European Drawings

DETAILS Pencil drawing by french artist André Lhote (1885 - 1962). A seated nude woman drawn in Lhote’s atelier, circa 1920. This work is framed behind glass and is signed on the low...

Original Surrealism Black and White Lithograph An intriguing piece of art piece signed B.A.G. Guillot. This is a limited edition number 1/25, and E.A. or epreuve d'artiste. Guillo...

Capture the timeless elegance of haute couture with this original fashion sketch attributed to Jacques Fath, circa 1950. Rendered in delicate watercolor, this striking illustration f...

This fine watercolour of amor was painted onto thick watercolour paper at the beginning of the 20th century. It depicts an elegant lady in an extravagant fur trimmed striped coat hol...

Paul Colin (1892-1985). Original drawing with colored pencils and charcoal on paper depicting Josephine Baker and a piano player. Drawing by Paul Colin from the 1980s in a beau...

Marek Halter is a Polish-born French writer, artist, and human rights activist. Abstract work depicting figures in a landscape setting. Presented in a nic...

Italian drawing from the second half of the 20th century. Framework mixed media on paper depicting an abstract subject without title. Signed Tarantino lower right (see picture) referable to the artist Giuseppe Tarantino (1916-1999) lacking authentication. Gilded wooden frame with canvas passe-partout (see picture) of beautiful decoration. Framework of beautiful size and pleasant decor, for antique dealers, interior decorators and collectors of modern Italian painting...

French painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting still life with game of good pictorial quality. Modern ...

Eugene Leroy abstract composition or original artist proof, eau forte or etching. This intriguing work of art is titled "Sleep". Hand-signed on the lower ...

Framework mixed-media on cardboard. Italian painting from 20th century depicting an interior scene with characters, of good pictorial quality. Golden wooden frame with passepartout i...

Venetian Capriccio, after Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793) Unsigned, with a label from Wandenberg Freres (Paris) affixed to the back of the mat.

Italian painting from 20th century. Mixed-Media work on cardboard depicting an Impressionist style landscape of particular pictorial intensity. Modern silvered wooden frame complete ...

Italian painting of the second half of the 20th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting a winter forest landscape with a small house in the background. Framework signed on the bott...

Italian painting dated 1948. Framework oil on panel depicting a view of the famous Sacra di San Michele (seen from Avigliana) of good pictorial quality. Small framework with frame in...

Pen and ink by the famous Modernist Art Deco Sculptor Chana Orloff (1888-1968) Signed lower right. Pucker Gallery Boston, labeled. Glazed and framed;...

Framed gouache on paper drawing by Jean-Jacques Blot. Signed: "Jean Blot 88".

Jean JANSEM (1920-2013) Original drawing. Charcoal, watercolor, and red oil pastel highlights on paper, depicting a nude lady wearing a hat. Signed lower right. Matted and framed T...

Charcoal and sanguine woman on French school textile Martinez 60s in size (124x122 cm) representing a woman's silhouette.

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on cardboard depicting a countryside landscape with houses in impressionist style. Small size framework, for antique dealers and coll...

Italian painting from 20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting particular still life with ceramic objects and tomatoes in impressionist style. Painting of good size and impact...

Chalet Suisse drawing c 1940 little damage on the paper at right see photo

Brutalist, abstract ink impression on tracing paper, masking taped to the back of a sheet of bond paper. Signed and dated 1952 lower left. Image size 7 3/4" x 5".

Italian painting oil on canvas, 20th century framework depicting landscape of good pictorial quality. Work signed and dated lower right (Bonaccorsi '84). Golden wooden frame with pas...

Oil painting on board from 20th century. French painting signed lower right, for antique dealers and collectors. Work depicting a mountain landscape of great charm and good pictorial...

The 5th drawing in the series, Free Mason Lodge, Schwind Gasse number 8. Listing- 4 working drawings, Free Masons, Lodge, 1930 There you will find more inf...

Jean Poulain (1884–1967) – Original Drawing of an Elephant and Calf, Signed and Dated 1942 A deeply touching and atmospheric original wildlife drawing by Belgian artist Jean Poulain...

Antique Italian painting from 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a portrait of a girl with a goldfinch of good pictorial quality. Framework of good size and pleasant fur...

Original well drawn image of a nude woman reclining, obviously posing for the artist. Aged paper. Needs a nice frame. Good condition consistent with age and materials. Some slight ...

Superb, rare and large drawing representing a Portrait of Marie d'Orléans-Longueville, Duchess of Nemours, Princess of France. The drawing is perfectly done. Wonderful work of light on the lace in particular which seems to come out of the painting thanks to its bluish tint. The shadow play is magnificent. On thick marked paper. Drawing Dated 1891 and signed. The Signature is probably “Sieur Duval”. Very good Made from the magnificent painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), painter of the 18th century model dated 1707. The engraver Pierre Drevet (1663-1738) also engraved this work. The work is “Mary by the grace of God, sovereign of Neufchâtel and Vallangin, duchess of Nemours” / « Marie par la grâce de Dieu, souveraine de Neufchâtel et Vallangin, duchesse de Nemours » Description of the work: Half-legged, seated, turned three-quarters to the left, looking straight on, the princess, whose left arm is folded across her chest, holds her crown placed on the table with her right hand. She is dressed in dark court attire, her head covered with a headdress whose tails are tied on the chest. A curtain and the base of a column constituting the second plan. Marie de Nemours, born in 1625 and died on June 16, 1707, is sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and Valangin. Daughter of Henri II of Orléans-Longueville and Louise de Bourbon-Condé, Mademoiselle de Soissons, she was known until her marriage under the name Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Longueville. Marie d'Orléans, only daughter of the Duke of Bourbon and Longueville, married Henri II of Savoy, last Duke of Nemours, in 1657. The court was surprised that the richest heiress in France agreed to marry this duke without possessions and without consideration, staid and boring. The Duke of Nemours suddenly fell ill and died on January 2, 1659. The Duchess of Nemours survived him for a long time. In 1694, she was recognized as sovereign of the principality of Neuchâtel and Vallangin (Switzerland), by the states of the country, to the exclusion of the Prince of Conti. She died in Paris on June 16, 1707, at the age of 82. Five months later, despite claims of misconduct by the suitors, the court of these same states awarded this small sovereignty to the King of Prussia. The Duchess of Nemours was said to be miserly and carefully hid her rank under cheap clothes. She was devout but suspicious and often changed her confessor. She left Memoirs, recognized to be remarkable for their accuracy, fidelity and charm of style. Hyacinthe Rigaud, famous painter to King Louis XIV, was born in 1659 and died in 1743. He was the major portraitist of the king and his Court at Versailles. Rigaud fixed for three centuries the image of the official portrait of European courts. On the advice of Le Brun, he devoted himself to portraiture, a genre which he elevated to its highest expression. He attracted the attention of the king and the Court with the portrait of Monsieur...

Tableau italien du 20ème siècle. Oeuvre à technique mixte sur masonite représentant vue de la rivière avec bateaux de bonne qualité picturale, signée en bas à droite (voir photo). Ca...

"Girl at the balustrade" by Marga Groove-Marcovic. (1920-2002) Germany. Original watercolor painting with white opaque paint. Framed with Passepartout behind glass. Marga Groove-Marcovic was a very versatile artist. The illustrated german exhibition catalog contains information about her artistic career and education. She was a student of Zoltan Székessy, a german-hungarian sculptor at the "Düsseldorf Academy of Art". Groove-Marcovic created sculptures, paintings, drawings, watercolors and collages. Children were a favorite motif for her. Although this painting is not dated, it could be conditionally considered to the fifties / sixties, since according to the catalog, the artist mainly created watercolors during this period. The friendly, strong and bright colors stand in stark contrast to the dark and empty eyes of the girl. Perhaps due to the children´s traumatic war experiences ? The dimensions given refer to the picture with frame...

A delightful floral still life by Gaston Albert Lavrillier (1885-1958), depicting a sumptuous bouquet of roses in soft and vibrant colors (pink, red, yellow, white) arranged in an el...

Emile GILIOLI (1911-1977) : Abstract composition Pastel drawingon paper Gilded wooden baguette frame Signed lower left France, circa 1960 Dimensions (frame included): Height 79...

Very decorative collection of modern abstract drawings signed Geza and dated 1988. Attributed to Geza Skobel. Geza Szobel (1905-1963) is a Hungarian painter naturalized French. He ...

Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816-1883 in Neder Dråby ved Jægerspris). Antique pencil drawing on paper. Angel. Frieze after Thorvaldsen. Dated 1852. The ...

Architectural drawing in red pencil on paper, depicting a design for a tabernacle gate with the words "Ave Maria" in the center, crowned with floral motifs and kneeling angels. The w...

A fascinating and richly detailed antique map of Cumberland County in northwest England, drawn and published by the celebrated English cartographer John Spe...

River Scene, "Les Bords du Cher à Poitiers"
Signed bottom right and situated bottom left.
Edouard Henri Theophile Pingret (Saint Quentin 178...

A fine French 19th century etching and drypoint Titled "Soirée d'été" (Summer Evening) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) depicting Mrs. Kathleen Newton resting on a lounge chair. Signed and dated (l/l): J.J. Tissot, 1881 in the plate. Under the mat, the front of the sheet inscribed in pencil with a '1' in a circle, the verso of the sheet with old price inscription "450-" in pencil. Circa: 1881-1882. Measures: Plate Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Plate Width: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm) Sheet Height: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm) Sheet Width: 20 5/8 inches (52.4 cm) Frame Height: 19 inches (48.3 cm) Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm) Frame Depth: 1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) Literature: Wentworth 56. Note: Tissot's from 1881 is said to depict his lover, the Irish divorcee Mrs. Kathleen Newton, resting on a lounge chair. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Elie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter Von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Émile Péreire supplied Tissot's painting Walk in the Snow for the 1862 international exhibition in London; the next year three paintings by Tissot were displayed at the London gallery of Ernest Gambart. In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. During this period, Tissot gained high critical acclaim, and quickly became a success as an artist. Like contemporaries such as Alfred Stevens and Claude Monet, Tissot also explored Japonisme, including Japanese objects and costumes in his pictures and expressing style influence. Degas painted a portrait of Tissot from these years (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), in which he is sitting below a Japanese screen hanging on the wall. Still on Top, 1873 Tissot fought in the Franco-Prussian War as part of the improvised defense of Paris, joining two companies of the Garde Nationale and later as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 painting La Partie Carrée (The Foursome) evoked the period of the French revolution. Either because of the radical political associations related to the Paris Commune (which he was believed to have joined mostly to protect his own belongings rather than for shared ideology), or because of better opportunities, he left Paris for London in 1871. During this period, Seymour Haden helped him to learn etching techniques. Having already worked as a caricaturist for Thomas Gibson Bowles, the owner of the magazine Vanity Fair, as well as exhibited at the Royal Academy, Tissot arrived with established social and artistic connections in London. Tissot used...

G. B. Piranesi, in his fifties, was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: c...

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on cardboard depicting an Impressionist-style landscape of romantic style. Framework of good pictorial quality, of limited size, for ...

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting an impressionist seascape of particular pictorial quality and pleasant decor. Wooden frame with fabric passe-part...

Nissim Merkado (born 1935), a listed Bulgarian/French artist. Colored crayon and mixed media. Abstract composition on cardboard. Untitled. Studio stamp. In perfect condition. Dimensi...

Arthur Reiwald drawing

René Leroy (b. 1931), French artist. Pastel on paper. 1980s. Visible dimensions: 15 x 10 cm. Total dimensions: 24 x 18 cm. In excellent condition. Signed.

Detailed 18th century style framed pastel bouquet drawing. Intricate burl wood and ebonized wood period frame. Very decorative.

Silvio Gambini Italy, 1913 Art Nouveau Iron Gate Drawing on paper Wood Frame Artist Sign below on the right Size drawing: 27.5x39 Frame size: 77.5x61x2.5 cm Silvio Pellico Gamb...

This is a rare set of 5 drawings concerning the Free Masons Lodge on the Schwind Gasse number 8, in the 4th district of Vienna. The drawings were made in ...

Italian oil painting on board from 20th century. Artwork depicting popular scene The Sunday game in Impressionist style. Artwork of excellent pictorial quality signed lower right (se...

The pair of gouaches with views of a volcanic eruption during the day and the night

Sigurd Swane (1879-1973), Danish artist. Mixed media on paper. Landscape with trees. Expressive lines. Mid-20th century. Signed in pencil. In good condition with some paint loss and ...

« Portrait of the Virgin Mary in finery » , Pastel, 1875, by M.Arnould. This drawing is done in pastels with an extreme finesse. This blessed vierge is richly dressed and covered...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Wonderful drawing of a Spanish dancer by Karl Hagedorn. Displaying the characteristic futurist, cubist and Bauhaus influences reminiscent of his early work. Signed and dated 1915. ...

Montague Dawson: pencil sketch on paper signature, This fine pencil drawing is a preliminary study by the renowned marine artist Montague Dawson showing a fishing trawler at sea, the...

Pencil on paper sketch of a grave yard, possibly fictional. Mounted on period hand made marbled paper, framed in a maple veneered frame. “French epitaph on a man whose death was occ...

Very well drawn piece of art signed Leonce Pelletier, dated 1932. This subtle work depicts the very well known fish market in Nice, France most likel...

Ugo Carà was an Italian artist who presented his arworks for the first time at the Biennale in Venice in 1934. His preferred artworks were drawings and sculp...

Executed in expressive, confident strokes, this English charcoal drawing captures the head and neck of a galloping horse, its mouth open and bridle taut in motion. Dating to circa 19...

Drawing of a sleeping nude man by Evelyne Luez, 20th century. Watercolour drawing of a sleeping nude man from the 20th century by Evelyne Luez. H: 51cm, W: 50cm, D: 0.2cm