Category Archives: Drawings and Sketches

Art of Pastel

Posted on 16/04/2026 by ronald972

I recently added a pastel drawing to my collection.  it was described as after Italian artist Antonio Rotta (1828-1903) and titled Charity to a Family of Beggars. This would mean that it is a 19th-century artwork. As with all pastel … Continue reading →

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Robert Jacob Hamerton and Charles Dickens

Posted on 27/03/2026 by ronald972

Today, we will look at a sketch that has been in my collection a while, and I have now researched it at more depth. It is by artist #RobertJacobHamerton (1810-1904). Hamerton was an artist/illustrator who worked alongside illustrators like #HablotKnightBrowne … Continue reading →

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Francois Boucher a French Master

Posted on 20/03/2026 by ronald972

Recently, I purchased a piece from an auction house. It was purportedly a print according to the sale catalogue. I was not completely convinced of this, but the image shown was not good enough to say otherwise. It was in … Continue reading →

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Harold Workman artist

Posted on 13/03/2026 by ronald972

In my collection is a watercolour by #HaroldWorkman (1897-1975). He is mostly known as a painter of landscapes and townscapes in oils and watercolours. Workman was born in Oldham. He studied at the Oldham School of Art and Manchester School … Continue reading →

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An Expression of Sorrow

Posted on 13/03/2026 by ronald972

We consider, today, two empty chairs. The first is seen in an ink drawing by #HEWalker (no information found regarding this artist). Here, we see a young lady overwhelmed with grief, standing beside an empty chair – husband, father, brother … Continue reading →

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Hubert John Williams artist

Posted on 03/03/2026 by ronald972

We are hitting the road this week to travel south to a village called #Poynings and back in time to 1940, Eastertime also. Which would have been late March then. Poynings lies within the South Downs National Park. Here, we … Continue reading →

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Roman Ivanovich Liapin artist

Posted on 14/02/2026 by ronald972

We look at an artist, #RomanIvanovichLiapin, who was born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1966. His talent was recognised early on, and he went on to study at the Mukhina Leningrad Higher School of Art and Indistry and the Academy … Continue reading →

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William Daniell artist

Posted on 19/12/2025 by ronald972

Recently, I came across a small watercolour sketch framed under glass with a label on the back. The image looked like a temple, but dating it was optimistic since the sketch was not signed or dated, and the paper looked … Continue reading →

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Tower of the Scipios

Posted on 12/12/2025 by ronald972

I thought we would travel to Spain and the city of Tarragona to visit a Unesco World Heritage Site. The city, originally named Tarraco, was built by the Romans on the road ‘Via Augusta’ that ran from the Pyrenees to … Continue reading →

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Carl von Dombrowski artist

Posted on 19/09/2025 by ronald972

Today, we look at a German artist who specialised in animal and hunting scenes. #CarlvonDombrowski (1872-1951) studied at the art Institutes in both Vienna and Munich. Many of his works were produced as woodcuts for Die Gartenlaube (The Garden Arbor … Continue reading →

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