Franco Matania

Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Robbie

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Layers of whispy chalk lines build up a compelling portrait of a bearded man in a hat. The artwork Captures the scored nature of the weathered subject's face and is signed in the low...

Portrait of a Child. Presented in a narrow wooden frame. Signed. On paper.

A very fine pastel study of a young boy by the Italian artist Franco Matania . He is captured wearing a sun hat and polka dot handkerchief around his neck. Well presented in a blue c...

An heartwarming portrait of a golden retriever in pastel, by the well-listed animal portraitist Marjorie Cox (1915-2003). The artist has signed, inscribed and dated at the lower edge...

Portrait is a green pen drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...

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...

Portrait is an original drawing in pastel on greenish paper realized by the Italian artist Manfredo Borsi. With the stamp of the artist on the rear" Manfredo Borsi". The state of p...

Man is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s. This is an original drawing representing the profile of a Man. The artwork is depicted through ...