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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
Gouache, Paper
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
Ink, Paper
$2,742 Sale Price
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Country Cottage houses
By Paul Emile Lecomte
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Conditions. Provenance: Family of the artist.
Frame and glass options available.
Shipping included for all Continental USA, Asia and Europe.
The fr...
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Early 20th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Clay, Watercolor
Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor 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, const...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Drypoint
$1,920 Sale Price
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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
$2,800 Sale Price
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View of Ariccia, a preparatory drawing by Achille Bénouville (1815 - 1891)
Located in PARIS, FR
This very modern drawing presents a view of Ariccia, a small town 25 kilometres south-east of Rome. The Palazzo Chigi (in which the film-maker Luchino Visconti would film a large part of The Leopard a century later) and the adjoining church are seen from the bottom of the ravine that surrounds the town. This drawing is a moving testimony to the attraction of the city for artists of the Romantic period, who established in Ariccia a vivid artists' colony.
1. Achille Bénouville...
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1850s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Gouache, 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...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,200 Sale Price
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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
$1,200 Sale Price
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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...
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1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Fontainebleau Forest, summer #24.01 by Yann Bagot - Contemporary ink drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Fontainebleau Forest, summer, #24.01 is an India ink and salt on paper drawing by the French contemporary artist Yann Bagot, dimensions are 76 × 56 cm (29.9 × 22 in).
The artwork is...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, India Ink
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....
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Acrylic, India Ink, Archival Paper
$640 Sale Price
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Composition with flowers and peaches
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions: Very good overall Conditions. This colorfull flower composition on canvas is proposed with an original early 20th century frame.
Results for this artist: 3000 - 5000 EU...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Oil
Fire - Original handsigned watercolor and tempera
By Ervin Neuhaus
Located in Paris, IDF
Ervin NEUHAUS
Fire
Original watercolor and tempera on heavy paper
Handsigned bottom right
Authenticated with the stamp of the Estate sale on the back
21 x 21 cm (c. 8 x 8 inch)
Ex...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
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
Ink, Paper
$1,600 Sale Price
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André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Two studies of women, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940)
Two studies of women
bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner
pencil on paper
23 x 36 cm
In good ...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pencil
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Young woman in profile, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940)
Young woman in profile
bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner
pencil on paper
30.5 x 20 cm
In go...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pencil
Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - Ex Voto
Located in Paris, IDF
Monotype on paper, Framed 25 x 25 x 3 cm
Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where sh...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Monotype, Paper
$400 Sale Price
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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
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
Wallpaper design, storks
Located in Paris, FR
- Pastel drawing on felt.
- Recto-verso drawing.
- Circa 1920.
Dimensions
H: 50.5 cm W: 31.4 cm.H: 19.88 in W: 12.36 in (unframed)
H: 51 cm W: 41 cm/H: 20.08 in W: 16.14 in (framed)
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Felt, Pastel
$1,079
Air, light, matter (Abbaye de La Cambre #36) by Yann Bagot - Ink drawing, forest
Located in Paris, FR
Air, light, matter (Abbaye de La Cambre #36) is an India ink and salt on paper drawing by the French contemporary artist Yann Bagot, dimensions are 185 × 125 cm (72.8 × 49.2 in).
Th...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, India Ink
POMERAT French pastel 1920s 20th Expressionnist A cabaret in Marseille 1920
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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1920s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
Big sky, clouds over the Seine River French Impressionist landscape painting
By Gaston Prunier
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning sky and cloud study by Gaston Prunier. Originally from Le Havre, the sea port where the Seine empties into the English Channel, Prunier was c...
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1890s French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.2
By Daniel Cayo
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed
15 x 20 cm - 24 x 30 cm with white mat passe-partout
Unique copy
Signed on the front
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$320 Sale Price
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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...
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Late 19th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Leisurely Bunny
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 A...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803), A Mamluk fighting , watercolor
By Francesco Giuseppe Casanova
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803),
A Mamluk fighting on his horse,
watercolor and ink on paper
35 x 26 cm
Framed 54 x 44 cm (vintage frame, the mount and the back have b...
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1790s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a boy, signed pastel
By Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of a boy
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
28 x 23 cm
Framed : 63 x 58 cm
Guirand de Scévola is particularly renowned for hi...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Lakeside Scenery
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 A...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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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
Woman Looking at the Window - Original painting, Handsigned
By Jules Cavailles
Located in Paris, IDF
Jules CAVAILLES
Woman Looking at the Window (c. 1965)
Original gouache and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom right
On heavy paper 26 x 17 cm (c. 10 x 7 inch)
Authenticated with th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Oil, Gouache
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...
Category
1780s Baroque Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
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
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Étal de marché 1925, pastel signed
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
"Etal de Marché", A Market stall
signed lower leftt
pastel on paper
18 x 24.5 cm (view)
In good condition
Framed : 37 x 42 cm
Published under n°580 of t...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
$604 Sale Price
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Victor Prouve, Hard of cat, charcoal on paper
By Victor Prouve
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor PROUVÉ (1858-1943)
Study of a cat
Charcoal on paper
13,5 × 13 cm
Provenance : Marianne Prouvé-Georges (1905-1994)’s collection, artist’s daughter
Frame : 25,5 × 25,5 cm (high ...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Orchids and irises
By Minako Asakura
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper with frame
Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involved for more than ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
French Watercolor Academic 19th GHESQUIER Portrait young Italian woman Roma 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Désiré Auguste GHESQUIER
Lille, 1861 – Lille, 1934
Portrait of an Italian Woman from the Back
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right "D. Ghesquier"
39.5 x 27 cm (43.5 x 30.5 cm with ...
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1880s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 6
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on Canson paper
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Orchestra seats: the performance, string instrument music, dynamic woman artist
By Caro Niederer
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong and witty piece - not only if you love music, concerts or perhaps play a string instrument! Look at the passion of the performers, all with individual faces. Our gouache pa...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Rudolf Schlichter, Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920, black ink on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf SCHLICHTER (1890-1955)
Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920
India black ink on paper
43,2 x 28,4 cm
provenance : artist's family
Rudolf Schlichter was born in Calw in 1890. He...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
India Ink
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Lorgues
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard
Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. I...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Lovers and Pilgrim - Original ink drawing, Handsigned
By Miguel Conde
Located in Paris, IDF
Miguel CONDE (1939-)
Lovers and Pilgrim, 1993
Original India ink drawing
Signed bottom left
On vellum 50 x 67 cm (c. 20 x 27 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A woman seated, drawing signed
By Octave Guillonnet
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)
A young woman seated
signed lower leftt
Charcoal, red and white chalks on thin paper transfered on cardboard
49 x 39 cm
Framed : 55.5 x ...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, ink, glue & charcoal on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Glue, Charcoal, Acrylic
Carriage coming from a Small Village - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Carriage coming from a Small Village, c. 1900
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Signed bottom right
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On...
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Early 1900s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Henri Poey, Mask circa 1930, charcoal on paper, mounted on cardboard
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri POEY (1910-1998)
Mask, circa 1930
Charcoal on paper
Mounted on cardboard
Signed lower left
22.5 x 21.5 cm
black lacquered oak frame : 30 x 30 cm
Little biographical informat...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Pour Guitare solo, original drawing
By Felician Myrbach
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940)
Pour Guitare solo, For Solo Guitar
bears the monogram "M" in the middle left, titled in lower left
Ink on paper
29,8 x 18,8 cm
in good condition, traces...
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1890s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink
Watercolor LETUAIRE Arsenal Toulon bateau Français 19e
Located in PARIS, FR
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....
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19th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor
Promontories #19 by Yann Bagot - Contemporary ink drawing, landscape, powerful
Located in Paris, FR
Promontories #19 is an India ink and salt on paper drawing by the French contemporary artist Yann Bagot, dimensions are 205 × 125 cm (80.7 × 49.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold un...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, India Ink
sbc 205 (Abstract painting)
By Susan Cantrick
Located in London, GB
sbc 205 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper — Unframed
Susan Cantrick's abstract paintings explore the pre-verbal realm of thought through structured visual responses. Her process ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
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
Study for the Spring (preparatory to the Four Seasons) by René-Marie Castaing
Located in PARIS, FR
René-Paris Castaing, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1924, left a large body of work, both sacred and secular. Many churches in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in South-West France still bear witness to the diversity of his talent. In 1942, he began a major decoration project for the Château de Diusse, in the north-east of the county, including an allegory of the four seasons. The vigorous pastel we are presenting here is a study for Spring, depicted as Flore undressing. This commission was a veritable swan song for the artist, who died a year later at the age of 47.
1. René-Marie Castaing, the great inter-war painter in Pau
René-Marie Castaing was born in Pau on December 16th 1896. His father, Joseph Castaing, was also a painter: he was the official portraitist of Pau's high society, which was particularly cosmopolitan at the end of the century, when many rich foreigners spent the winter in Pau, taking advantage of the mild weather to enjoy an outdoor lifestyle punctuated by hunting, horse ridings and golf.
René-Marie Castaing was admitted to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in April 1920 and entered the studio of Paul-Albert Laurens (1870-1934). In 1924, he was awarded the First Grand Prix de Rome for Painting, which earned him a stay at the Villa Médicis for more than three years. He then returned to Pau in 1928, where he lived until his death.
Castaing's work is marked by the academic tradition, in which drawing plays as important a role as painting. Although his drawings are often sketches that help to set up large painted compositions, they stand as independent artworks in which the artist fully expresses the vivacity of his talent.
Castaing was a fervent Christian and religious painting played an essential part in his work, as shown by the decorations he created for the churches of Bizanos, Borce, Bidache and Salies-de-Béarn. The painter also created several secular decorations, such as that for the dining room of the Villa Saint-Basil's in Pau in 1935, and the Hunting at the Albret’s time commissioned in 1940 by the Prefecture of Pau. The décor created in 1942-1943 for the Château de Diusse, a mansion located north-east of Pau, was his last large-scale décor, as the painter died shortly after its completion on December 8th 1943.
2. Description of the drawing
Our pastel depicts an eminently secular theme: Spring is embodied by Flore, crouching on the ground with one knee touching the ground. She reveals her ample bosom by removing her shirt, her arms raised above her shoulders to undress.
Given Castaing's classical training at the Beaux-Arts and the influence of ancient statuary...
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1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
André MARGAT (1903-1999), "Orangutan"
By André Margat
Located in Paris, FR
André Margat is a French artist widely known for his representations of animals. He is a member of the « Groupe des Douze », an association of artists created in 1932 with the aim of...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Three Shy Women - Original charcoal drawing, Handsigned
By Jean-Baptiste Valadie
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE
Three shy women, 1970
Original charcoal drawing
Handsigned bottom right
On vellum 58 x 44 cm (c. 23 x 18 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Charcoal
Ventriloquist Shouting in the Swamp - Lithograph and Stencil
By (after) Paul Klee
Located in Paris, IDF
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
$719 Sale Price
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Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Élégante au chien 1925, pastel signed
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
Élégante au chien, an elegant woman with a dog
signed lower right
pastel on paper
32 x 25 cm
Framed 52 x 42 cm
Published under n°602 of the artist's cat...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Pastel
$470 Sale Price
20% Off
Circa 1930 ink poster project, titled "Modes" Art deco fashion
Located in PARIS, FR
This circa 1930 ink poster project, titled "Modes," is a striking representation of Art Deco fashion illustration. Hand-drawn in black ink and wash, the artwork captures the essence ...
Category
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Ink, Paper
Red Hair Woman - Original gouache and watercolor painting - Signed - 1939
By Claire Vergez
Located in Paris, IDF
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
Category
1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Félix Ziem (1821-1911) Studies of Landscapes and Seascapes, original Drawing
By Félix Ziem
Located in Paris, FR
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Studies of landscapes and seascapes
graphite on paper,
14 x 22 cm
Stamp of the Ziem Estate bottom left
Framed : 25 x 33 cm
A rare exemple of mutiple studies ...
Category
1880s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in Paris
Materials
Graphite
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