Sketches of Figures in Motion

Loosely drawn sketches capturing the essence of human figures in various poses, emphasizing movement and expression in a minimalist style.

Sitting man in bed, anonymous, c. 1930 - c. 1970 drawing An older man sits up in bed in his pajamas and holds his hands against his ears. paper. India ink (ink) pen bed. sitting figure (+ old male (human being)). hand(s) towards the ear(s) - AA - both arms or hands

Bading Indian Woman, 1924 - 1925 The woman wears a chain around her neck. Probably she bathes in the Ganges river. Also some studies of women's heads. Page 9 from a sketchbook with 23 magazines. India paper. pencil Asiatic races and peoples: Indians. bathing (movement in water). head (human)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 23 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

Study of a sitting woman with averted face, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 drawing paper brush

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Unidentified Subject: Reclining Woman and Other Figures, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

A pencil sketch by Friedrich Gauermann from 1838 depicting an old man, an old woman, and a sleeping girl on her lap at Bartolome-Schlößl, focusing on figure studies and composition.

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

Woman at a table, c. 1915 - 1934 She supports her head with her hand. Furthermore, some figure studies. Page 22 Verso from sketchbook XV with 22 sheets. The Hague paper. pencil adult woman (+ sitting). table. standing figure

Study of a lying woman, asleep on a couch. Draughtsman: Rik Wouters. Dating: 1892 - 1916. Measurements: h 322 mm × w 450 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Group standing figures, c. 1936 - c. 1940 drawing paper. pencil standing figure. caricatures (human types)

Pablo Picasso / 'Danseuse espagnole', 1901, Ink on paper. Museum: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Why Not Once Does Not Constitute a Habit, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). Lithograph;

Study sheet with embrace. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 196 mm × w 135 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in1901). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Sleeping woman. Two studies. Page 49 From a sketchbook with 27 sheets.

Study, possibly from legs, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1890 Page 41 from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. pencil legs

Study for Beside the bed…” - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith’s The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 43. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Zittende Joanna Lion Cachet-Cordes.She may be handling. Leaf 12 Recto from a sketchbook with 25 sheets.

Man with newspaper and two heads, 1819 - 1849 Page 8 Recto from a sketchbook with 60 sheets. paper. pencil newspaper, news-sheet. head (human)

Sketches of Four Figures, Spain Thursday, May 26, 1832 Eugène Delacroix French. Sketches of Four Figures, Spain 355662

The Little Velvet Dress. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1872-1873. Dimensions: 164 x 120 mm (plate); 382 x 236 mm (sheet, sight, bound). Drypoint with foul biting, with drypoint cancellation, in black ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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

Sketch sheet with studies of a factory boy at work ..

Study of Right Hand on a Book, Daniel Huntington, American, 1816-1906, Graphite on cream wove paper, Study of right hand and arm, from the right, resting on an upright book. Verso: Outline of upper torso and arms of Bacchante with tambourine., USA, 1887, figures, Drawing, Drawing, Study of Right Hand on a Book, Daniel Huntington, American, 1816-1906, Graphite on cream wove paper, Study of right hand and arm, from the right, resting on an upright book. Verso: Outline of upper torso and arms of Bacchante with tambourine., USA, 1887, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Women's Head, 1875 - 1934 Leaf 13 Verso from sketchbook XXII with 30 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk head (human) - AA - female human figure

Sitting young woman, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, After 1635 - 1669 print Sitting woman with hat and unavoidable skirt, depicted sideways. paper engraving adult woman

Enckell, Magnus, Sketch book, drawing, Enckell, Magnus, Knut Magnus Enckell 1870 Hamina - 1925 in Stockholm, a Finnish painter. Member of the Septem group of colorist painters. In Finland, Enckell is considered an influential symbolist artist.

Woman looking over her shoulder. Page 29 From Sketchbook XLIV with 43 pages.

Lady in an arm-chair , Sitting. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs

Reclining Female Nude, 1914. Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920). Graphite; sheet: 26.3 x 43.3 cm (10 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.).

Dancer Putting on Her Shoe 1883-1893 France. Etching on ivory wove paper . Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Woman, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Two sketches of a female figure seated wearing a dress., USA, 1876, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Berndtson, Gunnar, work, Sketch book, drawing, 11 cm x 18 cm, Berndtson, Gunnar

A pencil study by Johann Gualbert Raffalt depicting a Chinese head and figure, focusing on facial features, posture, and anatomy.

George Romney, 1734-1802, British, Mother and Child, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Pencil sketch by Emerich Alexius Swoboda showing a preliminary design for a monument with compositional focus.

Lying woman, 1887 - 1934 She supports an arm. Page 32 from sketchbook XLIX with 32 pages. Paris (possibly) paper. chalk adult woman (+ lying). lying on one side, with uplifted upper part of the body and leaning on the arm - AA - female human figure

Scene from Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, The Jew Shylock, walking through the streets, draughtsman: Jac van Looij, 1865 - 1930, paper, pen, h 347 mm × w 252 mm

Husband and wife at a table, Johann Daniel Laurentz, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1756 print paper etching conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

A set of sketches by George Minne from 1888 in pen and pencil showing human figures, gestures, posture, and anatomical studies.

Standing warrior with lance and shield, Anonymous, 1610 - 1630 drawing Verona paper. chalk male sex; man. standing figure. the soldier; the soldier's life

Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809), sketch for the same figure as in Recto, 1743-1809

Untitled, Rein Dool, 1971 drawing Robot -like man with cover by his head, opened mouth and cylindrical arms. paper. pencil

Study for a stained glass window picturing St. Peter,Paris. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

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

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

Standing woman with her hands in her side. Leaf 4 Verso from sketchbook LXVII with 11 sheets.

Study. Leaf 4 Verso from Sketchbook LVI with 26 sheets.

Assortment of 1888 sketches by George Minne, executed in pen and pencil, showing figure and composition studies.

Standing Female Nude, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - 1923 Page 25 from a sketchbook with 14 sheets. Amsterdam paper. pencil standing figure - AA - female human figure

Design of a theatre decoration in Chatteau dErmenoville. Waliszewski, Zygmunt (1897-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Study, 1896 Leaf 39 Recto from a sketchbook with 44 sheets. paper. chalk

A pencil drawing by Matthias Rudolf Toma depicting a seated button carrier on a tree trunk with a goat tied to a rope, focusing on posture and interaction.

Two men with caps, used to each other, 1943 Between the two men in a head of a third figure. Page 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 18 sheets. Amsterdam paper. ink pen adult man. head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes). head (human)

Lying boy in a sailor suit, 1834 - 1911 Page 12 Recto from a sketchbook with 37 sheets. paper. chalk lying figure (+ young male (human being)).

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 23.5 cm x 31 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

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Woman brushing another womans hair, Graphite, Wove, 28 × 23.1 cm (11 × 9 1/8 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Wiik, Maria, Sketch book, undateable, drawing, Wiik, Maria, Maria Catharina Wiik 1853 - 1928 a Finnish painter of still life, genre images, landscape paintings and portraits. Lived in Finland

Paul Cézanne, Head of the Artist's Son, 1888 1889 Head of the Artist's Son

Sketch of two standing characters Narcisse Diaz de la Pena (1807-1876). Sketch of two standing characters. Graphite pencil on paper.

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Kansan mies, exercise, marker, drawing, 35.4 cm x 22.2 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Possibly Two Figures from 'Old Age', George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (11.1 x 8.9 cm), figures, genre subject, old age

Anton Hanak produced black ink studies for a Beethoven monument in Berlin from 1928-1933, illustrating compositional elements, form, and layout documented in 1933.

Study of halberdier, from King Richard III. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Seated Female Nude, 1875 - 1934 Page 20 Recto from sketchbook IX with 28 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)

Figure Supporting a Fainting Figure, George Romney, 1734-1802, British, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (9.2 x 11.4 cm), figure, figure study

Studies of Men, George Hendrik Breitner, 1872 Leaf 50 Verso from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Rotterdam paper. pencil adult man. head (human). the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Study for Uylenspiegel Félicien Rops Belgian

Three standing women and a child. Page 18 and from sketchbook XLVI WIT 32 Pages.

Study of two men fighting, enlaced. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Study of two men fighting, enlaced. Drawing, around 1874. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Pygmalion and the Image - Study of Pygmalion for The Soul Attains, 1875. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones

A Hooded Figure Seated, John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)

Study for a Figure of Balaam (recto) and Study for a Right Arm (verso), 1682-1683, Carlo Maratti, Italian, (Roman), 1625 - 1713, 16 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (42.55 x 27.31 cm) (image)19 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (50.48 x 36.2 cm) (set into border), Red chalk on blue laid paper, Italy, 17th century, Carlo Maratti, arguably the preeminent painter in Rome in the late 17th century, executed this sheet of studies while designing mosaics for the Chapel of the Presentation of the Holy Virgin in St. Peter's. This boldly drawn male figure seated on clouds is the Old Testament prophet Balaam, who adorns one of the chapel's pendentives, that is, a triangular area beneath the dome. Maratti executed countless drawings for this important papal commission; at least eight extant studies can be associated with Balaam. In this one, Maratti focused on the figure's active pose, which would change very little in subsequent studies and in the final mosaic, and on the back of the sheet, he worked out Balaam's pointing hand g

Brandès dans sa loge , Actresses, Brandès, Marthe, 1862-1930. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Two naked women and three fish, Leo Gestel, 1891 - 1941 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen swimming (movement in water) - AA - female human figure (+ nude human being). fishes

-Un farman -non, c'est un boche. Dated: c. 1914/1919. Dimensions: overall: 31.7 x 47.5 cm (12 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.). Medium: black crayon and brush and black ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 13 cm x 20.5 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

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

Reclining Female Nude, 1875 - 1934 Schutblad B, Rear Schutblad, from sketchbook XXII with 30 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk lying figure - AA - female human figure

"L'ombre descend sur le jardin...". Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840-1917 Meudon). Dimensions: sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 11/16 in. (25.1 x 32.3 cm). Lithographer: Lithographed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858-1936). Date: 1902. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Weger, August, work name: Savonlinna 1872, according to Hj. Munsterhjelm's painting. Illustration for the work 'En resa i Finland' image 27, approx. 1872-1874, steel drawing, graphics, leaf width 16.6 cm, leaf height 12.4 cm, image width 16, 3 cm, image height 12 cm

Pavian studies; Dressler, Hans (1869-1943); 1933 (1933-00-00-1933-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, monkeys, peacocks, German drawings, animal studies

Els nans d Andreu Cloquell, - La musa decapitada-, 1978, exposición homenaje Andreu Vidal, Centre Cultural La Misericòrdia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Study of a sleeved. Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Yvette Guilbert, Dans la Glu. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (France, Albi, 1864-1901). France, 1898. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

A pencil study by Gustav Klimt for the portrait of Mäda Primavesi on paper, showing facial features, posture, and preliminary composition from 1912-1913.

Müller, Anders Emanuel, work, President of the Court of Appeal Karl Axel Levin, painting, 9.4 cm x 8.4 cm, Photo no. 32100.659, 8 June 1998, photographer: Aaltonen, Hannu, photo type: laakadia v/k (2), keywords: 9.4x8.4, content description: miniature,

Man with hat. He goes through his knees. Indian figure study. Page 3 From sketchbook XXXIV with 24 pages.

Person in Bed, Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1876 - 1951 drawing chalk bed

Vrouw, 1875 - 1934 Page 2 Recto from sketchbook IX with 28 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk adult woman

Venus and Cupid; The sign book of Abraham Bloemaert. Venus in sitting attitude. Cupid to the left of her.

Edvard Weie (1879-1943), Composition Study for Langelinie image, 1923-1927

Heads of African women, c. 1916 - c. 1945 Also a study of a lying child. Leaf 30 Recto from a sketchbook with 60 sheets. Afrika (possibly) paper. pencil Africans. child. head (human) - AA - female human figure

Wotana costume study as a drowner; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); around 1896 (1891-00-00-1901-00-00);Bayreuth (Germany), Nibelunga Ring (stage drama - Wagner, Ryszard), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), Wotan (mitol.), Costumes, lithography, operas, pilgrims, projects, costume designs, wanderers

Lying feminine nude. She is lying on her stomach with a raised leg. Her hands are under her head. Leaf 16 Verso from sketchbook II with 23 sheets.

Pen and pencil sketches by George Minne from 1888 showing various studies of human figures, gestures, and postures.

Group figures, c. 1858 A standing woman, possibly an angel, hits her arms over a woman with two children. There is a man in the background. Page 14 Recto from a combined album Amicorum and sketchbook with a total of 39 magazines. paper. pencil standing figure - AA - female human figure. embracing each other, kissing

Finch, Alfred William, work, Seated woman and leg exercises, pencil, drawing, 28 cm x 21.5 cm

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