Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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Style: Impressionist
Crow's Nest Saugatuck, MI, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor overlooking Lake Michigan from the Crow's Nest in Saugatuck, MI. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity si...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
El Escambron Beach, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of El Escambron Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Last day before curfew, La Playuela Cabo Rojo PR, Painting, Watercolor on Waterc
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor from La Playuela beach in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. It was the last day of freedom before the curfew. March 15, 2020. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece co...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Panapen Tree, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of a panapen tree in Caguas, Puerto Rico. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ox-Bow woods number 1, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the woods at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, MI. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lake Michigan, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
I kayaked to Lake Michigan from Ox-Bow (Saugatuck, MI) and painted this view of Lake Michigan. It was very windy. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official ce...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Malibu Rocks #2, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the Sea at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ox-Bow wood's number 2, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the woods at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, MI. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ox-Bow Sunset, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the sun setting from Ox-bow in Saugatuck, Michigan. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Malibu rocks #1, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the Sea at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
À la ferme - coucher de soleil - 19th Century Watercolor, Landscape by H Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1925 depicting a young girl running through a farmyard as the sun sets red in the distance. Signed lower right. This painting is not currently framed but a...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
La Vue - Juan les Pins - 19th Century Watercolor, Flowers by Sea Landscape Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1925 by Henri Duhem depicting a view of the sea from the promenade at Juan les Pins on the French Riviera. A flower box of pur...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Les Gilles de Binche - 19th Century Watercolor, Figures Belgian Carnival H Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by Henri Duhem depicting The Gilles at the Carnival of Binche, Belgium. Signed and titled lower left. This painting is not currently framed but a suit...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Iris
By Greta Allen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Iris
Watercolor on paper, c. 1920
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent, slight surface dirt
Image/Sheet size: 15 x 10 1/4 inches
Allen was trained in Boston...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
By Henry Somm
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM
Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907
Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal
Watercolor
Signed lower right
32 x 21 cm
50 x 40 cm framed
Very good cond...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting River Boat & Lady Gardening
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: River Boat + Gardner
Medium:
2x gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed
card: 12.75 ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tate Hill Pier, Whitby Abbey. 1930. Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Original Watercolor.
By George Scarth French
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
George Scarth French.
English ( b.1859 - d.1946 ).
Tate Hill Pier, Whitby, 1930.
Watercolor. Signed & Dated.
Image size 15 inches x 21.5 inches ( 38cm x 54.5cm ).
Frame size 22 inch...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Desert Sunset II, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I'm intrigued by the texture of the desert. Each desert has its own patterns. This watercolor comes with a white mat ready to frame in a standard frame. :: Painting :: Impressionist ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
L’ Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Place de la Trinité, Paris. Original Watercolor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Victor Gabriel Gilbert.
French ( b.1847 - d.1933 ).
L’ Eglise de la Sainte-Trinite, Place de la Trinite, Paris.
Gouache & Watercolor on Paper. Signed.
Image size 15 inches x 11 inch...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Angelic Ruth Cobb Watercolor, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
Ruth Cobb (American, 1914-2008)
Untitled, c. 20th century
Watercolor and mixed media on paper
Sight: 19 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 33 1/2 x 41 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Signed lower right
Born ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Sirenâes Song, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female hu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Finally, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Vanesco, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Answers?, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Explain, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
More, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Not At Home, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Leap Of Faith, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female hu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
QUAPROPTER PATERNITATIS, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Undone, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Found, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female hu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
What Next?, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Mistaken, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
"Arquebusiers En Manoeuvre", After Marchetti
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape of four infantrymen in formation with their long arquebus guns by Adolphe Ancker (Dutch, 19th Century), after Marchetti. Signed and dated "Adolph Ancker 1888" lo...
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1880s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Shock, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
CrackâEs, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Uncovered, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Sleep, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female hu...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Timeless, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Lies, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
One of Us, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Closed Door, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Cost, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Drama, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Hold On, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Heat, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Thoughts, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Soul, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Disorder, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Situation, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Thought, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Moonlight, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Care, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Wilderness, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Shadows, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Why?, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Vision, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal
Detail of Michelangelo's David - 1999 Original Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detail of Michelangelo's David - 1999 Original Pastel on Paper
Original 1999 pastel drawing of a close up of Michelangelo's 'David' by California artist Christopher Baker (American,...
Category
1990s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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