Dynamic Sketches of Figures

A collection of expressive sketches featuring figures in various poses, showcasing an energetic atmosphere with loose lines and dynamic movement.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Chalk drawing by Ludwig Michalek depicting various workers, showing different postures, attire, and interactions, created in 1924.

Beheading of a saint bishop. Herdt, Jan de (ca 1620-ca 1690), draughtsman, cartoonist

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Possibly a Crowd before a Prophetess, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Punt Fishing in the Thames, Robert Pollard, 1755-1838, British, and James Pollard, 1792-1867, British, undated, Graphite, with pen and brown ink on blued white, medium, slightly textured, wove paper, Sheet: 4 3/16 x 13 1/16 inches (10.6 x 33.2 cm), bonnets (hats), chairs, coats, dresses, fish, fishing, fishing poles, grass, hats, men, pants, river, sporting art, structure, trees, water, women, England, Thames

carro con figuras, Narcís Puget Viñas, Charcoal drawing, Puget Museum, casa noble de Can LLaudis , Dalt Vila, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Loading a Waggon. Drawing. Pen and red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper. Height: 208 mm (8.18 in); Width: 305 mm (12 in). Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

A pencil sheet by Emerich Alexius Swoboda depicting a figural frieze design on three levels, showing figures, decorative motifs, and compositional organization around 1871.

Attributed to John Carter, 1748-1817, British, Wall Paintings, between 1793 and 1799. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper.

Woman on horseback, seen from the side, with sketch of a lower leg and foot, c. 1656 - Before 1660 drawing Draughterman: Zwolleaftrain Drawing by: Deventer paper. chalk

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 30.5 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

Deucalion and Pyrrha. Deucalion and Pyrrha turnip stones from the ground they will throw over their shoulders. Also figure studies. Page 32 From a sketchbook with 72 pages.

Figures on the street, 1875 - 1934 Page 30 from sketchbook XLVI with 32 pages. Paris (possibly) paper. chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Men in Seventeenth-Century Costumes recto, c. 1850s, graphite on laid paper, sheet: 28.89 × 32.07 cm (11 3/8 × 12 5/8 in.), Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (artist) American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

Ulysses' sketches; sketch of Eurydyk and Ulysses; A fragment of the sketch of Agripin's composition in exile; verso: Sketches of Agripin's compositionRenault, Wanda (1910-1990) - collection, composition sketches, purchase (provenance)

Dante Flees the Wild Beasts and Meets Virgil, 1824, graphite on laid paper, mounted on nineteenth-century album sheet, sheet: 25.7 x 37.8 cm (10 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.), overall (album sheet): 35.2 x 50 cm (13 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.), Bartolomeo Pinelli (artist) Italian, 1781 - 1835

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Study of the Resurrection of Lazarus, undated. Pan and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Sketch of the characters in historical costumes; Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893); 1876-1886 (1876-00-00-1886-00-00);Albrecht Brave (Prince Saski - 1443-1500), Miśnia (Germany), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Scholtz, Hanna (Flow. Ca 1912) - gift, wall decorations, German drawings, German drawings historical, fresco studies, composition sketches

carro con figuras, Narcís Puget Viñas, dibujo al carboncillo,museo Puget, casa noble de Can LLaudis , Dalt Vila, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Two studies to the picture "Actors before Hamlet"; Verso: Three sketches of the standing female character, card from the sketchbook; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1872-1874 (1872-00-00-1874-00-00);Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)-illustration, William (1564-1616). Hamlet, costumes, costumes, studies (sketches), paintings, figural studies, character studies, character study in historical costume, sketchbooks, purchase (provenance)

Smoking Farmers, Rodolphe Bresdin, 1832 - 1885 drawing France tracing paper. ink pen pipe ~ tobacco

Jockey on a horse with three figures, Sawrey Gilpin, 1733-1807, British, undated, Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/8 inches (13 × 16.2 cm), animal art, sporting art

Knutson, Johan, work, Bagarla och en del af Runsala, Finland prättädt i teckninger, booklets XX and XXI, 1848, lithography, graphics, leaf width 31.5 cm, leaf height 24.5 cm, image width 20.5 cm, image height 12.5 cm

A coal on paper sketch by Franz von Pausinger from 1881 illustrating the orientation trip of Crown Prince Rudolf, focusing on figure placement and landscape composition.

Group of figures watching wagons drive by. Schadow, Albert Dietrich (1797-1869), draughtsman, cartoonist

Drawing, Men and Women Unloading a Fishing Dory, Cullercoats, England; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); USA; graphite on gray paper; Sheet (left): 17.8 × 18.2 cm (7 × 7 3/16 in.) Sheet (right): 17.1 × 26 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Study sheet with team and man with double span, 1901 drawing Netherlands paper. pencil horse. ploughing

Oberon and Titania, from A Midsummer Night's Dream 1801-1851 England. Pen and brown ink, with touches of red watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on board . Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe

Figures by a Railing 1870-1873 United States. Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper (discolored) . James McNeill Whistler

Three women, one of them wielding an enormous syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Two Seated Figures, undated. Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Two riders and one lying man, c. 1840 - c. 1860 Page 30 Verso from a sketchbook with 38 sheets. Low Countries paper. pencil riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. lying figure

Project of illustrations for "Kantyczek" in "Pastor Kachy"; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); 1924 (1924-00-00-1924-00-00);Christmas (iconogr.), Czyżewski, Tytus (1880-1945). Pastorals, birds, purchase (provenance), animals, holy family (iconogr.)

Sketchbook Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817-1895). Sketchbook, 1857. Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm). This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall. American Art 1857

Design for decorative panel with Suzanna and the elders, Dionys van Nijmegen, 1715 - 1798 drawing paper. chalk brush the elders spying upon Susanna

caminando, Narcís Puget Viñas, dibujo al carboncillo,museo Puget, casa noble de Can LLaudis , Dalt Vila, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Standing woman and a sitting figure, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1882 Page 44 from a sketchbook with 31 sheets made in The Hague and Rotterdam. The Hague paper. chalk sitting figure. standing figure - AA - female human figure (+ back view)

Drawing, Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 11.2 × 15 cm (4 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Four soldiers who raise the glass, 1880 The figures wear seventeenth-century costume and swords. Page 19 from a sketchbook with 34 sheets. paper pen historical costume. hacking and thrusting weapons. arm raised upward (+ indicating, pointing at). glass of wine

Men on a quay, 1837 - 1881 Three men stand and sit around a barrel and wear seventeenth-century costume. A moored sailboat can be seen in the background. Also a study by a man dragging a ton on a quay. Page 6 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 separate drawings. paper. pencil pier, quay, wharf. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. historical costume

Setting the big cut. 1869. Sketches. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Pen drawing

Charioteers (recto and verso), pen and purple-black ink on wove paper, sheet: 17.3 x 37 cm (6 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.), Eugène Delacroix (artist) French, 1798 - 1863

Ekman, Robert Wilhelm, work, Väinämöinen ja Aino, sketch for the Kalevala drawing series, sketch 1860/61, drawing, 35.5 cm x 44 cm

Interieur met figuren.A woman is sitting at a window. Next to her are two men. Also a study of a man with a feather hat. Leaf 51 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Standing woman and a seated figure. Page 44 from a sketchbook with 31 magazines manufactured in The Hague and Rotterdam.

An etching by Francisco Goya from 'The Disasters of War,' illustrating the disorder and confusion resulting from war, created between 1815 and 1820, first published in 1863.

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, The Prince Regent, Scene iV, 1812. Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.

Sketches of Soldiers and Horses. Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault; French, 1791-1824. Date: 1813-1814. Dimensions: 171 × 230 mm. Graphite with stumping on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Print (France)

Scene with Nymphs and Satyr Artist's working dates 1644-1679 France. Pen, brown and black ink over touches of black chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream card . Nicolas Pierre Loir

Figure studies, George Hendrik Breitner, 1876 - 1923 drawing On the left a man with a handcart on the street. Right women on the street. Under a horse and a figure, possibly digging. Amsterdam (possibly) chalk street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). hand-cart. horse. spading ~ soil cultivation

Two studies for the judgment of Solomon.

pescando en el muelle, ,Narcís Puget Viñas, dibujo al carboncillo,museo Puget, casa noble de Can LLaudis , Dalt Vila, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, Symptoms: of Being Wanted, of Anxiety, of a Has Been, of Duck Catching, between 1822 and 1827. Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper.

A drawing by Cecil van Haanen using pencil and brown pen showing studies of figures in a bedside setting, including gestures, posture, and interaction.

Last Supper, Jan Tersteeg, After Rafaël, 1765 - 1807 print The Last Supper of Christ with his students. The students are shocked by the announcement that one of them will betray Christ. Amsterdam paper etching announcement of the betrayal of Christ, and the reaction of the apostles

A Greek Family, Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781-1867, British, 1802-1804, Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 5/16 inches (22.5 × 28.7 cm)

Study sheet with figures, hands and a head. Among other studies of a kneeling man and a woman wearing a basket on the head. Leaf 14 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 loose drawings.

Fragment of a study with two putti.design for a painting.

Feather sketches by Anton Romako showing human figures in varied poses and gestures.

Musicians and a Performing Bear. Genre subject. Graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, cream, slightly textured laid paper mounted on medium, cream, slightly textured laid paper. Height: 79 mm (3.11 in); Width: 178 mm (7 in). Author: Paul Sandby.

Drawing, Hard-a-Port; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); USA; charcoal on off-white paper; 30.7 x 49.7 cm (12 1/16 x 19 9/16 in.)

Two Views of an Artist's Studio, possibly that of Eden Upton Eddis ca. 1859 () Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Two Views of an Artist's Studio, possibly that of Eden Upton Eddis 363107

The King Drinks 17th century David Teniers the Younger Flemish. The King Drinks. David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels). 17th century. Graphite. Drawings

River landscape with a mill and sailing ships and Koppen.Mainly Heads of Women with caps and (Caricaturale) Men's Heads. Leaf 18 Verso from a Sketchbook with 98 Sheets.

Joseph Nash, 1808-1878, British, Fashionable Men and Women Promenading, 1827. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Figure study for The Arthurian Round Table and the Fable of the Seat Perilous,” the third in a series of fifteen murals illustrating The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail,” for the second-floor Book Delivery Room of the Boston Public Library. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Karikatural Figures and a Coach, Pieter van Loon, 1862 drawing Caricatural figures, partly in dialogues, and a carriage. With three captions, including at the bottom right: Dire Que J'ai Aimé ça. paper. ink pen

The audience, by Hubert Gravelot.

Moritz von Schwind created various sketches in ink during spring 1859-1860, showing figures, landscapes, and compositional studies on paper.

Six figures in different poses, Isaac van Ostade, 1645 - 1649 drawing The drawing is cut into three pieces. Haarlem paper. graphite (mineral). ink writing (processes) / brush / pen

With ivy overgrown strain of an oak in the forest.Leaf 22 Verso and 23 recto from a sketchbook with 46 sheets.

Les Camelots de la pensee (proof forcover). Artist: Maurice Delcourt, French, 1879-1916

3 studies of a lady with parasol, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1883, Belgian Art

In the Maas-Walloon. Draughtsman: August Allebé. Dating: 1848 - 1927. Measurements: h 129 mm × w 193 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Print, Livre d'Etude; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); France

Woman leaning on a fence and putti.leaf 15 verso from a sketchbook with 38 sheets.

History of Germany 1820-50 Carl Heinrich Hermann German. History of Germany. Carl Heinrich Hermann (German, Dresden 1802-1880 Berlin). 1820-50. Pen and black ink. Drawings

Studies of mothers and children, Christina Chalon, 1771, draughtsman: Christina Chalon, 1771, paper, pen, h 184 mm × w 150 mm

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Five Men, Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro, Italian, 1609 - 1675, Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper, Five men, seen from behind. The figure at far left is shown barefoot and seated on a rock., Italy, 1625-1650, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Victor Hugo (1828-1873). Caricature. Brown feather and ink on paper. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Drawing, brown ink, paper, caricature, feather

Birth of Man. Drawing. Graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper. Height: 130 mm (5.11 in); Width: 181 mm (7.12 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Two Sketches of Children at Play, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Procès Arton (première planche) , Judicial proceedings. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Menu Duluc. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1884. Prints; etchings. Etching and drypoint

Mrs. West and Daughter Playing Catch, Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), undated, Pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (19.4 x 29.8 cm), ball, basket, bonnet, child, costume, couch, daughter, dress, figure study, game, girl, mother, necklace, portrait, shoes, woman

Paul Gauguin, Five Studies of Soldiers and a Woman's Face; Two Figures (recto), 1884 1888 Five Studies of Soldiers and a Woman's Face; Two Figures recto

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan, Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, between 1809 and 1811, Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, brown laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (14.4 × 24.3 cm), attacking, bed, daggers, drapery, figure study, guards, king (person), literary theme, men, murder, plays by William Shakespeare, shadows, sleeping, stabbing, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Birth of Man. Drawing. Graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper. Height: 165 mm (6.49 in); Width: 248 mm (9.76 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.

The Flemish Mother, Sir David Wilkie (Pitlessie, Fife, Scotland, 1785 - 1841)

Playing in a park. Waliszewski, Zygmunt (1897-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, Symptoms: of Being Drawn, of a Fine Song, of Troting, of Being In, of Being Out, of a Recoil, between 1822 and 1827. Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper.

Sjöstrand, Carl Eneas, work, Sketch of Lotta Svärd subjects for illustration, 1866, drawing, 23.5 cm x 32 cm

The Pursuit of Pleasure, Joseph Noel Paton, 1821-1901, British, 1848, Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, beige card, Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 7/8 inches (31.8 × 50.5 cm) and Mount: 13 × 20 1/8 inches (33 × 51.1 cm), religious and mythological subject

Sejm in the lead, sketch to the picture; Matejko, Jan (1838-1893); Ca 1866 (1861-00-00-1865-00-00);

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