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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
"Profile of Man" (FRAMED) Drawing 25" x 17" inch (1957) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profile of Man" (FRAMED) Drawing 25" x 17" inch (1957) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Medium: pencil
charcoal on paper
ATT: part of anniversary exhibition. The artwork can be shipped ...
Category
20th Century Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
A Humorous, Mid-Century Modern Cartoon Ink Drawing, Couple at Fun House Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
A Quirky, Humorous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cartoon Illustration Ink Drawing Depicting a Young Couple Standing Beside A Fun House Mirror by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) - Watercolour, Portrait of a Lady Knitting
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine late 19th-century watercolour by George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924). Portrait of a Lady Knitting, watercolour and bodycolour. Presented in a beautiful gilt frame with delicat...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Draw, pastel, Ink and Colored Pencils. "First day in eternity."
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Drawing, pastel, Pencil, Petal Flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
Muscular Man Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Muscular Man pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larg...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Swimmers - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Self Portrait at 72" - Imagined Future, Original Painting by David Kassan
By David Kassan
Located in Denver, CO
David Kassan’s "Self Portrait at 72" (2021) is an introspective exploration into the future, where the artist imagines himself as an elder. Painted in oil on acrylic mirror and measu...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mirror, Oil
Well Dressed Woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Mark at the bottom of the image is a pen line trial stroke
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of the Artist
s Wife, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906-1985
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Graphite on paper
Image size: 13 x 10 inches
Unframed
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James St...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Quirky, Mid-Century Modern Cartoon Ink Drawing, "Women
s Committee Meeting"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Quirky, Humorous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cartoon Illustration Ink Drawing Depicting a Women's Committee Meeting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).
Artwor...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
American Modernist Handsome Male Portrait Framed Pastel Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait pastel drawing. Pastel on paper. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a painted wood molding. Excellent condition, ready ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1968
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original artwork realized in 1968 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original pastels drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on cardboard ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
1940
s Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage and me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
First Mate, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928
Medium: Pastel on Paper
Dimensions: 25.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, July 7 1928
Category
1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Watercolor painting
Rabbinical Talmudic Discussion
Hand signed
17 x 29 framed, paper 10 x 22
Chaim Gross (March 17, 1904 – May 5, 1991) was an ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A 1920s Caricature of Author Lennox Robinson by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Lennox Robinson, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of “The White-Headed Boy” etc." Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archiva...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Party - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Not signed, in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Portrait - Drawing by Francisco Borès - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized by Francisco Borès (1898-1972) in the mid-20th Century.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
French Aviation Illustration Poster Study Gouache Drawing by C. Villars
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original Post-War Airline Illustration by C. Villars (France, 20th Century) — Gouache on Arches Velin Paper.
This rare, original Post-war illustration drawing was hand-painted with g...
Category
1940s Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea
Florentine Gent, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Florentine Gent
Graphite on paper, signed and inscriber '1931 Florence'
Image size: 24 x 18 inches
Framed
James 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...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Gouache Drawing Aviation Airline Study by C. Villars
Located in Atlanta, GA
Post-War Airline Illustration by C. Villars (France, 20th Century) — Gouache on Arches Velin Paper.
This rare, original post-war gouache illustration was hand-painted by French artis...
Category
1940s Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie
French School (1956)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie', gouache and ink on art paper, French School (1956). Step into the world of mid-20th century European art with a striking portrait that capture...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$578 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Handsome Man (Army GI)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WWII era portrait of a young man by Louis Krupp (1888-1978). Charcoal on paper measures 16.5 x 22.5 inches, 25 X 30 IN MATTING. Signed and dated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$600 Sale Price
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Portrait of Girl - Drawing by Sigfrido Oliva - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Sigfrido Oliva in 1980s
Hand signed.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 47x54.5.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
The Rolling Stones Red "Hot Lips" Logo
By John Pasche
Located in Miami, FL
The infamous Rolling Stones tongue and lips are featured in this later unique hand-painted version by the artist based on his iconic 1970s design. In 1970, at the age of 25, John Pas...
Category
1990s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Portrait of Mino Maccari - Drawing by Alfredo Mezio - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mino Maccari is an original modern artwork realized by Alfredo Mezio in the half of 20th Century.
China ink drawing.
Includes frame.
Hand signed on the lower margin
H...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude Young Woman Modernist ink drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original drawing by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913).
Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1935.
Ink on paper, measuring 8.5 x 11 inches.
Signed lower right. Unframed...
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude Young Woman Modernist ink drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original drawing by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913).
Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1935.
Ink on paper, measuring 8.5 x 11 inches.
Signed lower right. Unframed...
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of the Artist Ricardo de Silva in Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist Ricardo de Silva in Pastel
Beautifully rendered pastel portrait of a man, like Ricardo de Silva. The mans face is drawn with rich, warm brown tones. His cheek...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$862 Sale Price
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A 1920s Caricature of Author Sean O’Casey by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Sean O'Casey, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of 'Juno and the Paycock' etc," Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archivally...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Gentleman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari churns butter for ghee.
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on ...
Category
19th Century Rajput Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A charming illustration, by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows a woman with a...
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Girls - Drawing by Sigfrido Oliva - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Sigfrido Oliva in 1980s.
Hand signed.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 54x44.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
29.4M. CRYPTO PUNK AND 15M RINGERS. Diptych Drawings on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As a reflection on the value we give to objects, this series exposes examples of objects that we use daily and for different reasons end up gaining very high prices. By redrawing the...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779.
Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure.
Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953.
As James Lord...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Miss Personality
Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
"Miss Personality", American Art Works original art for a calendar.
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
The Fiddler
s Dance, Stunning Watercolor by Swedish Artist Robert Högfeldt
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to offer a captivating watercolor painting by the artist Robert Högfeldt. This charming piece features a group of joyful figures, affectionately referred to as "gubb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Diptych. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As a reflection on the value we give to objects, this series exposes examples of objects that we use daily and for different reasons ended up gaining very high prices. By redrawing t...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Portrait drawing of Harriot Mellon, Mrs Thomas Coutts
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
Inscribed by the artist in pen and brown ink, upper margin: 'σοφὴν δὲ μισῶ: μὴ γὰρ ἔν γ' ἐμοῖς δόμοις / εἴη φρονοῦσα πλείον' ἢ γυναῖκα χρή [Euripides, Hippolytus, 11, 640-41: “But a ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Woman with Flowers - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Fine watercolour representing a female figure in traditional Italian costumes. Hand-signed on lower margin at the center (the signature...
Category
1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Two girls reading a book
Located in Zofingen, AG
Just another evening in the artist's studio, when the guests arrived and sat down to look at all kinds of art books. Two girls were so carried away by the book that they no longer no...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
"Portrait of a Couple" 1990s Painting Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Portrait of a Couple"
1990's
Watercolor and ink on paper affixed to mat board
Site measures 5.5"x3.5"
Unsigned came from artist's es...
Category
1990s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait (Pietro Nenni) - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Matted, in very good condition.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
MERMAID SONGS
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper.
The magic flow reality...
Shipped free
well protected
unframed.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
$210 Sale Price
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Clown in Yellow
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French watercolor of clown in yellow tones, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of...
Category
1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.006
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.006 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.006 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and ...
Category
2010s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Latin American Art Ink Drawing Mario Perez Nachimiento Argentina Modernist
By Mario Perez
Located in Surfside, FL
Mario Segundo Perez
Argentine, 1960–2018
Nachimiento
Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 7.5 X 9.75 with frame. sheet is 5 X 7
Does not appear to be signed on front (not examined out of frame. might be signed verso)
Provenance: The Estate of Theodore A Bonin (Ted Bonin was a principal in Alexander and Bonin, a New York gallery known for its diverse slate of conceptual artists. He started at Marlborough gallery London in the 60s, then in partnership with Brooke Alexander. In its stable were a host of esteemed artists: Willie Cole, Rita McBride, John Ahearn, Paul Thek, Doris Salcedo, Eugenio Dittborn, Dalton Paula, and Rigoberto Torres, Mona Hatoum and Emily Jacir.)
Mario Pérez was born in San Juan, Argentina in 1960. The second of seven children, and the son of a housepainter. He obtained his degree in Visual Arts at Universidad Nacional de San Juan in Argentina. A draughtsman and painter. His style was magic realist or fantastic realism
In 2003, Pérez was the recipient of a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant, one of his greatest achievements. He also had the honor of being part of the National Exhibition “200 Years-200 Masters of Argentinean Art”, commemorating the country’s bicentennial.
Mario has won international distinctions such as the Cecilia Grierson Award at the Salón Nacional de Pintura in La Plata in 1992; the Marco A. Roca Award at the Salón Pro-Arte, Córdoba, also in 1992; and the first prize in the LXXXVIII Salón Nacional de Pintura in Buenos Aires in 1999.
His art often features tiny figures in immense landscapes, and unique backgrounds. It has elements of Conceptual art. His work has been regularly featured in leading auction houses like Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York, and private and public collections. The magic realism of Mario Segundo Pérez is characteristic of a chiefly Latin-American concept in painting, literature and film that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into an otherwise realistic scenario. Coined in the 1940s by Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier, the term often is used when referring to the Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Influences include Frida Kahlo and George Tooker. He was in shows with Ana Fabry and Eduardo Esquivel. Paintings by Pérez are included in numerous private and public collections, including the Ciudad Casa de Gobierno (the Buenos Aires City Hall); the University of Miami School of Architecture, and the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) at Florida International University.
He has been in shows with Juan Cardenas, Anna Mercedes Hoyos, Ignacio Iturria, Alejandro Obregon, Domingo Ravenet, Arnaldo Roche, Edgar Negret, Fidelio Ponce de Leon, Ricardo Martinez, Damian Gonzalez, Jorge Jimenez Deredia, Victor...
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20th Century Conceptual Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Board Painting - Profile Landscape 438.028
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.028 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Acrylic on Board Painting
Profile Landscape 438.028 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collag...
Category
1970s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Drawing, Ink And Colored Pencils On Paper. "Scene In The Field"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pencil, Petal Flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as the first drawing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
18th century ink study for the Leveson-Gower Children
Located in London, GB
Collections: J. Goodfriend, USA.
Brown wash and pencil on laid paper
Framed dimensions: 13.25 x 11.75 inches
This powerful drawing was made at the time that Romney was painting the famous group portrait of the Gower Children now in Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal. Romney was a bold and incisive draughtsman who made numerous rich brown ink studies, principally for historical compositions; by contrast, comparatively few studies linked directly to his portraits survive. The existence of a group of studies for the Gower Children underscores its importance to Romney. The sitters were the five youngest of the eight children of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower who, at the time the portrait was commissioned, was President of the Council in Lord North’s government and one of the best-connected and most influential people in England. The present drawing which is a large scale treatment of the composition in its final form perfectly distils Romney’s conceit: the younger children dancing whilst their elder sister, in the guise of a Bacchante plays the tambourine. The bold and dramatic study underlines both the artistic confidence and classical grandeur Romney gained during his trip to Italy between 1773 and 1775.
The commission from Granville, 2nd Earl Gower to paint five of his children came shortly after Romney’s Continental tour. The initial idea, as represented by the present drawing, seems to have been to paint Lady Anne, the figure on the right of the composition playing the tambourine, who was the youngest of Gower’s first four children by his second wife Lady Louisa Egerton and who married the Rev. Edward Vernon Harcourt, later Archbishop of York, with three of her younger half-siblings by Gower’s third wife, Lady Susanna Stewart: at the left Lady Georgina, who became Countess of St Germans following her marriage to the Hon. William Eliot; at the right Lady Charlotte Sophia, later Duchess of Beaufort and in the centre Lady Susanna, later Countess of Harrowby. Romney added a fifth child to the finished portrait, Gower’s son: Lord Granville, later created Viscount Granville and Earl Granville. In Italy Romney had produced a large number of studies of classical antiquities and old master paintings.
The commission from Gower offered Romney the opportunity to explore a complex multi-figural group, putting into practice the kind of ambitious classical quotations that Reynolds was currently exploiting. In 1773 Reynolds had completed the remarkable group portrait of the Montgomery Sisters, now in the Tate Gallery, London, which showed them adorning a herm of the Roman god Hymen; the composition used a garland to link the three figures who were shown in classical costume dancing at the foot of a Roman sculpture. Scholars have long pointed to a similar sources for the two compositions: the works of Nicolas Poussin. Whilst the Montgomery Sisters is based, in part, on a Bacchanal now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Gower Children has always been associated with Poussin’s Dance to the Music of Time, now in the Wallace Collection, London. It seems more likely that Romney was looking to an antique source in the form of the Borghese Dancers, a Roman relief, then in Palazzo Borghese in Rome. Romney would have seen the relief of interlocking, dancing maidens and would also have known Guido Reni’s Aurora...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
La Traviata - Clara - 1st Act - Drawing by Erté - 1951
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
La Traviata - Clara - 1st Act is a modern artwork realized in 1951 Century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on th...
Category
1950s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Infant
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
36 x 37.5 x 2 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate o...
Category
1960s Renaissance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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Man with Big Smile - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
If a smile is an expression of momentary happiness, then the female in this cartoon appears driven to turn a moment into a more extended period of time. Leave it to Gahan Wilson to ...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Artist and Nude Model - II, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Artist and Nude Model - II, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Le Croates en Allemagne - 1813 - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Gianni - Framed Italian School 20th Century Watercolour, A Weathered Smile
By Gianni
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive watercolour portrait of an elderly Italian man, holding a weathered smile directly at the viewer. Signed by the artist to the lower right. Well-presented in an attracti...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Solarium. Drawing, oil bar, ink and colored pencils
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil bar, Pencil, Petal Flowers and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as the first drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil, Oil Pastel
