Portrait Drawings and Watercolors on Sale

A fine early 20th century watercolour portrait of a young girl wearing a delicate yellow dress and red beaded necklaces. The girl has been captured ...

A beautiful floral still life showing an array of Summer flowers including roses, auricular, peonies and delphiniums in a vase. The painting is unsigned and presented in a 20th Centu...

A charming portrait of a milkmaid in a blue dress and white bonnet. She holds an earthenware jug in one hand and places the other on her hip. Painted in fine detail, the artist has c...

A fine graphite study by the British artist Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, depicting a study of three figures. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black double card mount and in a simp...

A fine watercolour composition of a gentleman in a landscape. Signed, titled and dated London 1818 verso. Well presented in a brushed gilt frame, with white card mount. Glazed. On wove.

A colourful and humorous gouache painting, showing a tired young woman lying on her carpet, in her Monday pants, with a cleverly altered Pot Noodle, waving a white flag. The artist h...

A watercolour portrait en grisaille of a child after Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Presented in a white mount and a fine oak frame. Initialled and dated to the lower-right edge and ...

A delightful and delicate pastel portrait of two terriers well presented in a wooden frame with a gilt inner border. The artwork is mounted in an oval olive mountboard. Attached to the glazing is an engraved gold sticker...

A charmingly rustic watercolour showing two men resting from their work, having a conversation. This watercolour is in the manner of the Scottish genre scene painter, Erskine Nicol...

We don't know 2022. Paper/mixed media, 29.5x20.9 cm. Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscap...

An expressive sanguine drawing by the artist Samouil Nevelshtein, depicting a short-haired girl. Signed, dated and inscribed in Cyrillic to the lower right-hand corner. There is a la...

An impressive watercolour with fine detail depicting an Italian boy. Signed 'A. Finardi Roma' in the lower right and further inscribed with the title and artist to lower. Presented i...

A characterful portrait in watercolour of a young boy wearing a blue hat and brown britches. The artist has signed faintly and dated to the lower left corner. The painting has been ...

An inscription on the reverse reads 'Peasant boy in costume from Vologola Province, late 19th century.' The artwork is also neatly monogrammed, signed, and...

A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Here he has captured the sitter's effortless beauty with a small number of expressive pencil marks a...

Bold magentas and vivid viridians are finished with charcoal and gouache to render a portrait full of mystic expression in Midlane's nuanced style. The artwork is unsigned and well p...

An exquisite charcoal half length portrait of a lady in a bonnet by prolific Swiss artist Joseph Mathias Negelen. The sitter's facial features have been carefully completed with incr...

A truly exquisite late 19th Century watercolour by the renowned and skilled painter, Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825–1904. The painting is filled with humo...

M. Moreschi - Signed Original Contemporary Pastel. In pastel, charcoal and gold paint. Provenance: The Eagle Gallery, 25 High Street, Epsom, Surrey. In a double mount and gilt frame....

A charcoal and white chalk portrait of Sir Henry Roddam Calder, 5th Baronet of Muirtown (1790-1868). There are some touches of blue chalk to the subject's eyes. Presented glazed in a...

A portrait of a seated man smoking a pipe with a tankard of ale in his other hand. Presented glazed in a wash line mount with gold detailing and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame...

An inscription on the reverse reads 'Peasant girl in costume of the Saratov Province, late 19th century.' The artwork is also neatly monogrammed, signed, and dated. Well presented in...

A portrait of a young Italian woman. Presented glazed in a grained wooden mount and a dark wooden frame. Signed to the lower right corner and inscribed 'Venezia'. On wove.

A striking composition in watercolour with pastel elements, showing two figures, one some sort of Egyptian deity and the other an old fashioned soldier.

A turn-of-the-century portrait of a woman in stylised French 18th-century dress, a fleur-de-lis proudly emblazoned on her blue cloak. Presented in an arched gold card mount and an or...

An expressive charcoal drawing with pen and ink details by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a figure head study. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on ...

A striking charcoal drawing by the Russian artist Samouil Nevelshtein, depicting a portrait of a girl with a hair bow. Signed and dated to the lower right-han...

A delightful study of a woman collecting firewood in a pastoral setting with blossom trees and a thatched cottage. The scene is painted in fine detail, particularly demonstrated in t...

A large portrait of an elegant woman sat in a chair. Very well presented glazed in a white mount and a wooden frame. Inscribed with the date and name of the sitter to the lower-right...

An accomplished portrait in an unusual style of dry brush worked gouache over graphite underdrawing finished with watercolour wash. The painting shows a portrait of a young man smoki...

A very precise watercolour painting with gouache and graphite, depicting a surreal scene with two figures, possibly alluding to the Greek mythological story of Patroclus and Achilles...

A fine pen and ink drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting two studies of the same figure seated on an armchair. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black card mount and in...

A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. With pastel detail. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Signed...

A fine pastel study of a mother and her child, finished with delicate graphite detail. Well presented in a glazed wood frame with a gilded inner window and a washline mount.Signed a...

Inscription on the reverse reads 'Peasant girl and boy in 'hay-moving' costumes. Archangel Province, northern Russia, late 19th century.' The artwork is also neatly monogrammed, sign...

A charming charcoal drawing by the artist Peter Collins, depicting a study of a short-haired woman. Unsigned. Well-presented in a white on black double card mount and in a simple con...

A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Very well presented in a contemporary black frame with double card mount. Unsigned. On wove.

A finely drawn graphite study of a portly lady sitting on a bench in the style of David Teniers the Younger. She holds a large jug and wears ragged clothing, with an unusual hat. The...

A very fine watercolour study of a Victorian gentleman with a large beard. The artist has meticulously captured every detail of the sitter, with gr...

France, early 20th century Head of a faun bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right Pencil on paper 24.5 x 13 cm In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...

Bijin-ga series XXIX (Nº 29) Title: Bijin Ôkubi Upper torso portrait of a Japanese beauty, depicted with a graceful hand gesture and an ornate headdress. Her soft round features contrast with the colourful sharp angles of the collars of her kimono. Her elongated oval face, straight nose and red butterfly lips are typical of the prototype of a beautiful woman, Bijin-ga. Her upper torso and face occupying the central section of the picture show a composition type that became known in time as Large-head pictures, or Okubi-e; compositions with which Utamaro became a model for generations of woodblock artists. This image is part of the Bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...

Enigmatic portrait watercolor in warm autumn hues, circa 1930. Signed lower right. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a s...

An oval portrait of a late-Victorian or Edwardian man with a slight scowl. Presented glazed in a cream mount and an ornate gold-painted wooden frame with substantial floral and folia...

Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 52 x 68.2 cm

At the table. Paper, watercolor, 55x75 cm Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepaja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued her stu...

Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'". Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse. - In the shadow of betrayal - About the artwork This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376). Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886 The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner. In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk. As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting. About the artist In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions. Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904). From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...

Work on paper with a white wooden frame and glass. The total size with frame is 45,5 x 54,5 cm Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in Vienna (Aust...

Bijin-ga series XXI (Nº 21) Title: The courtese Hinakoto of the Hyôgorô House of Edo The courtesan Hinakoto is depicted by smoking tobacco. She takes the pipe delicately in her left hand and, in her right hand, she seems to be holding a “uchiwa” (rigid hand fan) that comes out from the bottom of the drawing, decorated with written calligraphy. Some strands of hair that fall on her temple and her scant clothing show that the painter has surprised her in a relaxed moment in which she does not lose her elegance and slenderness. This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...

A brooding portrait depicting a moustached man staring into the distance. Well presented in a white mount. Unsigned. On wove.

Girl. Paper/watercolor. 64x50 cm Malda Muizule Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...

Peter Collins ARCA - Signed Original 1966 Charcoal Drawing. In a blue card mount and gilt frame. Signed and dated. On wove. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including s...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Cadaver Study) Year: 1963 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 16.75 x 14 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Notes: A ra...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (My Mother and Her Sister as Children), State I Year: 1973 Medium: Pencil on heavy archival pap...

Georges Scott (1873-1943) Portrait of Jules Lagorio 1893, signed, dated and annotated on the right : "A monsieur Jules Lagorio, Souvenir de notre excursion à l'Estaque 12 mai 1893" Pencil on paper 24 x 22 cm In fair condition : an horizontal crease in the middle of the shhet, stains ans other creases, trace of the mount (see photographs please) In its original vintage framing : 33 x 30 cm If not in perfect condition, this intimate portrait by the young artist is really intersting and charming. The mention of it as a souvenir of an excursion to l'Estaque is interesting too. L'Estaque, near Marseille was a famous place for painters of the time such as Cezanne, Braque and Renoir who painted there the sea and shores. The young Georges Scott wanted to keep the souvenir of the excursion with his friend, but we have to think of the place by the gaze of the model contemplating it. Georges Scott, or Scott de Plagnolle (his full name wasGeorges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle ), was born on June 10 1873 in Paris, he was a painter and illustrator. He studied at the Alsatian School in Paris, where he drew a lot: “I have always drawn […]. My father was a painter and illustrator. I was born in a workshop ”. Fatherless in 1884, he studied at the Beaux-Arts, then was one of the pupils of Édouard Detaille, he was a member of French artists outside the competition in 1897. Painter and illustrator, he worked for various periodicals, including Cocorico and L'Illustration where his first drawing was published on March 19, 1892 (“La catastrophe d'Anderlues”). In 1911, the Minister of War Adolphe Messimy asked Scott and Detaille for studies to renovate the uniforms of the French Army: if their projects were not adopted, some were published in newspapers such as L'Illustration in March 1912 he covered as a war correspondent for the newspaper the First Balkan War, with the Bulgarian Army. He returned to Thrace inJuly 1913 for the Second Balkan War, but with the Greek Army, meeting King Constantine. In September 1913, on the occasion of the King of Greece...

Youth 2022. Paper/pencil, 28.3x20.8 cm. Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscapes, architect...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study) Year: 1963 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 1...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (My Mother and Her Sister as Children), State II Year: 1973 Medium: Pencil on heavy archival pa...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 18.5 x 22 inches Condi...