Édouard Detaille

 

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A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille

(French, Paris 1848–1912 Paris)

Date: 1891

Medium: Watercolor over traces of graphite, heightened with white on gray wove paper, glued to cardboard

Dimensions: sheet: 20 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (52 x 29.6 cm)

Knute Munson

 

 

 

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Knute Munson

 Knute Munson (1900-1967) studied under artists Andrew Loomis and Harvey Dunn. Through his friendship with Earl Moran, Munson began working at the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow. When Earl McPherson entered the armed forces in 1944, Munson took over the firm's popular Artist's Sketch Pad Calendar. Below is a selection of Munson's art for these calendars.

Garret's Drawing

 

A Meeker Streaker

Garret McFann

8.5"x 11", pencil on bond paper

Anonymous

 

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Man in a Long Coat and Turban with a Sword

, Italian, first half of the 18th century

Date: 18th century

Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk on cream laid paper. Rubbed with black chalk or charcoal dust for transfer. Outlines stylus-incised for transfer

Dimensions: 7-11/16 x 4-1/2 in. (19.5 x 11.4 cm)

 

 

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer

 

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Head of Bearded Old Man

(Austrian, Vienna 1733–1811 Vienna)

Date: 1804

Medium: Brown chalk

Dimensions: sheet: 23 3/16 x 17 1/8 in. (58.9 x 43.5 cm)

 

Saul Tepper

 

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Saul Tepper 

These are thumbnail sketches

 

 Artists use the "thumbnail sketch"  to explore multiple ideas quickly. 

 For scale, those holes are staple holes.

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

 

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Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Étienne Carjat
(French, Fareins 1828–1906 Paris)

Sitter: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)

Date: 1861

Medium: Graphite

Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (30.8 x 19.4 cm)

Classification: Drawings