engraving...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Pencil, Graphite
W. O. Harding - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Shaking Down Olives
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and titled to the lower edge of the paper. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Amanda
By William Russell Flint
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 16 x 22 inches
Framed size: 30 x 26 inches
Signed lower left
Category
20th Century Impressionist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters
By Bernard Fleetwood Walker
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Bernard Fleetwood-Walker RA RWS (1893-1965)
Study for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters, c. 1932
Graphite, coloured graphite and wash on paper, mounted to card
64.5 x 74.5 cm.; (within frame) 87.4 x 91.8 cm.
Provenance:
The artist’s studio, 1965 (no. 525);
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Dated to c. 1932, the present drawing belongs to a series of preparatory studies for Mr and Mrs R. H. Butler and Their Daughters (1932), a large family composition...
Category
1930s Post-War Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La Lune - Watercolor painting, Figurative, Colourful, Blue green & purple
By Hanna Bakuła
Located in Warsaw, PL
HANNA BAKUŁA (born in 1950) Polish painter, stage designer and writer. Bakuła graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she studied under such polish maste...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait drawing of Harriot Mellon, Mrs Thomas Coutts
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
Inscribed by the artist in pen and brown ink, upper margin: 'σοφὴν δὲ μισῶ: μὴ γὰρ ἔν γ' ἐμοῖς δόμοις / εἴη φρονοῦσα πλείον' ἢ γυναῖκα χρή [Euripides, Hippolytus, 11, 640-41: “But a ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The owner III - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
By Parmis Sayous
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Created in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Disegno figurativo toscano nudo maschile a sanguigna del XIX secolo
By Bernardino Orsetti
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, sanguigna su carta, raffigura un uomo nudo con una specie di turbante sulla testa, preso di lato, seduto, in un'espressione di intensa sofferenza, come se stesse chiedend...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Adaptation #6 Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing blue young girl dream tale art
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Frances Cohen Gillespie (1939-1998) - Charcoal Drawing, Deep Thinker
Located in Corsham, GB
On paper.
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Frances Cohen Gillespie (1939-1998) - 1964 Pastel, Melancholy
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Elegant Joanna Flatau Contemporary art pastel woman black and white portrait
By Joanna Flatau
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Varsaw A...
Category
1990s Expressionist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Graphite Study of a Head, Monogrammed Victorian Sketch, Gilt Fame
By Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, monogrammed lower left
Image size: 6 x 6 1/2 inches (15.25 x 16.5 cm)
Contemporary style handmade gilt frame
Henry Perronet Briggs
Henry Perronet Briggs RA wa...
Category
Early 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait Of Indian Woman, Drawing Dated 56, Signature To Identify
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Portrait of an Indian woman.
Drawing with black chalk, white chalk and blood.
Signature to be identified.
Date (19)56.
A hole in the sheet on the right side, otherwise good condition...
Category
1950s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Did you say weird ? Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing clown animal circus art
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Miyahito of The Ôgiya, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga Series XXXIV (Nº 34)
Title: Miyahito of the Ôgiya
Three quarter portrait of the elegant courtesan Miyahito of the Ôgiya House. This beautifully dressed japanese woman wears a solid grey outer robe, which contrasts with her soft rose kimono and the colored obi with an intricate geometric pattern. Her hair is arranged high atop her head, adorned with several hairpins. A classic Utamaro beauty print recreated with extraordinary taste and subtlety by Mario BGil in this delicate drawing.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
The grand father - Lajos Szalay, 20th Century, Figurative drawing
By Lajos Szalay
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper
Unique work
Signed, dated 1973 and situated NY lower right by the artist
This work was executed by the Hungarian artist in 1973 while he was living in New York, USA.
P...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
After William Cossens Way (1833-1905) - Watercolour, Spanish Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
Bears initials of William Cossens Way to the lower left. On paper laid to card .
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cubist School 20th Century Pen & Watercolour - Portrait of a Soldier
Located in Corsham, GB
Illegibly signed. On laid to paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled #3 Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing Iranian woman artist art charcoal
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly accordi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Blue background Joanna Flatau Contemporary art portrait watercolor woman nude
By Joanna Flatau
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolor on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Vars...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Eighteenth-century Irish portrait of the Rev. Henry Dabzac
By Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, oval
9 x 7 ¼ inches; 230 x 185 mm
Inscribed on the verso:
‘The Revd Henry Dabzac D.D./ late Senior Fellow of/ Trinity College Dublin/ ever to be lamented by all that knew/ Him. Extensive learning, zeal, gently tempered/ by a spirit of charity & above all, a strong/ faith & a piety deservedly gained/ the character of a great and good man./ This exceptional man died 12th May 1790/ This picture was his give to Jane [Mary] Crofton, his sincerely [missing] sister.’
Collections:
Rev. Dr Henry Dabzac gift to his sister, Jane Crofton (d.1797);
Sir Hugh Crofton (1763-1834);
By descent to 1990;
Private collection, Dorset to 2020.
Literature:
Robert Staveley, Traces of Past and Present, Dublin, 1895, p.74;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, online edition, no.J3751247
This characteristic pastel portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton was made early in his career; it depicts precisely the kind of education, well-connected Irish sitter who fuelled his success. The Reverend Henry Dabzac was from a distinguished Huguenot family, a celebrated academic historian, Dabzac received the Donegall lectureship in 1764 and from 1785 was Librarian and Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. According to his earliest biographer, Hamilton was the son of a peruke-maker based in Crow Street, Dublin. As Anne Hodge has pointed out, this places Hamilton’s father at the heart of the city: Crow street was a narrow thoroughfare formed part of the busy warren of streets bordered by the old Houses of Parliament and Trinity College at one end, and by Dublin Castle at the other. It is perhaps telling that in this early portrait, Hamilton shows Dabzac in a splendid powdered wig and his clerical bands. In 1754 Hamilton was apprenticed to James Mannin, a ‘pattern drawer’ who two years later was appointed master of the school of ornament at the Dublin Society’s drawing school, run by Robert West. Here Hamilton took the first prize in the 1755 competition, winning a premium of £1/16/. Hamilton developed a popular and profitable method of making pastel likenesses of sitters in a distinctive oval format. Hamilton developed a technique of using a sharpened pastel to hatch shaded areas of the features and, in the case of this portrait of Dabzac, the white powdered wig, which is drawn with particular care. In 1764 Hamilton moved to London where this small, oval pastels proved...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Tetouanoui Man
Located in London, GB
Tetouanoui Man
Albert Charles Dequene
Pastel on paper, signed and dated 1933 lower left, titled upper right
Image size: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
Hand made ebonised and gilded ...
Category
20th Century French School Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Figure Studies ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, and our other Peter Collins works, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message...
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Self-Portrait in Two Mirrors with Nude ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, and our other Peter Collins works, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message...
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hairdresser, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series II (nº 02)
Title: “Hairdresser”
The interest in this picture is focused on the hairstyles of both women, a hairdresser leaning forward with a bow of intense black color, arranging his client's especially long hair. The ways of gripping both the hair and the comb, making it slide through the ocher-scented kimono of the customer, decorated with sea stars, stand out. Highlighting with great detail the drawing of loose hair on the obi of white lines on a red background, and the kosode of plum color.
This image is part of the Bijin-ga Series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Hairdresser" (1798-1799), 39,8 x 26,8 cm. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston-USA.
Utamaro drawn a series of twelve prints whose themes were related to the manual works of women, and this "Hairdresser" is one of them.
Mario BGil reproduces the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and writes his own signature, Mario BGil, in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014).
The mesaurements of the drawing are 76 x 56 cm. (29,92 x 22,05 in.), with a painted surface of 67 x 49,5 cm.
With his work on the bijing-ga series, Mario BGil wanted to embellish, give brilliance and volume to the images presented by japanese artist Kitigawa Utamaro in those beautiful engravings, ennobled with the patina of time, which have served as inspiration. The result obtained is almost life-size portraits, endowed with strong chromaticism and valuable contrasts, all enhanced, in turn, with the volume provided by the weight and rigidity of the paper, and its thick texture (Fabriano Artistico “grana grosso”, 640g/m2; the thickness and hardness of the paper makes it necessary to transport it without rolling).
In this way, Mario BGil pays tribute to his admired artist and offers us a new and enriched vision of this popular facet of oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mario BGil is a self-taught artist who for years has combined his creative activity with his work in the business world, away from commercial art galleries. Man of very diverse interests and great artistic sensitivity, studied Art History and in 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant-garde of the late 19th century.
The discovery of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), a key figure in the metropolitan culture of Edo (now Tokyo), and a point of reference in the history of Japanese engraving...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Sans Titre
By Albert Chubac
Located in PARIS, FR
Colorful work on paper representing a face by Swiss artist Albert Chubac, measuring 97 x 71 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Color-Field Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard
19th Century Watercolour - Mother and Daughter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a mother seated in an armchair with her daughter to her side. The portrait is a wonderful example of the differing fashions between the generat...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Marylin Joanna Flatau Contemporary art pastel on paper colour woman portrait
By Joanna Flatau
Located in Paris, FR
Oil pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Series Imaginary portraits
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Camille Hilaire - Green Trees - Original Signed Watercolor
By Camille Hilaire
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire (1916-2004)
Green Trees
Original Signed Watercolor
43 x 36 cm
Framed
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a...
Category
1970s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
My African remix Haude Bernabé Contemporary art drawing work on paper nature
By Haude Bernabé
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolour on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fine 19th Century Coloured Pencil - The Eligible Bachelor
Located in Corsham, GB
Tall, dark and handsome- this fine oval portrait captures the striking features of a young Victorian Bachelor. The artist has used directional hatching and fine line to create plumpn...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Edouardo Vitali - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Old Man with a Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Tatsumi Roko, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXVIII (Nº 28)
Title: Tatsumi Roko
Portrait of Tatsumi Roko, a geisha of the pleasure quarters in the Edo period. The image belongs to the series Renowed Beauties Likened to the Six Inmortal Poets.
The popular top-class geishas of the day , known as “oiran”, were depicted in this type of print. In ukiyo-e woodblock prints, this close-up portrait view of the upper body is known as an okubi-e (bust portrait).
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Untitled #5 Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing child fish charcoal art dream
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI
“Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly accordi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Tomimoto Toyohina, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-Ga series XXVII (Nº 27)
Title: Tomomoto Toyohina
Tomimoto Toyohina was a much sought-after geisha (entertainer) who performed narrative ballads accompanied by the shamisen. She was one of several non-prostitute beauties, including teahouse waitresses, whom Utamaro depicted repeatedly in the early to mid 1790s. She appears here with a brush in hand, dressed and combed with simple elegance.
This composition is from a six-print series comprising half-length portraits of famous beauties (Famous beauties of Edo).
Utamaro elevated Tomimoto Toyohina to the status of one of the three most renowned beauties of her age (together with Okita and Ohisa). She was from a prominent family of musicians that provided entertainment in the Yoshiwara. Toyohina’s appeal undoubtedly was as much due to her appearance as to her skills in singing, and Utamaro’s celebration of her would have further elevated the status of an already well-known lineage.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Maurice Chevalier's farewell . Champs Elysées Theater. PARIS
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 - 1998 ). PARIS Mon Amour .
"les adieux de Maurice Chevalier " . Théâtre des Champs Elysées .
20 Octobre 1968 .
Gouache on pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Framed 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Japanese Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with stylized rails and bead course. The artist's signature and seal can be seen to the lower left. On paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ernest Proctor (1886-1935) - Graphite Drawing, Study of a Lady
By Ernest Procter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite sketch if a woman with neatly pinned hair. The artist's proprietary sketch can be scene to the right, which the artist has used to create the much finer portrait ...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H.J. Snell - English School 1878 Watercolour, Farmer with a Scythe
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young farmer or labourer standing with a scythe. He wears a colourful red waistcoat with blue socks and yellow scarf. Well presented in a gilt effect frame....
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ernest Proctor (1886-1935) - Graphite Drawing, Portrait of a Woman
By Ernest Procter
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating graphite study of a middle aged woman with short cropped hair. The artist depicts the women from lower angle to best captures her strong features and distant gaze. Sign...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Gertrude Demain Hammond (1862-1953) - Watercolour, Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A softly rendered watercolour portrait of a your girl by British painter and illustrator Gertrude Demain Hammond (1862-1953). Well-presented in a decorative gilt-effect frame with a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Maurice Chevalier dancing with tuxedo .PARIS Mon Amour
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 -1998 ) . PARIS Mon AMOUR .
" Maurice Chevalier dansant en smoking "
gouache on paper : 39 x29 cm
framed : 51 x 41,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Fisherman in Red
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait of a broad shouldered fisherman, striding along a sandy shoreline in black boots, buckled shorts and a bold red blouse. Finely mounted in a contempora...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
H.J Snell - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Ready with the Axe
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful watercolour portrait of an elderly man in work clothes, posed with a splitting maul in hand. The watercolour has been signed and dated to the lower right. Well present...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Emily Scott - 19th Century Watercolour, Lady in a Lace Bonnet
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait depicting a Victorian woman seated in an armchair. She wears a lace bonnet that is clasped under the chin and a long black dress with puffed sleeves. ...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Pastel - Scottish Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a Scottish boy in traditional dress. The artist captures the young boy in colourful pastel detail, showing the patterns in his uniform...
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
c.1834 Watercolour - Little Boy Holding a Flower
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted portrait of a young boy dressed in a fine blue suit with a lace collar. He holds a large flower, possibly foxgloves. Well presented in a dark wood frame with gilt sl...
Category
Early 19th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Watercolour - The Minstrel
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait depicting a minstrel playing a woodwind instrument. The man ports a hat with feathers and a blue overcoat. The art...
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Louis Boermeester (1908-1992) - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Birth of Venus
Located in Corsham, GB
An elegant, mythological inspired painting showing the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after birth. Floating on a large shell, the beauty can be seen breaking through a swell of ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
