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Medium: Chalk
Return of the Fishermen - Fishermen German Expressionism
Located in London, GB
This chalk drawing is signed and dated in pencil by the artist "HMP 1931" in the lower right image.
Note: The drawing was created in the region of Pomerania, Northern Poland, near t...
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1930s Expressionist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
UNTITLED DRAWING
Located in Portland, ME
Gropper, William (American, 1897-1977). UNTITLED DRAWING. Blue chalk
on fibrous handmade paper. Signed lower right, and inscribed at left
to Irwin and Sarah Lefcourt. 26 1/2 x 20 1/...
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Mid-20th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
Summer - Chalk Drawing Design for Minton charger by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Summer
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk, Pencil
Going to Mass, Spain - 20th Century British drawing by Robert Sargent Austin
By Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S.
Located in London, GB
ROBERT SARGENT AUSTIN, RA, PRWS, RE
(1895-1973)
Going to Mass, Spain
Black, brown and white chalks on grey paper
Framed
49 by 38 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 in.
(frame size 73 by 60.5 cm., 2...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Paris Rue Rameau
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard
Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. I...
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1960s Abstract Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Wayfinding (No. 1) Forest-Inspired Abstract Work on Paper by Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
In Wayfinding No. 1, Katherine Filice invites the viewer into a fluid, intuitive search for orientation—a quiet mapping of the soul through subtle, luminous gesture. This intimate wo...
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2010s Abstract Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, ABS
The Artist
s Model, Seated Female Nude, Mysterious Young Woman Seen From Behind
Located in Norwich, GB
One of my favourite pieces at the moment - the subject, a mysterious young woman seated on a stool with her back towards us has such a strong presence that it feels as if she were ri...
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1890s Art Nouveau Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk, Charcoal, Laid Paper
Small Woman with a Large Handbag. Dark colors shadow female figure pocketbook
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Drawing in chalk and pastel on dark grey Strathmore paper signed bottom left.
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2010s Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
A Study for the Angel of Saint-Severin church in Paris, by Paul Flandrin
Located in PARIS, FR
After the restoration of the Saint-John chapel’s frescoes at the Saint-Severin church in Paris in 2022, the drawing presented here is a moving testimony to their creative process. It...
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1840s Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Untitled (Man in Repose Leaning Against Post)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
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1970s Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Graphite
$3,125
Roman Charity (Cimon and Pero)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Michel CORNEILLE the Younger (Paris, 1642 – 1708)
Roman Charity (Cimon and Pero)
Black chalk with white highlights on beige paper
Height: 28 cm – Width: 20 cm
Unsigned
France, cir...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Cow Side Profile and Face Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Life study of a male nude in repose - European School, late 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
European School, late 18th century. Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (215 x 293 mm). Scattered light handling wear and multiple s...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Landscape with Olive Tree - Black and White Landscape of Greek Island
Located in New York, NY
George Tzannes's Landscape with Olive Tree is a 22 x 24 inches black and white chalk painting on canvas representing a Greek landscape. Olive trees populate the landscape. Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twenties he visited Kythera, the Greek island of his father's birth. Since that time, the island has become the major reference of his creativity. The choice of using black and white to represent this landscape gives the mighty hundred-years old olive trees a monumental presence. The viewer is drawn into the timeless, spiritual quality of the Greek landscape. Despite the absence of color, Tzannes' mastery of drawing creates a tangible effect of the Greek light...
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2010s Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Cow with Horns Side Profile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
French School, dated 1907 Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, dated 1907
Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Charcoal on laid paper with watermark "CF" in a shield with caduceus (Canson Frères)
45 × 35 cm
Signed and d...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Bull Lying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
$94 Sale Price
30% Off
Figure Study
By Paul Cadmus
Located in London, GB
Black and white chalk on paper
Signed (upper right)
29cm × 24cm (45cm × 40cm framed)
Cadmus was an American artist known for his satirical paintings, drawings, and prints of America...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk
Charming Anthony Fry Chalk Drawing, 1984
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Fry (British, 1927-2016)
View Through a Window, 1984
Chalk on paper
Sight: 18 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.
Framed: 25 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Purchased from the below gallery by Reader's Digest, 1984
Browse & Darby, London
The Artist
Anthony Fry was born on 6 June 1927 in Theydon Bois, Essex, to Dr Lewis Salisbury Fry (1898–1968) and Margaret Mary Fry (1898–1986). Dr Fry was a descendant of the Quaker founders of the Bristol-based chocolate business J.S. Fry & Sons.
Fry attended The Downs School, where he was taught English by the poet W.H. Auden and painting by the artist Maurice Feild. He completed his secondary education at Bryanston where he was taught sculpture by Donald Potter and painting by Elizabeth Muntz.
Fry went on to study painting at Edinburgh College of Art and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts under William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Lawrence Gowing.
In 1950 Fry won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Betrayal, and with the award a two-year scholarship at the British School at Rome. The school's Director of Fine Art Derek Hill...
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1980s Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk
British Chalk Pencil Sketches of Cows and Calfs in Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
$94 Sale Price
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Portrait on a Decorative Background
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (American, 1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman whose work featured extraordinarily precise mark-making and vibrant color. Born in Greentown, Indiana, he studied a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Chalk
Old Tree and September Wind Clouds
Located in New York, NY
Old Tree and September Wind Clouds, 1961, by Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
Conte crayon on paper
13 ½ x 19 ½ inches unframed (34.29 x 49.53 cm)
19 ¾ x 25 ½ inches framed (50.165 x 6...
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1960s American Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mrs. Bozena Anna Kowalczyk for confirming the attribution of this drawing to Giuseppe Nogari in a study (available in Italian) from which we have taken our ins...
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1760s Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
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...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketches of Two Sheep Standing and Lying on the Grass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Old Master Drawing, Westerkerk Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, 17th century, Dutch
Located in Greven, DE
Jan van der Heyden (1637 Gorinchem - 1712 Amsterdam), attributed.
Old Master Drawing, Westerkerk Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, 17th century, Dutch
Westerkerk and Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
Backside: later drawn backside with village church of the 18th century
Chalk and pen on paper
23,5 x 18,5 cm
Preliminary drawing for a painting from the creative period c. 1667 - 1670. This painting has been published a few years ago by Peter C. Sutton in the catalogue raisonné of the artist.
Van der Heyden was initially a pupil of a glass painter, but later turned exclusively to architectural painting and went to Amsterdam, where he painted views of churches, castles, palaces, public squares, streets, canals, etc., most of which are richly decorated with staffage. In addition, van der Heyden was also active as an inventor, for example, he developed a street lighting system for Amsterdam by means of oil street lamps, which was in operation from 1669 to 1840. After a stay in London, he painted the London fire of 1666, which he either witnessed himself or had seen the consequences of. Certainly influenced by this, he did much to further the technical and organisational development of the fire brigade from 1669 onwards. His greatest invention was probably the fire hose, which enabled significant improvements in fire-fighting technology and tactics. He also improved the hand-operated fire engines of the time by making them smaller, more mobile and more powerful, and he developed the series connection of several pumps to increase the pressure in order to achieve a greater range for the water jet. In 1690, together with his son, he was the author and illustrator of the Brandspuiten-boek, the first manual for fire fighting.
Johann Lingelbach, Adriaen van de Velde and Eglon van der Neer...
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17th Century Dutch School Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk
$1,818 Sale Price
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L’Heure du goûter! by Jules-Émile Saintin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jules-Émile Saintin
1829-1894 French
L’Heure du goûter!
(Snack Time!)
Signed "Jules-Émile Saintin" (lower right)
Charcoal and white chalk on paper
A tender moment unfolds as a young girl leans over her bowl of soup, savoring her midday snack with focus and delight. Her spoon rests beside a slice of bread on the polished tabletop, while a cup, perhaps filled with tea or chocolate, and a second piece of bread complete the simple yet cozy scene. Nearby, her stuffed toy lies temporarily forgotten atop a shawl, hinting at the world of play just briefly paused.
The setting is intricately detailed. The dining room showcases a marble fireplace adorned with a clock, fine porcelain and delicate cups. Saintin’s composition captures the quiet grace of the moment as well as the interplay of light and texture, skillfully rendered using only charcoal and white chalk. His ability to infuse luminosity into a monochrome drawing speaks to his refined technique and observational sensitivity. This work resonates with Saintin’s charming studies of children during his American period, such as A Little Girl Dozing Over Her Drawing (possibly a portrait of Jennie Walters), now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Born in 1829 in Lemé, Saintin began painting at age 11 and was admitted to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris by 16. Trained under Martin Drölling and Édouard Picot, he became an accomplished portraitist and debuted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1848, earning several medals.
In 1853, he moved to New York to work in a photography studio, soon dedicating himself fully to painting. He exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design—becoming a member in 1858—and gained a strong reputation for his portraits of American elites, as well as for his depictions of landscapes and Native American clothing...
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19th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Studious Girl Reading a Book - Women
s Education - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
The work represents a carefully rendered and meticulously observed environmental portrait of a young girl absorbed in study in front of a book case. It celebrates the intelligence of womanhood from a woman's perspective. Initialed in cartouche lower right
literature: "The Silver Pencil", Hardy, Harper's Monthly, June 1912, pg. 22
Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine.
Education
Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 and studied with the painters Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Thomas Eakins, and Robert Vonnoh.[2] She then began study with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute where she met Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith.
New Woman
As educational opportunities were made more available in the 19th century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art associations. Artwork made by women was considered to be inferior, and to help overcome that stereotype women became “increasingly vocal and confident” in promoting women's work, and thus became part of the emerging image of the educated, modern and freer “New Woman”.[4] Artists "played crucial roles in representing the New Woman...
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1910s Academic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Dawn Lake (Blue Ridge Mountains)
Landscape blue water natural pastel
Located in Penzance, GB
'Dawn Lake (Blue Ridge Mountains)'
Original Artwork. Unframed
______________
The dawn is painting transient layered reflections in the water, shifting the softened space between whe...
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2010s Naturalistic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
First Floor Biogram
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : First Floor Biogram
Materials : Acrylic, gouache, oil pastel, marker, charcoal, graphite, and conté crayon on paper
Date : 2018
Dimensions : 24 x 18 x .1 in.
Description : ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Tempera, Watercolor, Graphite, Conté, Oil Pastel,...
$599 Sale Price
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Serenade, 1932 Sevilla, Spain Sepia Drawing Ecole D
Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Sanguine red chalk drawing of a 1930's guitar serenade in Sevilla, Spain.
Jacques Zucker was a prolific artist whose works are exhibited in Museums and galleries around the world. B...
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20th Century Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Ready Horse Tacked Ready To Mount
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
A Study of Two Models by Sir William Russell Flint
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.1880-1969 Scottish
A Study of Two Models
Signed "WRussell Flint" (bottom right)
Ethereal and sen...
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20th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Small Sheep Laying in the Grass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Study of a Franciscan Saint, probably San Diego de Alcalá
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Ivan E. Phillips, Montreal and New York, until 2023.
The brothers Bartolomé Carducho and Vicente Carducho, both born and trained in Florence, settled in Spain where they made their careers. Vicente worked on numerous commissions for both the church and the Spanish court...
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17th Century Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pen
Studies of a Woman Sitting, Red Chalk Drawing, Modern British Artist, Framed
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 21 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 37 cm)
Gilt frame
James Stroudley
Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker, paid homage to Stroudley by including his work in the exhibition ‘Pupil & Masters’, held at Westgate House, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Stroudley married three times, and his wives included the fashion artist to the Sun newspaper...
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20th Century Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Dancer in Seated Gesture 2,
by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 11.25 x 15.25 work on paper features a lone, seated, female dancer viewed from the back. The figure is twisting toward the viewer as she begins to look over her right shoulder. Her legs are pulled toward her body with the left leg crossed over the right. The isolation of the seated figure within the ground of the page lends a vulnerable quality to the work.
The 16 x 20 dark brown mat has a window size of 11.25 x 15.25.
Bio:
Jim Cobb, until recently was hanging his work on Canyon Rd in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One-man shows have been hosted in Taos, New Mexico, Norman, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Art...
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2010s Academic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Paper
The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pencil, chalk and crayon drawing of the Virgin and Child with St Anne inspired by the 'cartoon' of Leonard da Vinci currently held in the National Gallery London.
An elegant and c...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Paper
Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini (Chiusi 1921 - Rome 1993)
Polychrome chalk on black paper.
83x63 cm frame included.
Hand signed in t...
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1970s Contemporary Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Young Man with a Sword, a Fist on his Hip, a drawing by Cornelis Saftleven
Located in PARIS, FR
Black chalk and white highlights on paper (originally washed in blue)
Monogrammed and dated 1630 on the right
This drawing, executed in black chalk and enhanced with white brushwor...
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1630s Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century French School Chalk on Paper
Located in London, GB
French School
19th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Coloured chalks on paper
Image size: 10 x 7 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
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19th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Portrait of a Young Duke, 19th Century French Chalk Drawing
Located in London, GB
Black chalk, white smudge and highlights, on paper
Image size: 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (27.25 x 14.5 cm)
A half-length portrait of a young Duke wearing a long wig...
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19th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Drawing of a captive woman
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, who acquired the contents of Fuseli’s studio;
Susan, Countess of Guilford, née Coutts (1771-1837), acquired from the Lawrence estate;
Susan, Baroness North (1797-1884), daughter of the above;
Mrs A. M. Jaffé, acquired in France, c. 1950 to 2016.
Black chalks, on buff-coloured paper
Stamped verso: ‘Baroness Norths Collection / of Drawings by H Fuseli Esq.’
Framed dimensions: 26.38 x 20.63 inches
This boldly drawn sheet depicting a seated figure was made by Fuseli at an important and highly productive moment in his career. The monumental drawing is closely related to another sheet by Fuseli in the British Museum which Schiff published as subject unknown. Both drawings were made when Fuseli was designing his most important sequence of historical works, including scenes from Shakespeare and Milton, The Nightmare and The Death of Dido which was exhibited at the Royal Academy to great critical acclaim in 1781. The present drawing does not relate directly to any of Fuseli’s finished historical paintings of the period, but evidently the image of a slightly menacing, seated and covered old woman was precisely the sort of motif he was playing with. It is notable that the same figure reappears later in Fuseli’s work as the witch from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song which Fuseli produced as both a painting and engraving in 1812.
Fuseli returned to London in 1779 from a highly creative and productive period in Rome and established himself as one of the leading history painters of the period. Fuseli re-established contact with his old mentor Sir Joshua Reynolds, becoming a regular guest at his dinner table and visitor to his studio. The earliest and most striking manifestation of this strategy was Fuseli's Death of Dido, exhibited in 1781 at the Royal Academy. Executed on the same scale as Reynolds's version (Royal Collection), Fuseli's vertically oriented picture was hung directly opposite Reynolds's with its horizontal orientation, inevitably inviting comparison between the two works and garnering Fuseli much publicity and favourable reviews in the newspapers.
The present, previously unpublished sheet, relates closely to a drawing now in the British Museum. That sheet shows the same seated old woman, drawn on a smaller scale and more schematic in design, seated next to an anatomical drawing of a man. The pose of this figure is related to the pose of Dido in his Death of Dido; the foreshortened torso, arrangement of head, oblique view of Dido’s features and arms all suggest that the study can be viewed as an initial thought for the composition. Fuseli may have initially thought of including the figure of the hunched and covered old woman. Drawn on identical paper to the British Museum sheet, our study is an enlarged depiction of the same figure, more elaborately delineated and developed. The presence of a chain to the right of the figure, suggests that the iconography was related in some way to a scene of imprisonment.
Fuseli had first explored the motif of the hooded old woman in an early Roman drawing, 'The Venus Seller'. The idea of a grotesque old woman, hooded and with angular nose and projecting chin seen in profile was most spectacularly used by Fuseli in his sequence of paintings depicting The Three Witches from Macbeth. Fuseli seems to have kept the present sheet and may have returned to it when preparing a painting of The Witch and the Mandrake from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song from his Masque of Queens in 1812. Here the same seated figure looks out from under her hood and picks a mandrake by moonlight. Jonson’s drama had been performed at the court of James I in 1609, inspired the subject. To throw the nobility of the queens into relief, the poet added a coven of witches, one of whom declares: ‘I last night lay all alone, On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low, And, as I had done, the cock did crow.’ The figure was reversed in the associated etching which was published in 1812. It seems likely that the present drawing remained as part of Fuseli’s working archive of figure studies.
The present drawing was presumably purchased with the bulk of Fuseli’s drawings after the artist’s death by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lawrence’s large group of Fuseli drawings were then acquired by Susan, Countess of Guildford (1771-1837). Lady Guildford was the eldest daughter of the banker Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), who himself had supported Fuseli’s journey to Rome in the 1770s and had remained one of the artist’s key...
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18th Century Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic portrait of a young woman after Sir Peter Lely's drawing, currently shown in the B...
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Mid-17th Century Victorian Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Pensive Young Woman
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Maurice Chabas (Nantes 1862 – Versailles 1947)
Pensive Young Woman
Graphite with white-chalk highlights on blue-grey paper
46 × 32 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Bruno Delarue Gallery, É...
Category
1890s Impressionist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Ribbons in the Wind
. Ocean Shore Beach Landscape Contemporary blue yellow
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ribbons in the Wind'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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Reeds dance in the morning light, momentarily casting shadows on tide and weather softened stones. Exp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Photogram
"Au Bord du Fleuve en Hollande" Dutch 19th century watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Stamp Signed: Jongkind and dated: Sept 84
Inscribed: 30-142 in ink lower right
Provenance:
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Jongkind was born in Lattrop, in the eastern part of The...
Category
1880s Romantic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Watercolor, Pencil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Cow Munching Grass In The Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
1960
s Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed and stamped
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 11 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
$210 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century Watercolour of the Wild West, Here Come The Cavalry
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pencil, chalk, watercolour and gouache painting of an American cavalry officer riding his horse across the dessert.
This artwork captures the dynamic energy of a lone c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Cows At A Watering Hole
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 Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
$94 Sale Price
30% Off
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Farmers Harvesting the Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
$94 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of a Baby
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Violet Oakley (1896-1961).
Portrait of a Baby, ca. 1930.
Conte crayon and pencil on laid paper, sheet measuring 11 x 14 inches.
Framed measurement: 13.5 x 16.5 inches.
Signed low...
Category
1930s Realist Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper
MB 815 (Contemporary Seated Male Nude Figurative Drawing, Charcoal on Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19.5 inches unframed
Signed 'Beard 1999' lower left corner
Atelier stamp in lower right corner
Unique figurative life study drawing of a seated male nude in graphite and conte crayon on Arches paper in a style that is at once traditional yet contemporary. Strong facial features and upper body muscles are evidence of the artist's excellent drafting skills. The handsome nude...
Category
1990s Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
A dazzling Venetian Regatta Boat Study attributed to Alessandra Mauro
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning Baroque study depicts a regatta boat, a type of vessel developed in eighteenth-century Venice for the regattas organized by the Serenissima during visits by royalty and princes. We propose to link this drawing to the work of Alessandro Mauro, an artist who specialized in this type of composition, as illustrated by a drawing from him at the Metropolitan Museum.
1. Description of the boat
The greatest decorative fantasy reigns in this preparatory study, which blends mythological and exotic elements with references to ancient Egypt. Our drawing is probably an initial thought, destined to be refined and clarified later in pen and ink (as evidenced by the ink stain in the lower right). A quadriga of seahorses guided by Neptune stands at the stern of the boat, shown well above the waterline (perhaps to outline its empty volume). One of the seahorses is ridden by a newt, while Amphitrite lies at the feet of the sea god.
The center of the boat is occupied by a vast baldachin resting on four atlantes and surmounted by a figure riding an animal (a dragon?). Three figures sit beneath the canopy, one of them on a griffin-shaped seat. This allusion to Egyptian antiquity echoes the winged sun (sometimes a symbol of the god Horus, as in the temple of Edfu in Egypt) that adorns the sides of the promontory on which this baldachin rests.
Another flag-bearer figure crouches at the stern of the boat on a raised seat, on the reverse of which is a crowned mermaid whose arm, extended backwards, rests on a mascaron decorated with a radiant face (Helios?) and whose torso surmounts an elephant's head. The heads of the rowers and their oars are sketched all along the boat, whose sides are embellished with elongated naiads.
2. The Venetian regatta boats
An exhibition held in 2013 at the Ca' Rezzonico (the Venetian eighteenth-century museum) paid tribute to these regatta boats through studies and prints depicting them. The regattas organized by the Serenissima in honor of visiting princes and sovereigns were among the most spectacular ceremonies in Venice. Some important artists of the 18th century contributed to the creation of these extravagant boats which were given exotic names such as bissona, malgarota or peota.
The specialists in this field were Andrea Urbani and the brothers Alessandro and Romualdo Mauro. They were born into a family of theater decorators in Piedmont, but little is known about their detailed biography. Alessandro was the architect of the Dresden opera house and of the St. Samuel Theater in Venice (in collaboration with his brother Romualdo), but also worked as stagehand and set designer in Vienna, Rome and Turin. A drawing produced around 1737 from the Metropolitan Museum (7th photo in the gallery) bears witness to his activity as a regatta boat designer.
This drawing is a much more elaborate version than the one presented here, having been entirely reworked in brown ink. However, a figure at the bow of the boat, executed solely in black chalk, still bears witness to a technique similar to that of our drawing.
It is difficult to know whether the boat depicted in our drawing was a project for an actual boat or whether it remained in the planning stage, but the front of our boat (Neptune and the quadriga of seahorses ridden by a newt) bears several similarities to that of a parade boat depicted in the print published by Michele Marieschi entitled Regatta on the Grand Canal, between the Foscari and Balbi Palaces (last photo in the gallery). This print is dated 1741, which could confirm that our work dates from around 1740.
The area between Neptune and the quadriga that precedes him on this strange paddle-boat appears to be partially submerged, confirming that the waterline of our boat was probably intended to be much lower than the one shown in our drawing.
The Correr Museum’s collection holds one of the most important collection of engravings and drawings devoted to these specifically Venetian Baroque productions. These boats were intended to last the duration of a festival. Today, they are only documented by preparatory drawings or prints that testify to the sumptuousness of their decoration. This taste for regatta boats lasted throughout the Venetian eighteenth century, and the conception of regatta boats also attracted great masters such as Giambattista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi or Giambattista Piranesi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Untitled (Woman Resting)
Located in Dallas, TX
Edmund D. Kinzinger was born in 1888, in Pforzhein, Germany. In Munich he studied at the Kirr Schule and the Staatliche Akademie, and pursued graduate studies at the Academie Modern, Paris. Before serving in the German Army, Kinzinger was a master student of Adolph Holzel at the Staatcliche Akademie, Stuttgart; he returned to study under Henrich Waldschmidt after nearly five years of artillery service.
Several of Kinzinger’s fellow students in Germany, such as Johannes Itten, would go on to be associated with the Bauhaus school. Coming into contact with all manner of artistic influences in Europe after World War One, Kinzinger’s work may be viewed as a “synthesis” of modernist styles. The influences of Abstract Expressionist, Cubist, and Futurist styles in Kinzinger’s work at this time are symptomatic of his contact with the likes of Hans Hofmann, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Archipenko. Philip Van Keuren...
Category
1930s Modern Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Paper, Pastel
Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing, Chalk and Pencil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century French Academy drawing of a classical maiden, signed Xavier Rendeley bottom right, numbered and dated 2nd April 1883. Presented in ...
Category
1880s Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Omvetya II
. Blue white shore ocean landscape abstract nature drawing
Located in Penzance, GB
'Omvetya II (Cargeen, Towards Treryn Dinas)'
Original Artwork. Unframed
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Softly dancing seaweed, patiently awaits the return of the salty sea to fill the tidal pools. ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Mixed Media, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Photogram
Allegory of Chastity, a drawing attributed to G. Porta with great provenance
Located in PARIS, FR
This magnificent drawing from the Venetian Renaissance intrigues us in many ways. It depicts an allegorical composition whose meaning partly escapes us: a veiled figure seated on a stone bench (which we have identified as Chastity), seems to be turning away from a woman's bust beside her, below which are two rabbits, a traditional allegory of fertility, but also sometimes of lust.
This drawing, executed on blue paper, undoubtedly belongs to the Venetian Renaissance. The inscriptions on the back of the old mounting board indicate the various attributions considered by its last owner, the British painter and art historian Sir Lawrence Gowing. We have retained the attribution to Giuseppe Porta proposed by art historian John Arthur Gere as the most relevant.
We were incredibly fortunate to find a hexagonal frame of a very similar format for this drawing, the upper corners of which were formerly cut (irregularly). This 17th-century Dutch frame comes from an aristocratic collection in Lombardy, and creates a kind of fascinating chase around this Venetian drawing...
Category
16th Century Chalk Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
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