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Art Subject: Photography
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bride - Scottish Female Glasgow School Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Miami, FL
Scottish female illustrator Annie French renders a charming cropped portrait of a bride in an Art Nouveau / Aubrey Beardsley style with curved theme borde...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Art Nouveau Female Nude William Shakespeare - "The Dryad Tree Forest of Arden"
Located in Miami, FL
The Dryads… Ancient beings of old growth forests, with wisdom of ages long forgotten, knowing much of what us busy folk have forgotten.
The Forest of Arden is famously featured in S...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Disegno ritratto maschile accademico figurativo nudo seduto del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, carboncino su carta, è firmato e datato in basso a destra "Colacicchi Firenze 1924".
è un tipico esempio di nudo maschile accademico, come si può notare dalla posizione e...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This striking charcoal portrait captures the essence of an African American woman with a unique black and white afro. The monochromatic medium emphasize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Winged Putti
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publicatio...
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engravings of an aloe in a decorative pot.
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of decorative urns with aloes and cacti from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made, parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania...
Category
18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Portrait of Condottière
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to Léon COGNIET
Paris 1794 -1880
Portrait of Condottière
Pen and brown ink
10,5 x 8cm
30 x 25cm
framed
Period frame
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Ink
$804 Sale Price
43% Off
"The Coffee Shop"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Itzchak Tarkay (1935 -2012)
"The Coffee Shop"
2002
Mixed media watercolor on Paper - signed lower right. COA provided.
Sheet Size 9"H x 7"W . Frame Size 24.5"H x 22.5"W x1.5"...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Camille Hilaire - Nature - Signed Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire - Nature
Signed Original Lithograph
Edition: 38 x 26 cm
Framed
Edition: 17/175
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a young age. At fif...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"La sentinelle de Thérèse", c. 1914-1918, drawing and gouache, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
"La sentinelle de Thérèse" (The Sentinel of Therese), two soldiers discussing, bears a handwritten note at the bottom "if you feel like sneezing, you will go under the window of the ...
Category
1910s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
"Journey Relaxante"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed media watercolor on Paper - signed lower right. COA provided. Sheet Size 12"H x 12"W
Category
Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Some of the Many Friends of Jason, including Marcel Dzama, Hand Signed, Framed
By Marcel Dzama
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Dzama
Some of the Many Friends of Jason including Marcel, from the Estate of Jason Polan, 2019
Mixed media collage with ink, watercolor and graphite on colored paper
Signed an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite
The Captain
s Lady. style of Andrew Wyeth
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection.
Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady"
Leslie of ____________ St. ...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$49,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Unloading on the beach
By Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin
Located in PARIS, FR
Théodore GUDIN
Paris 1802 - Boulogne Billancourt 1880
Unloading on the beach
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated "T Gudin 1827" bottom left
15 x 23 cm sheet 31.5 x 38 cm framed
Bea...
Category
1820s French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Disegno figurativo neoclassico fiorentino del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Disegno inchiostro, gesso, acquerellature e rialzi a biacca su carta collegato alla serie di studi per la decorazione della Sala di Ercole di Palazzo Pitti a Firenze.
Di mano di Piet...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Bathers, Wood-Engraving Drawing Lithograph by John Buckland-Wright
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Buckland-Wright, "Baigneuses" – Elegant Lithograph Print
This stunning lithograph print by acclaimed British artist John Buckland-Wright (1897–1954) showcases his remarkable com...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rene Grove
Portrait of a Young Man from Turn of Century
Color Pencil on paper, 8 x 10 inches.
Framed measurement: 12.5 x 14.5 inches.
Signed lower left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Jean Michel Basquiat Portrait. From the Series Maestros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the Series Maestro Jean Michel Basquiat, 2017
Watercolor, pencil on paper
Size: 50 H x 45 W cm
framed size 70 H x 62 W x 4 D cm
Unique
Wood frame
______
Emerson Cáceres, artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil
Figures at an Outdoor Cafe on a Busy Summers Day British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summers Day
Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered
Framed: 15 x 16 inches
Watercolour: 8 x 9.5 inches
Condition: Goo...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Palm Trees" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Original watercolour for Town & Country magazine c.1950 by Peruvian fashion illustrator, Reynaldo Luza (1893-1978)
Art Sz: 5 3/4"H x 4 1/2"W
Frame Sz: ...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Paco Rabanne Models" Original Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Fab c1960s fashion watercolour illustration by Paco Rabanne (1934-2023) known for his costume designs for the 1968 film, Barbarella as well
Art Sz: 10"H x 8"W
Frame Sz: 15"H x 13"W
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Portuguese Fisherman”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a Portuguese fisherman with fishing boats in the background. Done in an academic style. Great detail. Signed by the artist and dated 1971 lo...
Category
1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady, Charcoal Drawing, 20th Century Russian
Located in London, GB
Charcoal , signed lower right and dated 'Paris 1935'
Image size: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48 cm)
Original oak frame
An accomplished example of Russian art from the mid 20th century.
...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
L’Heure du goûter! by Jules-Émile Saintin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jules-Émile Saintin
1829-1894 French
L’Heure du goûter!
(Snack Time!)
Signed "Jules-Émile Saintin" (lower right)
Charcoal and white chalk on paper
A tender moment unfolds as a young girl leans over her bowl of soup, savoring her midday snack with focus and delight. Her spoon rests beside a slice of bread on the polished tabletop, while a cup, perhaps filled with tea or chocolate, and a second piece of bread complete the simple yet cozy scene. Nearby, her stuffed toy lies temporarily forgotten atop a shawl, hinting at the world of play just briefly paused.
The setting is intricately detailed. The dining room showcases a marble fireplace adorned with a clock, fine porcelain and delicate cups. Saintin’s composition captures the quiet grace of the moment as well as the interplay of light and texture, skillfully rendered using only charcoal and white chalk. His ability to infuse luminosity into a monochrome drawing speaks to his refined technique and observational sensitivity. This work resonates with Saintin’s charming studies of children during his American period, such as A Little Girl Dozing Over Her Drawing (possibly a portrait of Jennie Walters), now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Born in 1829 in Lemé, Saintin began painting at age 11 and was admitted to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris by 16. Trained under Martin Drölling and Édouard Picot, he became an accomplished portraitist and debuted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1848, earning several medals.
In 1853, he moved to New York to work in a photography studio, soon dedicating himself fully to painting. He exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design—becoming a member in 1858—and gained a strong reputation for his portraits of American elites, as well as for his depictions of landscapes and Native American clothing...
Category
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Solstizio d’Inverno - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni
Solstizio d’Inverno
102 x 66 cm
Charcoal and graphite on Rives Arches Paper 175 gm2 crème white
Framed the size is 112 x 78 cm ( Frame is included in price)
Framed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg
By Ron Blumberg
Located in Pasadena, CA
Description
In this intimate ink-and-wash composition, Ron Blumberg captures the quiet dignity of a woman carrying a basket balanced atop her head. Loose strokes of watercolor—soft g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Chinatown I" Illustrative Miniature Painting of Lone Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Chinatown I" is an original painting by Tom Haugomat, made as part of his traveling artist residency with The Jaunt. Traveling from France to Philadelphia, Haugomat was inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Two Nudes, USA, circa 1930s Signed in ink by the artist Pen and ink on paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions.
However, it is important to emphasize that Nevelson toiled and experimented for nearly 30 years before arriving at her signature style, and overdue success, in the late 1950s.
In recent years there has been an increase in scholarship, awareness, and collector interest in Nevelson's early work, as she was an early adopter of modernism in America. This drawing is a fine example from this era.
After Nevelson divorced in 1931, she was finally liberated to devote herself to art-making. She studied at the Art Students League in New York and made several influential trips to Europe where she began studying with Hans Hoffmann...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Toy Horse
By Harold Town
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group.
While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Graphite
Clown
Located in Astoria, NY
Nahum Tschacbasov (Russian/American, 1899-1984), Clown, Pastel on Paper, 1950, signed and dated lower left, painted wood frame. Image: 11.5" H x 7.5" W; frame: 18" H x 14" W. Provena...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Dirkjan Ribbeling (1932-2013) - Framed 1968 Gouache, Zebra
Located in Corsham, GB
A figure and zebra emerge from a lively array of shapes and colour in this abstract composition by Dirkjan Ribbeling (1932-2013). Signed and dated to the lower right. Float mounted i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Attunement - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni
Attunement
66 x 48 cm
Charcoal and graphite on Rives Arches Paper 175 gm2 crème white
Framed the size is 78 x 58,5 cm ( Frame is included in price)
Framed in a natu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Elegant Evening Attire c1930s Gouache
Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Original c1930s illustration art depicting a dapper gent & fashionable lady in evening attire together w/ verso pencil head studies
Art Sz: 9"H x 7"W
Frame Sz: 15"H x 13"W
w/ gil...
Category
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Fashion Model Original Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9"H x 6'W
Frame Sz: 18"H x 14 1/2"W
w/ silver gilt frame
Watercolour
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Man and his Father, 1916
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board, Framed Under Glass
Signature: Signed and Dated on the Back
Sight Size 30.50" x 20.50," Framed 35.50" x 26.50"
Great condition, bad glare from glass in thi...
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
The Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth Rock Pen
Ink Sketch Figures
Animals Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pilgrim Fathers Landing at Plymouth Rock
Anglo/ America School, early 20th century
ink/ watercolor on paper stuck on board, framed - glass covered
framed: 12 x 14 inches
board : 6.5 x 8 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England
Condition: very good condition
The scene possibly depicts the Pilgrim Fathers landing in the 'New World', particularly at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The visual elements support this interpretation:
The central figure in dark clothing and a wide-brimmed hat: This could represent a leader like William Bradford or John Carver...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink
$928 Sale Price
20% Off
Monterey Wharf - Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed figurative watercolor landscape the Monterey Wharf with figures and boats by Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Skerce" lower le...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flamenco Dancer, Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait, Conchita de Cadiz
Located in Cotignac, FR
Flamenco Dancer. Romantic French pastel portrait on paper of a Spanish beauty by Louis Fortuney. The work is signed bottom left, and presented in a very fine carved gilt rococo wood ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
C. Lidy - Framed 1889 Gouache, Morning Glory
Located in Corsham, GB
English School, late 19th century botanical study - Morning Glory. Presented in a glazed oval frame. Signed and dated to the lower edge. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mirror, Oil
"Jon Snow"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original artwork description:
Step into the world of Westeros through this meticulously crafted graphite and charcoal drawing of Jon Snow. Every detail – from the texture of his cloa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
After Sir Thomas Lawrence - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Red Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour copy of the original, infamous portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The painting is unsigned and presented in a fine burr wood veneer frame with wash-line...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Resting at The Shore, Mother and Child, Detroit Artist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
etta Crapo Smith (American, 1862 - 1921)
Signed: L. Crapo Smith (Lower, Left)
" Resting on the Shore ", January 9, 1898
Pastel and Gouache on Paper
18" x 13"
Housed in its origi...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Tetouanoui Man
Located in London, GB
Tetouanoui Man
Albert Charles Dequene
Pastel on paper, signed and dated 1933 lower left, titled upper right
Image size: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
Hand made ebonised and gilded ...
Category
20th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Miss Ruth Bowerie Watercolour Portrait 19th Century American
Located in London, GB
Gertrude Braud
19th Century
Watercolour on paper, initialled and dated 'Sep 29/69'.
Image size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (24 x 17 cm)
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Paco Rabanne Models" (SIGNED) Original Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Fab original fashion graphite pencil drawing by iconic designer Paco Rabanne (1934-2023) depicting two glam futuristic creations
Art Sz: 9-3/4"H x 7-3/4"W
Frame Sz: 16"H x 14"W
*sh...
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Tiny Glow - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a cat
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Tiny Glow
33 x 48 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 40,5 x 57,5 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"There will be sausage"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Why a meat grinder?
Because behind this simple object is a whole story: everyday work, family meals, traditions passed down quietly. It’s not glamorous, but it’s real — and real life...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016)
Title: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 14.5 x 10.25 inc...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Palm Tree Outside Cottage Window" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Original illustration commissioned for Town & Country Magazine c1950 by noted Peruvian artist, Reynaldo Luza (1893-1978)
Art Sz: 6"H x 5"W
Frame Sz: 14"H x 11"W
w/ gilt bamboo fra...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
The Fawn - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a dear
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
The Fawn
50 x 43 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 62 x 55 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artist R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Eighteenth-century Irish portrait of the Rev. Henry Dabzac
By Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, oval
9 x 7 ¼ inches; 230 x 185 mm
Inscribed on the verso:
‘The Revd Henry Dabzac D.D./ late Senior Fellow of/ Trinity College Dublin/ ever to be lamented by all that knew/ Him. Extensive learning, zeal, gently tempered/ by a spirit of charity & above all, a strong/ faith & a piety deservedly gained/ the character of a great and good man./ This exceptional man died 12th May 1790/ This picture was his give to Jane [Mary] Crofton, his sincerely [missing] sister.’
Collections:
Rev. Dr Henry Dabzac gift to his sister, Jane Crofton (d.1797);
Sir Hugh Crofton (1763-1834);
By descent to 1990;
Private collection, Dorset to 2020.
Literature:
Robert Staveley, Traces of Past and Present, Dublin, 1895, p.74;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, online edition, no.J3751247
This characteristic pastel portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton was made early in his career; it depicts precisely the kind of education, well-connected Irish sitter who fuelled his success. The Reverend Henry Dabzac was from a distinguished Huguenot family, a celebrated academic historian, Dabzac received the Donegall lectureship in 1764 and from 1785 was Librarian and Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. According to his earliest biographer, Hamilton was the son of a peruke-maker based in Crow Street, Dublin. As Anne Hodge has pointed out, this places Hamilton’s father at the heart of the city: Crow street was a narrow thoroughfare formed part of the busy warren of streets bordered by the old Houses of Parliament and Trinity College at one end, and by Dublin Castle at the other. It is perhaps telling that in this early portrait, Hamilton shows Dabzac in a splendid powdered wig and his clerical bands. In 1754 Hamilton was apprenticed to James Mannin, a ‘pattern drawer’ who two years later was appointed master of the school of ornament at the Dublin Society’s drawing school, run by Robert West. Here Hamilton took the first prize in the 1755 competition, winning a premium of £1/16/. Hamilton developed a popular and profitable method of making pastel likenesses of sitters in a distinctive oval format. Hamilton developed a technique of using a sharpened pastel to hatch shaded areas of the features and, in the case of this portrait of Dabzac, the white powdered wig, which is drawn with particular care. In 1764 Hamilton moved to London where this small, oval pastels proved...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
A fine watercolor signed in the lower right corner (illegible)
Watercolor dimensions 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing
PROVENANCE
Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery.
The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist.
The Gallery o...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
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