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Die Traumerin, Etching and Aquatint Print by Simone Geraci
By Simone Geraci
Located in Milan, IT
onto canvas or slate, in order to avoid a rigid execution he prefers to sketch the figure directly in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Art from Kancho "Kantcho" Georgiev Kanev, Titled and Signed Mixed-Media, 1993
Located in Delft, NL
sketch-like figuration.
This piece of Art is made by the artist on thick cardboard paper and then
Category
20th Century Dutch Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Soldier begging for Mercy a preparatory study by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
By Jean-Marc Nattier
Located in PARIS, FR
preparatory sketch for the figure of the Tsar - last photo of the gallery);
• a study of a rider (for the
Category
1710s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
The Punctured Self Portrait abstract by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
). Above and below the portrait are reclaimed wood panels, with figure drawings and abstract sketches. At
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Plastic, Acrylic, Pencil, Pins
Modernist Figure Sketch in Graphite, Circa 1960
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
and figure drawing with Oskar Kokoschka’s School of Vision in Austria, and received his MFA from the
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Female Figure Sketch in Graphite, Late 20th Century
By Anna Poole
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century graphite on paper figure is by Swedish artist Anna Poole (1960-2012). Poole
Category
Late 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Expressionist Seated Figure Sketch 1940-50s Ink
Graphite
By Richard Caldwell Brewer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-50s ink and graphite on paper seated figure study is by second generation New York School
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Ink
Abstract Figure on Newsprint Mid Century
By Richard Karwoski
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Mid Century ink on newsprint abstracted figure sketch is by Brooklyn artist Richard Karwoski
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Newsprint
Minimal Figure with a Hat in Ink 1959
By Richard Karwoski
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1959 ink on paper abstracted figure sketch is by Brooklyn artist Richard Karwoski (1938-1993
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Aaron Bohrod Watercolor Painting Signed Original Nude Figurative Portrait Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
"
Frame: 18.5 x 15.5"
Published on page 49 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Watercolor Painting Signed Female Woman Figurative Portrait Artwork
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
"
Frame: 18 x 15.5"
Published on page 88 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Painting Signed Female Woman Figurative Framed Artwork SBO
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
"
Frame: 18 x 16"
Published on page 134 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Pastel Painting Signed Nude Female Figurative Framed Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
: 19.5 x 16.5"
Published on page 202 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Aaron Bohrod Gouache Original Painting Signed Female Figurative Illustration Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
: 19 x 16"
Published on page 105 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Aaron Bohrod Original Watercolor Painting Signed Female Modern Framed Artwork
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
9.5"
Frame: 19 x 16.5"
Published on page 183 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Gouache Original Painting Signed Nude Figurative Illustration Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
"
Frame: 18 x 14.5"
Published on page 126 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Aaron Bohrod Original Painting Signed Nude Female Figurative Illustration Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
8.5"
Frame: 18 x 16"
Published on page 196 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Watercolor Painting Signed Nude Female Portrait Framed Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
: 11 x 8.5"
Frame: 18.5 x 18.5"
Published on page 196 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Watercolor Painting Signed Framed Female Portrait Artwork
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
x 9.5"
Frame: 18.5 x 18.5"
Published on page 48 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Painting Signed Nude Female Portrait Illustration Artwork
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
: 12 x 9.5"
Frame: 19.5 x 16.5"
Published on page 231 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Watercolor Painting Original Authentic Signed Nude Portrait Artwork
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
: 11 x 8.5"
Frame: 18 x 15.5"
Published on page 201 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Watercolor Painting Original Signed Female Modern Nude Illustration
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
x 8"
Frame: 18 x 15.5"
Published on page 82 of "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Petite Female Figurative Study Charcoal 1950-60s
By Richard Karwoski
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950-60s charcoal on paper abstracted figure sketch is by Brooklyn artist Richard Karwoski
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Robert Whitmore "Male at Rest" Oil Painting, Early 20th Century
Located in Cookeville, TN
the verso. Additionally to the verso, is the unfinished figural sketch of a male figure. This
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Civilisation and Uncle Sam
By Max Beerbohm
Located in London, GB
sketching. His usual style of single-figure caricatures on formalised groupings, drawn in pen or pencil with
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Painting Watercolor Original Signed Female Figurative Framed Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
and hence why he chose to publish it on page 227 of his book "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches" (book is
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Watercolor Painting Signed Nude Female Figurative Framed
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
publish it on page 224 of his book "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches (book is included with purchase). It is
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aaron Bohrod Original Painting Signed Nude Female Nude Illustration Pastel Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
and hence why he likely chose to publish it on page 126 of his book "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Aaron Bohrod Watercolor Original Painting Signed Nude Female Figurative Nude Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Bloomington, MN
and hence why he chose to publish it on page 129 of his book "Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches" (book is
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
17th C Dutch Old Master Drawing by Isaac van Ostade Man and Woman Carousing
Located in Gouda, NL
to around 1641-42 by Dr Schnackenburg. He also observed that small figure sketches such as this work
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
17th C Dutch Old Master Drawing by Isaac van Ostade Woman and Child Walking
Located in Gouda, NL
to around 1641-42 by Dr Schnackenburg. He also observed that small figure sketches such as this work
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Aaron Bohrod and F. Carlton Ball Hand-Thrown Pottery "Eve" Vase
By Aaron Bohrod, F. Carlton Ball
Located in New York, NY
stylized nudes.
Signed: A. Bohrod F.C. Ball (inscribed)
Illustrated: Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Bubblegum Man (Acrylic paint, paper collage, pastel on watercolor paper)
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
-dominant hand to sketch the initial figure. The work evolved organically over several days as I layered
Category
2010s Mixed Media
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Laid Paper
Gerard Schlosser, Depicting a Man
s Face
By Gérard Schlosser
Located in Seattle, WA
Gerard Schlosser (1931 - ) France
Depicting a man's face and an abstracted figure (watercolor
Category
Vintage 1960s French Drawings
Materials
Paper
French Greek Youth 1.1.16
By John O
Reilly
Located in San Francisco, CA
the 1940s) disrupt the quiet restraint of the Greek figure, as does the diagrammatic sketch of an eye
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Found Objects, Paper
Female Figural Sketch from Amsterdam
Located in Chicago, IL
A large figural sketch, sourced in Amsterdam.
Charcoal on paper, framed. Artist unknown
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Drawings
Materials
Paper
Vintage Figure Sketch
IV
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Drawings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Vintage Figure Sketch
VI
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Drawings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Vintage Figure Sketch
VII
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Drawings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Vintage Figure Sketch
X
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold
Vintage Figure Sketch
V
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Drawings
Materials
Gold
Vintage Figure Sketch
IX
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Drawings
Materials
Gold
Vintage Figure Sketch
VIII
, Greece
Located in Chicago, IL
pencil sketches. We imagine this artist spent much time in the museums of Athens, perfecting his
Category
Early 2000s Greek Modern Drawings
Materials
Gold
Terracotta Sketch Book Panels
Located in New Windsor, NY
terracotta panels that resemble a page from a sketch book. Coil binding on the page's edge. Perhaps figural
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
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
E. Rich Nude Figure Pencil Sketch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass framed nude figure pencil sketch signed by the artist E. Rich.
Dimensions
16.5” width x 20.5
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Crayon
Spring Awakening (2022), figurative, woman, nude, figure drawing, pastel sketch
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, pink, yellow, purple, blue color palette
Female figure with orchids, sun, flowers, garden and abstract
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper, Pigment
Wax Poetic (2022), figurative, woman, afro, nude, figure drawing, sketch, sun
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, feminine, sun, orchids, contour, line drawing, figure drawing, sketch
"Wax Poetic" by Rebecca N. Johnson
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper
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
Contemporary Abstract Colorful Mountainous Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
required to take an art course and he chose a simple figure sketching class. It was here that his artistic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
18th century Italian figure painting - Head sketch - Oil on panel Italy Baroque
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist active around 1708 - Study of a female figure.
33 x 25 cm.
Oil on octagonal tablet
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
English abstract 20th century oil sketch of a figure in Black and White
By Bertha Long
Located in Woodbury, CT
Government during her working life and a self-taught artist in her spare time.
She painted figure scenes in
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
English abstract 20th century oil sketch of a figure in brown and ochre
By Bertha Long
Located in Woodbury, CT
Government during her working life and a self-taught artist in her spare time.
She painted figure scenes in
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
English abstract 20th century oil sketch of a figure in Red, Black and White
By Bertha Long
Located in Woodbury, CT
Government during her working life and a self-taught artist in her spare time.
She painted figure scenes in
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Pastel Couples
By Joyce Wieland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
was also committed to the figure, sketching and drawing quirky characters, even when the avant-garde
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
19thc century classical French portrait sketch of a North African mans head
Located in Woodbury, CT
classic sketch and I'm sure the figure would have been used in a much larger finished work.
The piece has
Category
1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stefano Della Bella Pen and Ink Figure Study
By Stefano Della Bella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664)
A small Stefano Della Bella pen and ink figural study, with an
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Drawings
Materials
Ink, Paper
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