Expressive Figure Sketches

Sketches capturing figures in dynamic poses and everyday scenes, highlighting the human form in a variety of settings and emotions.

Lekcja rysunku z modela w Académie Julian. Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Figure study and a head of an old woman with hat, George Hendrik Breitner, 1883 - 1885 Page 35 from a sketchbook with 23 magazines. The Hague paper. chalk old woman. head (human) - AA - female human figure

View in Amsterdam with a horse. Page 40 from a sketchbook with 20 sheets.

Figures with crutches or tables, 1888 In the background a sitting figure on a stool. Page 107 from a sketchbook with 58 sheets. Istanbul chalk sitting figure. table. stool

Figures at Kortrijksepoortstraat in Ghent, George Hendrik Breitner, 1907 - 1909 Possibly the Beluik on the Veergrep. Page 14 from a sketchbook with 46 magazines made in Antwerp, Ghent and Amsterdam. Ghent paper. chalk urban housing. street. adult woman Veergrep. Kortrijksepoortstraat

Bird head and two figure studies, 1881 - 1883 Page 10 from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. The Hague paper. chalk adult man. birds

Composition studies with figures. Drawings in frames. Probably preliminary studies or copies to paintings. Leaf 46 Verso from a sketchbook with 52 sheets.

Drawing, Japanese Women; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 10.2 × 17.2 cm (4 in. × 6 3/4 in.)

Composition studies with figures in interiors. Three drawings in frames. Leaf 50 Verso from a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

Lekcja rysunku z modela w Académie Julian. Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Study sheet with a woman and two men, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1882 Page 43 from a sketchbook with 31 sheets made in The Hague and Rotterdam. The Hague paper. chalk adult woman. head (human) (+ back view)

Madame Simon-Girard, Brasseur and Guy in La belle Hélène. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1900. Dimensions: 533 × 470 mm (image); 654 × 522 mm (sheet). Lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Figures at a staircase to a river, 1931 The figures dry themselves or wash themselves in the water of the river. Page 105 from a sketchbook with 74 sheets. Indonesia chalk. pencil river. laundering. washing and bathing - AA - in the open air. flight of steps

Houthakkers in a forest, 1848 - 1888 Page 2 Verso from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. paper. chalk woodcutting, woodcutter ~ forestry

Howard Visiting a Prison, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 x 6 1/2 inches (12.7 x 16.5 cm), correctional institution, dark, historical subject, prison, sublime

Face of a woman, 1875 - 1934 Leaf 15 Recto from sketchbook LXIX with 25 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk face. adult woman

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, late 1880s, pencil, drawing, 23 cm x 33.5 cm, Järnefelt, Eero, section: Two women spinning in a hut. Probably Late 1880s, late 1880s, pencil, 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.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, The Banquet Scene, ca. 1792. Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 12.5 cm x 21.5 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

Sketchbook Page, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Sketch of a woman seated in a chair with a shawl around her shoulders., USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio

Group of declared figures, possible circus artists. Possible, among other things, a cord dancer. Leaf 2 Verso from sketchbook Li with 11 sheets.

Interiors with figures sitting at a table. Leaf 2 recto from a sketchbook with 43 sheets.

Before an Army Hut, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Graphite on paper, Horizontal view of the doorway on an army hut, with the curtain drawn up revealing part of the figure of a soldier seated within, and of a saddle hanging on a pole projecting from the hut., USA, 1862, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing

View of a port area with figures, George Hendrik Breitner, 1872 A soldier leans against an arc. In the middle there is a man on a donkey and behind it a man with a bag on his back. A ship in the distance. Page 42 Recto from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Rotterdam paper. pencil adult man. ships (in general). harbour

Lydia and her Mother at Tea, c. 1880. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Softground etching and aquatint printed in brown; sheet: 27.5 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); platemark: 17.9 x 27.9 cm (7 1/16 x 11 in.).

Street scene with a market and a figure sitting on a cart.the figures may be in a floral stall. Leaf 24 Verso from a sketchbook with 31 Sheets.

The Smuggler's Intrusion, Sir David Wilkie (Pitlessie, Fife, Scotland, 1785 - 1841) 1825-1841

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, David and Saul, undated. Graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper.

Drawing, Before an Army Hut; Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910); USA; graphite on paper ; 11.1 x 13.8 cm (4 3/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

Three children view a mirror at a fireplace, c. 1858 Three children stand and sit by a fireplace and look and point to a mirror with an ornamental list. There is a woman in the background. Page 39 Recto from a combined album Amicorum and sketchbook with a total of 39 magazines. paper. pencil mirror. child

Drawing by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen depicting three figures, created with bister and feather.

Terned potato rooister, c. 1884 - c. 1887 A basket for her. Page 35 from a sketchbook with 44 sheets. Ewijkshoeve paper. chalk reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest. potatoes. adolescent, young woman, maiden (+ kneeling)

The forge. Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1861. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Studies of a seated, sewing woman, draughtsman: Rik Wouters, 1915, paper, pen, brush, h 361 mm × w 548 mm

Sketches of Army Encampments, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Recto: Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper Verso: Graphite on paper, Recto: Vertical view of three registers, with the upper and lower registers showing a camp, and the middle register showing a shelter constructed of pine branches. At top right: recount, ink., Verso: Vertical view of a seated soldier and, in the opposite position, of three soldier's heads., USA, 1861, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing

The Studio on the Boat 1862 Charles-François Daubigny. The Studio on the Boat. Charles-François Daubigny (French, Paris 1817-1878 Paris). 1862. Pen and ink on tracing paper. Drawings

Woman behind a piano. Page 32 From a sketchbook with 39 sheets.

Silhouettes and grotesque figures, James Ensor, 1880, drawing, between circa 1880 and circa 1888, Belgian Art

Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse, Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), undated, Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, watercolor and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines, Mount: 12 1/8 × 11 inches (30.8 × 27.9 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 3 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (9.5 × 18.7 cm), and Sheet: 2 1/8 × 5 5/8 inches (5.4 × 14.3 cm), battle, Bronze Age, figure study, figures, Greek literature, Greek mythology, horse (animal), legend, mythology, religious and mythological subject, warfare, Greece

Women in Front of a Café, Evening 1872-1882 France. Monotype cognate on ivory wove paper laid down on ivory wove paper . Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Man on balcony of a minaret overlooking a street. A man in oriental clothing and turban looks out from the balcony of a minaret on a street with figures. A second minaret is visible in the background. Also in thumbnail a study of the figure on the balcony. Page 9 and 10 from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14.5 cm x 8 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

Composition sketches, Pieter de Josselin de Jong, 1871 - 1906 drawing paper. chalk

The Motorist (L'automobiliste). Dated: 1896. Medium: lithograph in black. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Amsterdam, Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Brouwer, Adriaen, Schreuder, Bernhard, Drunken farmer in an inn, verso cardboard and verso print - stamped, A farmer sits on a low bench in an inn, with a jug in his hand. In the background three men at a table., print, prints, height 193 mm, width 157 mm, - 1780-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1775 - 1775, paper, print drawing, etching, etchings, roulette, Southern Netherlands, 1606 - 1638-02-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Northern Netherlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, supervision

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Figure Composition Study 42, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Study for the humble

L'Estaque 1870-1872 France. Graphite on ivory wove paper . Paul Cézanne

Workers at Kade in Rotterdam, Adolf Le Comte, 1860 - 1921 drawing paper. chalk quay Rotterdam

Four washing sides. Study for four women on the bridge at the Westermarkt. Page 6 From a sketchbook with 31 sheets.

Coal drawing by Cecil van Haanen depicting an interior scene with two girls on brownish paper.

A feather drawing by Anton Romako showing various figure sketches, each with a raised arm, focusing on posture and anatomy.

Street with a shop window and figures.Leaf 63 verso and 64 recto from a sketchbook with 65 sheets.

Green album of 136 pages (68 leaflets) of blue paper Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Green album of 136 pages (68 leaflets) of blue paper, nineteenth century.

Naked guys on a bed, 1887 Page 34 from a sketchbook with 19 sheets. paper. chalk boy (child between toddler and youth). lying figure. sitting figure. bed. the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure

The Jew Shylock, walking through the streets. Draughtsman: Jac van Looij. Dating: 1865 - 1930. Measurements: h 347 mm × w 252 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Group Composition from Fantasia Enchained 1873-1875 Hungary. Charcoal and white chalk, with stumping, on tan wove paper . Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

Don Quixote, James Ensor, circa 1870-1880, drawing, Belgian Art

Spinning Woman, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. female sex; woman. sitting figure. spinning (manufacture of yarn)

Charles Sprague Pearce, Study for a Panel, 1890 1897 Study for a Panel

Figuren op een galerij.Possibly a workshop. In addition to the seated figures there is a wheel. Leaf 60 verso and 61 recto from a sketchbook with 65 sheets.

Seated Woman: Three Poses, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (19.7 x 16.2 cm), genre subject, seated, sketches, woman

Hans Canon created a pencil sketch titled 'Arms Dealer' in 1870, showing a human figure in context.

Willem de Zwijger and merchants, August Allebé, 1848 - 1927 drawing Design for an illustration. paper. ink. pencil pen historical persons. illustration ~ printed matter, book

Sitting draftsman in landscape.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Prison Scene, undated. Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Coal sketch by Franz von Pausinger from 1881 showing an orientation trip of Crown Prince Rudolf, depicting figures, landscape, and movement from a sketchbook.

Figuurstudies.Among other things, a figure that wades to the knees in the sea. Page 11 from a sketchbook with 8 sheets.

Head of a coffee chicker, c. 1886 - 1934 Leaf 7 Verso from sketchbook LXVII with 11 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk head (human) - AA - female human figure

Nude Woman Drying Herself, Degas, Edgar, 1885.

Prison Scene, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13 x 18.7 cm), correctional institution, dark, genre subject, prison

Charles Sprague Pearce, Study of Figures, 1890 1897 Study of Figures

Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878-1914, British, The Alhambra Theatre, "On the Sands", 1910. Black chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper.

A sketch by Teutwart Schmitson from 1858-1863 showing human figures and horses, drawn in pencil and black chalk.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Old Age, undated. Graphite on medium, slightlly textured, cream wove paper.

Sketchbook Drawing, Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, between 1846 and 1852, Graphite with pen and brown ink on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm) and Binding: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)

Figures, possibly at a reading table, c. 1886 - 1934 Leaf 20 Verso from sketchbook LV with 21 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk adult man. reading. table

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Two Sisters, undated. Gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Lebas, Jacques-Philippe, Martini, Pietro Antonio, inventor: Nicolaes Berghem, work, Satyrs and Dryads, 1772, engraving and line etching, graphics, plate width 45.5 cm, plate height 59.3 cm, leaf width 56 cm, leaf height 68.5 cm

Sketch by Josef Wawra for the painting 'Love', executed in chalk on paper.

Kitchen interior with wife and children. Draughtsman: Hendrik Valkenburg. Dating: 1836 - 1896. Measurements: h 273 mm × w 383 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two studies for a figure composition, including three women and a child 1820-76 Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña French. Two studies for a figure composition, including three women and a child 336864

Fetters. Dated: 1919. Dimensions: overall: 34 x 50.2 cm (13 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.). Medium: black, yellow, and brown crayon on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 21.5 cm x 17 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

Study of a figure Sitting, Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, 1806, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 13/16 inches (16 × 9.7 cm)

The Laundresses (Les blanchisseuses (La repassage)). Dated: c. 1879. Medium: etching and aquatint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EDGAR DEGAS.

Schjerfbeck, Helene, work, Sketches of illustrations, initial E and a girl, possibly ca. 1877-1880, pencil on paper, drawing, 12 cm x 9.5 cm, Helena Sofia Helene Schjerfbeck 1862 - 1946, Finnish modernist painter, known for her realist works, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes, finland.

Leading Man, Ligger.Portible Nude. VERSE AND PRANCE BY A CITYSCAPE.

Two Peasant Women in a Field. Date: July 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise. Dimensions: 23.9 cm x 30.5 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Man at a desk; head of a man. Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Indian on horseback, 1925, oil on canvas, painting, Taos, 30 cm x 41.5 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14 cm x 9.5 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

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Study of a Military Scene, undated. Pen and brown ink, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.

Studieblad with on one half a street and on the other various figure studies, draughtsman: Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870 - 1931, paper, h 225 mm × w 308 mm

Portrait of Stéphania Maria Anna Isabella de Block-Loor, standing with pop, Eugène François de Block, 1860 drawing paper. pencil girl (child between toddler and youth). historical persons

Face in Amsterdam with figures, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1891 - c. 1894 Page 3a from a sketchbook with 15 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Amsterdam

Staircase, man, foliage detail, James Ensor, drawing, Belgian Art

The Large Operation, plate eighteen from Gesichter. Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950); printed by Franz Hanfstaengl (German); published by Verlag Marées Gesellschaft, R. Piper and Company (German). Date: 1914. Dimensions: 297 x 436 mm (plate); 368 x 510 mm (sheet). Drypoint on ivory wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 21.5 cm x 17 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

Illustration by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen depicting a man stepping into a room from Gil Blas, executed in ink and feather, emphasizing posture and movement.

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