Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Bison, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
200
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bison
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ignite, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A weathered can rests beside a Bible atop a wooden stool. Golden wheat stalks rise from a small tin cup, adding a touch of nature and warmth to the scene. The a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cuckoo, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
149
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Cuckoo,
Size: 12 x 16 i...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Olive Grove - Black and White Landscape of Greek Island
Located in New York, NY
George Tzannes's Landscape with Olive Tree is a 21.5 x 28.5 inches black and white monotype representing a Greek landscape. Olive trees populate the landscape. Tzannes is an American painter of Greek origins. In his twenties he visited Kythira, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
20th Century Miniature Oil Painting of an English River Scene by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
20th Century Miniature Oil Painting of an English River Scene by British Artist, Linda D Brooks
Art measures 10 x 7 inches
Frame measures 15 x 12 inc...
Category
20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Paint
Wren, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
219
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Wren
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Requiem of Regret" (2024) By Brian Serway, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Requiem of Regret" (2024) by Brian Serway is an original handmade drawing made with water soluble graphite on board. This piece depicts a wolf standing on a rock peak looking out ov...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Graphite
Fruit of the Vine, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Dwight Smith depicts a modern interpretation of a strawberry plant. Ready for harvest, the fruit grows from the silverware that represents vines. This wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century
Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5 inches (238 x132 mm). 1/4 inch repaired loss, top center, to the left of the figure’s h...
Category
18th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen
Chickadee, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
192
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Chickadee
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
477
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cat
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Young Girl Studying at the Table - Original Signed Pencil Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Young Girl Studying at the Table
Original grey and blue pencil drawing
Signed bottom right
Stamp of the Estate auct...
Category
1890s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
463
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cat
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
462
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cat
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Andean Motmot, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
174
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Andean Motmot
Size: 12 x 16...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Goldfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
165
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Goldfinch,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Tayside Sheep Farm, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
103
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chickadee, Bird, Watercolor Artwork Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
44
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Chikadee,
Size: 12 x 16 in...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Bird, Watercolor Art Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
23
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Golden-Crowned Kinglet,
Si...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
156
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bullfinch
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chickadee, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
67
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Chickadee,
Size: 12 x 16...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Christ Church College, Oxford, pastel drawing
By William Steeple Davis
Located in London, GB
William Steeple Davis (1884-1961)
Christ Church College, Oxford
Pastel drawing
31 x 23 cm
William Steeple Davis (1884–1961) was an American artist known for his diverse artistic t...
Category
1950s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
19th Century Loch Tay Scottish Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Masterful Scottish watercolor landscape of Loch Tay with boats and small figures on the short by Aaron Edwin Penley (English, 1826-1897)....
Category
1870s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Great Tit, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
136
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Great Tit
Size: 12 x 16...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bullfinch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
132
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Bullfinch,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
133
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Robin,
Size: 12 x 16 in...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Great Tit, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
106
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Great Tit,
Size: 12 x...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Kingfisher, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
158
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Blue Finch, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
154
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Blue Finch,
Size: 12 x ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mount Fuji, Japan
By Tokusaburo Kobayashi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Tokusaburo Kobayashi (Japanese, 1884-1949)
Title: Mount Fuji, Japan
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Wove
Size image: 9.5 x 12.5 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Dachshund. Dog portraits
Located in Oslo, NO
This small but elegant work is a black-and-white portrait of a dog. It is painted using the signature technique of oil on photographic paper (reverse side). Thick, plasticized photog...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chickadee, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
77
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Chickadee,
Size: 12 x 16...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Robin, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
121
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Great Tits, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
61
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Great Tits,
Size: 12 x...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sparrow, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
112
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Sparrow,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Two Dogs, One Cat Walking" Original ink drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret. Sweet Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: "Two Dogs, One Cat Walking"
Year : Circa 1930
Medium: original ink drawing
Paper: Stock
image size: 9.25 x 7 inc...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Moved Out, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A ghostly white, weathered house stands in contrast against the dark, looming trees. The worn texture and faded paint of its exterior capture a sense of aband...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Buffalo, Animal, Watercolor Artwork Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
41
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Buffalo,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Kingfisher Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
415
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watercolour on Handmade Paper Laid on Vélin d
Arches of an African Sculpture.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on handmade paper possibly of a 'Fang' figure applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte.
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a Fang figure in muted brown on high quality hand-made paper. An extremely chic and elegant watercolour.
This contemporary artist, born in 1943, specialises in watercolour studies on hand-made paper. With his highly detailed and precisely painted studies he invites us into the magical world of cultural objects, flora and fauna. The treasures of nature along with tribal regalia is his main inspiration. All of his work is beautifully observed and executed down to the smallest detail.
The Fang are a major ethnic group of Central and West Africa and form part of the population of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
They produce monumental anthropomorphic wooden statues, used for ritual purposes, with an aesthetic that was admired from the late nineteenth century onwards by such famous modern artists as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and André Derain.
Fang sculptures...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Farmers Market, Glasgow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Farmers Market, Glasgow" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"DALLAS SKYLINE" ILLUSTRATION / DRAWING FOR THE BOOK "Five Years Forward" 1961
Located in San Antonio, TX
Buck Schiwetz
(1898-1984)
Houston Artist
Image Size: 10 x 15.5
Framed Size: 16.5 x 22
Medium: Pencil/charcoal on Paper Unsigned from his estate
"Dallas" Cityscape
Buck Schiwetz (1898-1984)
Dallas Skyline by E. M. “Buck” Schiwetz — 1961
by Paula Bosse
This drawing reminds me of those wonderful telephone book covers (the ones with all the hidden jokes and intricate details) that I used to pore over as a child. (By the way, when clicked, this image is absolutely HUMONGOUS.)
From the booklet Five Years Forward: The Dallas Public Library, 1955-1960 (more of which can be accessed here).
Copyright © 2014 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
Edward Muegge Schiwetz was a painter whose work recorded the state of Texas from the country to the city. In addition, Schiwetz was a magazine illustrator, graphic artist, writer, preservationist, and architect. Edward Schiwetz was born and raised in Cuero, Texas and learned to draw and paint under the instruction of his mother. He graduated from Cuero High School (1916) and received a baccalaureate in architecture from Texas A & M college, College Station...
Category
1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Reading Before Bed, Original Illustration, Mother, Daughter, Cat, Book Worm
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Robert Konersman (American, 1889 - 1975)
Signed: Konersman (Lower, Left)
" Reading Before Bed " c. 1900-1920
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Laid on Illustration Board
Image Size...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
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...
Category
1870s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Birthday Cake, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An arrangement of baking essentials rests on a wooden table, illuminated by the interplay of light and shadow, which highlights the diverse shapes and texture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
BMW 502 (1954)- XXI Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974)
Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Great Tit Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
403
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Great Tit
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wren Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
394
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Wren
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude.
PROVE...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
(After) "The Gleaners" Ink Drawing Painting Study
Located in Houston, TX
The original "The Gleaners" is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. ...
Category
19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Working Horses in a Landscape - Dutch Victorian animal art equine W/C painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Victorian animal landscape watercolour painting is by Dutch artist Johannes Martinus Vrolyk or Vrolijk. Painted in 1875, the painting is of two working horses, one white ...
Category
1870s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Gouache
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Sheep Munching 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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Northern Cardinal bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
393
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Northern Cardinal
Size: 12 x...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Half-length portrait of a Pharisee - In the shadow of betrayal -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hermann Prell (1854 Leipzig - 1922 Dresden-Loschwitz). Half-length portrait of a Pharisee, 1885. Sketch for the right-hand figure in the painting Judas Iscariot, 1886. Pencil drawing heightened with opaque white and black chalk on beige-grey wove paper (papier vélin), 34 x 27.8 cm (visible size), 52 x 45 cm (mount), signed, dated and inscribed "H. PRELL 1885 zu 'Judas'".
Minor browning, collection stamp on the reverse.
- In the shadow of betrayal -
About the artwork
This painting is the sketch for the head of the Pharisee offering the coins to Judas in one of Herrmann Prell's major works, the painting Betrayal of Judas, completed in 1886. The painting belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is illustrated in Adolf Rosenberg: Prell, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1901, p. 21 (Fig. 19). It is especially highlighted in Thieme-Becker (vol. 27, p. 376).
Hermann Prell, Betrayal of Judas, 1886
The monumental head, which fills the picture and is distinguished by its ornamented robe, is almost a lost profile, which in the executed painting is justified by the Pharisee's turning towards Judas. Despite the fact that the sitter withdraws from the viewer by turning away, it was necessary to artistically elaborate the motivation for the purchase of one of Christ's disciples, which is why the drawing focuses on the expression of the face, while the 'accessories' are treated in a more summary manner.
In characterising the face, Hermann Prell performs a balancing act: since the Pharisee, despite his destructive actions, is an actor in the history of salvation, the head must show a dignity appropriate to the event, but at the same time the physiognomy must also bear witness to the scheming attitude that led to the betrayal. To solve this dilemma, Prell draws on the traditional depictions of the heads of the apostles, shading the face to indicate the obdurate darkness of the spirit and moving the base of the nose slightly upwards while the mouth falls away, thus giving a physiognomic expression to the motivation of the action. The fatal drama of the betrayal is expressed in the monumentalisation of the head and in the thunderous white highlights that contrast with the darkness of the chalk.
As a study, considered by the artist to be a work in itself, this drawing reveals the pictorial problems and brainstorming of monumental painting.
About the artist
In 1872 Prell, who was one of the most important exponents of monumental painting of his time, began studying painting with Theodor Grosse at the Dresden Academy of Art and continued with Carl Gussow at the Berlin Academy in 1876. Hans von Marées taught him in Rome in 1878. More influential on his work, however, were Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, with whom Prell had been friends since his student days and with whom he worked together on several occasions.
Prell's first major work, which established his reputation as a monumental painter, were the frescoes in the banqueting hall of the Architektenhaus in Berlin in 1881/82, commissioned by the state and depicting the different periods of architecture. Prell then went to Italy for two years to study fresco painting. Other major commissions followed. These included monumental frescoes in the town halls of Worms (1884), Hildesheim (1882-92), Gdansk (1895) and Dresden, the staircase of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (1893/94), the throne room of the German Embassy in Rome (1896-99) and the staircase of the Albertinum in Dresden (1900-1904).
From 1886 Prell taught at the academy of arts in Berlin and in 1892 he was appointed professor at the academy of arts in Dresden. His students included Osmar Schindler and Hans Unger...
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1880s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
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Chinatown, San Francisco
By Sun Ying
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese/American artist Sun Ying, 1919-2016. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist, stamped with the artist red ink stamp at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 15 x 22 inches, framed is 27 x 33.5 inches. It is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
1919
Sun Ying 孙瑛 ( 1919-2016 ) known as (Sun Dashi 大石) was born on November 8,
in a poor family, in Gaotang Xian, Shandong Province, in China.
1949
Based in Taipei, he devoted himself entirely to painting and influenced the world of art
by creating several painting societies as the Chinese Association of Ink Painting .
Taiwan awarded him the Golden Cup Award.
1960 / 1970
He exhibited his works in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia and United States.
1974
He went to live in the United States.
1982
After a visit to his family, he returned to China.
1984
With Qi Baishi...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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