French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Title: French Female Portrait Pencil Drawing Woman Head Study 1960 Sketch Artist: French School, 20th century Medium: pencil / graphite drawing on...

Limerick: Henry O'Shea, c1800. Dual process photogravure on cardstock, 4 x 2 1/2 inches (102 x 64 mm), the full sheet. Framed handsomely in the original handmade wood frame with a ...

French School of the20th Century Bust of a man viewed from behind, signed on the lower right (unidentified signature, see detail photograph) watercolor on paper 46 x 34 cm In a very...

Title: Mid Century French School Portrait Drawing Woman With Braid Medium: Pencil on artist paper Size: 20 x 13.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Inscribed lower centre Lydia Mande...

A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...

Louis-Henri de RUDDER Presumed portrait of François BLANC Pastel Signed, inscribed, and dated in the lower right margin: "A Madame Edmond Blanc / de Rudder / 18.." (obscured by the f...

Title: Mid Century Expressionist Seated Female Nude Gouache Study Medium: Gouache and ink on paper, unframed Size: 18 x 15.25 inches (height x width) Provenance: private collection C...

Michel FRONTI Marseille, 1862 – Marseille, 1936 Portrait of a young blonde girl Pastel signed top right “M. Fronti” 35 x 27 cm (56 x 50 cm with the frame) Original frame Very good co...

François Alfred DELOBBE Paris 1835 - 1920 Study of a Reclining Man Black chalk on blue-gray paper Stamp from the studio sale in the lower left corner 30 x 45 cm sheet 45 x 6...

Julien Leopold BOILLY Paris 1796-1874 Portrait of a man First third of the 19th century Pierre noire Signed on the right 23,5 x 17 cm 38 x 29 cm framed Small stains

Tetouanoui Man Albert Charles Dequene Pastel on paper, signed and dated 1933 lower left, titled upper right Image size: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm) Hand made ebonised and gilded ...

French School, late 19th century Figure Study (recto); Reclining Figure Study (verso) Red chalk on paper, 13.3 x 10.2 cm Signed (unreadable) Provenance: Probably from a sketchboo...

Black chalk and graphite on light weight cream wove paper, 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches, (410 x 286 mm), the full sheet. Signed, titled, and dated in sepia ink in the lower-center sheet area. With horizontal folds approximately 1-inch from the sheet edge at each of the four sheets. The drawing appears to have been folded at the sheet edges to fit into a frame. Finn mac Cumail (or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the Fianna bands of young roving hunter-warriors, as well as being a seer and poet. He is said to have a magic thumb that bestows him with great wisdom. He is often depicted hunting with his hounds Bran and Sceólang, and fighting with his spear and sword. Fionn MacCumhail was transformed into the character "Fingal" in James Macpherson's poem cycle Ossian (1760), which Macpherson claimed was translated out of discovered Ossianic poetry written in the Scottish Gaelic language. Fionn MacCumhail features heavily in modern Irish literature. Most notably he makes several appearances in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake...

Charcoal, chalk and red chalk Initialled (lower left and right) 12cm × 9.5cm (41cm × 37cm framed) A French actor and artist. He is known for acting in several French films in the 1...

Title: Charcoal Portrait Bearded Gentleman Study Academic French School Medium: Charcoal on paper, unframed Size: 25 x 18.75 inches (height x width) Provenance: private collection Co...

Title: Signed 1924 Male Profile Head Study Graphite Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on artist paper unframed Size: 19.25 x 12.5 inches (height x width) Provenance: private collection...

Title: Mid Century French School Seated Man and Dog Pencil Drawing Medium: Pencil on paper, unframed Size: 12.25 x 9.5 inches (height x width) Prov...

Marie Laurencin: 1883-1956. Very well listed French artist who has had Auction results as high as $187,000 for a watercolor and ink on paper. Although she is best known for her color...

Title: French Woman Artist Portrait Pen Ink Drawing Figurative Sketch 1964 Artist: French School, 20th century Medium: pen and ink on paper, unframed Size: 10.5 x 8.25 height x width...

Watercolor on paper without frame

Untitled, 1894 Graphite on paper Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left

Title: Early 20th Century Multi Figure Head Study Graphite Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on paper, unframed Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches (height x width) Provenance: private collectio...

Title: Early 20th Century Female Portrait Head Study Graphite Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on paper, unframed Size: 19 x 12.25 ...

Title: Signed 1924 Male Profile Head Study Graphite Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on artist paper unframed Size: 19 x 12.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes – signed lower right,...

Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame Descazeaux. Ink on paper laid down on matt board. Unsigned. Image siz...

Title: Mid Century French Female Portrait Head Study Graphite Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on toned artist paper, unframed Size: 19 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Possible signat...

Title: Mid Century French School Male Profile Portrait Pencil Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on artist paper, unframed Size: 18.75 x 12.5 inches (height x width) Provenance: privat...

Title: Mid Century French School Male Profile Portrait Drawing Artist: French School Medium: Graphite pencil on artists paper unframed Size: 18.75 x 12.5 inches (height x width) Pro...

Title: French Mid Century Expressionist Portrait Chalk Pastel Drawing Medium: Coloured chalk / soft pastel on paper, unframed Size: 14.75 x 10.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Sig...

Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch).

In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son. Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...

Pen and ink with wash on watermarked J Whatman 1814 paper, 11 x 8 1/4 (280 x 210 mm). Scattered minor edge losses at the left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Minor handling w...

Executed in India ink on paper in 1994, this original portrait demonstrates Menachem Gueffen's remarkable command of line and expressive simplification. A few confident brushstrokes ...

An exceptional ink, wash and graphite portrait of a gentleman by Henri-Joseph Hesse, dating from circa 1820, the time of the Bourbon restoration in France. It depicts a dashing figur...

French School, early 20th century Portrait of Charles Maurras (1868–1952) Charcoal H. 37.5 cm; W. 27 cm Signed and dated lower left (19)09 It would serve little purpose to attempt, ...

Louise HERVIEU Alençon 1878 - Versailles 1954 The Magnificent Servant Circa 1925 Charcoal and black chalk Signed lower left 43 x 32 cm sheet 60 x 43 cm frame Provenanc...

Gaston BETHUNE Paris 1856 - 1897 Little Gypsy Girl with Accordion Watercolor Signed, dated 1878, and located Menton (Azur coast) in the lower right corner 30 x 20.5 cm shee...

Emile WAUTERS Bruxelles 1846 - Paris 1933 Autoportrait Vers 1880-1890 Fusain sur papier fort Signé en bas à droite 24 x 17 cm feuille 39 x 33 cm cadre Petites tâches peu visibles, B...

Attributed to Léon COGNIET Paris 1794 -1880 Portrait of Condottière Pen and brown ink 10,5 x 8cm 30 x 25cm framed Period frame