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Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
By Parmis Sayous
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on paper
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked in Paris and ded...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Oil
Judith and Salome, a pair of oil paintings on canvas by Francesco Conti
Located in PARIS, FR
This widely referenced pair of paintings is one of Francesco Conti’s most successful productions. Francesco Conti is one of the finest painters of 18th-century Florence. In the shimmering colors typical of his best work, he represents two opposite characters from the Bible: the virtuous Judith, whose courage saves her people by cutting off the head of the invader Holofernes, and the depraved Salome, who under the influence of her mother becomes responsible for the beheading of the prophet John the Baptist.
The artist's talent lies in his ability to treat these two macabre subjects with a light touch, presenting us with two attractive women who seem to twirl with glee amidst the severed heads...
1. Francesco Conti, the “Florentine Tiepolo”
Francesco Conti is a major painter of the Florentine school of the 18th century; he can even probably be considered, along with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768), as one of the two main painters of the second quarter of the Florentine 18th century.
Born in Florence in 1682, Francesco Conti began his apprenticeship in the workshop of Simone Pignoni (1611 - 1698), a disciple of Francesco Furini; he was also influenced by the Venetian Sebastiano Ricci. A protégé of Marquis Riccardi, he accompanied him to Rome between 1699 and 1705, where he frequented Carlo Maratta's studio. He settled permanently in Florence in 1705.
Painted exclusively on canvas, the majority of his work consists of religious subjects, altarpieces or private devotional works. It is likely that Conti himself was a devout churchgoer, as evidenced by his affiliation, in the third decade of the eighteenth century, to the Society of the Disciples of Saint-John-the-Baptist, and his entry, at the end of his life, into the fraternity of the Venerable Society of the Holy Trinity.
In Florence, Conti worked for the Grand Duchy's major patrons, including the last Medici - in particular Giangastone and Annamaria Luisa, Electress Palatine - and confirmed his role as a reference painter under the Lorraine Regency, as master of the Public Drawing School, which was closely linked to the institute responsible for the manufacture of semi-precious stone mosaics, then located in the Uffizi complex.
Matteo Marangoni, an art critic of the early 20th century, praised his "brushwork full of elegance and true spirit of the 18th century", pointing out that Conti was "probably one of the best colorists" of the Florentine school of his time. These two characteristics led the art historian Paolo dal Poggetto to nickname him the "Florentine Tiepolo".
2. Judith and Salome, two biblical characters opposing each other
These two paintings form a pair presenting two biblical episodes, which have in common the depiction of a "heroine" carrying the severed head of a man.
While the Salome episode might at first appear to be an echo of the Old Testament story of Judith, each character is the exact opposite of the other. Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, is a beautiful young widow from Bethulia who, accompanied by her maid, went into the camp of the invading Assyrians and won the confidence of Holofernes, the general commanding the enemy army. Invited to a great feast on the fourth evening, she took advantage of Holofernes' drunkenness to cut off his head. “She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there. She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!” Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head. Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, who placed it in her food bag...
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1710s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Corrida
By Diana Torje
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed
Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Pen
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Jewel Tree #2
By Minako Asakura
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, crayon & pencils on paper marouflaged on wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Pencil
N’Guyen PHAN LONG, pair of drawings on paper
Located in Paris, FR
- Price for both.
- Signed at the bottom right.
- Vietnam, 1946.
Dimensions
H : 33 cm L : 31 cm
H : 12.9 in W : 12.2 in
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Wolf, are you there #1 ? Hélène Duclos Contemporary art drawing green nature
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and pencil on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed and entitled lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Peter Stepanovic GALADZEV (1900-1971), pair of drawings of dancers
Located in Paris, FR
Peter Stepanovic Galadzev (1900-1971) was a designer, graphic artist, and actor. Galadzev studied at the prestigious Stroganov School of Industrial Art in Moscow and later at Vkhutem...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of the canal - Venezia
By John Mackie (b.1955)
Located in PARIS, FR
John Mackie (born 1953)
Born in Glasgow, he works in oils, watercolors, and pastels. After studying at the Glasgow School of Art, he won the W. H. Shanks Prize for Drawing in 1976 an...
Category
1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
Standing Nude - Original handsigned tall painting on panel
By Antoniucci Volti
Located in Paris, IDF
Antoniucci VOLTI
Standing Nude
Original tall painting in sanguine on wood panel
Handsigned bottom right
Titled on the back
On wood panel 116 x 89 cm (c. 46 x 36 inch)
Very good con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paint, Ink
View of Piazza San Marco, a tempera signed by Giacomo Guardi (1764 - 1835)
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed and localized on the verso :
"Vedute di parte dalla Piazza dif.a alla Loggetta e cam
panil parte della Zecca ed in lontan Proc.e vechie e parte della chiesa
punto preso vic...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Tempera
Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni
Located in PARIS, FR
This spectacular red chalk drawing depicts an elderly woman, her eyes bulging, her hand stretched out towards the sky. This disturbing character, who seems close to dementia, and the elongation of her arm with its Mannerist overtones, plunge us into the Florentine artistic milieu of the first half of the 17th century. The proximity of this drawing to some characters in the fresco in the Pitti Palace representing The Muses, Poets and Philosophers chased from Parnassus, the last masterpiece of Giovanni da San Giovanni, leads us to propose an attribution to this artist and a dating of around 1635-1636.
1. Giovanni da San Giovanni, the painter of contradiction
We take here the title of the monography dedicated to the artist by Anna Banti in 1977, which remains the reference book for this artist. The son of a notary, Giovanni Mannozzi, known as Giovanni da San Giovanni, abandoned his studies to go to Florence at the age of sixteen, where he entered the studio of Matteo Rosselli (1578 - 1650) around 1609 and enrolled in the Academy of Drawing Arts in 1612. Around 1615 he produced his first known works, mainly frescoes for the city's tabernacles. He became famous in Florence for his originality, combining an obsessive application to the study of drawing and the reading of poetry and history with a disheveled appearance. Between 1619 and 1620 he decorated the facade of the Antella Palace in Piazza Santa Croce, a decoration that still partly survives today.
The death of Cosimo II in 1621 put an end to the Florentine building activity and Giovanni da San Giovanni left for Rome to find other sponsors with the painter Francesco Furini...
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17th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Chalk
Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
By François Boucher
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Juliette Parmentier-Courreau of the Custodia Foundation for her welcome and support during the consultation of Glomy’s Journal des Ouvrages.
This spectacularly large "feuille de desseins ajustés" commissioned by François Boucher from Jean-Baptiste Glomy is emblematic of the painter's art and mastery of rocaille. It is also fully representative of the taste of this period in the field of decorative arts. The largest of these three drawings, placed at the bottom of the composition, is particularly interesting: dating from around 1756, it constitutes a modello (apparently unpublished) for the frontispiece of the "Catalogue des tableaux de Monsieur de Julienne"), preserved in the Morgan Library in New York.
1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille
The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre.
As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him.
On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry...
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1750s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Chalk, Ink
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Okribelashvili - Spiritual Matters 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Lithography (only printed size)
Mariam Okribelashvili is a Georgian artist born in 2002 who lives and work in Tbilisi, Georgia. Art has always been a foundational part of her life,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Disappearances / Extinctions #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing landscape art
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
American Contemporary Art by Katherine Filice - Winter No. 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink, chalk & mica on sculpted paper
Framed 26 x 22.75 x 1 in, white wood frame
Katherine Filice is an award-winning American abstract artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Holl...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hand VI Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing tree tattoo write
By Geneviève Seillé
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
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2010s Outsider Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Moby Dick 4 original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's masterpiece
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning ensemble of fiour original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" . Whilst sharing the modernist, stylis...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nu Debout
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire,
1892-1971, French
"Nu Debout", 1951
Ink on paper,
Signed and dated lower right
GROMAIRE Marcel: Born July 24, 1892 in Noyelles-sur-Sambre (North), died April 11,...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
By Parmis Sayous
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2018 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard
Demonstration #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative art blue
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, coloured pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache
British Contemporary Art by Helen Warner - She's There
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Helen Warner is a British artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Southampton, UK. She studied Art, Sport Studies and Human Biology at co...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Ink
Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - Old Lady Draws
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor and collage on paper,
Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplinary artist, constantly switching ...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Silvio and Dorinda, a drawing by Leonaert Bramer, Vermeer's first master
Located in PARIS, FR
This finely executed drawing in pen and wash is typical of the work of Leonaert Bramer, one of the most fascinating yet little-known artists of 17th-century Holland.
In a nocturnal ...
Category
1650s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper, Pen
Man, pencil on paper, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955)
Man
Pencil on paper
Signed "R. Schlichter" on the lower right
Study of a man leaning forward on the back
59 x 44 cm
Sma...
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, India Ink
Personnages de Cirque
By Celso Lagar
Located in Paris, FR
Celso Lagar
1891-1966 Spanish
Personnages de Cirque (The Circus)
Pair of Watercolors on paper
Both signed lower right
Both measures :
Paper: 13 3/4" high x 9 1/2" wide
Frame : ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
By Parmis Sayous
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and pastel on canvas
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked in P...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Ink
Belarusian Contemporary Art by Dasha Buben - Conversations with my Inner Child
Located in Paris, IDF
Color pencils on paper
Framed 40x 50 cm
Dasha Buben is a Belarusian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the Belarusia...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Dali Nazarishvili - Lake
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on French paper
Framed, 50 x 60.5 x 1 cm, paper frame
Dali Nazarishvili is a Georgian female artist born in 1958 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 2001, she...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Georgian Contemporary Art by Dali Nazarishvili - Sunset
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on paper
Framed, 39 x 51.5 x 1.5 cm (Plastic brown frame with gold)
Dali Nazarishvili is a Georgian female artist born in 1958 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. S...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
Portrait of a young man leaning on a Chair
Signed lower right
Black pencil on paper
23.7 x 17.6 cm
In good condition
Framed : 40 x 34 cm
This fine portr...
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1840s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing No. 421
By Sumit Mehndiratta
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and acrylic paint on archival paper, artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India....
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Acrylic, India Ink, Archival Paper
Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet
Located in PARIS, FR
Faithful to the neo-classical taste, sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet presents us with a frieze of antique figures executed in gray wash over pencil strokes, which is likely inspired b...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Ink
Young Man with a Sword, a Fist on his Hip, a drawing by Cornelis Saftleven
Located in PARIS, FR
Black chalk and white highlights on paper (originally washed in blue)
Monogrammed and dated 1630 on the right
This drawing, executed in black chalk and enhanced with white brushwor...
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1630s Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
By John Wentworth Russell
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painting
By Parmis Sayous
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - The Train is Coming from Afar
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Ink
LE PAON Watercolor lavis ink Military scene castle bridge French 18th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Baptiste LE PAON
Paris, 1738 – Paris, 1785
Military scene near a castle
Wash and ink on paper
25 x 31 cm (38 x 44 cm with frame)
Signed and dated lower right: “Le Paon / 1785”
C...
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1780s Baroque Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor
Long Blue Dress : Antique Greek costume (Antigone) - Original watercolor drawing
By Suzanne Lalique
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Long Blue Dress : Antique Greek Costume (Antigone)
Original carbon pencil and watercolor drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 37.5 x 26 (c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No. 385
By Sumit Mehndiratta
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics on Yupo paper
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Scienc...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Acrylic
Cinderella Costume - Original signed drawing and watercolor
By Suzanne Lalique
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Cinderella Costume
Original carbon pencil and gouache drawing on vellum
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 31 x 24 (c. 12 x 9.4 in)
Very good c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
View of Montmartre, la place du tertre Paris by Frank Will
By Frank Will
Located in PARIS, FR
Painter and Aquarellist. Nanterre (92) March 13th 1900 – Clichy (Seine) Dec 29th 1950.
He was the son of Frank Boggs, an American citizen. He started his career with the nickname “Wi...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Woman in thought and Child: the page boy intriguing 19th Century Master drawing
By Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Norwich, GB
A virtuoso charcoal sketch by the Frech 19th Century master Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1904). It depicts a thoughtful woman (or woman in thought?) with her face resting on her hand...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 4
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on Canson paper
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A dazzling Venetian Regatta Boat Study attributed to Alessandra Mauro
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning Baroque study depicts a regatta boat, a type of vessel developed in eighteenth-century Venice for the regattas organized by the Serenissima during visits by royalty and princes. We propose to link this drawing to the work of Alessandro Mauro, an artist who specialized in this type of composition, as illustrated by a drawing from him at the Metropolitan Museum.
1. Description of the boat
The greatest decorative fantasy reigns in this preparatory study, which blends mythological and exotic elements with references to ancient Egypt. Our drawing is probably an initial thought, destined to be refined and clarified later in pen and ink (as evidenced by the ink stain in the lower right). A quadriga of seahorses guided by Neptune stands at the stern of the boat, shown well above the waterline (perhaps to outline its empty volume). One of the seahorses is ridden by a newt, while Amphitrite lies at the feet of the sea god.
The center of the boat is occupied by a vast baldachin resting on four atlantes and surmounted by a figure riding an animal (a dragon?). Three figures sit beneath the canopy, one of them on a griffin-shaped seat. This allusion to Egyptian antiquity echoes the winged sun (sometimes a symbol of the god Horus, as in the temple of Edfu in Egypt) that adorns the sides of the promontory on which this baldachin rests.
Another flag-bearer figure crouches at the stern of the boat on a raised seat, on the reverse of which is a crowned mermaid whose arm, extended backwards, rests on a mascaron decorated with a radiant face (Helios?) and whose torso surmounts an elephant's head. The heads of the rowers and their oars are sketched all along the boat, whose sides are embellished with elongated naiads.
2. The Venetian regatta boats
An exhibition held in 2013 at the Ca' Rezzonico (the Venetian eighteenth-century museum) paid tribute to these regatta boats through studies and prints depicting them. The regattas organized by the Serenissima in honor of visiting princes and sovereigns were among the most spectacular ceremonies in Venice. Some important artists of the 18th century contributed to the creation of these extravagant boats which were given exotic names such as bissona, malgarota or peota.
The specialists in this field were Andrea Urbani and the brothers Alessandro and Romualdo Mauro. They were born into a family of theater decorators in Piedmont, but little is known about their detailed biography. Alessandro was the architect of the Dresden opera house and of the St. Samuel Theater in Venice (in collaboration with his brother Romualdo), but also worked as stagehand and set designer in Vienna, Rome and Turin. A drawing produced around 1737 from the Metropolitan Museum (7th photo in the gallery) bears witness to his activity as a regatta boat designer.
This drawing is a much more elaborate version than the one presented here, having been entirely reworked in brown ink. However, a figure at the bow of the boat, executed solely in black chalk, still bears witness to a technique similar to that of our drawing.
It is difficult to know whether the boat depicted in our drawing was a project for an actual boat or whether it remained in the planning stage, but the front of our boat (Neptune and the quadriga of seahorses ridden by a newt) bears several similarities to that of a parade boat depicted in the print published by Michele Marieschi entitled Regatta on the Grand Canal, between the Foscari and Balbi Palaces (last photo in the gallery). This print is dated 1741, which could confirm that our work dates from around 1740.
The area between Neptune and the quadriga that precedes him on this strange paddle-boat appears to be partially submerged, confirming that the waterline of our boat was probably intended to be much lower than the one shown in our drawing.
The Correr Museum’s collection holds one of the most important collection of engravings and drawings devoted to these specifically Venetian Baroque productions. These boats were intended to last the duration of a festival. Today, they are only documented by preparatory drawings or prints that testify to the sumptuousness of their decoration. This taste for regatta boats lasted throughout the Venetian eighteenth century, and the conception of regatta boats also attracted great masters such as Giambattista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi or Giambattista Piranesi...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Chalk
Rowboats on the Seine in Normandy - French Impressionism by Jean Pierre Dubord
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions: Mint
We have an option of antique style frame. Price including frame
Shipping in all Continental US and Asia or Europe included.
Jean Pierre Dubord was born in Rouen in...
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1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Chanting of Scriptures 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Ink
Drawing PAU de SAINT-MARTIN pencil gouache sanguine Landscape mill river 18th
Located in PARIS, FR
Alexandre PAU from SAINT-MARTIN
Mortagne-au-Perche, 1751 - 1820
Three pencils
30 x 46 cm (46 x 60 cm with frame)
Signed lower right "P. Saint Martin"
Collector's stamp lower right "I...
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Late 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Victorian vintage art by Dibdin, watercolor tempera - 1863
Located in PARIS, FR
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,...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
LePoittevin Eugene - Italianate Landscape with a woman - oil on canvas - signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Very good overall conditions, original canvas with no minor retouching, except on the dress 12mm ( as seen on picture under UV light). The signature is dated 1852 or 53....
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Oil
Jules Coignet (1798-1860) Lago di Guarda, 1837, fine drawing
By Jules Coignet
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Coignet (1798-1860)
Lago di Guarda, 1837,
Inscribed "Lago di Guarda 9 8bre 1837"
Graphite on paper
24 x 35 cm
Framed : 37 x 48 cm
Provenance : Galerie Paul Prouté, Autumn 1...
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1830s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Circa 1920 pastel "Élégante au chapeau bleu" by Louis Icart - Parisian elegance
By Louis Icart
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1920 pastel "Élégante au chapeau bleu" by Louis Icart captures the essence of early 20th-century Parisian elegance with his characteristic flair. This work showcases Icart'...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 11
Located in Paris, IDF
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 5
Located in Paris, IDF
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Study for « Paysage de Fribourg » - 1943 a drawing by Balthus (1908 - 2001)
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance: Frédérique Tison, Château de Chassy (Burgundy-Franche Comté - France)
Bibliography: J. Clair, V. Monnier Balthus, catalogue raisonné of the complete works, Gallimard, Pa...
Category
1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Intimacy - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Joan Gardy Artigas
Located in Paris, IDF
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...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Lithograph
View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache
Located in PARIS, FR
Neapolitan gouaches appeared in the eighteenth century when tourism in the Naples area was developing: the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii made this city a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy Europeans to complete their education.
Generally small in size for ease of transport and affordable in price, these gouaches were the ideal travel souvenir that these tourists of the early days were bringing back to capture the idyllic landscapes they had discovered during their journey and to share them with family and friends upon their return at home.
The Bay of Naples and the eruptions of Vesuvius are the favourite themes of these views. Here we have a view of the Ovo Castle, which was rebuilt on the island of Partenope, in the middle of the Bay of Naples and about a hundred metres from the shore by the Normans in the 12th century on antique ruins...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Georgian Contemporary Art by Eter Merkviladze - Fish
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on a watercolor paper
Eter Merkviladze is a Georgian female artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from Robert Schuman European Schoo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed
By Ronald Searle
Located in Paris, IDF
Ronald SEARLE
Eating Elephant, 1964
Original ink and color pencil drawing
Signed bottom right with the monogram
On heavy paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in)
Very good condition, small...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
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