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Sven Berlin drawing
Dove
, St. Ives Cornish artist, modern British
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Modernist table in cherry with wooden frame and glass by Mario Gottardi
By Mario Gottardi
Located in Milano, IT
of his sketches and preparatory drawings was set up at the Salone d’Onore of the Triennale di Milano.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cherry
Sunset in New York, Vintage Sofa by Gaetano Pesce, Italy, 1980s
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Roma, IT
. cat., Musée d’Art Moderne de Strasbourg, 1986, p. 62, no. 51, p. 63, nos. 49-50 for a preparatory
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Polystyrene
Sven Berlin, British St. Ives, Cornish artist, 20th Century
A toad
drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
British, St. Ives artist Sven Berlin drawing in ink of horse
s head
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
displayed in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
St. Ives artist Sven Berlin drawing
Owl in flight
, British mid century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist Sven Berlin,
A bush baby
, drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter, a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686 - 1755
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in PARIS, FR
this drawing is preparatory to a painted portrait or, on the contrary, a reminder, a ricordo of a piece
Category
1710s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Study for "La Bergerie" - 1957-1960 - a double-sided ink wash signed by Balthus
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in PARIS, FR
very early on in his career. Most of his drawings were executed in the preparatory phase of large
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Green Fields
By Otis Huband
Located in Dallas, TX
preparatory drawings for the paintings because I want the delight and surprise of discovery. I feed on my
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset in New York - Vintage Sofa by Gaetano Pesce, Italy, 1980s
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Madrid, ES
. 63, nos. 49-50 for a preparatory drawing and the preliminary model in the collection of the Musée des
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Sofas
Materials
Polystyrene, Wood
A fantasy head composed of three bearded faces
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
High Renaissance. His figures, especially in preparatory drawings for frescoes and ornamental works
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Package on Carozza" Litho Collage
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Toronto, Ontario
couple has produced multiples or sold preparatory drawings.
This is a fantastic example of Christo
Category
1980s Conceptual Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Basket of Figs 1961
Located in Milan, IT
that always seems to repeat the same drama. But if the preparatory drawing is admirable, the color of
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Birth Of Venus, Pen And Ink On Paper About 1720
By James Thornhill
Located in Milan, IT
drawing as preparatory for decors and glass windows.
There is also a paper label from a historic private
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Study for the Head of a Young Saint Study of Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Located in Firenze, IT
drawing is a preparatory study for the head of a young saint, created for a large-scale religious
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist, Sven Berlin,
Owl in flight
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist Sven Berlin
Study of a heron
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in his sculptures goes hand in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Modern British, 20th Century St. Ives artist Sven Berlin
Upstanding goose
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in hand with these beautiful preparatory line drawings. Exhibiting an easiness of execution, his
Category
20th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Reflections Villa Principi 1948
Located in Milan, IT
preparatory drawing is admirable, the color of this artist has a regality and a sensitivity that come from a
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Illumination, Abstract Landscape Painting, Contemporary Blue and Green Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
she can visualise colour vibrations. Most of her drawings become preparatory drawings for painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
Figure in Movement
Dick Shanley
By Dick Shanley
Located in New York, NY
preparatory drawings, which then lead to two-dimensional templates. He thinks, however, three-dimensionally
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figure Study I
by Dick Shanley
By Dick Shanley
Located in New York, NY
.
Shanley begins his process with hastily executed preparatory drawings, which then lead to two-dimensional
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Birch
Figure Study II
by Dick Shanley
By Dick Shanley
Located in New York, NY
.
Shanley begins his process with hastily executed preparatory drawings, which then lead to two-dimensional
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Birch
Shadow of Days
By Mark Messersmith
Located in Dallas, TX
preparatory drawings, they are inspired by visits to the wetlands south of Tallahassee where he paints plein
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
models of ancient monuments in cork. Giovanni Battista created a series of preparatory drawings about
Category
Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
17th Century Battle Scene Painting Oil on Panel by Meulen
Located in Milan, IT
executed a hundred preparatory drawings which, together with the execution of large paintings for the royal
Category
Antique 17th Century French Paintings
Materials
Wood
Don Quixote of La Mancha, 1962
Located in Milan, IT
a story that always seems to repeat the same drama. But if the preparatory drawing is admirable, the
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Lemons and Apples
By Ib Eisner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
fixed contour lines or preparatory drawings, since the necessary capturing of elusive light effects
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of the bridge of Saint Sauveur-les-Bains, Pyrénées, France
Located in Paris, IDF
underlying of the artist. MILLIN du PERREUX most likely took the preparatory drawing in situ and then
Category
Early 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
constructing scale models of ancient monuments in cork. Giovanni Battista created a series of preparatory
Category
Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
18th Century Large Folio 39 Engravings by Francesco Piranesi of Roman Sculpture
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in Rochester, NY
models of ancient monuments in cork. Giovanni Battista created a series of preparatory drawings about
Category
18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper
Columbus, Ohio State Artist Lithograph "Heavenly Bliss" Angels, Biplane
By Sid Chafetz
Located in Surfside, FL
sky above the couple. An ink and pencil preparatory drawing titled Last Tango in Columbus, with
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
King Louis XIV at the battlefield, studio of A. Van der Meulen, French 17th
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in PARIS, FR
large preparatory drawing executed in collaboration with Charles Le Brun: the latter drew the figures
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giovan Battista Todeschini Italian Period Portrait
Located in Roma, IT
began to devote himself assiduously to portraiture, with a series of studies and preparatory drawings
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian International Style Paintings
Materials
Wood
Tapestry, Alexander the Great wounded in the battle of Issos. Circa 1650.
Located in Madrid, ES
emperor. Two preparatory drawings are preserved from this moment, one in the School of Fine Arts in Paris
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Tapestries
Materials
Other
Hercules carrying the World, a sculpture after Annibale Carracci
s fresco
By Annibale Carracci
Located in PARIS, FR
respect to the matrix engraved from the preparatory drawing. The simplest explanation is that the artist
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"The Beach, Trouville" Oil Painting by Andre Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Wiscasset, ME
. From these global travels, the artist brought back sketches and preparatory drawings for future
Category
Vintage 1950s French Beaux Arts Paintings
Materials
Paint
Brightest of Nights- 21st Century
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
oppose all that I have learned and learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Darkest of Days- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Girl
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
oppose all that I have learned and learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Out of Time-21st Century Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I immediately go on with a half idea
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Authentic Atelier Cast Antique Bronze Sculpture of Duck Hunt by Pierre J. Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Spanish Griffon in chase. Preparatory drawings for this dog are retained in Mene's working papers (ill. 16
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Salute le Soir - Venice - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
again in 1989. From these travels he brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man, a newly discovered painting by Jean-Baptiste Wicar
By Jean-Baptiste Wicar
Located in PARIS, FR
, we find in this painting the precise and meticulous style of the artist, although no preparatory
Category
1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Oil
Auguste Rodin - Le Combat - Original Engraving
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
presents the most important preparatory drawings by Rodin. Thereafter, the brass used for the draw were
Category
1890s Figurative Prints
Elysium
By Betsy Eby
Located in New Orleans, LA
Eby often sketches to consider shape, mass, contrast, and space, she doesn’t use those preparatory
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Wax, Oil, Panel
She Stood in the Field of Higher Frequency
By Betsy Eby
Located in New Orleans, LA
doesn’t use those preparatory drawings as strict plans. Instead, she lets the act of layering wax on top
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Wax, Oil, Panel
Christ and St John the Baptist as children, studio of J. van Cleve, 16th Flemish
By Joos van Cleve
Located in PARIS, FR
carried out the preparatory drawing as well as the pictorial execution. Subsequently, and depending on the
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pair of Italian 19th Century Baroque Carved Arm Throne Chairs, Figural Carvings
Located in Manhasset, NY
crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Carved Dutch Circa 1860 Monks Settle Bench with Internal Storage
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for
Category
Antique 1860s Danish High Victorian Benches
Materials
Oak
"The Rooftops of Paris" Painting by Andre Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Wiscasset, ME
many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for; use as illustrations in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Paintings
"Carriages at the Park" Painting by Andre Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Wiscasset, ME
many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for; use as illustrations in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Paintings
"Margaret Eakins, " Thomas Eakins, Portrait of Wife Photography, American Art
By Thomas Eakins
Located in New York, NY
later developed his own approach to preparatory drawings, purchasing a camera in 1880, a tool that
Category
1880s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
visited Venice again in 1989. From these travels he brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soleil en Aout a Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for use as illustrations in collectors' editions
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serge Belloni, Bouquet in Champagne Glass, France, 1980s
Located in PARIS, FR
Paris" to use Paul Fort's expression.
Here he is on the ground. He makes sketches, preparatory
Category
Vintage 1980s French Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portrait of Jean Claude Pellegrini (1787-1854)
Located in Paris, IDF
removed and sold. All that remains are the preparatory drawings and 123 portraits bequeathed to the
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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