Max Rauh Art

A drawing by Fernando Botero. "Dibujo a la Manera de Velasquez" is a portrait, charcoal and pastel on cardboard in an earth-tone palette by Latin American artist Fernando Botero. It is signed upper right, "Sobre Velazquez Botero -1-27-60 Para Rita. el recuerdo de uno payaso". Fernando Botero, best known for his voluptuously rotund human figures, was born in Medellín, Colombia on April 19, 1932. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by his mother, along with his two brothers. He attended a Jesuit school in Medellín and from the age of 12 to 14, he attended a matador training school. The bull fight became a recurring theme in Botero’s early work and while he was in his early teens, he sold his pictures of bull fights in front of the arena. By the time he was 16 years of age, Botero was working as an illustrator for the local magazine El Colombiano. He also began writing articles about art theory, one of which, entitled Picasso and Non-Conformity in Art, led to his expulsion from the Jesuit school for its endorsement of Cubism. One of Botero’s important early works, Woman Crying...

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). James Dean, 1950. Charcoal on textured paper, sheet measures an irregular 11.25 x 18 inches. It has been folded in half a bears a crease along central li...

Girl Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s. This is an original drawing realized on a block notes page and it representing a sket...

3878 Charcoal female portrait on paper Set in a black wood frame image size 12.5x9.5"

Unknown School. Second half of the mid-20th Century. Charcoal, Oil Paint & Spray Paint on Plywood Panel. Signed Indistinctly. Image size 26.8 inches x 21.7 inches ( 68cm x 55cm ). ...

Duce Portrait is a modern artwork realized by the artist Alberto Manetti (known also as Brivido). Pencil and charcoal on paper. Hand signed on the higher right margin. Inscription...

Work on paper

A compelling and period mid-19th century portrait of a young woman with braided hair, wearing a shawl and shown three-quarters on. Signed lower right, "Mary Gunn" (American, 19th cen...

Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931) Portrait of a bearded man, supposed self-portrait Pencil and stump on paper Signed "Marcel-Lenoir" lower right 63 x 48.5 cm Sold in its ori...

In this exhibition, British painter Michael Pemberton (b. 1974) suggests we each have a personal HUMAN ATMOSPHERE. An ether where we truly exist, unseen by the naked eye but as real ...

Man In Profile is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s. This is an original drawing representing an interesting male portrait. Good conditi...

In this drawing, the background is deliberately neutral to accentuate the prominence of the face. Charcoal is a "free" drawing medium known for its expressive qualities, requiring artists to work within its unique constraints. As an experienced figure work instructor at the California Art Institute, Max Turner...