Figure Drawing

Clara Klinghoffer

2012-02-11T19:38:00.000-08:00

These are lithographs published in the 1950s for sponsors of an annual art event in New York city, I think it was for Artists Equity. The prints are for sale on Ebay.

Website showing her works.

Auction results.

Marilyn Pink Fine Art result.

National Portrait Gallery UK.

Artnet Link.

Another blog link

1950 Original Lithograph Clara Klinghoffer Artists Equity Association Nude Women - Original Lithograph

Other Amazon results for Clara Klinghoffer

An example of her work is on page 92 of The Human Form in Art (Dover Anatomy for Artists)

Ruth Reeves

2012-02-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

These are lithographs published in the 1950s for sponsors of an annual art event in New York city, I think it was for Artists Equity. The prints are for sale on Ebay.

Wikipedia article.

Art Deco Artists, including: Pierre Brissaud, Tamara De Lempicka, Aleksandra Ekster, Sonia Delaunay, Hildreth Meiere, Roland Ansieau, Maurice Ascalon, ... John Austen, André Groult, Ruth Reeves

The PASTORAL LOVES Of DAPHNIS And CHLOE. Done into English, with an Introduction by George Moore. Illustrated with Etchings by Ruth Reeves.

On Wind of Change, Virginia Kent. Illustrations by Ruth Reeves

Edward Poole

2012-02-11T10:14:00.000-08:00

Drawing by Edward Poole, for sale on Ebay

Drawing the Female Nude

Johann Daniel Preissler - Grundliche Zeichenkunst fur junge Leute

2012-02-07T21:16:00.000-08:00

Johann Daniel Preißler - Gründliche Zeichen kunst für junge Leute und Liebhaberaus allen Ständen. The title means approximately A Complete Drawing Manual for Young Artist and Amateurs of all Ages. It was published in 1795 some 58 years after Preissler's death. Wikipedia link.
His son Johann Martin Preissler took over the directorship of the Nuremberg Art Academy after his death.

The images from the book may have been executed by Johann Martin Preissler. Link to additional images Anatomia.

Other posts:
Johann Daniel Preissler
How to Draw People - Johann Daniel Preissler

Robert Lepeltier

2012-02-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Figure drawing by Robert Lepeltier. See the drawing for sale on Ebay. Robert Lepeltier studied at l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, and l'académie de Paul Albert Laurens. He painted and exhibited until 1972 then stopped. His works were sold in two large lots after his death in 1996. Wikipedia article.

Lepeltier, ou, Le realisme imaginaire (French Edition)

Henry Karsh - Figure Studies

2012-02-04T20:22:00.000-08:00

Drawings made by Henry Karsch while studying at the New York Art Students League under George Brant Bridgman and William de Leftwich Dodge. See the drawings for sale on Ebay

Bridgman's Life Drawing (Dover Anatomy for Artists)
Constructive Anatomy (Classic Reprint)
One Hundred Figure Drawings (Dover Anatomy for Artists)
Drawing the Female Form (Dover Anatomy for Artists)

Drawn from life: The story of four American artists whose friendship & work began in Paris during the 1880s

The Golden Age of American Impressionism

Art Model Books on Kindle

2012-02-04T12:50:00.000-08:00

Each edition is a single pose rotated in 15 degree increments with some bonus shots from above. The poses are designed for artists and illustrators and anyone who needs a figure reference for drawing.

Jenni250 Art Models Pose
Jenni050 Art Models Pose
Jenni249 Art Models Pose

Juliette Aristides Classical Drawing Techniques

2012-01-30T21:29:00.000-08:00

Lessons in Classical Drawing: Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier by Juliette Aristides. Contains a companion dvd.

Lessons in Classical Drawing: Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier

Percy Crosby Figure Drawings

2012-01-28T19:44:00.000-08:00

Figure drawings by Percy Crosby, author of the Skippy comic strip.

See it on Ebay.

Skippy, by Percy Crosby, with Illustrations by the Author
Skippy and Percy Crosby

The Human Figure - David K. Rubins

2012-01-28T14:36:00.000-08:00

David K. Rubins wrote a book titled The Human Figure an Anatomy for Artists in 1953. It was published by The Studio Publications, Inc. Some of the best drawings are on the end flaps, one is shown here.

The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists
A revised version was published in 1975 by Penguin.

Victorian Sketches

2012-01-21T10:57:00.000-08:00

New Book - this is a rediscovered sketchbook by an unknown artist who drew and painted these sketches between 1892 and 1898. More pictures from the book at Figure-Drawings.com.

View sample pages or get the eBook at Google Books.

Victorian Sketches: A Victorian Sketchbook by an Unknown Artist - Buy the Book at Amazon.com

John Marshall - Anatomy for Artists

2012-01-14T17:16:00.000-08:00

John Marshall wrote a book called Anatomy for Artists and published it in the 1800s, the prints shown are from the third edition published in 1890. The drawings are by J. S. Cuthbert.

You can see a copy at Google eBooks.

Anatomy for Artists Original Edition by John Marshall

Anatomy for Artists reprint

Other Anatomy for Artists books at Amazon

Walter Tyndale

2012-01-07T20:49:00.000-08:00

Walter Tyndale was an Engish painter, and illustrator. Shown is an illustration of 3 Egyptian women paying instruments derived from an image from the tomb of Nacht at Luxox, Egypt. Wikipedia article.

An Artist in Italy: Written and Painted by Walter Tyndale, R. I. [1913 ]

Below the cataracts, written and illustrated with sixty plates in colour

An artist in Egypt

The print is for sale on Ebay

Cartooning for Profit by David Rand

2012-01-06T21:33:00.000-08:00

One of the home instruction schools popular in the 1940s was David Rand's Cartooning for profit. Shown is an example of Blocking Out the Figure with Simple Shapes.

"Pay close attention to each part of the figure," he writes, "as you read its description here. Starting with Figure 1A, Lesson 10, the head ...has been constructed by the two circle method.
"Figure B represents the neck and shoulder muscles. Try to visualize the shape of the neck as a stovepipe of cylinder which is bound from the shoulders on either side by a triangle representing the shoulder muscles. This shape seldom varies.
"Now refer to Figure C. Notice how the arm can be simply described by means of two tapering cylinders of equal length. A more detailed description of the arm will be given little later in this lesson, but you should study the position and points of movement at the present time.
"Next Figures E and F represent the torso or trunk of the body. The upper position is a wedge-like keystone shape, which is about twice as wide in the front as in the side. The top of this keystone shape represents the span of the shoulders from where the lines taper downward and outward.
"The hips and surrounding portion of the torso may be represented by a cup-like shape, Figure F, or as a section cut fro a ball. The flat part of these cup shape forms the front of the body. The curved surface represents the back. In a direct front view the shape varies according to the angle of vision...
"Figure D, which represents the breast of the female figure, may be likened to a small cup which in convex These forms should be place about halfway in the Figure E, keystone shape.
"Figure G, representing the leg, may be divided into two tapering cylinder shapes, similar to the arms, but much larger and tapering..."

Cartooning for Profit a Complete 34 Lesson Course in Cartooning & Art - Complete Set of 7 Books Sections 1-7, Lessons 1-34 By David Rand - 1968 - Cartoonists' Exchange

Drawing People for Fun

2012-01-01T17:20:00.000-08:00

Roger Vernam wrote and illustrated a book called Drawing People for Fun and published it in 1943. He really does make the process engaging and fun through the use of simple techniques to develop your skill.

The illustrations shown give several of his building blocks to drawing the figure.

Plate III - Learn to think of the torso in terms of two separate block forms that move independently of one another.

Plate IV - Action of the torso: look immediately for the curve of the spinal column, the slant of the shoulders and hips, the rotation of the body due to the twisting of the vertebrae.

Plate XVIII - Life class studies: notice the frequent recourse to the block form convention.

Another blog with more illustrations is at The Pictorial Arts.

You can buy a copy of Drawing people for fun at Amazon.com

He illustrated a number of books for children you can see some here: Roger Vernam's books at Amazon.com, for instance Antelope: A Navaho Indian Boy [My Indian Library].

Proportions of the Female Figure

2011-12-30T09:09:00.000-08:00

These illustrations of female proportions are from an article by Adrian Brewer in a 1927 art instruction book titled Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning published by Federal Schools, Inc. The Federal Schools later became Art Instruction Schools (The Draw Me school of match book cover fame), which now offers course online.

Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning Division 1

Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning; Division 2.

Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning: Division 3

Modern Illustrating and Cartooning at Amazon.com

Antonio Francesco Gori

2011-12-29T20:07:00.000-08:00

Antonio Francesco Gori (1691 – 1757) started work on the Museum Florentinum, a comprehensive visual record of the Medici and other collections in Florence of antiquities of all kinds; the project eventually extended to twelve folio volumes, published 1731-1766. Pictured are front and back views of Dei Praestitis Signumex Aere.

Link to the home page of the seller, the engravings are for sale on Ebay

More links

Le Museum De Florence: Ou, Collection Des Pierres Gravées, Statues, Médailles Et Peintures, Qui Se Trouvent À Florence, Principalement Dans Le Cabinet ... De Toscane, Volumes 5-6... (French Edition)

Le Museum De Florence: Ou, Collection Des Pierres Gravées, Statues, Médailles Et Peintures, Qui Se Trouvent À Florence, Principalement Dans Le Cabinet ... Duc De Toscane, Volume 8... (French Edition)

A book titled Callimachus Hymns and Epigrams published in 1755 included three engraved illustrations of statues all of which were copied in reverse from Antonio Francisco Gori’s Museum Florentinum.

Gori's Museum Etruscum and Museum Florentinum are both listed at rarebooksandautographs.com

Another page of plates from the book, the George Glazer Gallery.

Figure Drawing for Fashion Design

2011-12-27T20:15:00.000-08:00

Drawing of proportions of a figure for fashion design from Figure Drawing for Fashion Design by Elisabetta Drudi.

Figure Drawing for Fashion Design (Pepin Press Design Books)

Wrap & Drape Fashion

Dibujo de Figurines Para El Diseno De Moda Masculina

Trude Schiebl

2011-12-25T16:19:00.000-08:00

The drawing is available on Ebay. 1910 drawing by an Austrian Artist.

Joseph Mattersberger

2011-12-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

Grundregeln der Proportion des Menschen was comprised of 11 plates published by Joseph Mattersberger in 1805. Wikipedia entry. Small thumbnails at Peter Gerlach's site. He was a sculptor and published his work on proportions while he was teaching in Breslau.

Corrupt Legislation by Elihu Vedder

2011-12-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

Here's some info about this painting in the Library of Congress. Wikipedia link

Studies for the figures:

Elihu Vedder: American Visionary Artist in Rome

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra

2011-12-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

Giullio Ferrario: "Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra " published in Milano between 1816 - 1827. Shown ia an original aquatint by Paolo Fumagalli. Combat of the Botocudos, South American Indians of Eastern Brazil, also known as Aimorés.

The print is available on Ebay.

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra Volume 1

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra Volume 2

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra Volume 5

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra Volume 7 Part 1

Il Costume Antico e Moderno di tutti I Popoli Della Terra Volume 9 Part 2

Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication

2011-12-11T20:36:00.000-08:00

Denis Diderot, and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert wrote an encyclopedia titled Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication, A Paris, Chez Le Breton, Imprimeur du Roy, 1763. The work included many illustrations which were engravings after other artists. One section illustrated drawings from which an aspiring artist could learn to draw. The plate shown is the general proportions of a man.

The print is available on Ebay.

Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 2 (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Human Figure Construction by Michael Gillen

2011-12-11T13:09:00.001-08:00

Michael Gillen, Herbert Kallem and Henry Kallem published a book titled Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from Models in 1951. These images are from Michael Gillen's section on basic figure construction. He suggests drawing a line 2 inches long. He calls this the unit. For the height of the figure he suggests drawing a 7 inch line. Divide it into 3 and a half units. The top division is the head, the next the thorax, the next the knee, the last the ankle. A half unit placed at the thorax is the hips. At the top of the thorax another half unit with a sixth unit attached at each end forms the shoulders.

Drawing, Painting and Sculpture from Models

F. Cayley Robinson

2011-12-10T11:11:00.001-08:00

The Book of Genesis, Published by Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd, London 1914. The drawings are on Ebay.

The Earthly Paradise: F. Cayley Robinson, R. L. Griggs and the Painter-Craftsmen of The Birmingham Group

The Blue Bird : a Fairy Play in Six Acts