Magazine Paper Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

We would like to thank Madame Beck-Saiello for confirming the autograph nature of this drawing after an in-person examination. It was probably during an excursion in the countryside near Avignon that Claude-Joseph Vernet executed this drawing, enhanced with pen and brown ink, depicting a mansion on a hilltop overlooking a small village with geometric shapes. 1. Joseph Vernet, a painter influenced by Italy Claude-Joseph Vernet was born in Avignon in 1714, the son of Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), an artisan painter of architectural decorations, coach panels, and the like. He moved to the studio of Philippe Sauvan (1697-1792), a leading history painter in Avignon, and then worked with Jacques Viali (active 1681-1745), a decorative, landscape, and marine painter in Aix-en-Provence. Vernet's first recorded paintings were decorative overdoors executed in 1731 in the Aix townhouse of the marquise de Simiane. In 1734, Joseph de Seytres, marquis de Caumont, a leading amateur in Avignon, sponsored Vernet to make a study trip to Italy to complete his artistic education and to draw antiquities for his patron. As Avignon was a papal territory in Vernet's day, he also had a number of useful introductions among influential churchmen when he arrived in Rome. Vernet was soon at home in the French community there, and he was encouraged by Nicolas Vleughels (1668-1737), director of the Académie de France in Rome, even though the young painter had no official affiliation with the royal institution. He likely entered the studio of the French marine painter Adrien Manglard...

Playful pen and ink line drawing of a small garden courtyard by artist Jean Charles Lauthe, circa 1930. Original artwork on paper displayed o...

Set of nine antique drawings of American and English Navel Sailing ships executed in a pen and ink technique highlighted with watercolor on paper, matted and presented in mahogany fr...

This drawing titled "William Brien Memorial Shelter, New York, [ 41.2796N, 74.0594W ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trail...

"Pine Knob Shelter, Maryland, [ 39.54249, -77.60181 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diverse c...

"Appalachian Trail Map" is an original pen and ink, acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 30"h x 24"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diverse...

Ink, pen & pigment on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the...

This piece titled "Elder, December" is an original artwork by Allison May Kiphuth and is made of watercolor and gouache on hand-cut paper in an antique box. This piece measures 6"h ...

This drawing titled "Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trailing...

This drawing titled "Roaring Fork Shelter, North Carolina, [ 35.805, -82.94978 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trailing...

"Peru Peak, Vermont, [ 43.3012, -72.95184 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diverse community t...

"Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diverse com...

"Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diver...

Ink, pen & pigment on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the...

Ink, pen & pigment on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State...