The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

The sketchbook from an unknown artist was one of many stacked in a pile. Glancing through a few pages I asked the antique dealer how much and bought all of them.

 

French Husband's grandmother was an artist. In his Uncle's home, there are a few pieces that she created. His Uncle has no children hopefully when the day comes and if he goes before his nieces and nephews that he has it written down to pass his mother's art on to them.

Otherwise, it might land in a heap at the brocante.

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

This one has a personality.

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

It is said that ears and hands are some of the hardest elements to draw and paint.

 

  

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

Looking through this sketchbook I found myself making up stories about the portraits.

Stories, when are not known, are invented. The thing about things, especially old things is that they speak a language 

of curiosity, of wonder, even the flaws make us take a second look and have an opinion.

 

 

 

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The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

Santa Claus incognito.

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

I like the contradiction of light and dark.

 

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

Narrow lips, tiny eyes, set chin, makes me feel she is judgemental. Not happy. 

Do you feel that when you look at her?

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

 

That tiny foot.

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

 

The hint of orange on his glass and lips makes the sketch.

 

 

The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist

  

A vast collection of characters, maybe people from his community and a few from another century, or maybe ghosts from his village.



Comments

18 responses to “The Sketchbook from an Unknown Artist”

  1. I love them all-as you well know!

  2. Laurie SF

    The postman resembles Joseph Roulin, the good friend of Vincent Van Gogh. What a lovely sketchbook and find. Speaking of artists..how is your painting coming along?

  3. Kathie B

    Can you track down who drew them? What a story that would be!

  4. Diogenes

    The judgemental one…I thought it was a man, in a farmer’s hat. lol.

  5. Definitely ghosts from his village. What an amazing find!

  6. They are wonderful. The artist (he? she?) seems to have experimented with different styles. A wonderful find.

  7. This is lovely! Inspiring also, and it makes me want to reblog it!

  8. Could be. This is when pronouns do not make sense.

  9. Please do, just give a link back to me.

  10. lol, my painting is still a dream in my head. But thanks for the hint!

  11. Barbara Blizzard

    I love the man with the beret – he reminds me of my history professor at university who became a very dear friend of our family. We gave him a beret before we set out for my junior year in Florence as he was with us for the first semester.

  12. These are wonderful. Don’t you wish to have known the artists?

  13. So beautiful Corey, are you selling any of them?

  14. Gail Sell

    Those are wonderful! Such talent! Love them.

  15. jend’isère

    That portrait does look like a simplified version of his portrait of a postman in the Kröller Muller museuem in the Netherlands. Ohh, and would love to know of your own painting project!

  16. Love the sketchbook you found! The pictures are so diverse and interesting! You could make up stories about all of them- I’m sure – like you have in the past with objects you have discovered! I think the woman with the thin lips looks wistful..as if she is remembering something from long ago…..a place…a person…?

  17. Kathleen

    Santa claus Ingognito

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