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French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression
Category

1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right
Category

1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Le Faucheur, French Post Impressionist Drawing of a Farm Worker in the Fields
Located in Cotignac, FR
chalk to create all the feeling of place and movement. We can feel the heat of the South of France
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

French School, dated 1907 Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, dated 1907 Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf Charcoal on laid paper
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Tea at the Ritz, New York
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tea at the Ritz, New York Colored chalk, 1912 Signed with the estate stamp verso. (see photo
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a Man
Located in London, GB
Charcoal, chalk and red chalk Initialled (lower left and right) 12cm × 9.5cm (41cm × 37cm framed
Category

20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

Nu (Standing Female Nude)
By Charles Despiau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nu (Standing Female Nude) Red chalk on wove paper, c. 1925 Signed lower right by the artist, see
Category

1920s French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in 1729
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
, son of Louis XV, after PANINI 1732-1735 Pen and black ink, red chalk, gray wash, and white gouache on
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1730s French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Ink, Pen

Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS Paris 1734-1806 Bust of a woman in profile 1791 Sanguine Signed and dated lower left on the original mount 43.5 x 37 cm framed 19 x 25 cm
Category

Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of Fingal / Finn MacCool - A moving portrait of an Irish literary hero
Located in Middletown, NY
Black chalk and graphite on light weight cream wove paper, 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches, (410 x 286 mm
Category

Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper, Chalk, Graphite

Horses in Stable
By Georges Lemmen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Horses in a Stable Black chalk on tan wove paper, 1896 Signed with the estate stamp lower right
Category

1890s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Reclining Female Nude Leaning on One Arm
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
-drawing classes at the Art Students League. In 1931 and 1932 Cadmus and his studio-mate Jared French lived
Category

1970s American Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Reclining Female Nude
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bittel, her niece THOMAS FRENCH FINE ART, LLC Henry Keller (1869-1949) Born aboard ship off Nova
Category

1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Reclining Female Nude
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bittel, her niece THOMAS FRENCH FINE ART, LLC Henry Keller (1869-1949) Born aboard ship off Nova
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Large Drawing, Study Of Dancers
Located in PARIS, FR
before settling permanently in Brittany, a region that fascinated him. His art oscillates between
Category

Early 20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media

Study of an Indian Model
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of an Indian Model Unsigned Pastel and chalk on blue paper, mounted to support Provenance
Category

1920s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

Young Woman in Thought - Black Chalk on Paper - French
By Albert de Belleroche
Located in NEW YORK, NY
COUNT ALBERT DE BELLEROCHE French, 1864–1944 Young Woman in Thought Inscribed in the hand of
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Winaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac, Chalk on Paper, French
By Paul César Helleu
Located in NEW YORK, NY
PAUL CÉSAR HELLEU French, 1859–1927 Winaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac Signed Helleu
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Jean Villeri, Watercolor and Chalk Landscape on Paper
By Jean Dominique Villeri
Located in Lugano, CH
Landscape work by French artist Jean Dominique Villeri (1896-1982). Watercolor and black chalk on
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Le Pont Neuf, Paris - Pierre Gaston Rigaud - French
By Pierre Gaston Rigaud
Located in NEW YORK, NY
PIERRE GASTON RIGAUD French, 1874–1939 Le Pont Neuf, Paris Signed and dated P G Rigaud 1909 Black
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Early 1900s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Gouache

19th Dutch Watercolor Drawing by Johan Barthold Jongkind Landscape in France
By Johan Barthold Jongkind
Located in Gouda, NL
(recto); Landscape Sketch (verso) Black chalk, watercolour, 161 x 252 mm (6.3 x 9.9 inch) Dated ‘21
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Watercolor

Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
of the 18th century. Provenance: Morton Henry Lee former dealer of important French art and a member
Category

18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

French school 18th LEPICIE Red chalk young man boy sleeping
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century (Circle of Nicolas Lépicié) Red chalk on paper 45 x 30 cm Good
Category

18th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

#256 Tour de France Sunflowers, 2016 Chalk, Paint and Pencil on Canvas Painting
By Heather Blanton
Located in Atlanta, GA
#256 Tour de France Sunflowers is a 2016 large size painting by American artist Heather Blanton
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Chalk, Pencil

French School 18th century, A young maid asleep, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School end of the 18th century A young maid asleep Red chalk on paper 25 x 33 cm No frame
Category

1780s Academic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Series of 18th century French gouache and chalk classical old master subjects
Located in Woodbury, CT
An amazing collection of 18th century gouache and chalk/charcoal draawings by this well known
Category

1780s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Gouache

French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper 27 x 18
Category

1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk

French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century Paris, Louis XV-Transition period Portrait of a man seen from three
Category

Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

Vintage Art Deco Buffet, Chalk Paint
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Original Art Deco buffet with several mirrors in the upper part with cut edges. Two parts. Two
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Buffets

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Oak, Paint

Antique French Art Nouveau Chalk Ware Portrait Sculpture Bust of Woman
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Art Nouveau chalkware portrait bust features bust of woman with long hair and
Category

20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Composition

French School 19th Academy nude young man Study Pyrame
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the end of the 19th century Charcoal 43 x 61 cm This beautiful drawing, very
Category

19th Century French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

French School 19th century, Portrait of a young boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th century Portrait of a young boy Black, red and white chalks on paper 32 x 25.8
Category

1850s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Niccola Santirelli Delegro - French School 1815 Sanguine, Classical Head Study
Located in Corsham, GB
drawing, written in ink is the date in French '15th April 1815'. The study is excellently presented in a
Category

19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Le Corbusier Cassina - Pair Of Armchairs Lc3 Feather Chalk Leather
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
. Cassina edition in very elegant “chalk” colored leather. ''Feather'' version with goose down cushion
Category

2010s French Art Deco Armchairs

Materials

Leather

Sailboat On a Lagoon, French 19th Century Marine Drawing
By Georges Ricard-Cordingley
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century drawing on paper of a French marine scene by noted French artist Georges Ricard
Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

The Knitters, Late Mid Century French Pastel on Paper
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French pastel drawing on paper of two ladies knitting by Jean Arène. Signed and
Category

1970s Fauvist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel

Les Hauters de Nice, French Impressionist Pastel of the Cote d Azur
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French Impressionist pastel view of the view down to the Mediterranean from the
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Boys in the Band, French Provencal Coloured Drawing of a Mariachi Musical Band
Located in Cotignac, FR
A crayon and chalk drawing of a band by French artist Jean Arène. The work is signed and dated top
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Wax Crayon

Female Nude, Preparatory drawing for the painting dated 1875 “The Bathers"
Located in PARIS, FR
Gustave BOULANGER Paris 1824 - 1888 Preparatory study in red chalk for the painting dated 1875
Category

1870s French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Diana and her Nymphs bathing
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
chalk on paper heightened with white 49,5 x 33,5 cm Provenance: Private collection, France We are
Category

Late 18th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of an Revolutionary - Drawing from the School of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in PARIS, FR
David's studio. Another interesting comparison can be made with the medal struck by the French émigrés in
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1790s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a young girl
Located in Geneva, CH
David Arnold Burnand, born in Paris on December 2, 1888 and died in Lausanne on July 23, 1975, is a Swiss painter and illustrator. Son of Eugène Burnand, he exhibited at the Salon de...
Category

1930s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Nude Chalk Drawing, reclining model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed, mid 20th century Title: the reclining nude
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Chalk

Mini French Chalk Board
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderful and charming small vintage French chalkboard. Solid wood frame with double sided
Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial Signs

Materials

Wood

Three Mini French Vintage Chalk Boards
Located in Sheffield, MA
Three wonderful and charming small French vintage chalkboards, some still show remanent of French
Category

Early 20th Century French Signs

Materials

Wood

"Man’s Best Friend" Post-Impressionism French Sepia Chalk Painting on paper
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
Litteraire, dean of French art critics, write a comprehensive study of Zucker’s illustrated with 135 color
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Fine 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Red Chalk Drawing Portrait of Child
By François Boucher
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
circle of Francois Boucher (French 1703-1770 red chalk drawing on paper, unframed drawing: 7.5 x 6 inches
Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Chalk

Lying Down Nude - Original Red Chalk Drawing by French Master Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Down Nude is a red chalk drawing realized by Anonymous artist in the First Half 20th Century
Category

Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

1960 s Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

Fine Antique French Old Master Sanguine Drawing Portrait of Man Flowing Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Head Portrait of a Man" French Old Master School, 19th century sanguine chalk drawing on paper
Category

19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Chalk

1870 s French Romantic Classical Sanguine Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Head Portraits French School, 19th century sanguine chalk on paper unframed 16.5 x 23 inches
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

Nudes - Original Sanguine Drawing by French Master Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a sanguine drawing (red chalk) drawing realized by Anonymous artist in the First Half 20th
Category

Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Showing an Ankle - 19th Century French drawing of a Fashionable Lady
Located in London, GB
FRENCH SCHOOL (19th Century) Showing an Ankle Black chalk on grey paper Framed 43 by 30.5 cm
Category

1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Study of an oak tree and its reflection – French School, 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red chalk on cream wove paper 10 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (256 x 212 mm), top margin slightly trimmed
Category

18th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Handmade Paper

France, 18th Century, View of a fortified village, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1770 View of a fortified village Brown ink, brown ink wash and red chalk on paper 24
Category

1780s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Antique Chalk Bust of “Cleopatra” with Head Band and Asp
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning and elegant antique French Art Nouveau polychrome plaster bust sculpture of the famous
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Busts

Materials

Plaster, Paint

Femme nue de dos allongee
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Femme nue de dos allongee Charcoal and white chalk on laid paper Signed in charcoal, lower right
Category

1920s French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

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Surely you’ll find the exact piece of french chalk art you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. There are many Old Masters, Post-Impressionist and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect item from our selection of french chalk art may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of french chalk art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, beige, brown, orange and more. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of french chalk art examples over the years, but those made by Jacques Zucker, Albert de Belleroche, Heather Blanton, French Old Master and Paul César Helleu are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in chalk, paper and paint.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.