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Item Ships From: France
Untitled 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony b...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Battle, Knights on Horses - China Ink and Watercolor by T. Fort - 1840s
By Theodore Fort
Located in Roma, IT
Typical battle scene by T. Fort, in very good conditions and signed by the artist.
A very interesting artwork for a connoisseur of the militaria genre!
Theodore Géricaul Fort (1810 - 1896), Simeone Fort's son, belonged to the French school of the XIX century; Théodore Fort...
Category
1840s Old Masters France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Coastal landscape, 1882
Located in PARIS, FR
Frank Charles Peyraud (1858-1948)
Coastal landscape, 1882
Charcoal and shading on paper
Signed "C. Peyraud", dated "82" and dedicated "à l'ami Baradat" ? lower right
29.5 x 56 cm
Slightly oiled
A French-born artist born in Switzerland in 1858, Frank Charles Peyraud showed an early interest in drawing and painting. He grew up in a rural environment before studying architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, encouraged by his father. In 1877, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1881, Frank Peyraud...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
Baby Boy - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Baby Boy
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On grey vellum 22 x 26 cm (c. 9 x 1...
Category
Early 1900s Realist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Landscape With Armenians - Watercolor Drawing by Henry Ottmann - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape With Armenians is a Watercolor realized by Henry Ottmann in 1946.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Incl...
Category
1940s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Acheter Dieu, 1961 - mixed media, 44x33 cm, framed
By Ben Vautier
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache and technic mixte on paper, signed in the text.
Benjamin Vautier was born July 18, 1935 in Naples, Italy to a French family. He is the great-grandson of the Swiss painter Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier [fr] (1829-1898).
He discovered Yves Klein and the Nouveau Réalisme in the 1950s, but he became quickly interested in the French dada artist Marcel Duchamp and the music of John Cage. In 1959, Vautier founded the journal Ben Dieu. In 1960, he had his first one-man show, Rien et tout in Laboratoire 32.
Ben joined George Maciunas...
Category
1960s Conceptual France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Tomorrow Afternoon - Drawing by Erté - 1951
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Tomorrow afternoon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1951 by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "1...
Category
1950s Art Deco France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Lovers - Charcoal Drawing - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is a drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the 20th century.
In very good conditions except for some small holes on the margins...
Category
1950s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Castel View on a Lake - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Castel view on a lake is a modern artwork realized in the late 19th by a Dutch Artist.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes a gilded frame: 66.5 x 40 x 80 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man with coin, ca. 1930, pencil on paper
By Mathieu Rosianu
Located in PARIS, FR
Mathieu (Matei) ROSIANU (1897-1969)
Man with coin
Pencil on paper
Workshop stamp on reverse
8 x 5,5 inch
Born in Bucharest in 1897 to an officer in the Romanian National Guard and ...
Category
1930s Surrealist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Woman in profile, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphael DELORME (1886-1962)
Study of a woman in profile
Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
Illegible annotation in the lower right corner
31 x 20 cm
Small needle holes at the to...
Category
1930s Art Deco France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Who are you writing to, darling? - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1960 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition except for a stain and a rip in the lower right edge.
Category
1960s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Eating Elephant - Original ink and watercolor drawing, Signed
By Ronald Searle
Located in Paris, IDF
Ronald SEARLE
Eating Elephant, 1964
Original ink and color pencil drawing
Signed bottom right with the monogram
On heavy paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in)
Very good condition, small...
Category
1970s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Color Pencil
Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Homegirls Part 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork
Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame
Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of Woman - Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing in pencil on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 32 x 24.5 cm
The state of preservation is good and aged
Hand-signed o...
Category
Early 20th Century France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Suzanne LALIQUE - XVIII Century Women Costume- Original signed
By Suzanne Lalique
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
XVIII Century Women Costume
Original carbon pencil and gouache on vellum
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 31 x 24 (c. 12 x 9.4 in)
Very good c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Cinderella Costume - Original signed drawing and watercolor
By Suzanne Lalique
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Cinderella Costume
Original carbon pencil and gouache drawing on vellum
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 31 x 24 (c. 12 x 9.4 in)
Very good c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Portrait - Etching by Hans Thoma - Early 20th Century
By Hans Thoma 1
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Hans Thoma in the early 20th Century.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Portrait of a Young Man - Drawing by Valentine Hugo - Mid 20th century
By Valentine Hugo
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Young Man is a Pencil Drawing realized by Valentine Hugo (1890-1968).
Good condition on a yellowed paper included a white cardboard passp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
German Contemporary Art by Fabia Kleinpeter - Dance of Giovanni da Monica
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on Cartridge paper
Fabia Kleinpeter, a German self-taught multidisciplinary artist born in 2000 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She began her artistic journey in 20...
Category
2010s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Fabia Kleinpeter - Snail Twins
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on Cartridge paper
Fabia Kleinpeter, a German self-taught multidisciplinary artist born in 2000 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She began her artistic journey in 20...
Category
2010s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Fabia Kleinpeter - Garden Eden
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on Cartridge paper
Fabia Kleinpeter, a German self-taught multidisciplinary artist born in 2000 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She began her artistic journey in 20...
Category
2010s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Fabia Kleinpeter - Rise and Fall
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on Cartridge paper
Fabia Kleinpeter, a German self-taught multidisciplinary artist born in 2000 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She began her artistic journey in 20...
Category
2010s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Head of a Bearded Man in Profile, Wearing an Officer
s Jacket
By Adolf von Menzel
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Circle of Adolph von Menzel (Berlin or Munich, circa 1890)
Head of a Bearded Man in Profile, Wearing an Officer's Jacket
Black chalk and white chalk on prepared blue paper, 45 × 30....
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
The Picnic - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Picnic is a beautiful pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the mid-20th Century by an anonymous artist.
Good conditions with some folding.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1955
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of De Chirico is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1955.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924...
Category
1950s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Artist - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Artist is an ink and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989...
Category
1960s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Painter and the Painting - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1938 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1938 ca.
Hand signed in pencil lower left.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media (pencil, tempera, charcoal and watercolor) on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1960 ca.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Tempera, Color Pencil
Indifference - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Market pen drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Mode Drawing : Three Colorful Dresses - Original watercolor
Gouache drawing
By Rosy Andreasi-Verdier
Located in Paris, IDF
Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015)
Mode drawing : Three Colorful Dresses
Original gouache and watercolor drawing
Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier&q...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
The Jugglers - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1940 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Painter
s Studio - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1955 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Maccari in 1955 ca.
Hand signed in oil pastel lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rider - Drawing by Gustave Flasschoen - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rider is a drawing realized by Gustave Flasschoen in the Early-20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
By Jules Oury dit Marcel-Lenoir
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931)
Portrait of Raphaël Fumet (1898-1979) ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
Charcoal and pencil on paper
Signed "Marcel-Lenoi...
Category
Early 20th Century France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
1931 ink poster for the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1931 ink poster project was created as a concept for the Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris from May to November 1931. The striking black-and-white composition features a bold, angular depiction of a man in traditional North African attire, set against an architectural backdrop reminiscent of Islamic and colonial influences. The typography, arranged in a dynamic diagonal layout, gives the piece a sense of power and movement.
As a preliminary design, this ink project was likely part of a larger effort to develop the visual identity of the Exposition Coloniale, which was one of the most significant international exhibitions of its time. The exposition, hosted in Bois de Vincennes, aimed to showcase the cultural, economic, and artistic achievements of France’s colonial empire, with pavilions representing territories such as North Africa, Indochina, and West Africa.
The artwork's bold contrasts, dramatic perspective, and modernist style reflect the Art Deco and early 20th-century graphic design trends, emphasizing strong geometric forms and high-impact visuals. As a hand-drawn project, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the creative process behind exhibition advertising, where artists experimented with layouts, typography, and imagery before finalizing a printed poster.
Today, this ink poster project is a historical artifact, offering insight into both colonial-era propaganda and vintage graphic...
Category
1930s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait, woman
s head, 1959, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc DAUTRY (1930-2008)
Woman’s head, 1959 ?
Pencil on paper
Signed and dated "1959" ? lower left
14 x 10.5 cm
Frame (antique glass) : 36 x 30 cm
Born in Nime (south of France), Mar...
Category
1950s France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Fleurs dans un Vase- Oil Pastel Drawing by G. Halff - Late 20th Century
By Giselle Halff
Located in Roma, IT
Fleurs dans un Vase is an original oil pastel drawing on paper realized by the French artist Giselle Halff in XX century.
Hand-signed in charcoal pencil on lower right margin, this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960 ca.
Drawing pen on yellowed paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena,...
Category
1960s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Tedoradze - lost Foundations
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic
mixed media on paper
Keti Tedoradze is Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her paintings merge figurative and abstract styles, intert...
Category
2010s Contemporary France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Urban Landscape - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Urban Landscape is an original artwork, pencil on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute it to a french artist if the mid 20th Century.
This beautiful modern artwork ...
Category
Mid-20th Century France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Strange Thoughts - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Strange Thoughts is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Music Teacher - Black China Ink Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Music Teacher" is an original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
In excellent conditions: as good as new.
Sheet dimension: 6.7 x ...
Category
20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Rose - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century.
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Ink
Nudes Women - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1925
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes Women is a Pencil and Pastel Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1925 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition with folding and aged margins.
Mino Maccari ...
Category
1920s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Maggio Fiorentino - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Maggio Fiorentino is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena,...
Category
20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Woman - Pencil on Paper by André Meaux-Saint-Marc - Early 20th Century
By André Meaux Saint-Marc
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by André Meaux Saint-Marc (1885 - 1941) .
Pencil drawing on brown paper in very good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
On the Road - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Road) is a drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black China ink (foun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fishing Party - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
By Georges Conrad
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Fishing Party
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, pap...
Category
1910s Academic France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
$240 Sale Price
33% Off
Nudes Storm - Original charcoals drawing
By Gaston Coppens
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002)
Nudes Storm
Original charcoal drawing
Bears the stamped signature of the artist
Stamp of the artist studio on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$300 Sale Price
28% Off
Study for a Celebration Menu - Original Signed Watercolor and Pencil Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Study for a Celebration Menu
Original watercolor and pencil drawing
Signed in pencil
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
on vellum 31 x 21 cm ...
Category
1890s Realist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil
Autoportrait, circa 1940, Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
By Henry Mirande
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry Mirande (1877-1955)
Self-portrait, circa 1940
Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Signed "HM" lower right and signed with the stamp on the reverse
Annotation faintly legible ...
Category
Early 20th Century France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Young Boy Smilling - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Small Village in Switzerland
Original charcoals drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
on linen vellum 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 in)
Very g...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Boy with Long Blond Hair - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Boy with Long Blond Hair, c. 1900
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On cream vellum 23.5 x 31 cm (c. 9...
Category
Early 1900s Realist France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
The Landscape - Drawing in pencil on paper by Joseph Dumas Descules-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Landscape is a drawing in pencil and white lead on paper realized by Joseph Dumas Descules (1813-1885).
Applied on a Passepartout 30 x 41 cm, with a cutting at the top of the Pa...
Category
19th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Erotic Scene - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
Category
1960s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Workhorses - Original Watercolor - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Workhorses is an original watercolour realized by a French artist in 1909.
The artwork is in good conditions, mounted on a white cardboard passpa...
Category
Early 1900s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Women Nudes - Drawing by G. Riegler. - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Women Nudes is an Artwork realized by the Artist G. Riegler.
Drawing in ink on paper, Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner.
Th...
Category
20th Century Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni
Located in PARIS, FR
This spectacular red chalk drawing depicts an elderly woman, her eyes bulging, her hand stretched out towards the sky. This disturbing character, who seems close to dementia, and the elongation of her arm with its Mannerist overtones, plunge us into the Florentine artistic milieu of the first half of the 17th century. The proximity of this drawing to some characters in the fresco in the Pitti Palace representing The Muses, Poets and Philosophers chased from Parnassus, the last masterpiece of Giovanni da San Giovanni, leads us to propose an attribution to this artist and a dating of around 1635-1636.
1. Giovanni da San Giovanni, the painter of contradiction
We take here the title of the monography dedicated to the artist by Anna Banti in 1977, which remains the reference book for this artist. The son of a notary, Giovanni Mannozzi, known as Giovanni da San Giovanni, abandoned his studies to go to Florence at the age of sixteen, where he entered the studio of Matteo Rosselli (1578 - 1650) around 1609 and enrolled in the Academy of Drawing Arts in 1612. Around 1615 he produced his first known works, mainly frescoes for the city's tabernacles. He became famous in Florence for his originality, combining an obsessive application to the study of drawing and the reading of poetry and history with a disheveled appearance. Between 1619 and 1620 he decorated the facade of the Antella Palace in Piazza Santa Croce, a decoration that still partly survives today.
The death of Cosimo II in 1621 put an end to the Florentine building activity and Giovanni da San Giovanni left for Rome to find other sponsors with the painter Francesco Furini...
Category
17th Century Old Masters France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Plant - Drawing - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Plant is a drawing realized in 1939.
Pencil on paper.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly.
Category
1930s Modern France - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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