France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Cliff is a drawing realized in 1861. Pencil on paper. Hand-Signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.

Landscape "Eolie Island" in an original artwork in watercolor realized by the French artist André Ragot ( 1894-1971). Hand-signed by the artist on the low...

Marker on archival paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marketi...

Joan Gardy Artigas Intimacy Original Lithograph Handsigned in Pencil Justified H.C (Hors Commerce) On Velum 65x 50cm (c. 25.5x 19.6inch) Excellent C...

Excellent condition. Mint. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia. Thomas Colman Dibdin was an illustrator and painter. Born at Bletchworth, Surrey, on 22 October 1810,...

Prisoners is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1952. Black Marker drawing. Dated and hand-signed by the artist. Good conditions.

Paul KLEE (after) Ventriloquist Shouting in the Swamp Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet process) Printed signature in the plate On canson vellum 50 x 38.2 cm (19.6 x 14.9 in) INFORMA...

Pierre LETUAIRE Toulon, 1798 - Toulon, 1885 Watercolor 11.5 x 16.5 cm (26 x 30 cm framed) Signed lower right "Letuaire" Pierre Letuaire was a painter and illustrator born in Toulon....

Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (70x51 cm). No Signature, another pen...

Breakfast is a colour markers drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970. Good condition on a sheet of notepad. Dated and titled on the lower right ...

Chateau fort is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized in XIX century. Certified by Paul Proutè. Very good conditions, except for a very little rip on the lef...

Late 20th Century French drawing on Canson paper by Gilbert Pastor. Signed bottom right. Acquired directly from the artist. Born in Mars...

Horse Riding is a Pastel and Charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, ...

Woman is an original drawing in ink realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century, dated in 1876, the face of the woman very delicately is drawn. In very good condition. Sheet...

Figure of Woman is a Pencil Drawing realized by Achille Deveria (1800-1857). Good condition on a little paper included a blue cardboard passpartout (31.5x24.5 cm). Signature on pla...

Sketches of Women is an original graphite drawing on vellum realized by George Auriol, in 1890s. Unsigned. Stamp on the back by G. Auriol. Good con...

Moses and Israel is an original china ink drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the Early 20th Century. In good conditions. The artwork is presented through deft engraving, the ex...

Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015) Mode drawing : Three Classical Dresses Original ink and watercolor drawing Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier" Archives stamp bottom left O...

Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015) Mode drawing : Three Elegant Coats Original gouache and watercolor drawing Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier" Archives ...

Theatrical Costume is a drawing made by Simone Vaulpré during the early 20th century. Hand signed. Good condition apart from some tears in the lower part. The original artwork is ...

Georges Pomerat Le Pouzin (Ardèche), 1870 - Arles, 1948 Pastel Signed lower right "G. Pomerat" 53 x 49 cm (65 x 60 cm with frame) Excellent condition This is an interresting interior of a cabaret in Marseille in the 1920s. Several "Montmartois" artistic cabarets settled in Marseille in the 1920s such as le Pupu's, le Chat rieur, La Lune rousse...

Neoclassical French school of the 19th century Esther's fainting in front of Ahasuerus Brown ink over black pencil lines with highlight in white gouache 31.5 x 42.3 cm (48.6 x ...

Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. Medium : Charcoal and Graphite on Archival Watercolour paper 300Gsm. Artist : Fabien Granet Subject : Les Indestinés (series ...

Composition 2 is an original drawing realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is in tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 34 x 29 cm No signature. The bri...

Sketch for a Portrait is a drawing on paper realized in the Mid-20th Century by Flor David. Good conditions. Flor David (1891-1958) ): pseudonym of David Florence. Pastel painter...

Fisherman is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). With the stamp of “Atelier Simon Goldberg, Delavenne Lafarge” on the lower left. The state o...

Landscape With Armenians is a Watercolor realized by Henry Ottmann in 1946. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner. Incl...

Violet Chocolate Vase is a drawing in watercolor realized by Armin Guther in 1969. Monogrammed on the lower. Good conditions, aged margins. The artwork is represented through harm...

Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne. Edition of 2...

Woman from Behind is a drawing in pencil realized in 1926 by the French painter, illustrator, designer, and cartoonist Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille. Th...

Femme Nue de face se lavant is a superb origina color lithograph on waved paper, realized at the beginning of XX century by the French artist Marcel Roche (1890-1959). Signed on pl...

Landscape and Still Life is included two original drawings in pencil, watercolor, and pen on paper, applied on greenish passepartout, realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous artist of t...

Claire VERGEZ Red Hair Woman, 1939 Original gouache and watercolor painting Signed bottom right On heavy vellum 38 x 25.5 cm (c. 15 x 10 in) Excellent condition

Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...

Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...

Gypsy is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Monogrammed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Itali...

Man Lying and Standing is an original artwork realized by Louis Touchagues (1893 - 1974). Original ink drawing sketch signed plus a stamp from the Touchagues workshop. Stamp of Ate...

Sketch for a Portrait is a drawing on paper realized in the Mid-20th Century by Flor David. Good conditions. Flor David (1891-1958) ): pseudonym of David Florence. Pastel painter. He was a pupil of Desirè...

Rural Landscape with Cow is an artwork, ink, charcoal and watercolor on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute the period middle 20th Century. The work is represented ...

Two Figures is a pencil drawing on brown paper by Charles Landelle (1812-1908). The state of preservation is very good. The sheet is mounted on a car...

Because You Are Dead is a drawing realised by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signe...

Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...

Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...

Marker, Paint, Mixed Media on collectable trading card Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidis...

Theatrical Costume is a drawing made by Simone Vaulpré during the 20th century. Charcoal, white lead and watercolor. Hand signed. Good condition apart from some tears in the lower ...

The Exhibition is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) ...

Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...

Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Nude in the studio signed lower right Charcoal on paper 37.5 x 31.5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 53 x 46.5 cm Published under n°414 of the artist's catalogue raisonné (p 167 reproduced) published by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, Paris 2020 This drawing is a particularly interesting and touching example of Henry Ottmann's art. It shows his special technique, which gives priority to a kind of blur, and in this case it serves very well this scene of intimacy as if captured by stealth. Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis. He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries. In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand...

He was born in Paris, the son of a conversation though open-minded middle-class family. His father runs the family business of optical equipment but he's also a theatre lover, an author and a poet. He gives his son a strict education and the boy will feel closer to his mother. Pierre De Maria will become a honest, straightforward man, uncompromising to himself and the others. He is very particular about his appearance and, as a child of the "Belle époque" takes up to a kind of dandysm. A cousin of his, Jacques Camoreyt (a pupil of Albert Maignan) teaches him how to master pictorial techniques along with the rather academic education in Arts he is going through. From 1907 to 1914 he is a student at the Lycée Condorcet, first graduates in science and languages, then at the Engineering College just before World War 1. The sight of atrocities will leave a deep scar in his memory. He has a miraculous escape from the war and finds a job in the family firm. He soon realizes he hates everything related to engineering and decides to launch on into painting. He works as a scene painter with Ronsin and Laverdet workshop and on stage with "avant-garde" drama companies. In the same time, he shows his work at the "Salon d'Automne" in 1923 an gets a honour prize in the modern painting department. In 1925 he takes up to boxing and creates some polychromatic facades with Djo Bourgeois, then gets into the Art Deco trend as an architect and a decorator. Henri-Pierre Roché, a writer (Jules et Jim) a painter and an art collector close to the cubists has already discovered talents ( Brancusi, Wols…) and takes an in interest in Pierre De Maria. Autoportrait Environ 1960 In 1926 (the "Années Folles "in Paris) Pierre De Maria meets Marcel Duchamp, Brancusi and the surrealist gang he enjoys but never joins. « They were friends and I was curious but I never liked the hint of complaisance I saw in their work. » He then starts some technical research an collages as shown in his first exhibition of "pasted gouaches" in Princess'Murat 's gallery in Paris. (« Fermé la nuit ») « I never thought I'd make money with my paintings. I took to painting as I would have taken holy orders » He works as a journalist for Marianne and Vu magazines (1932-1933) and writes a detailed report about the Maelström in Norway and the soviet Movies. He has the opportunity to meet Eisenstein and Poudovkine in Sovietic Russia and thinks of making a name for himself in the Movie industry. In 1939 Pierre De Maria meets Germaine Pellegrino who becomes his wife a year later. They'll have two sons : Jacques born 1942 and François born 1943. The family settle in Geneva at the end of 1943. During those years he writes an unpublished autobiographical novel («Tir à volonté») as well as a collection of thoughts about various topics such as war. He also writes poems and a play (as his father had done) «Cornelius'death», in a rather humorous manner. « He who conveys the opinion of fools makes certain to get the majority of votes ». In 1944 he is back in Paris, leaving his wife. He'll settle in Nice in 1953 and starts there his mechanical period with the recurrent theme of machinery in his painting. In 1958 he has his second exhibition in Paris (JC de Chaudun's gallery) and shows a series of lino-engravings done after some drawings of his: he then begins being acknowledged by his contemporaries, his fellow-painters and the Parisian artistic circle. Jacques Prévert even dedicated him a poem. («Les Machinoutis») Henri Pierre Roché, Henri-Pieyre de Mandiargues, Yves Taillandier contribute to the catalogue, well received by the press. In the meantime, he has his works exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de Mai, and the Salon Comparaison. In 1963, Flemish wood-engraver Frans Masereel, and Professor Gowa, the curator of the Offenbach Fine Arts, both introduce Pierre De Maria successfully in Germany, allowing him to become famous abroad. The Homo Atomicus Exhibition gathers 45 paintings, recounting the artist'progress over the past ten years. He's then nicknamed the «Atomic age Hyperonymus Bosch» ! In 1964, Greek gallery owner Iris Clert finds him out and helps him into a new career. He is then 68. Iris Clert, as a specialist in Contemporary Art has contributed to the coming out of the New Realism movement through her most spectacular and mediatical exhibitions. She takes a fancy to Pierre De Maria 's work : « The visit of his studio turned my love at first sight into a cutainty : he uses the technique from the Ancients to express Future. » Afterwards, both get into intense collaboration so that the painter is allowed to use the gallery owner's european and international net. In 1966, his work's dedicated a research published in Connaissance des Arts Magazine n° 70 : » A foreground study of Pierre De Maria in this month issue ». Later an article in International Art. In 1969 he turns 73 and he can see his first retrospective exhibition in Nice at the Ponchettes Gallery (about 60 paintings). At 76, he meets artist Hélène Bottet, from then on allowing humour to take over violence in his art. Machines don't frighten him anymore, he's now able to mock them even through they remain at the core of his paintings, in spite of the mechanical Art...

In the Bar is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1945 ca. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions with some folding. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...

At The Theater is an original artwork realized in the XIX by Tony Johannot Original colored watercolor on paper glued on cardboard. The artwork consis...

Le soldats is an original drawing by Horace Vernet. Image dimensions: 20 x 18.5 cm. Includes passpartout: 55 x 50 cm. Very good conditions. Some hand-wri...

Watercolor and Ink on paper Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplinary artis...

Lovers is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1950 ca. by an unknown artist of the XX century. In very good conditions, except for some folding and very sm...

Very nice original work of Yvon Taillandier from the 80s. The work of Yvon Taillandier is related to the free figuration, mixing image and language. His painting has an aesthetic closeness to the Art brut. Figuration Libre...

Portraits is an original drawing in Pencil and watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. Applied on a Passeprtout:36 x 26 cm. With the stamp of atelier "Grevin" ...

Abstract Composition is an Ink and Watercolor on paper realized by the french artist Simone Haret mid-20th century. The artwork is in good condition and vivid colors. No Signature....

Figures is an original drawing with gray tip and watercolor on paper, realized by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse . The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Unsigned, bu...

This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylic, and colored pencils on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the...

Sketch for a Portrait is a drawing on paper realized in the Mid-20th Century by Flor David. Pencil on Cremy-colored paper. Good conditions. Flor David (1891-1958) ): pseudonym of ...