Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
French, 1875-1963
Jacques Villon was born Gaston Duchamp in 1875. He was the oldest brother of the artists Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti and the sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon. Initially a law student, in 1894 he went to Paris to study art. It was there that he met Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and other influential artists in Paris, and changed his name to Jacques Villon, after the poet. Villon made prints of some of the most well-known belle-époque portraits and genre scenes of the early twentieth century. Around 1911, he came under the influence of Picasso and other cubists, and became a leading exponent of the style, exhibiting in the 1913 Armory Show in New York. In 1922, the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune commissioned Villon to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings. This series included works by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Amadeo Modigliani, Edouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, and others. Artists who were alive at the time of the printing collaborated with Villon, and signed the prints. The project took ten years to complete. Several of these prints are valued highly today, and some went on to be reproduced by the Louvre Museum as photo-etchings. Villon's 'cubist' etchings, with their characteristic cross-hatching, are amongst the most renowned prints of the twentieth century. Jacques Villon's long career brought him fame. The diverse nature of his paintings, from end-of-the-century portraits to cubist and abstract styles to graphic works, made him a major figure in twentieth-century art. He was made a Grand Officer of the Légion d'Honneur, and upon his death in 1963, and he was given a state funeral.to
3
2
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
5
1
2
1
3
1
3
2
5
5
3
2
1
5
3
2
1
1
119
935
320
239
190
3
2
2
Artist: Jacques Villon
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemi - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1937
By Jacques Villon
Located in Roma, IT
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemini is an original modern artwork realized by Jacques Villon in 1937.
China ink drawing.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Vintage fram...
Category
1930s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Signs of the Zodiac - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1937
By Jacques Villon
Located in Roma, IT
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemini is a modern artwork realized by Jacques Villon in 1937.
China ink drawing on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Vintage frame included in this rare artwork...
Category
1930s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Avant le Bain - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1926
By Jacques Villon
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. From the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt Collection. Matting included. Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Femme Attablee Devant un Verre de Vin
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with estate stamp, J.V. double sided.
6-3/4" x 4-3/4" art
18" x 15-1/4" frame
Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
Category
Early 20th Century Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, India Ink, Pencil
Vielle Femme en Petite Cape
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with stamp, J.V.
7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art
19" x 15-1/4" frame
Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Gouache
Related Items
Tree and Courtyard - 20th Century Painting with Tree and Buildings
By James Lloyd
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Lloyd was born in Alsager, Cheshire, the son of a policeman who had taken up farming. He had worked on his father's farm until the age of 19, when he too joined the police force. Llo...
Category
20th Century Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen, Pencil
$4,523
H 56 in W 36.5 in
Jonas by Marc Chagall - School of Paris, Russian Artist
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE.
Jonas by Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Indian ink on paper
35.6 x 26.9 cm (14 x 10 ⅝ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower ...
Category
1950s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
$78,500
H 14.02 in W 10.6 in
Fort Tryon Park
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and wash in gray ink on buff wove paper, 13 1/4 x 15 inches (337 x 382 mm), the full sheet. Signed in pencil in the lower right margin. In good condition with a 2-inch horizontal...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
1950s "Star Ear" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Star Ear"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
Black wood frame 9.75"x17.25
Signed lower right in pencil
Came from artist estate
This striking piece of art is an original drawing by r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,500
H 17.25 in W 9.75 in D 1 in
Fall Courtship
By Vicente García de Paredes
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1845, 19th century impressionist Vicente García de Paredes studied at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, in Madr...
Category
1870s Impressionist Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Three Horses Running
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern Chinese watercolor painting depicting three stallions running underneath a blazing sun.
Category
1970s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Cherry Blossoms in Japan
, French School
Located in London, GB
'Cherry Blossoms in Japan', pencil, ink and gouache on card stock, French School (Mid 20th Century). Cherry blossoms (Sakura) symbolise springtime, a time of renewal and the fleeting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pencil
$487 Sale Price
50% Off
H 13.51 in W 15.48 in
Passageway North Africa, street scene
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
Passageway North Africa was executed during Walter’s extensive travels throughout Spain, Northern Africa, and the Dalmatian coast. These works are magnificent snapshots –pictorial po...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Vintage American Erotic Group Sex Mid-Century Watercolor Original Painting
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare erotic watercolor and ink painting from noted WPA artist Joseph Wolins (1915-1999). Beautifully framed in an antique gilt wood frame. Measurin...
Category
20th Century Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
International Bar
, French School
Located in London, GB
'International Bar, pencil, ink and gouache on card stock by an unnamed artist of the French School (20th Century). This appears to be a fantastical port visit of the artist's imagination. It is very lively in colour and in subject. The artwork was discovered in Paris along with several others of the same character, most likely by the same person. It depicts the entryway of a brightly lit Asian bar...
Category
20th Century Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pencil
The acrobats by Alexander Calder - Work on paper, Drawing, Ink on paper
By Alexander Calder
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5%
The acrobats by Alexander Calder (1898-1976)...
Category
1930s Modern Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$243,580
H 22.49 in W 30.52 in
Fairy Tales Watercolor on Paper
By Dewitt M. Lockman
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fairy tales,
Mixed media on paper, from the artist estate. unsigned.
actual size 19"x23" framed 34"x39"
Impressionistic style watercolor, drawing, pastel on paper, from the artist Estate.
DeWitt Lockman began painting at the age of four in Brooklyn. By the age of seven, his family had moved to New York, where he worked with the animal painter James H. Beard. He later studied with Nelson Bickford and William Sartain. He was in Europe, principally in France, England, and Holland, from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1901 to 1902. In the years between the two European trips, Lockman painted little, suffering from ill-health. Resuming his artistic activities in the early years of the century, Lockman also served in the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1917 to 1918. He married Evelyn Walker in 1946. Although his oeuvre also includes still life and animal pictures, Lockman was most successful as a portraitist, painting over 500 works in that genre. President Calvin Coolidge, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, and Dr. Nicholas Murray...
Category
1920s Impressionist Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Watercolor
Previously Available Items
Illustration for Courier Francais
By Jacques Villon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jacques Villon
ILLUSTRATION FOR "COURIER FRANCAIS" 1905
Original Drawing for "Courier Francais", Signed and dated in pencil.
Annotated at the sheet edge 'pour Courier Francais, 190...
Category
Early 1900s French School Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Marchand D
Art (The Art Dealer)
By Jacques Villon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed Mixed Media: Indian Ink ,Watercolor, and Crayon drawing by French artist Jacques Villon (1875-1963) titled "Marchand D'Art (The Art Dealer...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Jacques Villon Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, India Ink, Watercolor
Jacques Villon figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Jacques Villon figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Jacques Villon in ink, india ink, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Jacques Villon figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 15 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Marcel Gromaire, Maurice Chabas, and Ernest Rouart. Jacques Villon figurative drawings and watercolors prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $6,266 and tops out at $22,680, while the average work can sell for $9,915.








