Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Sitges beach Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Francesc Ferret Farreras ”Bruno” (1921-2000) - Sitges Beach - charcoal
Measurements drawing 44x59 cm.
Frame measures 65x79 cm.
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$524 Sale Price
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Cadence, Realist charcoal drawing of women
hair running, graphic and patterned
Located in Dallas, TX
Cadence
Charcoal on paper
Artwork size: 24 x 46.5 inches / 60 x 118 cm
Framed size: 27.5 × 52 inches / 70 × 132 cm
Float framed in white behind anti-reflect art glass.
This contempo...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
PROVE...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Jaguar E-Type. Figurative acrylic on paper car painting, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts Jaguar car in realistic style.
MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984)
Graduated of Academy of Fine Arts ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
From Folklore to Disney: Tenggren’s 1919 Scene with Boy and Ceremonial Horn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Tenggren (1896-1970)
The Horn (1919)
signed Tenggren.
Ink, watercolor and gouache on cardboard
unframed 29.5 x 30 cm (11 ⅝ x 11 ¾ in)
framed 41.5 x 42 cm (16 ⅜ x 16 ½ in)
h...
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1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1920
s Historical Fashion Illustration of Lady in 17th Century Dress
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed historical figurative fashion illustration painted in watercolor in 1921, of a lady in 17th century dress; complete with a full blac...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A girl II - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing
PROVENANCE
Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery.
The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist.
The Gallery o...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
Woman in Veil (Very Large) ex. Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans
By Adrian Deckbar
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very large, astounding pastel of a beautiful woman in a veil, ex. the prestigious Arthur Roger gallery on Julia Street in New Orleans, which has shown Adrian Deckbar's work in the past (she now shows at Callan Contemporary...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY
(British 1883-1956)
Reverie
Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09
Red chalks on paper
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Puissance, Horse Drawing, Charcoal and graphite on Fabriano paper, white frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Puissance is a beautiful and unique charcoal drawing on paper of a dynamic horse. The Fabriano paper is a high quality watercolor grade set in a custom white wood frame, all archival...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated, recto
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper
Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Watercolour of Ireland Valley Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist, George Trevor.
Art measures 13.5 x 9.5 inches
Frame measures 20.5 x 17 inches
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,046 Sale Price
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Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated, recto
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper
"Charcoal Portrait of a Young Girl" (2023) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"I Saw You in My Dreams" (2023) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade drawing made with charcoal and graphite on toned paper. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman with long blac...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Futile, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Roses, Flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Watercolor on Archival paper
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Futile (Title)
Signature : T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Elevate, Jumping Horse Drawing, Charcoal on Fabriano paper, white frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Elevate" is a beautiful and unique charcoal drawing on paper of a dynamic horse jumping in mid-air. The composition is contemporary, playing with the positive and negative space. Th...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
"Study for decoration Moscow metro station" Kievskaya Tempera, Real socialism
Located in Torino, IT
Real Socialism,Moscow,1970,Russia,Orange,Men at Work,Propaganda
VIKTOR A. KONOVALOV (Uidol, Vladimir region 1912 – Moscow 1995)
Russian painter and graphic designer. He was born in...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Françoise Gilot, “On the Wheel of Fortunes” A Woman
s Balancing Act
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb expression of a triumphant free spirit, and the balancing act required to maintain it, this watercolor was created by a woman who embodied female independence—especially rem...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
View of Constantinople
Located in Middletown, NY
A bright and beautiful Orientalist landscape by a master of the genre.
Watercolor and graphite on cream laid paper, laid down to archival board, 14 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (374 x 170 m...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Waterway, Immersive Figurative Realist Charcoal Drawing of Swimmer in Motion
Located in Dallas, TX
Waterway
Charcoal on paper
Float framed in white behind anti-reflection museum quality glass.
Artwork: 46 x 57.5 inches / 117 x 131 cm
Framed size: 51.5 x 58 inches / 131 x 147 cm
T...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
coastal landscape, bohuskusten, c. 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Watercolor on paper
signed Axel Hilleström
unframed 39.5 x 72 cm (15.6 x 28.3 in)
framed 50 x 83 cm (19.7 x 32.7 in)
This expansive watercolor depicts a sandy shoreline along the Sw...
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1920s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor
, Moscow, French Militaria
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900.
Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscr...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Dapper Gentleman Fishing On The Riverbank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Young Boy In His Fishing Gear
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Farmer Shovelling In The Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Man in Thought
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Robert Bliss (1925-1981). Man in Thought, 1964. Graphite on canvas, 11.5 x 46 inches. Signed and dated lower left.
Right piece of basic wood strip frame i...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Dressing Up
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Norman Meredith was British painter and illustrator, born in Liverpool (1909 - 1985) England. He studied at the Liverpool College of Art. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Ro...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a young man, c.1950. Charcoal and pastel on paper, sheet measures an impressive 11 x14 inches...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a young man, c.1950. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 14 x 17 inches.
Excellent condition. S...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Prince and the Siren, Watercolor
Gouache, Nocturne, Figural, Illustration
Located in Wiscasset, ME
John Richard Flanagan was born in Sydney, Australia. At the age of thirteen Flanagan left school to help support his family as an assistant to a lithographer producing advertising co...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a young man, 1963 Pencil on paper, sheet measures 18 x 24 inches.
Crease running diagonally....
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
On the walk
Located in Oslo, NO
A minimalist but masterfully executed monochrome watercolor. The work is striking in its lightness - although there is nothing on it except the figure of a child, from the way he is ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Cottages in Devon
By Samuel Prout
Located in Middletown, NY
An early Devonshire landscape, ex-collection West Collection of British Watercolors & the Fine Art Society, London.
Circa 1800
Ink and brown wash on paper, 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (...
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Early 1800s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper - Germany
Located in Soquel, CA
Sketchbook Page with Figures and Anatomical Details in Pencil on Paper
Drawings of a man at a desk and other figurative sections by an unknown artist (19th Century). On the left sid...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$680 Sale Price
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Mercedes W18 - XXI Century, Contemporary Watercolor
Ink Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974)
Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Outdoor Market WPA sketch
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
David Margolis (b.1911). Outdoor Market, ca. 1935. Charcoal on paper, image measures 7 x 9.5 inches. Framed measurement 13 x 15.5 inches. Signed lower right.
David Margolis (Septem...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Male nudes, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male figure...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Fleurus Airship French Army
Located in Middletown, NY
A portait of the first Allied airship to perform a bombing raid from the sky by a celebrated artist whose work hung on the Titanic.
Watercolor and ink on heavy wove watercolor paper, 10 5/8 x 15 inches (270 x 380 mm). Signed in black watercolor in the lower right image area. In very good condition with minor surface soiling on the verso. Titled "Verdun" in pencil on the verso in the artist's hand. Adhered on the verso to matboard at the extreme margins with non archival tape. Presented handsomely in a simple, period maple frame. Titled, dated, inscribed and initialed by the artist on a label on the frame back.
Born in Cambridge in 1898 and educated at Southsea School of Art, Norman Wilkinson is known for his graphic art, specifically his British Railway poster images, and also for something quite incredible; Wilkinson revolutionized the art of naval camouflage. Having been assigned to submarine patrols in Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Gibraltar during WWI as a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Wilkinson was deeply troubled by the unprecedented success the German submarine fleet had torpedoing British ships. He hoped to find a solution to this gaping vulnerability, and in a lightning bolt moment, he had an epiphany that would change everything. Wilkinson says in his autobiography, A Brush With Life (Seeley, 1969), that he realized a ship could be painted to hide its shape against the sea and sky. In his own words, Wilkinson states that the hull of a ship could be camouflaged "not for low visibility, but in such a way as to break up her form and thus confuse a submarine officer as to the course on which she was heading." After some preliminary testing, the theory Wilkinson called "dazzle camouflage" was accepted by British Admiralty and Wilkinson was placed in charge of the naval camouflage unit. The unit, which was headquartered in the basement of the Royal Academy of Arts, consisted of Wilkinson and about two dozen "camoufleurs;" they were artists, students, model makers and consultants, including a zoologist. The dazzle schemes were tested on models and then distributed to artists who were stationed at the docks, where the ships would be painted. At the end of the war Wilkinson was formally declared the inventor of dazzle camouflage and awarded for his contribution.
Wilkinson went on to enjoy a long and celebrated career as a painter of maritime scenes, naval vessels, and warships. He served as the president of the Royal Institute of Painter in Water Colours (RI) from 1936 until 1963 (having been elected a member in 1906); he was elected Honourable Marine Painter to the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1919, and he was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1918 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and a Commander of the Order (CBE) in 1948. In January 1920 he was appointed knight (chevalier) of the Belgian Order of the Crown.
Among the many notable points of interest regarding Wilkinson's career is that his painting Plymouth Harbour, which was commissioned by Cunard White Star Lines for the first class smoking room of the RMS Titanic, was lost at sea when it perished with the ship. Wilkinson had also created a comparable painting entitled The Approach to the New World, which hung in the same location on the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Vito Tomasello. Portrait of Wayne Herman, 1971. Pasel on paper, 18 x 24 inches. Signed and dated upper left.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello is best known for his male nude draw...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Storytime" (2023) By Allen Williams, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Storytime" (2023) by Allen Williams is an original graphite drawing on Strathmore medium weight drawing paper that depicts a young girl reading a book ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Young Girl Studying at the Table - Original Signed Pencil Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Young Girl Studying at the Table
Original grey and blue pencil drawing
Signed bottom right
Stamp of the Estate auct...
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1890s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Reading Before Bed, Original Illustration, Mother, Daughter, Cat, Book Worm
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Robert Konersman (American, 1889 - 1975)
Signed: Konersman (Lower, Left)
" Reading Before Bed " c. 1900-1920
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Laid on Illustration Board
Image Size...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century
Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5 inches (238 x132 mm). 1/4 inch repaired loss, top center, to the left of the figure’s h...
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18th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
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...
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1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ar...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
BMW 502 (1954)- XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974)
Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
John Dronsfield - Mid 20th Century British Theatre Costume Design watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design
Watercolour and pen and ink
Unframed, in mount only
34 by 24 cm., 13 1/2 by 9 ½ in.
(mount size 47.5 by 37 cm., 18 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.)
J...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Volkswagen 1500. Figurative realistic acrylic on paper painting Polish art, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts Volkswagen 1500 car in realistic style. The color is vibrant and saturated. Michal Wojtysiak p...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Watercolour on Handmade Paper Laid on Vélin d
Arches of an African Sculpture.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on handmade paper possibly of a 'Fang' figure applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte.
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a Fang figure in muted brown on high quality hand-made paper. An extremely chic and elegant watercolour.
This contemporary artist, born in 1943, specialises in watercolour studies on hand-made paper. With his highly detailed and precisely painted studies he invites us into the magical world of cultural objects, flora and fauna. The treasures of nature along with tribal regalia is his main inspiration. All of his work is beautifully observed and executed down to the smallest detail.
The Fang are a major ethnic group of Central and West Africa and form part of the population of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
They produce monumental anthropomorphic wooden statues, used for ritual purposes, with an aesthetic that was admired from the late nineteenth century onwards by such famous modern artists as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and André Derain.
Fang sculptures...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Claude Shepperson - Petrushka - Watercolour scene from the Ballets Russes
By Claude Allin Shepperson
Located in London, GB
CLAUDE ALLIN SHEPPERSON, ARA, ARWS
(1867-1921)
Petrushka – Scene from the Ballets Russes
Signed l.l.: Shepperson
Watercolour over traces of pencil on paper
Framed
30.5 by 45.5 cm., 12 by 18 in.
(frame size 52.5 by 66 cm., 20 ¾ by 26 in.)
Provenance:
Richard C Davis...
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1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"December", Trees and Human in Nature, Pigments and Drawing on Paper
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments and ink, on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed.
Through drawings, the masterful French a...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
Farmers Market, Glasgow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Farmers Market, Glasgow" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Chinatown, San Francisco
By Sun Ying
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese/American artist Sun Ying, 1919-2016. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist, stamped with the artist red ink stamp at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 22 inches, framed is 27 x 33.5 inches. It is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
1919
Sun Ying 孙瑛 ( 1919-2016 ) known as (Sun Dashi 大石) was born on November 8,
in a poor family, in Gaotang Xian, Shandong Province, in China.
1949
Based in Taipei, he devoted himself entirely to painting and influenced the world of art
by creating several painting societies as the Chinese Association of Ink Painting .
Taiwan awarded him the Golden Cup Award.
1960 / 1970
He exhibited his works in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and United States.
1974
He went to live in the United States.
1982
After a visit to his family, he returned to China.
1984
With Qi Baishi...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Male nudes II, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes II
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male fig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Figure Study
Located in London, GB
Coloured and black chalk on paper
Stamp ‘NACHLASS Osmar Schindler 1867-1927’.
58cm x 36cm, (68cm x 48cm framed)
Osmar Schindler was a German painter ...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Mercedes W128 Ponton. Figurative acrylic on paper car painting Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Acrylic on paper contemporary figurative painting by Michal Wojtysiak. Artwork depicts mercedes car in realistic style.
MICHAŁ WOJTYSIAK (ur. 1984)
Graduated of Academy of Fine Art...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Japanese Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
By Sun Ying
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Japanese Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese/American artist Sun Ying, 1919-2016. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 15.5 x 22.5 inches, framed is 27.5 x 34 inches. It is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
1919
Sun Ying 孙瑛 ( 1919-2016 ) known as (Sun Dashi 大石) was born on November 8,
in a poor family, in Gaotang Xian, Shandong Province, in China.
1949
Based in Taipei, he devoted himself entirely to painting and influenced the world of art
by creating several painting societies as the Chinese Association of Ink Painting .
Taiwan awarded him the Golden Cup Award.
1960 / 1970
He exhibited his works in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and United States.
1974
He went to live in the United States.
1982
After a visit to his family, he returned to China.
1984
With Qi Baishi...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Great Blue IV" (2024) By Lee Andre, Original Charcoal Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Great Blue IV" (2024) by Lee Andre is a beautiful charcoal illustration of a crane mid-flight.
Born in Korea and adopted at age five by a family in Minnesota, Lee Andre's early pen...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
George Denholm Armour - Late 19th Century British Watercolour Illustration
Located in London, GB
GEORGE DENHOLM ARMOUR, RSA, OBE
(1864-1949)
“Keep your ‘ead in”
Signed, inscribed:
Cabman: “Now then bunny, you keep your ‘ead in the rabbit-‘...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Realist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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