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"Illustrateur" Original Pen and Ink Portrait Drawing on Paper by Anuj Shrestha
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and sketchbook collections.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Navetteuse" Delicate Pen Ink Portrait of Woman with Flowers by Anuj Shrestha
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and sketchbook collections.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Ink

Erotic Couple - Surrealism Argentinian French Erotic Couple
By Leonor Fini
Located in London, GB
in 1977. This work is from a sketchbook. Condition: Very good condition. The sheet is slightly toned
Category

1970s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Ink

Le Faucheur, French Post Impressionist Drawing of a Farm Worker in the Fields
Located in Cotignac, FR
for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sketchbook
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Windy Day In Provence. impressionism, mountain, flowers.Landscape Paintings
Located in Oslo, NO
Shesterikova about this landscape painting. "It was a very windy day and the wind even dropped my sketchbook
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

The Black Piano
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Ana’s sketchbook was always close at hand as her family moved from New York to rural Pennsylvania and
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A View of Edinburgh and Self Portrait
By Patrick Nasmyth
Located in London, GB
painted himself into the scene, crouched over a sketchbook as some cows graze idly nearby. The influence
Category

19th Century Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Yves Thomas, Waves and Storms, French Artist-Painter Book, by Yves Thomas, 2011
By Travail Francais
Located in Atlanta, GA
capture their moving forms in his sketchbooks. During this period, he discovered and practiced "The Camera
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2010s French Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

Large Mid Century French Expressionist Double Portrait, The Knitter, LeTricoteur
Located in Cotignac, FR
for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sketchbook
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ulysses: The Hospital
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Ulysses." The etchings originated in the Dedalus Sketchbook of 1892, which marked the beginning of a large
Category

1980s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Etching

Foghorn Time, 1984 Acrylic on Canvas Commission thru OK Harris
Located in Camden, ME
, Padova, Italia 2004 Sketchbook 88 by Shoichiro-Satake, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 2004
Category

1980s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Café Interior with Seated Figures French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
perforated margin from sketchbook binding Description: This expressive gouache painting by French modernist
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Gouache

Georges Braque, Bullfighter, from Carnets intimes, 1955 (after)
By Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Carnets intimes (Private Sketchbooks), Verve, Vol. VIII, No. 31–32, originates from the 1955 issue
Category

1950s Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Abstracted Polka Dot Canvas with Spray Paint by Paul Laoria
Located in New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art where he spent many hours with his sketchbook trying to learn the secrets of the old
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint

Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
Germany. He brought along a sketchbook, which he filled with drawings of soldiers and post-war German life
Category

20th Century Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

"Enchanted Forest"Contemporary Italian Realism in Miniature Form by Dina Brodsky
By Dina Brodsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
countryside, and spend hours working in her prized sketchbook. She would take in all the details of her
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Copper

"Tuscany Sunset" Tondo Oil Painting of Landscape in Italy
By Dina Brodsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
prized sketchbook. She would take in all the details of her surroundings and translate them into thin
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Copper

"Orvieto, Dusk" Contemporary Realism Countryside Miniature by Dina Brodsky
By Dina Brodsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
countryside, and spend hours working in her prized sketchbook. She would take in all the details of her
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Gouache

19th-Century English Oil Painting, Cottage By The Cove With Donkeys, Family
By Edward William Cooke
Located in Cheltenham, GB
under Captain Burton of the West-Indiaman, ‘Thetis’. During his time with Burton, he filled sketchbooks
Category

1870s Victorian Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paper and rubber floor lamp, with notebook of original artist drawings, erotic
By Manolo Eirin
Located in Carballo, ES
Lamp made from artist Peter Kramer's sketchbook and turned into a special floor lamp. The majesty
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Brass

Ringed Moon - Night Sky Stars Green Trees Forest Landscape, 2025
By Gregory Hennen
Located in Kent, CT
he fills sketchbooks chronicling the land, the effect of passing light and the seasonal changes. By
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2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Bright Moon and Mars - Night Sky Star Green Woods Trees Landscape, 2025
By Gregory Hennen
Located in Kent, CT
painter, Hennen has a close relationship with his environment. On his daily walks he fills sketchbooks
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Crescent Moon Late May - Night Sky Stars Green Woods Water Trees Landscape, 2025
By Gregory Hennen
Located in Kent, CT
fills sketchbooks chronicling the land, the effect of passing light and the seasonal changes. By
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2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Michael - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

Mistral - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

Surrender - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

Fallen Angel- Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

Ariel - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

Dawnflight - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel
By Ivan Markovic
Located in Chicago, IL
and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

"MONUMENT VALLEY" LATE 1930s RAREST SUBJECT EVER BY PORFIRIO SALINAS!! DESERT
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent
Category

1930s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Lady, Mrs Wray in a Silk Dress Pink Wrap c.1698, Oil on canvas
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
British Museum holds a large collection of Byng's sketchbooks and drawings. The wills of Edward Byng and
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17th Century Old Masters Sketchbook Used

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Almost - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a girl
By Mitzy Renooy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
in love with her sketchbooks and advised her to paint like sketching in her sketchbook. Her own style
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Step by step - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boy standing on a log
By Mitzy Renooy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
fell in love with her sketchbooks and advised her to paint like sketching in her sketchbook. Her own
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

The Pianist
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Ana’s sketchbook was always close at hand as her family moved from New York to rural Pennsylvania and
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Underworld - original realism still life oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
. From childhood sketchbooks to large-scale oil paintings, Natalie’s work has evolved into striking
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"RED BARN RANCH" 1959 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LANDSCAPE WILDFLOWERS PORFIRIO SALINAS
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was
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1950s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

Selvas Verdes by Calo Carratalá - Tondo painting, landscape, green, tree
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pyrenees, and the forests of Norway. Always equipped with a sketchbook, he captures the sensations inspired
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Oil

lithograph
By (after) Georges Braque
Located in Henderson, NV
, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque had kept these
Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Dark Materials - original realism still life oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
her artistic journey. From childhood sketchbooks to large-scale oil paintings, Natalie’s work has
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache
By Frederic Leighton
Located in Oxford, GB
Leighton’s Royal Academy Sketchbooks,' Sculpture Journal 25, no. 3 (2016): 421–32. Page 431, 423. [20
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1880s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Sloane Square with Statue – original cityscape oil painting – contemporary art
By Alex Rennie
Located in London, Chelsea
with a sketchbook in hand. Capturing the fleeting light at dawn and dusk is my endless obsession
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Linen, Oil

Sloane Square -original cityscape oil painting-contemporary artwork
By Alex Rennie
Located in London, Chelsea
with a sketchbook in hand. Capturing the fleeting light at dawn and dusk is my endless obsession
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Linen, Oil

"TEXAS HILL COUNTRY" 1951 WILDFLOWER LANDSCAPE PORFIRIO SALINAS 59 X 49 FRAMED
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time
Category

1950s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

lithograph for Carnet Californie
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950
Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Early-19th-Century British Watercolour, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
, Harriet, the pair undertook numerous study tours and filled their sketchbooks with picturesque views. Via
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Early 1800s English School Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ink

"El Cordobés" Spain Bullfighter, Matador Action Scene Beautiful Bull Fight
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent
Category

1960s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
sketchbook page, typical of academic training at the time. Such sheets served both as exercises and as
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper

The Corn Field, Mid Century French Expressionist Landscape, Blés a Vincelles
Located in Cotignac, FR
for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sketchbook
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tino Zago, Foghorn Time, 1984 Acrylic on Canvas 42 x 138" O K Harris
By Milo Baughman
Located in Camden, ME
, Padova, Italia 2004 Sketchbook 88 by Shoichiro-Satake, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 2004
Category

1980s American Mid-Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Paint

lithograph for Carnet Californie
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950
Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of Paul-César Helleu, a drawing by Rafael de Ochoa y Madrazo (ca. 1885)
Located in PARIS, FR
the Deck brothers In this drawing executed on two pages of a sketchbook, Ochoa depicts his friend
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1880s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Venice Palazzo With Artists Painting En Plein Air Original Watercolour Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
an endearing informality to the scene, evoking the feel of a sketchbook study painted on location
Category

20th Century Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Windsor Castle - By Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Artist Alfred William Hunt
By Alfred William Hunt RWS
Located in London, GB
British Museum. Hunt spent a considerable time in Windsor in 1888, filling several sketchbooks. Two
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1880s Pre-Raphaelite Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Red Convertible
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Ana’s sketchbook was always close at hand as her family moved from New York to rural Pennsylvania and
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Highway in Havana
By Ana Guzman
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Ana’s sketchbook was always close at hand as her family moved from New York to rural Pennsylvania and
Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Early Texas Modern Warm Toned Landscape of Oil Refinery in a Swamp Landscape
By Buck Schiwetz
Located in Houston, TX
company to publish the first Texas Sketchbook containing well-known Schiwetz drawings in 1952. In
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20th Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Antique 1880 Illustration of Trenton, Alabama, Campsite With Thornton Family
Located in Centennial, CO
illustration unframed. It appears it was cut out of a larger sketchbook. In as found condition, ready to hang
Category

Late 19th Century American Folk Art Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

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