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Period: 1890s
Two Men - Watercolor Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Two Men is a Watercolour Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Hand signed on the lower right corner. Good condition. René Georges Hermann-Paul (27 December 1864 – 23 June 1940) was ...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Soldiers - Original Pen Drawing by Georges Dascher - 1890 s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original pen drawing realized by Georges Dascher. Good condition on a yellowed cardboard. Signed on the lower left corner. Georges Dascher, born on October 6, 1851 ...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Feline Sleeping - Original Pencil Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Feline is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Ernest Rouart by the turn of the XX century. This drawing is hand-signed by the artist in red pen on the lower left. In...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Monkeys - Original Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the XX century. Including a white cardboard passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. Good conditions, except for a light shading of paper. This fine modern artwork represents different sketches of monkeys in various poses. On the back of the drawing, the artist drew other monkey sketches. Ernest Rouart (Paris, 1874 – Paris, 1942) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver, and art collector. He was the son of Henri Rouart...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Turn of the Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful turn of the century figurative landscape by F.S. Mediary (American, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "F.S. Mediary" lower right....
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American Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1890s Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel Landscape
By George Hamilton Brodhead
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century watercolor of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, in Carmel CA, by George H. Brodhead (American, b. 1860). Signed "G.H. Brodhead" ...
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American Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

En Attendant l Ami - Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s
Located in Roma, IT
En Attendant l'Ami is a black and white Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Passpartout included: cm 50x35 Good condition. René Georges Hermann-Paul (27 December 1864 – 23 June 194...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

The Vase - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Vase is an original charcoal drawing on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed on the lower. Included a white Passepartout: 37 x30 cm Good condit...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Theatrical Costume - Pencil by Alfredo Edel - 1895
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil drawing realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895. Good condition, the artwork is with watercolor and biacca. Hand signed with pencil by the artis. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Lamp and Decoration - Original Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Lamp and Decoration" 1890s is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century. In very good condition. Not signed.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Porcelain Lumen - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lumen" 1890s is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century. In very good condition. Not signed.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Lumen - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lumen" 1890s is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by an unknown French Artist of 19th Century. In very good conditions. Not s...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Lumen - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lumen" 1890s is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper by Anonymous French Artist of 19th Century. In excellent conditions: As good as new. ...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Theatrical Costume - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1895
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895. Good condition, the artwork is from Amleto and represents Ofelia, with a note writes from the artist on the lower margin. Hand signed with pencil by the artist. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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Old Masters 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil

The Officers of the Chamber - Drawing by Frédéric Theodore Lix - 1891
Located in Roma, IT
The Officers of the Chamber is an original drawing in pencil and watercolor and an important historical document realized by Frédéric Theodore Lix...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of a Lark, Barley and Beans
Located in Burbank, CA
Barley, broad beans and a lark (Omugi, soramame, hibari). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparator...
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Art Deco 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Woodcut

La Tribuna - Lithograph by G. Mataloni - 1897
Located in Roma, IT
La Tribuna is a colored lithographed original manifesto on cardboard, realized around 1897 by the Italian artist Giovanni Mataloni. Printed by Officine Ricordi, Milan, this advertisi...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Group of Female Nudes - Original Pencil Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Group of Female Nudes is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Ernest Rouart by the turn of the XX century. Original stamp of the artist on the center of the sheet. Good ...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Theatrical Costume - Pencil Drawing by Alfredo Edel - 1895
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor drawing realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895. Good condition, the artwork is with watercolor and biacca. Hand signed with pencil by the artis. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor

Sketch of a Woman - Original Drawing by George Auriol - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch of a Woman sitting from behind is an original graphite drawing on vellum realized by George Auriol, in 1890s. Unsigned. Stamp on the back by G. Auriol. Good conditions. Geo...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Candlesticks of Normandy - Original Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Candlesticks of Normandy is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper realized in 1890 ca. by Anonymous Artist of 19th Century. In very good conditions. T...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Young Woman with Umbrella - Pencil Drawing by George Auriol - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Young Woman with Umbrella is an original pencil drawing realized by George Auriol in 1890s. Unsigned. G. Auriol's stamp on the back. Good conditions. George Auriol, born Jean-Geor...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Porcelain Vases - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Vases is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized in 1890 ca. Anonymous Artist of 19th Century. In very good conditions. The artw...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Vases - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Vases is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized in 1890 ca. In very good conditions. This artwork represents various models of...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Vases - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Vases is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized in 1890 ca. In very good conditions. This artwork represents various models of...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Decoration - Original Pen Drawing signed "E.Duc" - 1890 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration is an original drawing in pen and watercolor on paper signed "E.Duc". the state of preservation is good except for some stains and folding on margins. Stamped on the low...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Figure of Woman - Original China Ink on Paper - 1895
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Woman, 1895, is an original China ink drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the late 19th Century. In very good condition. Not signed. Dated on the lower right ma...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Porcelain Vase - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lumen" 1890s is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of 19th Century. In very good condition. Not signed.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Vase - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Vase" 1890s is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by an unknown French Artist of the 19th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed.
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Painter and Model - China Ink Drawing by Fredric Front - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
Painter and Model is an original drawing in ink on paper, realized by Fredric Front, exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1898, and reproduced and published in Illustration magazine. ...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Charterhouse School Chapel watercolour by Meadows-Frost
Located in London, GB
To see our other public school pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Meadows-Frost (possibly Sir John Meadows Frost [185...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Woman working in the fields)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Woman working in the fields) Graphite on wove paper Unsigned Exhibited: Spanierman Galleries, In Praise of Women, Oct. 21-Nov. 20, 2010 Illustrated: Lisa N. Peters, In Praise of Women, Spanierman Galleries (see catalog entry in photos) Condition: Excellent Sheet size (sight): 14 1//2 x 10 5/16 inches Provenance: Spanierman Galleries, New York The young woman is a known model for Knight. She is depicted in numerous paintings. The striped skirt and wooden shoes she wears also is repeated in Knight's oeuvre. "Daniel Ridgway Knight was born in Philadelphia to a Quaker family and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861, the year he became a founding member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. He went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1861 to 1863 with Charles Gleyre (1808-1874) and Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), and attended the Accademia di San Lucca, then in Venice, in 1863. Knight returned to Philadelphia that year, married, and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He went back to France in 1871 and lived there for the remainder of his long and successful career. He settled in Seine-et-Oise near Poissy to study with the noted academic painter Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) in 1873, and the two artists became close friends. Influenced by his French contemporaries Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) and Jules- Adolphe-Aimé-Louis Breton...
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Abstract Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Maud Stumm Pair of original 19th Century Ladies Golf Watercolors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maud Stumm: 1866-1935. Fabulous pair of rare antique watercolors by the listed American artist Maud Stumm. She studied at the Art Students League in NYC. Her watercolors were shown at the most prestigious settings of the time such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Horses in Stable
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Horses in a Stable Black chalk on tan wove paper, 1896 Signed with the estate stamp lower right corner (see photo) Note: The image has been sqaured off in red chalk grid lines for use in a large painting Dated in charcoal lower right: "23 Nov '96" Condition: Tack holes in the corners small tears and creases along margins Sheet size: 14 11/16 x 16 13/16 inches Provenance: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell Brenner Fine Arts, Inc., New York Alan Stone Gallery, New York "Georges Lemmen was the son of an architect and studied under Amédée Bourson at the academy in St Joost-ten-Node. He was invited in 1889 to join the Group of Twenty ( Cercle des XX) which had been launched in 1884 by Oscar Maus and had in the interim emerged as an influential force in Belgian artistic circles, not least by bringing to public and critical attention the work of such artists as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. The Cercle des XX would be reborn in 1894 as La Libre Esthétique. In the early days of the Cercle des XX, Lemmen espoused a pointilliste technique. His earlier painting was clearly influenced by the Neo-Impressionists; over time, however, his style became more subtle and nuanced – recalling, perhaps, that of his compatriot Van Rysselberghe, another Cercle des XX member. With the group’s rebirth as the Libre Esthétique, Lemmen’s work became more intimiste in character, most notably in his portraits, nudes and still-lifes, where the influence of Bonnard and Vuillard is unmistakable, as is that of Renoir, particularly after Lemmen’s travels in the Midi in 1911. From this point onwards, he would go on to make a major contribution to the renewal of the graphic and decorative arts in terms of his input to the new ‘free’ aesthetic and to Art Nouveau. Although his draughtsmanship retained its essential purity and elegance of line, his painting became more fleshy, imprecise and sensual, his compositions governed less by technical considerations than by the urgent need to express his emotions. Between 1889 and 1893, Lemmen exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, aligning himself with the Neo-Impressionists. In 1893, Henry van de Velde invited him to participate in the Pour l’Art association that had been created in Antwerp. He travelled to the south of France in 1911. By this juncture, he had already exhibited solo on two occasions (in 1906 and 1908) at the Galerie Druet in Paris. A further solo exhibition in 1913, his first in Brussels, cemented Lemmen’s reputation. Museum and Gallery Holdings Bremen (Kunsthalle): Standing Nude Combing her Hair Brussels (Mus. royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique): Children’s Room (watercolour); Reading; Couture; Young Girl by the Sea...
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Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Colorful Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
A stunning 19th Century antique gouache on paper still life by an unknown artist. This beautiful work comes in its original antique frame with new archival mat presentation.
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Farm House
Located in Houston, TX
Nineteenth century French watercolor painting of farm house, circa 1890. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold borde...
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1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of Orchid and Swallows
Located in Burbank, CA
Orchid and small swallows (Hokuri, kotsubame). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparatory watercolo...
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Art Deco 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Woodcut

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Watercolor on paper, c,. 1890 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Image/Sheet size: 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches From Wikipedia "Francis Augustus Lathrop (June 22, 1849 – Oct...
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American Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Side View Seated Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Side View Seated Female Nude Graphite on paper, c. 1890's Unsigned Provenance: Rookwood Pottery Factory Collection, Cincinnati Spanierman Gallery, New York (label) Drawings from the...
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American Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A Peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, Ink and heightenings of blue watercolor on paper 23 x 15 cm Signed on the lower left and titled on lower righ...
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

The Big Tree - Drawing by Carlo Ferrari - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
The Big Tree is an artwork realized by Carlo Ferrari (1861-1950) in 1899. Pencil drawing, dated and signed by the artist in the lower right. Good condition.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

The Big Tree - Drawing by Carlo Ferrari - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
The Big Tree is an artwork realized by Carlo Ferrari (1861-1950) in 1899. Pencil drawing, dated and signed by the artist in the lower right. Good condition.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Feeding the Kittens - Little cat mother -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893". - Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed. - Little cat mother - About the artwork Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat. It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...
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Academic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cardboard, Carbon Pencil

Attributed to Eugene Deully (1866-1933) A sitting woman, study, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Eugene Deully (1866-1933) A sitting woman, study, Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on blue grey paper; 23 x 14.5 cm Framed (damag...
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French School 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Plant Impression in Locarno - Floral Crescendo -
Located in Berlin, DE
Alexander Frenz (1861 Rheydt - 1941 Düsseldorf). Plant impression in Locarno. Gouache and watercolour. 35 x 23,5 cm (visible size), 49,5 x 38,5 cm (fra...
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Impressionist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Night Fishing at Saint Maurice
By Emile Noirot
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "Emile Noirot 1893" at lower right overall dimensions, including frame, are 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
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Academic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Le Cadeau de Sahagun, original dawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Le Cadeau de Sahagun, The Gift of Sahagun bears the monogram "M" on the lower left, titled on the lower left Ink on paper 29,8 x 18.7 cm In a modern fra...
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Art Nouveau 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Pour Guitare solo, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Pour Guitare solo, For Solo Guitar bears the monogram "M" in the middle left, titled in lower left Ink on paper 29,8 x 18,8 cm in good condition, traces...
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Art Nouveau 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Attributed to Eugene Deully (1866-1933) A woman, study, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Eugene Deully (1866-1933) A woman , study, Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on blue grey paper in two parts, the left part added ...
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French School 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Georges Scott (1873-1943) Portrait of Jules Lagorio 1893, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Scott (1873-1943) Portrait of Jules Lagorio 1893, signed, dated and annotated on the right : "A monsieur Jules Lagorio, Souvenir de notre excursion à l'Estaque 12 mai 1893" Pencil on paper 24 x 22 cm In fair condition : an horizontal crease in the middle of the shhet, stains ans other creases, trace of the mount (see photographs please) In its original vintage framing : 33 x 30 cm If not in perfect condition, this intimate portrait by the young artist is really intersting and charming. The mention of it as a souvenir of an excursion to l'Estaque is interesting too. L'Estaque, near Marseille was a famous place for painters of the time such as Cezanne, Braque and Renoir who painted there the sea and shores. The young Georges Scott wanted to keep the souvenir of the excursion with his friend, but we have to think of the place by the gaze of the model contemplating it. Georges Scott, or Scott de Plagnolle (his full name wasGeorges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle ), was born on June 10 1873 in Paris, he was a painter and illustrator. He studied at the Alsatian School in Paris, where he drew a lot: “I have always drawn […]. My father was a painter and illustrator. I was born in a workshop ”. Fatherless in 1884, he studied at the Beaux-Arts, then was one of the pupils of Édouard Detaille, he was a member of French artists outside the competition in 1897. Painter and illustrator, he worked for various periodicals, including Cocorico and L'Illustration where his first drawing was published on March 19, 1892 (“La catastrophe d'Anderlues”). In 1911, the Minister of War Adolphe Messimy asked Scott and Detaille for studies to renovate the uniforms of the French Army: if their projects were not adopted, some were published in newspapers such as L'Illustration in March 1912 he covered as a war correspondent for the newspaper the First Balkan War, with the Bulgarian Army. He returned to Thrace inJuly 1913 for the Second Balkan War, but with the Greek Army, meeting King Constantine. In September 1913, on the occasion of the King of Greece...
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
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 r...
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Romantic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Man sitting in the studio - Thinking about art -
Located in Berlin, DE
Adolph Eduard Otto von Faber du Faur (1828 Ludwigsburg - 1901 Munich). Man sitting in the studio. Watercolour painting, 43 x 27 cm (visible size), 73 x 53 cm (frame), monogrammed at lower right, estate stamp. Upper right corner neatly repaired, small tear in the wall to the left of the sitter. - Thinking about art - About the artwork The sitter, an elderly man, is seated in a studio on a pedestal reminiscent of an academy hall. The earthy, dark tones give the scene a weighty quality. The lightest tones are found in the incarnate parts of the figure, which do not stand out from the other colours of the picture, but are linked to them. As a result, the sitter's face is both part of and the highlight of the colour references in the picture. The colour of the sitter's skin is reflected in his pink coat, while his white-grey hair matches the colour of the wall next to him. This almost monochrome wall surface, in turn, is connected across the portrait to the framed picture standing on the floor, which seems to have been erased by this correspondence with the empty wall surface. Through the palette, which is positioned directly behind the sitter's head, the reference to painting, which is already given by the studio space, is explicitly linked to the sitter, who thus seems to be contemplating the question of the meaning of art. This raises the question of whether Faber Du Faur, who had become lonely in his old age, might have painted a self-portrait here in his later years. In addition to the studio setting, the sitter's explicit reference to the palette and the fact that the picture was part of his estate, the only summary elaboration of the body suggests a self-portrait, while the representation of the face is concretised with the wide-open eyes typical of a self-portrait. This concentration on the face gives the impression of the artist's melancholy introspection, captured by the palette and related to the meaning of painting, whose dark character is reinforced by the concealment of the palette hanging on the right of the picture in the light tones so characteristic of Faber Du Faur. In the course of this resignation, Faber du Faur advises his son Hans, who has also become a painter: "Promise me one thing: never move to Munich, they'll kill you here!" Whoever the sitter may be, the references to painting make the portrait a resigned self-contemplation by Faber Du Faur, focused on art. About the artist After leaving school, Otto Faber du Faur entered the service of the Württemberg army, at the same time cultivating his artistic talent. In 1851, on the recommendation of his father Christian Wilhelm, who was himself a battle painter, he spent six months in Munich as an apprentice to Alexander von Kotzebue. In 1852 he was granted a year's leave of absence from military service to study battle painting in the studio of Adolphe Yvon...
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Clay jug on a bench - The essence of the clay jar revealed by the sunlight -
By Hans Richard von Volkmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Richard von Volkmann (1860 Halle (Saale) - 1927 ibid.), Clay jug on a bench. Pencil and Watercolour on paper. 20 x 26,7 cm (visible size), 37 x 45 cm (frame), dated and monogrammed lower left "Februar 1890 - HR. V. V." - Minimally tanned. Framed behind glass in a passepartout. About the artwork Using the technique of his early youth - pencil and watercolour - Hans Richard von Volkmann depicts a still life. However, this is not a conventional indoor still life, but an open-air depiction, painted outdoors and not in the studio. It is therefore an open-air painting, characteristic of von Volkmann's oeuvre, which could have been painted in the Willingshausen colony of painters, where open-air painting was programmatically practised there and the artist stayed there that year. And indeed, this painting is a manifesto of open-air painting. Von Volkmann demonstrates that leaving the studio for the light of nature leads to an entirely new quality of art. To prove this, he uses the genre of still life, which can be described as the studio subject par excellence. Moreover, light plays an essential role in the classical still life. It is the real protagonist of the still life. And it is precisely this moment, essential to the still life, that von Volkmann exploits to demonstrate the potential of plein-air painting: He presents the objects as they appear in the sunlight. The date of February and the bare branches in the foreground make it clear that this is a clear winter day in bright sunlight. The delicate plant in the foreground casts a clearly defined shadow, as does the jug. However, the shadow is most pronounced on the jug itself: The underside of the handle appears almost black, making the top, and therefore the jug itself, shine all the more brightly. The shining of the objects in the sunlight is also visible on the bench. As complementary phenomena to the shadow zones, light edges can be seen on the boards of the seats and the upper foot of the bench shines entirely in the light. To achieve this intensity of light, von Volkmann activated the bright white of the painting ground. By depicting the objects in glistening sunlight, von Volkmann demonstrates that this quality of light is only to be found outdoors. And this light leads to a new way of looking at the objects themselves. The jug on the bench seems like an accidental arrangement, as if the artist had stumbled upon this unintentional still life and captured it with fascination. And in this fascination there is a moment of realisation that refers to the objects themselves. It is only when they shine brightly in the sunlight that their true nature is revealed. In this way, sunlight allows the objects to come into their own, so to speak. Sunlight, which is not present in the studio, gives the still life an entirely new dimension of reality, which is also reflected in the colours interwoven by the sunlight: The bench and the jug stand in a harmonious grey-pink contrast to the green of the implied meadow. The emphasis on the jug as the central subject of the picture also implies that the watercolour has not been completed. This non finito inscribes a processuality into the picture, making it clear that something processual has been depicted, the temporality of which has been made artistically permanent. This is why von Volkmann signed the painting and dated it to the month. About the Artist Von Volkmann made his first artistic attempts at the age of 14. He painted many watercolours of his home town of Halle. This laid the foundation for his later outdoor painting. In 1880 his autodidactic beginnings were professionalised with his admission to the Düsseldorf Art Academy. There he studied under Hugo Crola, Heinrich Lauenstein, Johann Peter Theodor Janssen and Eduard von Gebhardt until 1888. Von Volkmann then moved to the Karlsruhe Academy, where he was Gustav Schönleber's master pupil until 1892. In 1883 he came for the first time to Willingshausen, Germany's oldest painters' colony, at the suggestion of his student friend Adolf Lins...
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Naturalistic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

La Sentinelle - Drawing By Maurice Chabas - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
La Sentinelle is a modern artwork realized by Maurice Chabas in 1898. Sepia drawing. Good conditions.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Study for a Seated Woman (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this wonderful pen-and-ink 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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Romantic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Pompei - Drawing - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Pompei is a modern artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in 1893. Pencil on paper. Dated on the lower Good conditions with slight foxing and folding.
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

"Sunlit Willow, " Hendricks A. Hallett, watercolor, trees, stream, ca 1890-1900
By Hendricks A. Hallett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Hendricks Hallett studied in Antwerp and Paris. Best known for marine scenes and shorescapes of Boston Harbor, he also painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and on Mount Desert Island...
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Realist 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Gentleman with Mustache (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
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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Romantic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Seated Young Lady (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this pen-and-ink of a pretty Edwardian-era lady are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the...
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Romantic 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Angels - Drawing - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Angels is a beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1890s by an unknown artist. Good conditions with some foxing. The artwork realized through deft pen st...
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Modern 1890s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

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