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Drawings & Sketches

76,817 works

Nude against Sea

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pastel drawing of yellow dandelion flowers with pale stems and dark green jagged leaves on a tan background.

Dandelion flowers. Design for a painted decoration for the parish church in Biecz

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Graphite sketch of loosely draped fabric falling over a figure's shoulder, with faint construction lines on tan paper.

Drapery Study

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pencil drawing of a rustic house with an outside staircase, a large tree, and a mountain landscape behind it.

House in a mountain landscape

Johannes van Reijn, 1800

Pencil sketchbook page with dense hatching, outlined boat-like forms, and a handwritten word, numbered 6.

Sketches and words. From An 1891 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1891

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone staircase rising to a church choir loft beneath vaulted arches, with two figures near the steps.

"Wyście na chór w kościele Św. Stanisława pod Haliczem" "Entrance to the choir loft in the Church of St. Stanislaus n…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketch of an Alpine valley with wooded hills and distant mountain peaks, with handwritten color notes at left.

Botzen, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Loose charcoal sketch of a nude female figure with raised arms and one knee bent, on cream paper.

Figure study for "The Hours": sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church under a cloudy sky.

Venice

Marie-Joseph Iwill, 1920

Painting of a mounted hussar in blue jacket and red shako on a grey horse wading through water, looking back over his shoulde

Study after

Manner of Théodore Géricault, 1815

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow shawl holding a swaddled infant against a warm, glowing background.

By Lamplight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil drawing of a young boy with frilled collar seated by a tree, chin resting on hand, dated 1813.

Untitled [portrait of David Frazer]

David Wilkie, 1813

Sketch of a woman in a yellow dress with a brown veil over her face, drawn in chalk and graphite on tan paper.

Study, Woman in yellow dress with brown veil over face

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil anatomical study of a bird skeleton with leg, wing, and skull details and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Horse Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, grassy slopes and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Study Head of a Young Girl

Frans Schwartz, 1912

Sepia ink drawing of a mounted officer in a tricorn hat before rows of soldiers at night beside snowy pine trees.

"Kunniata ukko Klercker ijät päivät saakohon"

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Ink and watercolor sketch of spectators in theater boxes, men in black evening dress and women in hats, by Joaquín Torres-Gar

Artists' Ball: Spectators in Theater Boxes

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Pencil sketch of oxen pulling logs beside a wooden hoist frame, with workers standing near a timber structure.

Logging Camp

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor of a settler's wooden cottage with chimney among tall trees, tree ferns, hens and distant mountains near Dunedin.

A settler's new home near Dunedin

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Loose charcoal sketch of a standing woman in a fur hat, cape and long skirt, drawn with quick expressive strokes.

Standing Woman

Paul Renouard, c. 1900

Blue line sketch of a seated woman in a hat and loose coat, legs crossed, on a pale speckled ground.

Seated Woman

Edvard Munch, 1913

Loose graphite sketch of figures in an interior, with a seated figure by a window and standing figures on the right.

Figures in an interior

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Rome's rooftops and a large dome rising above trees, with church towers at left.

From Pincio, Rome

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long skirt bending over a board to iron a cloth, drawn on cream paper.

Drawing - Fanny Churberg, 1866

Fanny Churberg, 1866

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Loose charcoal sketch on gray paper of two women in drapery and shadowy figures above, signed Ensor 1877.

Mythological scene

James Ensor, 1877

Pencil drawing of a family in an interior: a seated man, a standing older woman, and three children around a table.

Interior with man, woman and three children around a table

Henk Henriët, 1913