Drawings & Pastels
Drawing is a type of graphic art created with lines and areas of tone applied to paper usually with pencil, charcoal and coloured pencil, but a wash may also be applied.
They frequently serve as preparatory studies for other works, but are also considered works of art in their own right. A practitioner of drawing is known as a draughtsman.
Pastels are created using a stick made of pure pigment and a binder.
A key part of the general art market, both are also specialist collecting areas in their own right.
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Firm foundation for Sarah Stone
28 March 2022Group of 18 lots sets a new level of demand and prices as recent trends drive strong interest
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Dupas depicts the joys of wine
21 March 2022Prints, drawings, paintings and decorative arts from the 20th century will be on offer at Briscadieu in Bordeaux on April 9.
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Ulmann collection: Drawings amassed by doctor duo go under the hammer
14 March 2022More than 1000 Old Master drawings offered in around 500 lots over two days went under the hammer of Beaussant Lefèvre (27% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot on February 10-11 when the auction firm dispersed the collection of Jacques and Colette Ulmann.
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Between Poland and London: The immigrant artist who made his name in Wales
14 March 2022An ink drawing titled 'Four Miners' is among the works featured at Thompson’s Galleries, Aldeburgh, in an exhibition on Josef Herman (1911-2000).
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Young at art: Meet the dealers under 30 who specialise in Old Masters
14 March 2022Buy low, sell high: one of the most basic rules of dealing. For young dealers breaking into the Old Masters market, however, it can be a challenge, writes Frances Allitt.
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Alberto Martini out of the shadows
07 March 2022An intricately drawn self-portrait in pen and ink in which the artist likens himself to Albrecht Dürer is at the heart of a new show on Alberto Martini.
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'Masked and Shadowy': the world of Alberto Martini comes to London
01 March 2022An intricately drawn self-portrait in pen and ink, in which the artist likens himself to Albrecht Durer is at the heart of a new show on Alberto Martini.
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Study heads up a Harold Knight selection
28 February 2022Early works by Harold Knight (1874-1961) are not seen very often at auction but a group of six appeared at Mellors & Kirk of Nottingham at the end of last year.
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Stefanelli: from war to abstract
21 February 2022A collection of 20 watercolours and drawings by American artist Joe Stefanelli (1921-2017) formed an intriguing part of Ewbank’s Modern picture sale.
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Artist’s ‘piercing’ portrait of young lover and future wife turns heads at Roseberys
17 February 2022One of the highest prices for a work on paper by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst was set at South London saleroom Roseberys when a portrait of the model Kathleen Woodward, later the artist’s second wife, drew strong demand.
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Tagore shows artistic skills
17 January 2022Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Nobel prize-winning poet, writer, composer, philosopher and social reformer, began to practise as an artist aged 60.
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Chinnery in China after fleeing Calcutta money woes
10 January 2022The sale at Thomas R Callan (20% buyer’s premium) in Ayr on December 3-4 included a sketchbook by George Chinnery (1774-1852) dated 1838.
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Tiepolo at the double
10 January 2022It is thought that Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) executed at least a hundred drawings featuring the Punchinelli, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns which were central to the commedia dell’arte. Jonathan Franks reports.
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Tantalising sketch gives glimpse ‘of a young Francis Bacon’
20 December 2021Shepeard collection includes a drawing thought to be an unrecorded portrait of the artist
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Shooting over to the States
20 December 2021Comet depiction is one of the highlights as UK dealers target US sales opportunity
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Nuremberg Trials sketch by Laura Knight in our pick of five auction highlights
17 December 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Nuremberg Trials sketch by Dame Laura Knight that doubled its estimate at Woolley & Wallis.
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President portrayed in pastel
29 November 2021Portraits by James Sharples (1751-1811) appear to make less money than you might expect given the calibre of his sitters.
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Agnews offers rediscovered Dürer drawing bought for $30 four years ago
22 November 2021This unpublished drawing by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) is being offered by art dealership Agnews as part of London Art Week (LAW).
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Pick of the week: Hepworth’s gift to friend Barns-Graham
08 November 2021Connecting two of Britain’s leading 20th century female artists, a pencil drawing by Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-75) given to Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) as a wedding present was the highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s recent auction of works from the latter’s collection.
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Collection of actress and artist Jean Shepeard offered at Batemans
02 November 2021Stamford saleroom Batemans is to offer items from the collection of British artist and actress Jean Shepeard (1904-1989) on November 6.
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