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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, 60cm x 42cm, (74cm x 60cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass.
Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academ...
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19th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed).
Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
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1880s Victorian United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Lykas, The Songs of Bilitis
By George Barbier
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and Chinese ink on paper, signed and dated (upper right), 10cm x 17cm (30cm x 38cm framed).
George Barbier was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes...
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1910s Art Nouveau United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
1968 gouache by British artist Hans Feibush 'A study for the four seasons'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very magnificent work by 20th Century British artist Hans Feibusch of a nude classical figure posed for a study for the four seasons
Escaping the grip of Nazi Germany in 1933, Han...
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20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Sydney H. Shepherd (1909-1993) - Framed Charcoal Drawing, Female Figure Study
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower left. Presented in a fine black and gilt frame with a crisp white mount. On paper.
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21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mullen - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Studio Interior with Life Model
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking fauvist work in chalk pastel. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a large contemporary frame with a crisp white mount. On paper.
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20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sanguine Nude: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominantly spent designing sets and costumes for rock bands. This connection with the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media
Study for Fallen Angel III
By Daniel Barkley
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed and dated (lower right), 76cm x 56cm, (93cm x 69cm framed).
Daniel Barkley is known for his nude figurative work alluding to myths, legends and art history, whi...
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2010s Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Nude Study, Graphite on Paper, 20th Century British Artwork
By William Dring
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 22 x 26 inches (56 x 66 cm)
Mounted and framed
William Dring
Dring was born with the forenames Dennis William, but was known colloquially as John. He...
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20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Seated Figure
By Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Pencil on paper, initialled (lower right), 23cm x 17cm, (38cm x 32cm framed). (Provenance: from the collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023). The picture is frame...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Running Men
Located in London, GB
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 36cm x 44cm, (45cm x 53cm framed). The picture is behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass.
Throughout h...
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1990s Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Color Pencil
Study of a Man's Shoulder
By Glyn Philpot
Located in London, GB
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper, 19cm x 15cm, (32cm x 27cm framed).
First exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1904, Philpot was elected as an Academician in 19...
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1920s Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Chalk
Change into White
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
Graphite pencil on paper, signed and dated (middle right), 22cm x 20cm, (51cm x 46cm framed). (This work was kept by the artist for his personal collection. This was the only tonal d...
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1990s Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
White Hairbrush II
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
Graphite pencil on paper, 18.5cm x 19cm, (framed 50cm x 42cm). (Provenance: from the artist.)
Leonard is probably best known for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth, in the National ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed (verso), and signed and dated ‘20th July 1878’, by R.A invigilator, E.B. Stephen A.R.A. (bottom left), 73cm x 46cm, (88cm x 60cm framed). The work is framed...
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1870s English School United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1900s French Atelier Life Drawing Academic Sculpture of Male Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
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Early 20th Century Academic United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying a Staff circa 1826.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Carrying a Staff
Pencil and Charcoal on Paper with Heightening on paper.
Annotation (presumably a dedication) lower left.
Paper size 24 inches x 16.5 inches ( 61cm x 42cm ).
Frame size 30.1 inches x 22.2 inches ( 76.5cm x 56.5cm ).
Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the German artist Eduard Braun and dates from around 1826.
The drawing is presented and supplied in an interesting configuration with a modern twist (which is shown in these photographs). The drawing has been mounted between two sheets of Tru Vue Museum Glass® UV99 so that the wall or setting behind the hanging is visible and therefore provides the surround for the artwork.
This antique drawing is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Eduard Braun. This drawing has a later annotation and presumably a dedication in red ink in the bottom left hand corner. The annotation is the monogram HL within a heart. The configuration of the HL resembles the format used by the French artist Henri Laurens 1885 – 1954 where the downstroke of the L is merged with the second downstroke of the H.
This stunning original pencil and charcoal drawing on paper is by a German artist called Eduard Braun. He was born in 1798 and died in 1876, but little else is known about him apart from the fact that he was active in the Paris art salons and rooms.
This drawing is from a portfolio by this artist on a similar theme and is typical of the type of academic study undertaken by serious art students throughout the nineteenth century. One of the other drawings in this portfolio is annotated as being created in 1826 and there is every reason to think that this drawing is contemporaneous with that.
The drawing is of a very high standard, capturing both strength and sensitivity, showcasing the artist’s ability to reproduce a lifelike image of a nude model.
The subject of this drawing is a young man, possibly in his mid-twenties, with a toned and muscular body. He is standing with his weight on his right leg, which is slightly bent, and holding a wooden staff in his right hand. His left foot is raised slightly with the toes pointed, and his left hand is placed behind his back. Although he is facing fully towards the viewer, his gaze is to his left. He has pleasant, serene expression on his face. The background is bare, save for the shadow cast by the model.
This original antique drawing...
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Early 19th Century Academic United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
Moonlight Embrace. Colorwash & Ink.En Grisaille.Male & Female Nude.Picasso like.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Keith Bayliss.
Welsh ( b.1954 ).
Moonlight Embrace.
Color Wash and Ink. Signed.
Image size 10.4 inches x 14.4 inches ( 26.5cm x 36.5cm ).
Frame size 16.7 inches x 20.1 inches ( 42.5...
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Late 20th Century Constructivist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mid 20th Century Nude Figure Posed Away Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School
watercolour/pen drawing on artist paper
painting: 10.5 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Orange Woman. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil
Life Study: Figurative Drawing
By Jain Wallis
Located in Brecon, Powys
Previously Exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition of 2004 this is a fine drawing by this artist. RA label verso
Image 26" x 19"
Well framed and in good condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
John.Modern British Portrait.Mid-20th Century.Original Ink Drawing. Flower Power
By John Kingerlee
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Kingerlee.
Irish ( b.1936 ).
John, 1967.
Ink & Paper. Signed & Dated.
Image size 11 inches x 8.5 inches ( 28cm x 21.5cm ).
Frame size 15 inches x 12.4 inches ( 38cm x 31.5cm )....
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Mid-20th Century Symbolist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chuck
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 50cm x 74cm (70cm x 92cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist.
Painter, draughtsman and teacher...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Clay Saunders (b.1971) - 20th Century Watercolour, Seated Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a seated life model posing with a large red hat. Signed to the lower left. presented in a rustic gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.
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20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Academic Life Studies of Male Nudes. Double Sided Rear View and Arms Aloft Pose
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Rear View Holding a Cane
on the reverse Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Arms ...
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Early 19th Century Academic United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
French Art Deco watercolour of Mademoiselle Valentine by Jean Isy de Botton
By Jean Isy de Botton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very striking Art Deco watercolour painting of 3 nudes by Jean Isy de Botton, the prolific French painter Jean Isy de Botton. Jean Isy de Botton had a long and prolific career as ...
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20th Century Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose circa 1826
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose
Pencil and Charcoal on Paper with Heightening on paper.
Paper size 22.8 inches x 17.3 ...
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Early 19th Century Academic United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
Drying Off
By Sir Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Charcoal, sanguine and white chalk on paper, initialled ‘F.B.’ (lower right), 48cm x 38cm (69cm x 57cm framed).
British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and designer, the son of a...
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1940s Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Chalk, Paper
Eye catching Roger Hilton drawing of a Man and Woman, ink on paper, modern brit
By Roger Hilton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very eye catching and fun abstract of two nude figures by the Modern British artist Roger Hilton.
Roger Hilton CBE (1911–1975) was a pioneer of abstract art in post-Second World W...
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20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Eye catching Roger Hilton drawing of a Man and Woman, ink on paper, modern brit
By Roger Hilton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very eye catching and fun abstract of two nude figures by the Modern British artist Roger Hilton.
Roger Hilton CBE (1911–1975) was a pioneer of abstract art in post-Second World W...
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20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
I Can’t Stay Away From You. 1980s Vintage.A Mature Lady Wearing Open Pink Shirt
By John Emanuel
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Emanuel .
English ( b.1930 ).
I Can’t Stay Away From You.
Watercolor & Ink.
Signed lower right.
Image size 28.3 inches x 19.9 inches ( 72cm x 50.5cm ).
Frame size 35.2 inches x...
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Late 20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Reclining Nude Studies of Andrea 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...
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1990s Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Male Nude Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Male Nude pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larger ...
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Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Muscular Man Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Muscular Man pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larg...
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Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Ernest Procter (1886-1935) - Early 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Life Study
By Ernest Procter
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine life drawing depicting a seated woman partially covered with material. The artist captures the model in a delicate hand showing primary sketches in preparation to the upper ri...
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20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Graphite nude study, 19th Century British School, Gilt Frame
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom right 'R.R.T'
Image size: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (24.25 x 11.5 cm)
Hand made Pre-Raphaelite gilt frame
This is a delicate graphite study of a nude wom...
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19th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Yvonne debout by Paulémile Pissarro - Nude drawing of the artist's wife
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
THIS WORK IS SOLD UNFRAMED
Yvonne debout by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Pencil on paper
30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower centre, P...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Framed 20th Century Charcoal Drawing - Seated Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate 20th century life study in charcoal, showing a female sat on a single mat and sheets. Well-presented in a black, high gloss frame with white card mount. Unsigned. On paper.
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20th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
William Edward Frost (1810-1877) - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Classical Nude
By William Edward Frost
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a classical woman on a plinth. Unsigned. Presented in a white card mount. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Figure Breast & Hand Platinum Palladium Print on Wove by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Nude Figure with Breast & Hand, Platinum Palladium Print on Wove by Contemporary British Artist, Malcolm Pasley (Born 1956)
Art measures 14 x 11 inches...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Platinum
Self-Portrait in Two Mirrors with Nude ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
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1990s Modern United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Richard Slater RI (1927-2023) - Contemporary Watercolour, Contemplation
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful nude study by the British artist Richard Slater. In this bright and cheerful nude study Slater has used a layering technique to add texture ...
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21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Anatomy of Man, Signed Graphite Nude Sketch on Paper, 19th Century French Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on laid paper, signed verso and paper watermarks and atelier stamp
Image size: 23 ¾ x 16 ¾ inches (60.25 x 43.5 cm)
Gilt Whistler frame
Leon Bellemont
Born on August 20, 1866, in the family home on rue du Grand-Cloître, Léon Bellemont studied from 1875 to 1883 at the Diderot college, where he was an excellent student. At the same time, he joined the municipal drawing school, where his exceptional predispositions were very quickly noted.
In 1884, at the age of 18, Léon Bellemont left Langres to join Paris and its National School of Decorative Arts, then the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts. There, he followed the teaching of Léon Bonnat, a renowned portraitist, and obtained his first rewards and several prizes. It was in 1892, however, that his artistic career took off, with his first participation in the Salon des artistes français, where he exhibited until 1956.
A landscape and impressionist painter, particularly impressing marine worlds, Léon Bellemont stayed more and more regularly in Brittany at the beginning of the 20th century, where he painted numerous paintings. His notoriety grew, as did the profits from his sales, and the State itself ended up placing a few orders with him. His work “The Breton Faith” was, for example, acquired by the museum in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Subsequently, always in search of inspiration, Léon Bellemont travelled extensively. He was in Bruges from 1907 to 1909, then traveled across France for several years participating in exhibitions. During the First World War, he settled in Algiers where he remained for several years. He then returned to Paris, worked extensively there and achieved great fame. A socialite, he frequented salons and regularly received his friends Jules Adler...
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Late 19th Century French School United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Laid Paper
The Captive, Study of a Naked Youth, Red Chalk Study, Carracci Gallery
By Annibale Carracci
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 5 x 8 1/2 inches (12.75 x 21.5 cm)
Mounted
This 18th century drawing is after the work of the 16th Century Italian artist Annibale Carraci. This figure, along with many more, were painted by Carraci in the Palazzo Farnese in a space now known as the Carracci gallery. The Carracci gallery is considered as one of the most important Renaissance commissions in Rome. This figure, along with five other companions, were known as 'The Captives'. They were designed by the artist to appear trapped in the architectural spaces in the walls and sat around the fresco that featured Perseus and Andromeda.
Similarly to the original drawings, this artist has taken considerable care to sculpt his form with light and shadow, gently blending strokes on the smooth-skinned cheek and distinctly denoting the direction of hair strands.
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting. The Carracci rejected the artificiality of Mannerist painting, championing a return to nature coupled with the study of the great northern Italian painters of the Renaissance, especially Correggio, Titian, and Veronese.
During the 1580s, the Carracci were painting the most radical and innovative pictures in Europe. Annibale not only drew from nature, he created a new, broken brushwork to capture movement and the effects of light on form. His Two Children Teasing a Cat marks a new chapter in the history of genre painting. The revolutionary potential of this new kind of painting would be taken up over a decade later by Caravaggio, who must have seen the Carraccis’ work while traveling from Milan to Rome in 1592.
The Carracci saw themselves as heir to a great artistic tradition, and they consciously situated themselves within the history of northern Italian painting. Annibale and Agostino visited Parma and Venice to study the work of Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Their altarpieces and secular fresco cycles in Bologna reasserted a northern Italian emphasis on color, light, and the study of nature, but with a new focus on emotive communication. Their success led to Annibale being invited to Rome to work for the powerful Farnese family (1595). Ludovico remained in Bologna to direct the academy they founded. Through the next generation of painters—Francesco Albani, Domenichino, Guido Reni, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Guercino—Bolognese painting became the dominant force in seventeenth-century art.
In Rome, Annibale’s painting was transformed through his first-hand encounter with classical antiquity and the art of Michelangelo and Raphael. Individual scenes of ancient mythology are surrounded by an elaborate illusionistic framework with feigned statues, in front of which sit muscular nude figures seemingly lit from the actual windows (Galleria Farnese ceiling). The corners are opened to painted views of the sky. When unveiled in 1600, the ceiling was instantly acclaimed as the equal of any work in the past. In combining northern Italian naturalism with the idealism of Roman painting, Annibale created the basis of Baroque art. His only challenger in Rome was Caravaggio, whose relation with the past was combative rather than assimilative. Moreover, Caravaggio’s art...
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18th Century Renaissance United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
The Captive, Study of a Naked Man, Red Chalk Study, Carracci Gallery
By Annibale Carracci
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 11 x 5 1/2 inches (28 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This 18th century drawing is after the work of the 16th Century Italian artist Annibale Carraci. This figure, along with many more, were painted by Carraci in the Palazzo Farnese in a space now known as the Carracci gallery. The Carracci gallery is considered as one of the most important Renaissance commissions in Rome. This figure, along with five other companions, were known as 'The Captives'. They were designed by the artist to appear trapped in the architectural spaces in the walls and sat around the fresco that featured Perseus and Andromeda.
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting. The Carracci rejected the artificiality of Mannerist painting, championing a return to nature coupled with the study of the great northern Italian painters of the Renaissance, especially Correggio, Titian, and Veronese.During the 1580s, the Carracci were painting the most radical and innovative pictures in Europe. Annibale not only drew from nature, he created a new, broken brushwork to capture movement and the effects of light on form. His Two Children Teasing a Cat marks a new chapter in the history of genre painting.
The revolutionary potential of this new kind of painting would be taken up over a decade later by Caravaggio, who must have seen the Carraccis’ work while traveling from Milan to Rome in 1592.The Carracci saw themselves as heir to a great artistic tradition, and they consciously situated themselves within the history of northern Italian painting. Annibale and Agostino visited Parma and Venice to study the work of Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Their altarpieces and secular fresco cycles in Bologna reasserted a northern Italian emphasis on color, light, and the study of nature, but with a new focus on emotive communication. Their success led to Annibale being invited to Rome to work for the powerful Farnese family (1595). Ludovico remained in Bologna to direct the academy they founded. Through the next generation of painters—Francesco Albani, Domenichino, Guido Reni, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Guercino—Bolognese painting became the dominant force in seventeenth-century art.
In Rome, Annibale’s painting was transformed through his first-hand encounter with classical antiquity and the art of Michelangelo and Raphael. Individual scenes of ancient mythology are surrounded by an elaborate illusionistic framework with feigned statues, in front of which sit muscular nude figures seemingly lit from the actual windows (Galleria Farnese ceiling). The corners are opened to painted views of the sky. When unveiled in 1600, the ceiling was instantly acclaimed as the equal of any work in the past. In combining northern Italian naturalism with the idealism of Roman painting, Annibale created the basis of Baroque art. His only challenger in Rome was Caravaggio, whose relation with the past was combative rather than assimilative. Moreover, Caravaggio’s art...
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18th Century Renaissance United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Dancer Study
By Christian Bérard
Located in London, GB
Pen and ink on paper, 27cm x 20cm, (54cm x 48cm framed). Provenance: Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
Bérard, an artist, fashion illustrator and de...
Category
1930s Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Study of a Woman Sitting, Graphite Drawing, 19th Century French School
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 13 x 10 1/2 inches (33 x 27 cm)
Mounted
This is a delicate 19th century academic graphite drawing of a seated female nude in the neoclassical style.
A...
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19th Century French School United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
1900s French Atelier Academic Drawing Portrait of Classical Male Nude Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Nude Female - Italian British art Edwardian nude portrait drawing female artist
By Estella Canziani
Located in London, GB
This is a fine detailed and superbly executed Edwardian drawing by Estella Canziani which dated to circa 1911. Drawn by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking a...
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1910s Realist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Phil Richards
By Brian Stonehouse
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and gouache on paper, titled ‘Phil Richards’ and dated ‘Friday Dec 8 72’ (lower left), 64cm x 48cm (72cm x 56cm framed).(Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso)). the picture is framed behind UV glass
Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elizabeth Arden. He was also an accomplished portraitist. His work is celebrated in Brian Stonehouse...
Category
1970s Post-War United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Pencil Sketch of Girl Nude Posing - Early 20th Century by Bruno Beran
By Bruno Beran
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Bruno was born in 1888 in Bruenn, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the youngest son of a well-to-do family of textile manufacturers.
Bruno was a delicate child, but...
Category
1930s Impressionist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Yvonne Posant by Paulémile Pissarro, 1934 - Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Yvonne Posant by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972)
Graphite on paper
32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile-Pissarro-, and titled lower rig...
Category
1930s United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Nude - British Art Deco drawing reclining erotic female nude portrait RA artist
By Christopher Sanders
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1940 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at Th...
Category
1940s Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
Standing Nude - British 1946 exhibited art female portrait - Royal Academician
By Christopher Sanders
Located in London, GB
An original 1946 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at The Roya...
Category
20th Century Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
1900s Original French Atelier Life Drawing Posed Man Head in Hands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
18th Century Italian Old Master Drawing Nude Figure Sketches Male & Female
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Sketches
Italian School, mid 18th century
circle of Pompeo Batoni (1707-1787)
charcoal and pencil, heightened with white chalk, unframed...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal, Chalk
Reclining Nude - British 40's art nude female portrait Royal Academician artist
By Christopher Sanders
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1940 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at Th...
Category
1940s Art Deco United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Charles Sims, RA - Nude Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Mural
Located in London, GB
CHARLES SIMS, RA, RWS, RSW
(1873-1928)
Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Arts & Crafts Mural
Pencil, squared for transfer
Unframed, in conservation mount
17.5 by 24 cm., 7 by 9 ...
Category
1910s Realist United Kingdom - Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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