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Jesus And The Samaritan, Sketch, Oil On Cardboard
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jesus and the Samaritan.
Oil on cardboard, sketch.
Countersigned Beaunier and titled on the back
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
In My Garden (2022), figurative nude woman, glasses, figure drawing, sketch
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
abstract green foliage and sunburst; figure drawing, contour line drawing, model sketch, greens, glasses
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Rubens Sketches
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Painting Institute ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romantic Elegantly Dressed Couple Mid Century French Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Wrestling Sketch
By Werner Bell
Located in Houston, TX
Pen and ink sketch of pair of wrestlers by Werner Bell, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Religious Painting Good Samaritan French school 19th romantic Sketch
Located in PARIS, FR
French school in the middle of the 19th century
Oil on wood
25 x 23.5 cm
Trace of a signature at bottom left
This small study for the Good Samaritan recalls the art of French romant...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Rembrandt
Velazquez Sketches
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monkey Sketch 4
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
working within the animal genre.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 4'' Nichola shows how exquisite she can
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 4
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
working within the animal genre.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 4'' Nichola shows how exquisite she can
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 4
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
working within the animal genre.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 4'' Nichola shows how exquisite she can
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 4
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
working within the animal genre.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 4'' Nichola shows how exquisite she can
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 3
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Primate, Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
subject given their genetic proximity to human kind'.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 3'' Nichola shows how
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 3
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Primate, Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
subject given their genetic proximity to human kind'.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 3'' Nichola shows how
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 1
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Primate, Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
subject given their genetic proximity to human kind'.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 1'' Nichola shows how
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monkey Sketch 2
, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Primate, Monkey
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
subject given their genetic proximity to human kind'.
With the ''Monkey Sketch 2'' Nichola shows how
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Vase and Holbein
s Sketch
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Beijing in China. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Pain...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Lady of Importance Sophisticatedly Dressed
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 height) x 7.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of Multiple Fashionable Female Faces
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ink drawing on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Ink
Historical Sketch With Soldiers On Horseback. Before The Battle. 19th Century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Before the battle.
Historical sketch with soldiers on horseback.
Nineteenth century.
Painted on
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Lake Erie Skyline Expo Sketch Tryptic, World
s Fair, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Biehle (American, 1885-1979)
Lake Erie Skyline (Lake Erie Expo Sketch) Tryptic, c. 1936
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"White Chair" Still-Life Gouache and Pencil Sketch by John Botz
Located in Pasadena, CA
honesty. This is a work that doesn’t whisper refinement — it sings freedom.
This piece was a sketch for a
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
The Jester (Sketch of the Court Jester) William Merritt Chase, Impressionist
By William Merritt Chase
Located in New York, NY
William Merritt Chase
The Jester (Sketch of the Court Jester), 1875
Signed lower right
Oil on panel
Category
1870s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Woman on a Staircase, Sketch" Everett Shinn, Ashcan School, Theater Scene
By Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
Everett Shinn
Woman on a Staircase, Sketch, circa 1935
Signed on the reverse and on the stretcher
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Falconer Slater (1857-1937) - Early 20th Century Oil, Sketching Class
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating early 20th century oil, by the artist John Falconer Slater (1857-1937) depicting an art class in full swing. The artist expertly captures the air of concentration in th...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Elegant Lady in Draping Sleeve Dress Pencil Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 height) x 7.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Sketches - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an original Pencil and Pastel realized by Charles Moulin in early-20th Century.
Good
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Pencil
19th Century French school, Two italian women in a landscape, an oil sketch
Located in Paris, FR
cleaned.
In a modern oak frame 62 x 47 cm
This oil sketch has precisely the charm and the interest of an
Category
1840s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sketch for the Glass Window by Aligi Sassu St. Ambrose 20th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Original oil painting on cardboard for the preparation of the stained glass window of the church of Viggiù (Varese), for which the master Aligi Sassu made many works. This painting c...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maurice Rufin (1880-1966) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Sketch for a Decorative Panel
Located in Corsham, GB
Maurice Rufin (1880-1966), oil on cardboard. A sketch for a decorative panel. Signed, titled and
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Impressionist sketch, a woman and child flying a kite in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring an English early 20th-century painting from the circle of Charles Sims, titled "The Kite", Lady and Child Flying a Kite in a Landscape, offers a unique opportunity to own a...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century French Portrait of A Female in Draping Flowing Dress Pencil Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 height) x 7.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mid Century French Chic Posed Lady in A Halter Neck Dress Pencil Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 height) x 8 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1890
s French Impressionist Portrait of Lady in Black Hat Beautiful Oil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in a Black Hat
French Impressionist painter from the late 19th century
oil on canvas
canvas: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris, France
condition: very good...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Balmain Fashion Sketch
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Original vintage haute couture pencil and watercolor sketch of a jaunty orange jumpsuit by French
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Baggage Claim (Rise), Sketch
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in the lower right corner of the sheet.
Watercolor on yupo
Exhibited: “Baggage Claim”, Tregoning & Company, Cleveland, OH 2017
“Constant as The Sun”, MOC...
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pencil Sketch - Figure
Faces Study
By Werner Bell
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful pencil sketch on tracing paper of a male face and figure in various poses by artist
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mid 20th Century Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-20th century hand-carved trial figure made of wood.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Mate...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sketch for Mad Magazine Cover
By Norman Mingo
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1977
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Dimensions: 19.5" x 13.5"
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Gerard Charriere, Set Of Five Sketches
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Gerard CHARRIERE (1935)
Suite of five sketches.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
A single signed sketch
Category
1980s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sketch - Original Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original drawing in red pencil realized in Early 20th Century .
In good condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French Theater Costume Sketch - The Jester
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid French gouache and pencil sketch of a jester costume for a Parisian theater, circa 1920
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pencil
French Theater Costume Sketch - Cabaret Girl
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful gouache and pencil sketch of an elaborate cabaret costume for a Parisian theater by
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Vintage Balmain Fashion Sketch - White Gown
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage haute couture fashion sketch of a glamorous white gown by Balmain Fashion House of Paris
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Vintage Balmain Fashion Sketch - Navy Outfit
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage watercolor and ink fashion sketch of an elegant navy blue blouse paired with a slim skirt
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor
Sketched Portrait: Lady with Scarf - Collotype After G. Klimt - 1919
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Roma, IT
Sketched Portrait: Lady with Scarf is a beautiful and rare collotype from “ Gustav Klimt
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
Sketch of Rembrandt
s Portrait I - Engraving After Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch of Rembrandt's Face I is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Vintage French Fashion Sketch - V-Neck Sweater
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage one-of-a-kind French fashion sketch ink ink of a casual v-neck sweater with a blue polka
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Vintage Gouache Fashion Sketch - Pink House Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant mid-century gouache fashion sketch of a slim fitting house dress in bright pink by
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
French Haute Couture Fashion Sketch - Rain Coat
By Jean Patou
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white ink ink fashion sketch of a simple but elegant rain coat by French fashion designer
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Paper
Vintage French Fashion Sketch - House of Balmain
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Original vintage haute couture pencil fashion sketch of two colorful leisure outfits by renowned
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper, Pencil
Vintage French Fashion Sketch - House of Balmain
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Original vintage haute couture pencil and gouache fashion sketch of two colorful tunic style tops
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pencil
Vintage French Fashion Sketch - Rust Orange Outfit
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage French acrylic fashion sketch of a slim fitting casual outfit in a rust orange by the famed
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Vintage Christian Dior Fashion Sketch - Draped Blouse
By Christian Dior
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage haute couture fashion sketch of a gauzy draped black blouse by Christian Dior Fashion House
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Gouache, Ink, Paper
Vintage Haute Couture Fashion Sketch- Business Greys
By Jean Patou
Located in Houston, TX
Elegant one-of-a-kind gouache and ink fashion sketch of two business casual outfits in a light grey
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Ink, Paper
Vintage Gouache Fashion Sketch - Blue and White Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Outstanding mid-century gouache fashion sketch of a elegant blue dress with white boatneck
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
A Nice Late 19th Century Italian White Carrara Marble of a Boy Sketching
By Antonio Canova
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Italian White Carrara Marble of a Boy Sketching
Depicting a child sitting
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Haute Couture Fashion Sketch - Tweed Dress Suit
By Jean Patou
Located in Houston, TX
French haute couture ink sketch of a slim fitting dress suit by designer Jean Patou, 1979. Dated
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Paper
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