John Watkins

A Touch of Humor Study

1900s

Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti paints a charming fantasy scene. It's of an extreme closeup of a tiny crowned and winged Prince and Princess They are standing upright in a dand...

A lovely gouache on cardboard painting featuring an Art Deco singer with a typical stylish outfit. Utilizing the contrast of black and white components against primary colors like y...

WHISPERS Mixed Media on Board Size: 30 x 37 cm (including frame) A wonderfully expressive and brilliantly executed figurative composition in mixed media (oil, watercolour gouache), painted onto board. Two women in black headscarves are the focus of the scene, with very captivating expressions. The woman on the right appears to look almost shocked, with her mouth ajar and her eyes widened. The woman on the left stares directly at us, her emotion less identifiable. The scene is intriguing, making us question what these women have heard or what has happened. Their faces have been painted with brilliant detail, capturing the shadows on their faces as well as the aged skin of the woman on the right. These two women are set against a blue-ish green backdrop, making their faces stand out even more from within their black head scarves...

Woman on an armchair. Gouache on cardboard. Upper left corner broken, lower corners trimmed. Small dirt. 46 x 27.5 cm

"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and...

This exceptional late 18th century miniature depicts a sorrowful moment from the Passion of Christ: Jesus carrying his cross to Calvary. The composition focuses on three central figu...

Where to begin? First, how many couples find stratospheric success sharing both careers and marriage? As comedians? For decades? Perhaps the closest today might be Steve and Nancy Ca...

Mario Zamparelli served as the chief designer for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes' empire, creating his promotional images and designing many of its products. In the present...

Alice Anne Renshaw. English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ). Primavera. Young Lady With Springtime Flowers In Her Hair. Watercolor, Gouache & Pastel On Artist's Board ( An impressed stamp in th...

Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...