Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
ROMANTIC STYLE
In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.
Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.
British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.
The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.
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Style: Romantic
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 ...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Louis DAVID (1798-1849) Le Moulin La Butte aux Cailles, Paris, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Alphonse DAVID (1798-1849)
Le Moulin de la Butte aux Cailles, Paris, (The Mill at la Butte aux Cailles)
signed lower left
Pencil and white chalk on paper
22,5 x 36 cm
Framed : 40,5 x 55 cm
Louis-Alphonse David is known for a relatively small body of work, including portraits and large compositions. In any case, in this work he shows a remarkable mastery of drawing, with particularly suggestive and subtle plays of light and shadow.
The Butte aux Cailles, now part of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, was a hill covered in meadows, vineyards and woods, built with several windmills and overlooking the river Bièvre. It was named after Pierre Caille...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil, Chalk
Drawing from Hagbynäs Sweden, 1779
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829)
Hagbynäs
Dated and titled “1779 in Aug. Vid Hagbynäs”
Red chalk on paper
21.3 × 33.4 cm (8.4 × 13.1 in.)
with frame 40.5 x 51 cm (15 ⁷/⁸ x 20 ⅛ i...
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1770s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Legras (1817-1887)
Portrait of a young man in profile,
signed lower right
Charcoal, red and white chalks on paper
45 x 31.5 cm
Framed : 52 x 39 cm
This particularly evocati...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Resting Dromedar, 1861
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden
Resting Dromedar, 1861
watercolour heightened with white
unframed 21 x 29.2 cm (8 ¼ x 11 ½ in.)
framed 40 x 48 cm (15 ¾ x 18 ⅞ in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Stockholm, Bukowskis, 12 December 1894, lot 42;
Signe and Ernst Trygger (1857–1943), Villa Trygger, Stockholm. Ernst Trygger was Swedish Prime Minister (1923–24), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1928–30) and University Chancellor (1926–37); A Swedish private collection.
Literature:
Förteckning på oljemålningar, aquareller och handteckningar m.m. av Egron Lundgren utställda i Akademien för de fria konsterna, 1876, no. 259.
Karl Asplund, Egron Lundgren, Vol. II, 1940, p. 40, note 1, p. 166.
Exhibited:
The Royal Academy, Egron Lundgren, 10 April 1876, no. 259.
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Memorial Exhibition, February 1915, no. 70, Hvilande kameler (owner Ernst Trygger).
The Royal Academy, Svenska Akvareller (Swedish Watercolor Exhibition), 1925, no. 224, Vilande kameler (owner Signe Trygger).
Essay:
This delicate watercolour, executed during Lundgren’s first journey to Egypt in the winter of 1861–62, depicts a resting dromedary in the shade at Giza. Painted in transparent washes with touches of white gouache, the work captures the intense desert light and atmosphere with a remarkable immediacy. The reclining animal dominates the composition, rendered in warm ochres and browns against a cool, shadowy background, while highlights on its saddle and coat give the scene a subtle radiance. The quiet stillness of the subject reflects Lundgren’s sensitivity to the everyday motifs of the Orient, which he observed and painted directly on site.
Lundgren travelled to Egypt in the company of two British artists, Frank Dillon (1823-1909) and George Price Boyce...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
A. Lesueur
French 19ème siècle
Les Mille Et Une Nuits – One Thousand & One Nights, 1892
Charcoal on paper heightened with white.
Signed & dated 1892 lower right.
Image size 23.6 inc...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Auguste Mayer (1805-1890) A seascape with a boat, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Mayer (1803-1890
A seascape with a boat
signed with the initials on the lower left
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
17.5 x 26 cm...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
The Pipe
s of Pan - British Watercolour by Hubert von Herkomer
Located in London, GB
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, RA, RWS
(1849-1914)
The Pipe’s of Pan
Signed with initials and dated 26/2/74
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
17 by 22 cm., 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size ...
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1870s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
Portrait of a young man leaning on a Chair
Signed lower right
Black pencil on paper
23.7 x 17.6 cm
In good condition
Framed : 40 x 34 cm
This fine portr...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
19th Century French School, Studies of horses and small scenes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
19th Century French School,
Studies of horses and small scenes,
pencil on paper
14.5 x 21 cm
Framed : 25.5 x 32.7 cm
This study sheet, which brings together studies of horses and...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a dandy, watercolor on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Portrait of a dandy,
watercolor on paper
19 x 13 cm
Signed (?) with pencil lower right "L ... " illegible
Framed : 29 x 23 cm
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810–1890) Sweden
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
pencil and watercolour
unframed: 23.6 x 29.2 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)
framed: 40 x 45 cm...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Elsbeth Rudolff(1861-1945) Untitled, paper/mixed media, 76x50cm, 1889
Located in Riga, LV
Elsbeth Rudolff(1861-1945)
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Mixed Media
$1,729 Sale Price
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Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) Lady on the beach, 1829, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867)
A Young Lady on the beach, 1829,
signed and dated on the lower left
watercolor on paper
17 x 19.5 cm
F...
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1820s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cloaked Shepherdess Pre-Raphaelite Arts
Crafts Aesthetics Original Watercolor
By Philip Richard Morris
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Philip Richard Morris.
English ( b.1836 - d.1902 ).
The Cloaked Shepherdess.
Watercolor On Paper.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 14 inches x 9.3 inches ( 35.5cm x 23.5cm ).
Frame siz...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper
Delicate and detailed drawing by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (1819-1898) The viewer looks out past a gate at the Hudson River, with its characteristic mountain banks. A shepherd is driving a flock of sheep towards the gate and viewer. The scene appears to have been copied from a drawing book published in 1827, based on the inscription at the bottom edge.
Presented in white archival mat
Mat size: 12"H x 12"W
Paper size: 7.5"H x 9.25"W
Notes of interest on Edward Watkinson Wells
Our most significant acquisition this year came from a dealer in Philadelphia. It is a 450-page diary written over 10 years (1841-1851) by Hartford artist and dilettante Edward Watkinson Wells (1819-1898), one of the many nephews of our founder, David Watkinson (1778-1857).
Edward was immersed in Hartford’s cultural life in the 1840s, exhibited his works at local fairs and gave lessons to the locals. He portrays an active involvement with with his large extended family, which often crossed and re-crossed the other prominent families of Hartford (i.e., Barnard, Channing, Dexter, Ely, Gallaudet, Gill, Goodrich, Hudson, Rockwell, Silsbee, Tappan, Terry, Tracy, Trumbull, Van Renselaer, and Wadsworth).
Edward describes dancing and costume parties, soirees, teas, dinners, and receptions in private homes and public venues. He meets Charles Dickens and his wife when they come through Hartford in 1842, and describes brushes with other luminaries, such as Col. Thomas L. McKenney (who lectures on American Indians), and the Unitarian clergyman Rev. Henry Giles, who gave a pro-Irish speech.
Other entertainments included a balloon ascension, exhibitions of mesmerism and hypnotism, parades, and performances by well-known groups. He also chronicles the progression of the construction of the Wadsworth Atheneum, and touches on his father’s far-reaching interests in the business world–canals, railroads, factories, and real estate.
The cost of this valuable document of mid-19thC Hartford was generously underwritten entirely by a member of the Watkinson Trustees.
Trinity College and the Watkinson Virtual Library has content on Edward Watkinson Wells.
Yale College also:
Edward Watkinson Wells also kept a diary, of which three volumes are preserved (folder 32). He describes a trip by steamboat to Florida, ca. 1855-1860, and the social life and customs he observed there. The other two volumes detail his daily life in Hartford during 1856-1860, and record the deaths of his father and David Watkinson in 1857.
Other items contained in the William Wells...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century
Portrait of a young man
Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right
Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper
Oval vi...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic Polymer, Pencil
Amorous Couple
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Amorous Couple
Watercolor on laid paper, c. 1810
Unsigned
Provenance: Emile Wolf (1899-1996)
The art collection of Emile Wolf was dispersed by Sotheby and Stair Galleries.
Condition: Excellent
22K gold leaf finishes corner frame (see photo)
“Mr. Wolf’s collection reflects a lifelong commitment to the arts. Although a mainstay of the Old Masters art scene in New York, Mr. Wolf’s collection spanned centuries and genres. He was an impassioned collector, and his Fifth Avenue apartment was filled with paintings and drawings that hung from floor to ceiling in every room. Space void of art was lined with an extensive library of art books that fueled his ardent collecting. Mr. Wolf took great joy in sharing this collection and his ideas with art historians, collectors, dealers and university students.
The Wolf collection included masterworks from every influential and groundbreaking Impressionist and modern artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ranging from an outstanding grouping of works on paper by Picasso, Pissarro, and Cezanne to a Renoir oil...
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1810s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Disegno neoclassico mitologico inglese del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Disegno matita su carta, 45 x 68 cm; con cornice dorata 72 x 94 cm.
La scena si svolge sulla costa, nel punto in cui il mare tempestoso lambisce la terraferma, che si presenta rocci...
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Early 1800s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Venus
Located in London, GB
Richard Westall, R.A. (1765-1836)
Venus
signed and dated ‘R. Westall 1794’ (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, with white heightening
image 11 ⅞ x 15 ¼ in. (30.2 x 38.7 cm.)
frame 22 ⅛ x 26 in. (56.3 x 66.1 cm.)
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK.
Venus (1794) was produced during a highly creative and defining period of Richard Westall’s career and artistic development, when from 1790-95 the ambitious young artist was sharing a house at 57 Greek Street, Soho, with his friend Sir Thomas Lawrence, the future President of the Royal Academy.
Whilst lodging together, Lawrence became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1791, Westall the following year, and both were elected full-members in 1794 – the year Lawrence was appointed Painter-in-Ordinary to His Majesty King George III. Westall was to become Queen Victoria’s first Drawing Master, before her ascension to the throne.
It was in this very year, 1794 - as the two young artists became Royal Academicians - that the present watercolour was executed, and it is exciting to speculate that Lawrence would have examined and given his thoughts on the work.
Highly comparable to The Wallace Collection’s Nymph and cupids (c.1793, cat. P757), acquired by Francis Seymour-Conway (1777-1842), 3rd Marquess of Hertford, (who hung it in his bedroom), the mid-1790s saw Westall exhibiting and returning to similar subject-matter on a number of occasions. Two works with titles that could be applied to the present picture were exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1794 (no. 341 Nymph and Cupids) and 1795 (no. 620, A Wood–nymph and Cupids). However, a print after the watercolour, engraved by F. Screen, entitles the piece Venus.
Westall is regarded as a great virtuoso watercolourist, and Venus is evidence of the young artist’s mastery of the medium. Indeed, it is unusual to find a watercolour of comparable age so well preserved, and retaining such vibrancy - the superb condition providing an insight into his exceptional brushwork and use of colour.
Venus languishes luxuriously on her woodland bed, the trunk of a tree resembling a curtain, while three winged putti play beside her, seeming to gesture to someone in the woods. Cupid draws back his bow and aims an arrow of love, perhaps about to pierce the heart of a hunting nobleman, or unsuspecting woodcutter. The striking contrast between the almost luminescent nymph, with the deep, rich, luxuriant forest, gives the glade an alluring sense of mystery – perhaps an allusion to the mysteries of the heart, a pre-occupation with Romanticism, central to the emerging thought of the time. Westall can be classified as one of the great Romantic artists, and even painted Lord Byron’s portrait...
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1790s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Pencil
$25,477
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840
Portrait of a young man,
charcoal on paper
22.5 x 17 cm
In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820
Portrait of a gentleman
Black chalk and pastel on paper
12 x 10 cm
In its original mount, modern oak frame : 25 x 22.5 cm
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1820s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk, Pastel
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Peony
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencils on paper mounted on panel
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenage...
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2010s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A galant scene Original Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
A galant scene
pencil on paper
Some stains (see photographs please)
Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale o...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Carbon Pencil
France 19th century, The Bohème artist in his workshop, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1850
The Bohème artist in his workshop
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 21.5 cm
In good condition except a small tear (visible on the photographs) on the upper right border.
I...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night before Christmas..
This piece was drawn ...
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1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Attributed to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) La famille heureuse, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attribuetd to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
La Famille heureuse (The Happy Family)
Watercolor on paper
23 x 18 cm
In quite good condition : a small tear i...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
The Chess Game (antique drawing by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Despite the tears and repairs, this remains an absolutely wonderful drawing, by a famous Southern artist. Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Woman Daydreaming of her Prince Charming
By Nell Brinkley
Located in Miami, FL
Nell Brinkley was a pioneering woman illustrator for major national publications. She was famous for her "Brinkley Girl" and in the present work she exhibits a classic example. The m...
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1920s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pen
Romantic landscape, View of an imaginary palace by the water, Pastel, Signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille ROQUEPLAN
Mallemort 1803 - 1855 Paris
Romantic landscape, View of an imaginary palace on the banks of a river
Pastel on strong paper
Signed lower left
26.5 x 38 cm
38 x...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Flamenco Dancer, Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait, Conchita de Cadiz
Located in Cotignac, FR
Flamenco Dancer. Romantic French pastel portrait of a Spanish beauty by Louis Fortuney. The work is signed bottom left, and presented in a very fine carved gilt rococo wood frame und...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Watercolor by Female Artist Ella Waldenström Depicting A Sewing Woman, 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ella Waldenström (1863–1955) Sweden
A Sewing Woman, 1900
watercolor on paper
signed and dated E.W 23/2 1900
visible image 21 x 12 cm (8 ¼ x 4 ¾ in.)
framed 29 x 20 cm (11 ½ x 7 ¾ ...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Hand-Me-Downs - Street Children - Waif - Cockney Gutter Imps.
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Street Art - British children's book author and illustrator Edith Farmiloe depicts a waif-like girl - Cockney Gutter Imp - who is disheveled. The artist draws her i...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pen
Romantic Couple In Wartime Paris on Rainy Parisian Night
Located in Miami, FL
The technique and subject matter work well together in this loosely but masterfully rendered World War 1 romantic illustration of a Soldier and a Parisian woman. Even though this wo...
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1930s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Heads, Hooves and Rump, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action.
He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens.
Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae.
His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle* in Paris.
The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
"Funchal, Madeira Franciscans Convent" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"Funchal, Madeira Franciscans Convent" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Delicate and detailed drawing of Funchal, Madeira by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (181...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Laid Paper, Pencil
James Ward The Fisherman
s Family
By James Ward
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Precious Watercolor attributed to James WARD (1769-1859) - England, 1830-1840. The Fisherman' S Family. Measurements : View : 20"x14.6" (51x37 cm), With frame : 26.6"x21.5" (67.5x54....
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
French school 19th century, Animation around a sailing boat drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the nineteenth century, LW (?)
A Port scene, animation around a sailing boat
Pencil on paper Signed LW (?) Bottom right
13 x 20.5 cm
Framed : 27 x 34.5 cm
This b...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Carbon Pencil
Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study
"Legs and Rumps, 1838"
Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Pencil on paper
Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838"
10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches
In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action.
He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens.
Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae.
His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sarah Bernhardt in Profile – Drawing by August Hagborg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt – Drawing by August Hagborg
This finely rendered pencil drawing, executed with grey and black wash and measuring 35 × 33.1 cm, is signed “Hagborg.” It is...
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1880s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
An English Terrier Puppy with a Kitten playing with a Christmas decorations
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting a terrier puppy with a kitten playing with a Christmas decoration under the Christmas tree
This piece was drawn as an illustration f...
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1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pierre-Adolphe Huas (1838-1900) Young Neapolitan, 1867, pastel signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Pierre-Adolphe Huas (1838-1900)
Young Neapolitan, 1867,
signed and dated upper left
Pastel on paper transferred to canvas
50.5 x 39.5 cm
In good condition, but a small restoration ...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Claud Lovat Fraser - 1918 British Fan Shaped watercolour - Fete Galante
Located in London, GB
CLAUD LOVAT FRASER
(1890-1921)
Fete Galante – Fan Design
Signed and dated l.r.: C. LOVAT FRASER FECIT MAR 1918
Watercolour and pencil, shaped
Framed
20 by 37.5 cm., 8 by 14 ¾ in.
...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Charles Emile Jacque (Paris 1813 - 1894) Dog in a doghouse, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Emile Jacque (1813-1894)
Dog in a doghouse
Monogrammed "C. J. "lower right
Pencil on paper
17 x 13 cm
Mark of the Collection of Doctor Albert Finot "AF" (Lugt 3627) lower lef...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night before Christmas..
This piece was drawn ...
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1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jack Russell Puppies seated with a Kitten
By Debbie Allwright
Located in Woodbury, CT
Debbie Allwright is an English painter and book illustrated. Her skill and quality of drawing is first rate.
Category
1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
An English scene of a Donkey and Rabbits in a field, with wild flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night before Christmas..
This piece was drawn ...
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1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) Rome, View of the Forum, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891)
Rome, View of the Forum,
pencil on paper
28.5 x 37.5 cm
framed 38.5 x 47.5 cm
This drawing is characteristic of Romantic artists who, like Coro...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Landscape with Men and Horses - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with men and horses is a beautiful ink and pencil drawing. Due to the concerned subject matter and the typology of the image, it is assumed th...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Funeral Procession, Bavaria
watercolour on paper by Claughton Pellew
Located in London, GB
Claughton Pellew
(1890-1966)
'Funeral Procession, Bavaria'
Watercolour
31 x 34 cm, 51 x 54 cm (framed)
Circa 1920
Unsigned
Claughton Pellew was a ...
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1920s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Artists and their muses
Located in London, GB
Playboy School, 20th Century
Artists and their muses: Titian and Violante; Sir Peter Lely and Nell Gwyn; Francois Boucher and Louise O’Murphy; Hogarth, Nell...
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1980s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
$5,784
English School, circa 1800 Georgian watercolor, The Sailor
s return
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delightful rustic scene dating to circa 1800 with the sailor returning to his thankful wife and the domestic idyll of his country cottage. The harbour with sailing ships ferrying c...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$265 Sale Price
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Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming, early 19th century portrait of a young maiden carrying a basket of flowers. The face is beautifully painted with a slight blush to her cheeks and striking touches ...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) The Puppeteer, "Janvier", original signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
The Puppeteer, Study for "Janvier"
Signed lower left
Pen and black ink, black ink wash on paper
28 x 20 cm
In good condition except some stains particularly ...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Recruits on a March
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Recruits on a March
Ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on support
Unsigned
Condition: watercolor sheet laid down on paper, moderately faded
Original Ackermann frame and matting
Ima...
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Early 1800s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890) The Mill, original signed drawing
By Eugène Ciceri
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Cicéri (1813 - 1890)
The Mill
Signed lower right
Monogrammed AE, probably a collector's mark as it appears on numerous drawings by Cicéri
30.5 x 22.5 cm
In good condition : ...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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