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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pale watercolor botanical study of a pink flower and clustered leaves, with a handwritten species label at the bottom.

Heliophyllum rubrum Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne rubra (Hook.f.) Cheesem.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Ink architectural floor plan of a lupus sanatorium's lower ground level, with labeled rooms, corridors and dimensions.

Lupusheilstätte, Grundriss Tiefparterre

Otto Wagner, 1908

Oil study of clouds with orange sunlit edges against a pale sky, with a dark band across the top.

Cloud Study

Knud Baade, 1808

Pencil sketch of a dense mixed forest with tall trunks, dark foliage and shaded ground by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

Mischwald

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1937

Watercolor of a river gorge with steep cliffs, green trees and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

The River Von, near Lake Wakatipu

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Ink architectural drawing of a main entrance with dimensioned window grids and plan lines on aged paper.

Lupusheilstätte, Haupteingang im Mitteltrakt, Grundriss

Otto Wagner, 1908

Seated woman with curled hair holding a spindle beside a lamp stand and wool basket, drawn in chalk on toned paper.

Lachesis

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a dense wooded hill with angular conifer strokes against a pale sky with faint diagonal lines.

Bewaldeter Hügel

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pencil sketch of a flooded plain with grass tufts, pointed mountains behind, small buildings and distant riders at right.

The Mataura flooded and the Pyramids

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Ink architectural section drawing of a building entrance with dimension lines, window details and cornice, by Otto Wagner, 19

Lupusheilstätte, Haupteingang im Mitteltrakt, Schnitt

Otto Wagner, 1908

Loose graphite sketch of a meadow with grasses, wildflowers and fern-like fronds in dense, energetic strokes.

Blumenwiese

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Pencil architectural drawing with a floor plan of coffered ceilings, colored column highlights, and a building section below.

Lupusheilstätte, Haupteingang im Mitteltrakt, Schnitt und Grundriss

Otto Wagner, 1908

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman in an armchair with wooden figures sketched above her.

Im Sessel kauernder weiblicher Akt mit Holzfiguren

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Painted study of a tree stump with exposed roots beside a bramble bush and dense green woodland behind.

Study of a Tree Stump

Vilhelm Petersen, 1843-1847

Architectural drawing of a long institutional building facade with a central entrance and a cross section below, in ink on pa

Lupusheilstätte, Hauptfassade und Schnitt A-B

Otto Wagner, 1908

Pencil sketch of a woman with bangs and raised arms, shown half-length with a bow at her collar.

Brustbild Gerda mit erhobenen Armen

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913

Watercolor drawing of a sand mullet fish in side view with fin-ray counts and handwritten caption on pale paper.

Myxus elongatus (Tas) : Sand mullet

Frank Edward Clarke, 1866

Architectural drawing of light wells with elevations, floor plans and detail sections, labelled in German, for the Lupusheils

Lupusheilstätte, Lichtschächte im nördlichen Flügel und im Mitteltrakt gegen den nördlichen Flügel

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink drawing of a group of men in suits standing close together with angular faces and vertical hatched lines.

Kollegium

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1928

Watercolor miniature of a woman in a blue dress and lace headdress holding a fan beside an ornate mirror.

Portrait miniature (Woman with a fan)

Pencil architectural drawing of light shafts with elevations, sections, floor plans and a detail of a sill stone, labelled in

Lupusheilstätte, Lichtschächte im westlichen Flügel und im Mitteltrakt gegen den westlichen Flügel

Otto Wagner, 1908

Blue crayon sketch of a street with buildings, figures on the roadway and a hill on the right.

Straße in Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Pen and ink drawing of a gaunt man in a nightshirt reaching for a bottle labeled Fountain of Youth in a cluttered room.

Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled "Fountain of Youth"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1803-47

Architectural drawing of a physical cabinet room with tiled walls, windows, radiators and a floor plan by Otto Wagner.

Lupusheilstätte, Physikalisches Kabinet im Tiefparterre

Otto Wagner, 1908

Ink and pencil sketch of a standing violinist in a dark suit playing violin, on cream paper.

Geiger

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1927

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a shepherd couple resting under a tree beside a flock of sheep in a forest.

Tending the Sheep

Charles Émile Jacque, 1830-94

Ink architectural drawing with floor plan, foundation, section and elevations of a small porter's lodge by Otto Wagner.

Lupusheilstätte, Plan der Portierloge

Otto Wagner, 1908

Pen and ink sketch of a beach with bathing huts, a rowboat on the shore, and hatched strokes over sand and water.

Strand mit Badekarren

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Pencil title block on tracing paper with block lettering, a 0 to 20 meter scale bar, and the name Otto Wagner.

Lupusheilstätte, Plan Titelschrift: "Stiftung Heilstätte für Lupuskranke" Maßstab 1:100, Oberbaurat "Otto Wagner"

Otto Wagner, 1908

Architectural ink plan of a symmetrical front garden with curved beds and paths beside a building, by Otto Wagner, 1908.

Lupusheilstätte, Plan zur Anlage des Vorgartens

Otto Wagner, 1908

Sepia drawing of a semi-nude woman and a winged cupid on a crescent moon boat drifting through clouds.

La Folie l'égare (Folly Adrift)

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, ca. 1808

Architectural cross-section drawing of a multi-storey building with window rows and dimension lines, labelled Querschnitt.

Lupusheilstätte, Querschnitt

Otto Wagner, 1908