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Exhibition

Drawing Figures

Drawing Figures

Sofía Galarza Liu, curator
Carla Tilghman, curator

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition examines the centuries long tradition of figure drawing. The exhibition includes works by artists in Europe and the United States, dating from the 16th century to the present. The drawings are divided into several categories that deal with technical issues of drawing as well as issues involved with the act of modeling. Emphasis is placed on the various techniques, processes, and materials used to execute the drawings.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Andrea Appiani (1754–1817), Cupid Holding a Pitcher and Cup

Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), untitled

Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), study for The Club

François Bonvin (1817–1887), A Peasant Girl Eating from a Bowl

John Severinus Conway (1852–1925), Male Nude with Jug

Kenyon Cox (1856–1919), first study for figure of Wisdom

Kenyon Cox (1856–1919), drapery study for figure of Wisdom

Kenyon Cox (1856–1919), nude study of Rectitude

Antonio Castillo y Saavedra (1616–1668), Four Heads

George de Mare (1863–1907), Portrait of Mlle. Eugenie H. Galloo

John Dowd (born 1960), The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger

Frank Duveneck (1848–1919), Woman with a Fan

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Male Nude

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Sketch of a Nude Figure

Horatio Greenough (1805–1852), Three Heads

Robert Henri (1865–1929), Dancer with Veils

Richard M. Hollander (1911–1991), untitled

Daniel Huntington (1816–1906), Study of a Male Torso

Rockwell Kent (1882–1971), Man with Pitchfork

John Koch (1909–1978), Portrait Study of Helen Foresman Spencer

Gaston Lachaise (1882–1935), Female head

Karl Mattern (1892–1969), Conversation Group

Tommaso Minardi (1787–1871), Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse

Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666), Study of Sleeping Man with Dog

Lelio Orsi (1511–1587), Dead Christ

Thomas Matthews Rooke (1842–1942), Male Nude

William Rothenstein (1872–1945), Portrait of Lucien Swift Kirtland

Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827), Ducreux Distressed

Ventura Salimbeni (1568–1613), study of the Madonna and Child with St. Agatha and St. Roch and a further study of St. Roch (verso) study of St. James

Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748–1837), Portrait of an Old Woman

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Male Nude

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Female Nude, Seen from Behind

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Crouching Female Nude

Events

September 5, 2002

Screening

Figure Drawing

7:00–8:00PM

309 Auditorium

September 8, 2002

Performance

Figure Drawing Demonstration

2:00–4:00PM

Gallery 317 Central Court

September 19, 2002

Talk

Drawing Figures

12:15–1:15PM

Gallery 404

September 19, 2002

Workshop

Drawing Class: Drawing from Drawings

7:00–8:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 404