Figurative Sketch Art

A collection of loose, expressive sketches featuring human figures, scenes from everyday life, and artistic portrayals of interiors.

The lanterns, James Ensor, circa 1880-1890, drawing, Belgian Art

The lanterns, James Ensor, circa 1880-1890, drawing, Belgian Art

Figures, probably on horseback ..

My cabinet in Graz , Karl Wiener -, artist

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Effects of Pride or Injustice, undated. Graphite on medium, smooth cream, wove paper.

Scena uliczna w Kairze. Pochwalski, Kazimierz (1855-1940), painter

Farmers interior with a woman at a spinning wheel, 1854 - 1914 In the foreground a sitting woman who may be on the crafts. Page 14 Recto from a sketchbook with 43 sheets. Laren (possibly) paper. interior of the house. rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage. adult woman. spinning-wheel

Visscher, J.C., inventor: C. Berghem, work, Donkey in the well, (1000 - 2000), etching, graphics, 15.2 cm x 15.8 cm

'Kasperltheater I', mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg.

Wnętrze pracowni Académie Julian z modelką na podium; verso: Karykatura kobiety z papierosem w ustach. Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Muukka, Elias, work, Sketchbook, 42 drawn pages, ca. 1910-1914, drawing, 15 cm x 29 cm, Muukka, Elias, approx. 1910-1914

Potato store in the garden street, draughtsman: August Allebé, 1848 - 1927, paper, h 205 mm × w 261 mm

Farmers interior with a woman at a spinning wheel, 1854 - 1914 In the foreground a second woman sitting in a chair. Page 13 Recto from a sketchbook with 43 sheets. Laren (possibly) paper. interior of the house. rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage. adult woman. spinning-wheel

Interior with two figures at a window.Page 48 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 30 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Man on the balcony of a minaret overlooking a street, 1892 A man in Eastern clothing and turban is looking out of a minaret on a street with figures from the balcony. A second minaret is visible in the background. Also in miniature a study of the figure on the balcony. Pages 9 and 10 from a sketchbook with 51 sheets. Istanbul chalk Asiatic races and peoples. adult man. temple, shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism. balcony. street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Woman with sewing, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1883, Belgian Art

Study of Figures. Dated: 1890/1897. Dimensions: sheet: 11.6 × 18.5 cm (4 9/16 × 7 5/16 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Sprague Pearce.

Kneeling figures on the land. They enough possible. Page 13 From a sketchbook with 19 sheets.

Seated draftsman in landscape, Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen, 1821 - 1891 drawing paper. chalk draughtsman at work - CC - out of doors

Three men, study for Taming of the Shrew(?). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Table under a window at a doorway, c. 1855 - c. 1859 Tools are on the table. Also a study of a group of women. Page 6 Recto from a sketchbook with 22 sheets. Zandvoort paper. pencil interior of the house. window. table. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries. sitting figure - AA - female human figure

The husband and the woman pour oysters out of the barrel; Andrieux, Clément-Auguste (1829-1881); 2. PO. 19th century (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Society for the encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, barrels, caricatures, women, men, oysters, French drawings, genre scenes

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 29.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, A Mother and Children: Two Studies, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Three men climbing, heads, James Ensor, drawing, Belgian Art

Group of Egyptians. Page 26 From a sketchbook with 28 sheets.

The Emancipation Proclamation | Library of Congress

Au pied du Sinaï: Clemenceau à Busk, 1898. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). Lithograph;

Potato sweet woman. For her a basket. In the distance buildings. Page 14 A sketchbook with 38 blades means around the Ewijkshoeve.

A pencil drawing by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen illustrating a scene from Gil Blas, depicting characters and interactions with narrative focus.

Standing figure. Possible at Waterloo Bridge in London. Page 43 from a sketchbook with 40 sheets.

Sketch of figures dancing. From: Marine and Marken sketchbook., circa 1870-1871, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of W. Fergusson Hogg, 1967.

Selection of pencil sketches by Franz Alt from 1855-1867, depicting natural landscapes and architectural elements.

Three women on a terrace (MCB 154) Pierre Puis de Chavannes (1824-1898). Three women on a terrace (MCB 154). Feather and brunette ink on layered paper stuck in full on cardboard.

Figure studies by Peter Fendi in pencil, ink feather, and bister, created in 1821, depicting human anatomy, posture, and gestures.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 - 1901), At The House of Gold (A la maison d'or), 1897, lithograph in olive green

Interior with girl and her freer, Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836 - 1896 drawing Interior with girl and her freer at a semi -open door. Verso: back pressure of chalk drawing: portrait. paper. pencil interior of the house. family life

Drinking at the dis. Draughtsman: Henk Henriët (mentioned on object). Dating: c. 1930 - c. 1939. Measurements: h 206 mm × w 314 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A pencil drawing by Carl Schindler titled 'Last Morning of the Convict,' created around 1840, depicting the figure of a convict with gray shading techniques.

Rudolf Bacher created a pencil drawing showing Winters as a masked coachman smoking.

Edelfelt, Albert, Sketch book, 32 leaves, drawing, 21.5 cm x 29.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, (1897 - 1908), pencil and marker, drawing, 15 cm x 23.5 cm, artist : Järnefelt, Eero, (1897 - 1908), pencil and marker, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen created a pencil illustration for Gil Blas, showing figures, urban and interior scenes, and narrative details.

L'Incendie de Louvain, 1914. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Pen and brush and black ink with white highlights;

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, MacBeth: Banquet Scene, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Cimon and Pero, Anonymous, After Willem Drost, after Rembrandt van Rijn, after c. 1650 - c. 1655 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush

Caricature. Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 10 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (27.1 x 18.8 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Holmberg, Werner, work, Fallen old tree on the beach, 1853, drawing, 27.5 cm x 44.4 cm

Figures on the street. Possible women. Page 21 From a sketchbook with 21 sheets.

Various pencil sketches by Franz Alt from his 1879-1883 sketchbook, featuring studies of figures, buildings, and landscapes.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Netherlands, Schreuder, Bernhard, Rebellious toddler, verso - stamped, A woman lifts a screaming and struggling child. A man holds the door open for her. Behind her two other children., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 208 mm, width 144 mm, - 1780-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1767 - 1780, paper, papier, printtekening, etching, etchings, handkleuring, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, intermediary draughtsman

Sketch for Howard Scene, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (14 x 16.8 cm), figure study, genre subject, religious and mythological subject

An ink and feather sketch by Erwin Puchinger showing representatives of Italy, Albania, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Poland seated at a negotiating table.

James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Study of Two Men, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The rue Mosnier with Gas Lamp. Édouard Manet; French, 1832-1883. Date: 1878. Dimensions: 277 × 441 mm. Brush with tusche, over graphite on transfer paper, laid down on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Soudais Deposition (Déposition Soudais), 1896 Soudais Deposition (Déposition Soudais)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12.5 cm x 21 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Open Lock, Akron, Ohio, James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854-1913, Graphite on paper, Sketches of a canal lock in Akron, Ohio. Two men, upper right, seen from behind. To the left, a man working a lever. Below, the canal, showing an open lock and trees beyond., Akron, Ohio, USA, July 1, 1886, transportation, Drawing, Drawing

Old Age, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches (14 x 17.5 cm), dark, genre subject

John Flaxman, Sheet of Studies, including Warrior with Child (recto and verso) Sheet of Studies, including Warrior with Child recto and verso

Study for Heinrich von Kleist's Broken Jug. Adolf von Menzel (German, 1815 - 1905)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12 cm x 19.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

A pond on a scale in Krakow, a project of illustrations on approx. drama "scale"; Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869-1907); 1906 (1906-00-00-1906-00-00);Skałka (Kraków), Cover designs, Teatralia, purchase (provenance), Łączyńska, Zofia (1872-1944)-collections, Żuławski, Włodzimierz (18 ..- 19 ..), Żuławski, Włodzimierz (18 ..- 19 .. ) - collections

Two figures praying: study for Galahad’s Vigil” in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Birth of Man, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13 x 18.1 cm), birth, children, historical subject

Black chalk study by Robert Hermann Sterl from 1910 on the Leipzig version of 'Steinbrecher' showing a laborer breaking stones, using sketchy lines for form and posture.

Hand-working girls in a row and sketch of a small road. Draughtsman: Jan Veth. Dating: 1874 - 1925. Measurements: h 271 mm × w 365 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Nettenboeters, sitting on a quay between ships, Jan Weissenbruch, 1832 - 1880 drawing paper. pencil mending of fishing nets

The tormentors, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1936.

Old Women. Dated: 1879/1880. Dimensions: overall: 12.7 x 20.2 cm (5 x 7 15/16 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Group Composition from Fantasia Enchained. Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl; Hungarian, 1860-1933. Date: 1873-1875. Dimensions: 478 x 334 mm. Charcoal and white chalk, with stumping, on tan wove paper. Origin: Hungary. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Au congres de la Paix. Dated: c. 1919. Dimensions: overall: 36.8 x 55 cm (14 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.). Medium: brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

View of a busy street in Amsterdam. Draughtsman: George Hendrik Breitner. Dating: after 24-Jan-1894 - 1923. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 198 mm × w 274 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 10 cm x 15.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Mr. Hobson of Markfield and Family. Date/Period: Ca. 1806. Drawing. Graphite, gray wash, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper. Height: 108 mm (4.25 in); Width: 175 mm (6.88 in). Author: John Constable.

Osta; Rembowski, Jan (1879-1923); after 1900 (1901-00-00-1923-00-00);Whipping (iconogr.), Cukierówna, Maria (Fl. Ca 1950-Ca 1975), Cukierówna, Maria (Fl. Ca 1950-Ca 1975)-collection, young Poland (style), PartaGage Plus, cooling, gift (provenance), Poland (culture), Polish drawings, torture, prisons

Arts and assistants during an operation, Max Beckmann, 1914 - 1919 München paper drypoint München paper drypoint

Cover for 'La tribu d'Isodore' (Couverture pour 'La tribu d'Isodore'), 1897, lithograph in brown and yellow, Wittrock 1985, no. 234, State i/ii (1st ed. 1897), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (artist) French, 1864 - 1901

Ink and feather studies by Oskar Laske from 1918 showing various figures and compositions on paper.

Italian Sketchbook: Seated Woman (page 107), 1898-1899. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Pencil; sheet: 16.7 x 10.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/4 in.).

Le Drageoir aux épices by J. K. Huysmans: p. 47, 1929. Auguste Brouet (French, 1872-1941), J.K. Huysmans (French). Book containing 54 etchings; overall: 28.7 x 23.3 x 4.5 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.).

Studies of figures, lamps and mirrors, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing Sketch leaf with studies of figures, lamps and mirrors. paper. ink. pencil pen

Study sheet with one street in one half and on the other various figure studies, Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870 - 1931 drawing paper. chalk

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Sketchbook Drawing, ca. 1793. Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Drawing, Fragment of Temple of Vesta; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; black crayon on wove paper

Procession of figures with flags. Page 82 From a sketchbook with 74 sheets.

Procession of figures with parasols. Page 83 From a sketchbook with 74 sheets.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Prison Scene, undated. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Ballroom with figures. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Ballrooms, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Werkman in the cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. ink pen cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth

Sketch of a Blacksmith. Dated: 1895. Dimensions: image: 10.7 × 9.2 cm (4 3/16 × 3 5/8 in.) sheet: 17.2 × 11.7 cm (6 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.). Medium: lithograph in black on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Two men with hats, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen head-gear: hat

Watercolor by Maximilian Lenz depicting a Rococo scene in blue tones, showing figures, architecture, and decorative elements.

Three pencil studies by Josef Engelhart depicting three human figures in different poses.

Study of two men, woman, and a dog, from Loves Labours Lost (?). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Arthur-Joseph Guéniot (1866-1951). The armor of François Ier, study. Graphite pencil. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Drawing, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century

Studies by Franz Hofer of Slovak farmers, market booths, and head and face details, executed in chalk between 1913 and 1914.

View of the Alter Kranen in Würzburg; verso: Study of Three Soldiers and Two More Figures 1815 Johann Adam Klein German. View of the Alter Kranen in Würzburg; verso: Study of Three Soldiers and Two More Figures 406956

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