Famous people sketched

By Léger - Rimbaud

By Léger – Rimbaud

By Delacroix - Aspasia, the milesian woman of the 5th century

By Delacroix – Aspasia, the milesian woman of the 5th century

By De la Tour, M. Q. - The french Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher, François-Marie A. Voltaire

By De la Tour, M. Q. – The french Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher, François-Marie A. Voltaire

By Picasso - Portrait of Paul Éluard

By Picasso – Portrait of Paul Éluard

By Della Bella - Galileo Galilei offers the spyglass to the Astronomy, Optics and Mathematics

By Della Bella – Galileo Galilei offers the spyglass to the Astronomy, Optics and Mathematics

By Opisso, Ricard - Oscar Wilde, with Yvette Guilbert and Toulouse-Lautrec at his right, seated at the Cafe de la Galette

By Opisso, Ricard – Oscar Wilde, with Yvette Guilbert and Toulouse-Lautrec at his right, seated at the Cafe de la Galette

By Marstrand, Wilhelm - The danish philosopher Kierkegaard seen in profile

By Marstrand, Wilhelm – The danish philosopher Kierkegaard seen in profile

By Wille, P. A. - The french revolutionary, Georges Jacques Danton

By Wille, P. A. – The french revolutionary, Georges Jacques Danton

By Bree, M. I. Van - Napoleon I

By Bree, M. I. Van – Napoleon I

By Bastien-Lepage - Joan of Arc

By Bastien-Lepage – Joan of Arc

By Cranach, Lucas - Luther's father

By Cranach, Lucas – Luther’s father

By Rivers, Larry - Study for George Washington crossing the Delaware

By Rivers, Larry – Study for George Washington crossing the Delaware

By De la Tour, M. Q. - The head of Madame de Pompadour

By De la Tour, M. Q. – The head of Madame de Pompadour

By Brancusi - James Joyce

By Brancusi – James Joyce

By Cabanel, Alexandre - Louis IX king of France

By Cabanel, Alexandre – Louis IX king of France

By Pasternak, L. - The poet Rainer Maria Rilke near the Red Square and the Kremlin in the background

By Pasternak, L. – The poet Rainer Maria Rilke near the Red Square and the Kremlin in the background

By De Chirico, Giorgio - Euripides, one of the three great tragedians

By De Chirico, Giorgio – Euripides, one of the three great tragedians

By De Musset, A. - George Sand at home

By De Musset, A. – George Sand at home

By De Herrera, Francisco, el Joven - Carlos II king of Castilla and Aragón with his mother Mariana of Austria

By De Herrera, Francisco, el Joven – Carlos II king of Castilla and Aragón with his mother Mariana of Austria

By Deineka Alexander- The poet Mayakovsky

By Deineka Alexander- The poet Mayakovsky

By Alexander Pushkin - An sketch of Nikolai Gogol seen in profile

By Alexander Pushkin – An sketch of Nikolai Gogol seen in profile

By Ilia Efimovich Repin - Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy reading

By Ilia Efimovich Repin – Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy reading

By Bodinier, Guillaume - Portrait of Homer blind

By Bodinier, Guillaume – Portrait of Homer blind

By Helleu, P. - Marcel Proust in deathbed

By Helleu, P. – Marcel Proust in deathbed

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7 responses to “Famous people sketched

  1. Steven

    I loved the Rilke sketch, the Léger, and de la Tour, and Lautrec, otherwise . . . cosìcosì.

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  2. That’s very fine detailing! What medium do you work with? Charcoal, crayons or acrylic colors?

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